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y s010 § SONS "ne y@iT ng orite, * 2,98 NEOUS LE PILLS holiday them 4 ~T OUTFITS REQUIRED S, HOSPITALS, LeROY‘8 Hamilton. Cansua Violins & Novelty Co Toronto gued, and are guafinâ€" *JA A KX mpor vio at 1 OM )63 ut account should al NLY 00 3,98 5.00 6.00 strated 8. Cure® s a ser ceeping x; good n: title ARGIE inada 1g to ason, We abor unt; cash London, Dec. 24.â€"There will be no disâ€" solution of Parliament as a result of the action of the House fo Lords in deâ€" feating the Government‘s Education bill. Although the rejection of this, the main Liberal measure of the session, is the most serious rebuff that Sir Henry Campbellâ€"Bannerman‘s Cabinet has sutâ€" fered, it is not regarded as being sufâ€" ficiently grave to necessitate an appeal to the country. Whether the Governâ€" ment could now successfully appeal to the nation on the Education Bill is the uestion on which even many Liberals e in doubt. The only immediate effect f the atep taken by the Upper House, refore, will be to give an enormous petus the Radical agitation in fayâ€" of cgrbing the veto powers of the rs g: to furnish the Nonâ€"Conforâ€" ith a new gun and ammunition ir fight for the disestablishment Church of Englanid. _ There is, Parliament Will Not Dissolveâ€"New Bill May be Introducedâ€"Premier Sees King. ris, Dec. 24.â€"So confident is the Government that the day is only distance off when aerial locomoâ€" will be practical that several comâ€" are at work elaborating plans ing, in the various branches of blic service, the solution of any oblems which the revolution will en Capt. Ferber, of the French army, who is devoting all his time to aerostatâ€" ics, and who conducted the negotiations on behalf of his Government with the Wright Bros., agrees with Santos Duâ€" mont that flying machines in a few years will be AS Wil D° as common as automobiles toâ€" day. Inm the next war he is convinced there will be battles between flotilias of airships. "Human mastery of the air," said he to the Amsociated Press, "is virtually achieved. None of the startâ€" ling achievements of the past, neither » tricity nor the telephone, can e with what the future holds in for us. Not only will the life of Is be revolutionized, but Govâ€" ts will be «ompelled to devise, in t every department, new methods meet the changed conditions. This Range will come with amazing suddenâ€" A Peaish People rrest of Two Feversham Men on Seriâ€" ous Charges. Flesherton despatch says: At the conâ€" usion of the Feversham fire inquest eld haore yeaterday by Provincial Deâ€" pctive ~Rogers two warrants were r‘rm out. â€" A. T. Hutchinson, general rchant, of Feversham, and rival of itman, who was burned out, was ted on a charge of perjury. HE LORDS‘ DEFEAT OF PERJURY AND ARSON. ich Government Thinks it Will Soon be Real!â€" ized and is Preparing for Coming Change. e Will Have to be Provided With Flying \Machines in Order to Protect People. ... ... _ 3y _ ; With C + SHAWA * SHINGLES MONTRLEAL TORONTO OTTAWA LOXDON WINNIPEG (vancouvu : _ §19CraigBt. W, 11ColborneSt _ 423Sussex St. _ @ DundasSh _ 76 Lombard St. / 615 PenderSt. MACHINES GETTING COMMON. Roofing, Right THE EDUCATION BILL. Al Hutchinson is out»â€"on $2,000 bail. John Semple, the stage driver, who Mives in Feversham and who was sick yesterday, will be brought in toâ€"day on a warrant charging him with setting fire to Heitman‘s store on the morning of the 13th of October last. Durigg his examination in the afterâ€" noon he swore he had made no attemipt to increase his own insurance. The Crown prodused an application for more insurance bearing his signature, and R. J. Sproule, insurance agent here, identiâ€" fied the signature _ as Hutchinson‘s. Hutchinson is out»â€"on $2,000 bail. King Edward toâ€"day received the Preâ€" mier at Buckingham Palace. It is unâ€" derstood that His Majesty wished to be fully informed regarding the Cabinet‘s views on the political situation, as afâ€" fected by the education question. It is the general view of politicians that the Peers have entered into a conâ€" stitutional struggle embracing _ much more than the Education Bill. The Libâ€" erals promise that there shall be no cessation of the fight until the constiâ€" tutional issue is settled as to whether the Liberal party is to be forever checkâ€" mated by the "standing committee of the Tory Peers." however. _ a widespread impression that a purely‘ secular edupation bill will be introduced during the next session of Parliament; wlile no doubt the Cabinet during recess will consider what means are possible to prevent the Lords from nullifying the«prolonged labors of the Communs affd to U@ebar their veto of measures passed,. iwice _ by the Lower House. * Capt, Ferber believes the solution of the problem of aerial navigation lies in the question of equilibrium, as the prinâ€" ciple of flight, that is, area of aeroplane surface and speed. He contends that the domination of the air as at present is enjoyed by birds was only obtained as a result of a slow process of evolution comparable in a way to the slow perfecâ€" tion of the present means of flight. ness, and France is taking the precaution to meet it. In the customs service, presâ€" ent methods of watching the frontiers will be obsolete. Aerial patrols will be necessary to prevent the smuggling of contraband across the border. The poâ€" lice of all cities will have to be provided with flying machines in order to protect the people from the new opportumities of crime which aerial locomotion wiil place in the power of criminals. It would seem that flying machines would enable anarâ€" chists to achieve any end by threats against not only rulers but whole cities. With the police sailing about in the air it will be no more difficult to frusâ€" trate their plots than it is now on solid ground. In war the intelligence service will be entirely confined to the aeroâ€" static divisions and armed airships will guard the bivouacs of armies." These Tocls Plenty Is Lasy Work | Witress Said Orangemen Did Not Like Catholic, Toronto, Dec. 2¢â€"Thestimony relating to disputes and quarrels amongst fifâ€" teen guards of the Toronto _ jail was heard from witness after witness at the investigation into the conduct of Governor Van Zant before Commissioner Judd in the Court House yesterday. Wilâ€" liam Melntosh, a young Scotchman with a ready tongue, who apparently is acâ€" quainted (fairly well with conditions at the jail, expressed the belief that the guards who were Orangemen did not deâ€" Isire Guard Connolly among their numâ€" ‘ ber because the latter was a Roman ) Catholic. The Chronicle satates that he greatly overtaxed his strength at the celebraâ€" tions in honor of his seventicth birthâ€" day at Birmingham, with tho result that he lost his memory completely. The past became a blank to him, and he could not remember what had taken place even a few hours before and alâ€" though his other faculties were _ and are unimpaired, his memory is gone. The Past Has Become a Blank to Joseph Chamberlain. London, Dec. 24.â€"The long retireâ€" ment of Joseph Chamberlam, owing to gout and other ailments has led to constant assertions and contradictions concerning the gravity of his condiâ€" tion. Several Witnesses Saw Woman With Parcel Wandering About the Village, But No One Could Identify the Defendant. Brampton despatch says: The trial of Alice Carey, the Toronto woman, chargâ€" ed with leaving a dead child in the Presâ€" byterian Church shed at Port Credit, has been going on this afternoon at the Assize Court before Chief Justice Sir William Mulock. Evidence was given by the girl who found the body in the wood pile, by the doctors to the effect that the child had been born alive and was probably five days old, and by a dozen witnesses who had seen a woman wandâ€" ering about Port Credit on March 17, a few days before the body was found. None of the witnesses would identify Alice Carey as the woman seen in Port Credit. Two witnesses spoke of a woâ€" man they had seen in Toronto _ that looked more like the wanted woman. The evidence in the case will all be in by noon toâ€"morrow, it is expected. Mrs. Carey is _ wellâ€"dressed, is quite cheerful, and bears herself _ jauntily when asked to stand up or walk before the witnesses. Her husband and a young woman friend from Toronto are in atâ€" tendance. TRIAL OF MRS. CAREY. Centenary of Sailing of British to West Virginia is Celebrated. London, Dec. 24.â€"An interesting feaâ€" ture of the celebration at the Hotel Savoy toâ€"day of the 300th anniversary of the sailing of the party that was to form the British colony at Jamesâ€" town, Va., was the presence of Majorâ€" General Baden PowelY, who is a lineal descendent of John Smith and Admiral Rolfe, who is a descendant of Pocaâ€" hontas from her marriage with the English colonist Rolfe. _ Admiral Rolfe said his family had recently recovered a stolen portrait of Pocahontas which would be loaned to the Jamestown Exâ€" position. e NY OMA KK Oe DEAD INFANT FOUND IN PORT CREDIT CHURCHYARD. The party included many other disâ€" tinguished persons, including Foreign Secretary _ Grey, Earl Roberts, and Lord Curzon of Kedleston. T. P. O‘Connor declared that Irishâ€" men must have been among the first American colonists, as the latter soon became ardent Home Rulers. TWO DESCENDANTS P GUARDS QUARRELLED. HIS MEMORY GONE. | _ London, Dec. 24.â€"â€"In connection with the recent rumors of a plot to place Prince Arthur of Connaught on the Servian throne, M. Mijatovitch, exâ€" Servian Minister in London, in a pubâ€" lished interview, admits that twice withâ€" in a year delegates from Belgrade have vainly endeavored to interest him in the proposal,; asserting that _ King Peter would be induced to abdicate peaeea?(l{ in favor of the British Prince. M. Miâ€" jatovitch said he declined to have anyâ€" thing to do with such a fantastic oug gestion, but declares there is a definite political party in Servia favoring & change in the dynasty. Party Would Place Prince Arthur of Connaught on Servian Throne. She received thirty $100 and six $500 notes, which she sewed in a secret pocâ€" ket in an underskirt. While shopping with a friend she discovered that the pocket had been cut from her skirt and the money taken. The money was paid Mrs. Kober by the Pennsylvania Railroad in settlement of a claim on the death of her husband, who was killed in the recent electroc railroad wreck near Atlantic City. Mrs. Kober had no faith in banks, and had reâ€" fused to accept a check from the railâ€" road in payment of the claim, and deâ€" manded‘ cash. Woman Trusted Pocket Alone, But the $6,000 Banished, Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 24.â€"Mrs. Ella Y. Kober was robbed of $6,000 by ~a pickpocket in a holiday crowd in the shopping district here toâ€"day. _ The building _ was flatironâ€"shaped, and narrow, _ winding hallways, _ in whick the victims, confused _ by _ the flames and smoke, lost their way and were overcome. The dead are: F. M. Lambrecht, 40 Elmwood avenue; _ Mrs, Lambrecht, Ruth Crumlish, three years old, daughâ€" ter of Mrs. C. Crumlish, and Mrs. J. J. Fisher of New York. Buffalo, N. Y., Dec. 24.â€"Four lives were snuffed out and one person was fatally burned in a small fire in the Zenobia apartment house on Prospect avenue, at the corner of West Huron street, toâ€"night. . Other _ occupants of the place had narrow escapes, half a dozen being rescued by the firemen. There were about 150 passengers on board, but beyond a bad shakeâ€"up no one was hurt. Tragedy in Small Apartment House in Buffalo. The only cars left on the rails were the tourist, express and mail, The enâ€" gine was badlyâ€" broken and the t.ider completely smashed, while the rail ,,were torn up for some distance. Serious Wreck on the C. P. R. Eastern Branch. Pa., the principal yesterday announced that the young women in that section of the building would not be permitted to leave for the Christmas vacation unâ€" til they and their rooms had been careâ€" fully searched. _ Scarcely had the teachâ€" ers begun this unpleasant duty when the stolen money and articles were surrepâ€" titiously returned to their owners and the esarch was discontinued. The stuâ€" dents of the school left last night for their homes, many being somewhat hysâ€" terical over their experience. Brandon, Dec. 24.â€"A serious wreck %ccurred on the C. P..R. at 11 o‘clock on uesday morning, one mile west of Elva, on the Estevan branch. Train No. 42, bound‘from Estavan to Brandon, struck a broken rail while running along at medium speed, which caused the engine, baggage, second and firstclass comches to leave the rails. _ The engine plougheg through the ditch up the embankment, and landed in a big snowdrift in a farmâ€" er‘s field, completely off the right of way. Vested Rights f hW uL i.i acei O kE d OeCR T CC 0 O Regarded as a Competition | ‘> Suspicionsâ€"Warts Inve A Lengthy Statelxzmprovementâ€" C tly dep Will Be Ready in eâ€"Report | â€" Detroit, Dec. 24.â€"â€" ‘The m anf fi?:ud fel ; death by poisoning of Carl Mende® @M°) pomgry whic Toronto despatch: The » i illness 9 w4 book Commission yesterday fills peyxt. | Ni# WHe@ and the serious . Lnk] “"“l'm': hy "evi ; their son, aged 12, at Saginaw, Mic}» | when Men g evidence, and the Chairman, *ak. o. f been the x supposed th T. Crothers, said that the report are now believed. to have sult of ptoi a ult of a suicide and murder plot 99 | _ jgay * w be ready for the Government early ¥» . ; j rt of Mende, éither due t9 | Eoker, of C January. In the morning President 8. G. . P* _ ir Over his | he declared Beatty and Secretary Charles Builder, of fary insanity or essful caâ€" | Mende pois the (inada Publishing Company, testiâ€" | "¢®to carve out a then took fied. Mr. Beatty gave the names of the | Luth years â€" Mende has *3 & with the i members of the company, and thus it |holding "Kpister in the CentrAl WeSt» | oige, He t was shown that the company was comâ€" ) and Illino}sates in Kansas, Missouri |city did n prised of members of the three firms ',-egigned his two months ago he | pense of a which had practically controlled the pubâ€" , Y., after ma te in Lockport, N. | atomach of lishing of school books. Mr. Wallace |came to SAgin&@s fajlure there and | he himself Nesbitt, K. C., on behalf of the publishâ€" | editor of a Germ ere he became | ally arrang ers in question, read a statement, signed | did not suit the MAKper,. His work |for the ch by Mr. W. J. Gage, with a view to placâ€" per and his contract ent of the paâ€" | many relat ing them before the public in a More | weeks ago. ssnceled two | econsiderable favorable light than they might have | Of aristocratic parentage is insanity been owing to certain evidence given | hign spirited and sensitivGermany, | the fact th before the commission. Mr. Gage, who . was in a privat favored open competition, related the | o_ circumstances of the three firms obtainâ€" * ing control of the publication of Ontario MURDER MYSTER readers and the steps taken by them A Now to preserve their _ "vested rights." The document was calculated to prove that there was mo "ring" of the pubâ€" lishers. _ In the afternoon Mr. Builéer|Geo. W. Harris, Murdere. gave figures as to the cost of producâ€" 2f tion oi the Canada Publishing Comâ€" pany‘s books, and Mr. A. F. gRut.ter, Two Years A‘O. S R’ico-President of _ Warwick Bros. h& Goshen, Ind., Dec. 24.â€"Before Judge} murder utter, explained thht the reason the o Pis+ 20000 line and did publishing l;irmm were asked to enter the D?dge, Of. the Cirenit Court, toâ€"day, G.eo. ‘of the 1 Canada Publishing Company was beâ€" | W. Harris made a complete confession mitting cause Mr. Beatty was in poor health and | of the murder of Sarah Schaefer, & pretâ€" | jop thro contemplated removing from Toronto. tv school teacher, two years ago. This « SEARCH FOR MISSING PROPERTY BROUGHT IT TO LIGHT. Pittoburg, Dec. 24.â€"Following reports of numerous thefts in a dormitory of Washington seminary at Wasbington, . §YS NO WANT A BRITISH PRINCE. HYSTERICAL GIRLS. ENGINE QUIT THE JOB. TERACGE EXPLAINS TO THE COMMISSION, 1 Rights egarded as a n Competition Lengthy Stat provementâ€" NO FAITH IN BANKS, FOUR MET DEATH. ' death { his w y fi extâ€" W irman, *k . their : > report are nc ment early ult o President S. G. 1 rles Builder, of } ompany, testiâ€" | °* : names of the | Lut , and thus it ) holo any was comâ€" ; and e three firms 'resi rolled the pubâ€" , y,, 9» ILondon, Dec. 24.â€"The Times has re ceived the following cable despatch from its Pekin correspondent: It is officially announced that by agreement with Rusâ€" wia China will open by herself, as places of international residence and trade, Hangchun, otherwise called K wangohensâ€" tsze, the most important trade centre in Munchuria; Kirin, capital of the proâ€" vince of the same name; Harbin, the main centre of Russian activity in Manâ€" churin, and Manchuri, the first railway station on the Chinese side of the KRusâ€" _sian western frontier, ;The ovening will Atake ghu on the Russian New Year‘s Day, ~Jan. 14, 1907, before the comâ€" plete withdrawal of the Russian troops, ‘Trio of Mysterious Poiscnings Arouse Relative‘s o9 Suspicionsâ€"Warts Investigation. Detroit, Dec. 24.â€" The mM’ death by poioonin’ of Carl Mende an‘ his wife and the serious illness 0. their son, aged 12, at Saginaw, Mic‘» Four Important Towns to be Thrown Open for Trade. Lord Delamere devoted much of his time to exploring and hunting big game in Africa. | His wife acompanied him and shared his rough life. _ He left England last year to reside near Nairobi, where he built a dine house and bought 100,000 acres of land, intending to grow cotton and sugar. ’Well-xnown Explorer Charged With Fraud in Africa. London, Dec. 24.â€"A despatch to the Daily Mail from Mombasa, on the east coast of Africa, says that Lord Delamere, who was prominent in English society and has wide connections among the arâ€" istocracy, has been committed for trial at Nairobo on a charge of fraud. A soâ€" licitor who is accused of abetting him was also committed, to all of whom he agreed to send the girls. All that was necessary was to send railway fare. This was done by many people. _ Exposure was brought about by someone up west asking a local friend to see the man, which was done. The man agreed to produce the girls on a certain day, but by that time had skipped. It is believed he took in beâ€" tween $400 and $500, Montreal, Que., Dec. 24.â€" Another alleged _ petty swindling _ operation has _ been exposed in this city, this _ time the _ alleged _ swindler being a man passing _ under the title of Rev, Robert Kerr. Kerr adverâ€" tised in the Toronto papers that he had two Scotch girls to place in positions, and ‘r'ece‘i\'ed' many enquiries in writing, The complainant alleges as & principle feature of the "scheme and arrangeâ€" ment" by which the company secured a practical monopoly of the natural and artificial ice output and distribution esâ€" pecially in Greater New York and the communities in that vicinity, that it seâ€" cured control of the Maine ice field, and caused a reduction there last year SAID HE HAD TWO SCOTCH CIRLS FOR SERVICE. Albany, N. Y., Dec. 24.â€" Attorneyâ€" General Mayer in the name of the people of New York toâ€"day began an action against the American Ice Co:pany in the Supreme Court of New York Counâ€" ty, for the dissolution of the soâ€"called "Iee Trust." Controlled Ice Companies And Ice Fieldâ€"Ran the Price Up to $14 a Ton. and immediately engaged to murder his wife No. 2,, who is supposed to be Sarah Schaefer, for $500. ‘The confesâ€" sion, says White helped to drag the bedy.* into the alleyway, _ Since the _ He detailed all his movements to the judges. Harris‘ story is that upon his arrival in Bedford he met Esau White, Goshen, Ind., Dec. 24.â€"Before Judge Dodge, of the Circuit Court, toâ€"day, Geo. W. Harris made a complete confession of the murder of Sarah Schaefer, a pretâ€" ty school teacher, two years ago. Harris is 31 years old. HMe says his real name is Frank Burdock, and that his mother lives in Brooklyn, N. Y. His whole life has been given over to crime. He was born in Logansport, Ind., and since he was 16 years old he has roamed to all parts of the country. _ THINKS MURDER WAS COMMITTED. LORD DELAMERE IN JAIL. AFTER THE NEW YORK ICE TRUST. WATCH FOR HIM. CHINA‘S AWAKENING. ONTARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO frutly depressed over his failure in ife and felt keenly: the plight of his family which he could foresee when hig savings were exhausted, On Monday when Mende and his wife died it was supposed that their death was the »eâ€" sult of ptomaine poisoning, but Wedâ€" _ L MeF a uk C#A Ni4 s nesday, when his brotherâ€"inâ€"law, Otto Ecker, of Chicago, arrived in Baginaw, he declared that _ he _ believed that Mende poisoned his wife and son and then took a dose of the same poison with the intention of committing suiâ€" cide. He told the officials that if the city did not want to assume the exâ€" pense of a chemical analysis of the stomach of his sister and her husband, he himself would pay for it. It was finâ€" ally arranged that the city would pay for the chemical analysis. Mande fl:- many relatives in Chicago jand _ owns considerable property there. That there is insanity in his family is shown by the fact that his eldest son is confined in a private insane asylum in Wisconsin. NOW CLEARED UP. Have Been Established at Winnipeg, Calâ€" gary and Vancouver, Ottawa, Dec. 24.â€"A new departure has been made by the Post Office Deâ€" partment which will be welcomed by postmasters in the west. . Heretofore these postmasters were compelied to send to Ottawa when they desired to reâ€" plenish their stocks of stamps, but owâ€" ing to the rapid growth in the demand for stamps it has been decided to estabâ€" lish distributing centres in the west. These will be at Winnipeg, Calgary and Vancouver. ‘The new eystem will go into effect on the New Year. New Shipping Company With Capital of ; £2,000,000. London, Dec. 24.â€"The Times‘ corres pondent at Tokio sends the following cable despatch: A new shipping company has been formed in Japan. It already possesses a fleet of 150,000 tons. Its capâ€" ital is £2,000,000, of which half repreâ€" sents the value of the existing fleet, the remainder to be devoted to the building of new ships. The company intends to establish services to Formosa, Hokkaido, Java, Viadivostock, North China, Hong Kong, Manila, Hawaii, America, the South Seas and India. STAMP DISTRIBUTING CENTRES. A Proposition Which Pall Mall Gazette Pronounces Preposterous. London, Dec. 24. â€"Referring to wire less telegraphy and the appointment of a select committee, the Pall Mall Gaâ€" zette says the draft of a scheme for colonial representation at the conferâ€" ence is by no means satisfactory. A scheme which gives Canada and Ausâ€" tralia no greater voice than the bureauâ€" cracy of Togoland or Kiacchau would be quite too preposterous for our acâ€" ceptance. ing apparent to the general public. the text of the new French Government‘s bill amending the church and state sepâ€" aration bill of 1905, is as bad as the former regulations, “beux a maximum of oppression with a minimum appearâ€" ance" and aggravates the position of the church in everything without this beâ€" AS BAD AS THE OTHER Rome, Dec. 24.â€"A semiâ€"official note issued by the Vatican toâ€"day says that SAYSs THAT NEW FRENCH BILL D The key to the ice situation in New York city is pointed out as lying in the company‘s control of the "ice bridges." or landing depots, by which means, it is alleged, are controlled by the comâ€" pany. and who supply the retail trade and the push cart dealers through whom the poor in the congested districts reâ€" ceive ice. It is said that by the time the ice reaches the poor customers ofâ€"these push cart dealers it costs them at the rate of from $10 to $14 a ton. of the usual harvest "Hrom a million and a half tons to one third of that amount. . The other sources of supply are alleged to be similarly controlled. _ This afternoon H. to money. to trying to kill Poli® pf::-led guilty man, of Elkhart, and *rgeant Whiteâ€" two to four years in & GYeD from prison and fined $2,000. Ngan City deferred pending the ing@M®® Was Harris‘ confession. Officers 1Â¥ 10 ford are expected here toâ€"night. ° .B*4 insists he is telling the truth,"* though he hangs for it. _ Judge DX is not inclined to accept the confessil ‘ as genuine, but does not believe Harris insane. Harris gives the minutest details as to his movements in Bedford, and while his confession looks improbaâ€" ble in many respects in others it has elements of genuineness murder He _ x and did not has never seen White, of the killingaw him until the nigtt mitting the mut explanation of comâ€" job through the g.lze says he did the CANADA SAME AS TOGOLAND JAPAN‘S MERCHANT FLEET POPE DISPLEASED. f School Teacher €Cesses. FRANCE WILL TREAT RECALCIâ€" TRANT PRIESTS LENIENTLY. Applications Under Law of 1881 Made From Almost Half Paris‘ Churchesâ€" Labor Bureau Being Installed in Cardinal Richard‘s Palace. Paris, Dec. 24.â€"The Cabinet toâ€"day among other formalities decided not to separate into several bills the amendâ€" ments to the Church and State separaâ€" tion law of 1905, which were read in the Chamber of Deputies on Dec, 15, by M. Briand, Minister of Public Worship and Instruction, and then sent to the Committee of the Chamber. Australia from the proceedings sof the Colonial Conference, apparently confusâ€" ingy the constitution of the Commonâ€" wealth with that of Canada. _ The Ausâ€" tralian States have declined to permit hml{. Deakin to speak on their beâ€" Each State Wants Delegate to nial Conference. London, Dec. 24.â€"Rydney Carruthers, Premier of New South Wales, said !ut it is strange the Imperial Governwment should exclude the individual States of C Rainy River, Dec. 24.â€"The preliminâ€" ary hearing in the case of W. H. Paul, charged â€" with the murder of _ Hermid Shelling near the village of Pinewood on or about Friday, November 30 last, was taken up this afternoon before Police Magistrate Morton. _ District Attorney Mackenzie conducted the case for the Crown. and Mr. H. A. Tibbetts defended the prisoner, The testimony was pracâ€" tically a repetition of that elicited at the coromer‘s inquest at Pinewood on tlie 7th inst. Evidence Against W. H. Paul Heard at Rainy River, Former Woodstock Woman Loses Treasâ€" ures at Port Huron. With her husband and family woman has ben living in Victoria twentyâ€"one years since she came Pekin, where a younger brother, she says, is next in line to herself t Chinese throne. is now living. A Resident of Victoria, B. C., Tells a Startling Story. Victoria, B. C., Dec. 24.â€"A Manchu Banner woman, married to an English ofifeer of Gordon‘s army, has announced that she has made claim to the throme of China. The woman, unwilling to make public her name lest relatives be assasinated at Pekin, has addressed peâ€" titions to the British Government askâ€" ing that her claim be taken up with China. She says she is a direct lincal descendant of the third Duke of Chou, and as such aserts she has a right to the throne of China prior to that of the Empressâ€"dowager. Detroit, Mich., Dec. 24.â€"Mys. Eva Munter Mersce, of Rediands, Califormia, formerly a resident of Woodstock, Ont., where she was married last September to Mr. HMewsee, filed a petition in the local Unite: States Court toâ€"day to compel the return of her houschold ed and held by the customs officials at about seventeen hundred dollars, seizâ€" ed nad held by the customs officials at ort Huron, or to fix a reasonable duty on them «o that they may be released. .ége alleges that before leaving Wood: / ‘sher husband was told by the Unit trict‘tfl Consular agent for that dis th At there would be no duty or He 899~ but upon reaching Port uron ©Ysything was seized, and taker to the bOM warehouse. _ Many of he! P"""“: d“ says, came from friend in the United papes, Judge Swan ixed next Monday fo hearing the petitan, which is directe against Collector 9. Customs Avery, 0 Port HWuron. ®* } Berlin, Dec. 24.â€"A story is «current to the effect that Emperor _ William ‘went by train to Potsdam with a fow intimate friends. The only other 00â€" lcupant of the royal saloon carriage was an impassible liveried man serâ€" vant. The Kaiser was in a lively mood and _ his womversation was animats%, and confidential, Suddenly his _ Maâ€" jesty interrupted the talk and sumâ€" moned his secretary. Then, pointing to the servant, he asked. _ "What is that man doing here?" _ The man was questioned and was finally obliged _ to confess that he was a reporter for the Lokal Anzeiger. The Kaiser began to twirl his moustache, which is a known storm signal, The he recovered himâ€" a;s?f, and, ls,:niiin.z grimly, ordered that the train stopped. The interl was obliged to "amt on the t:‘T:l: and was abandoned in his livery ten miles from t;e nearest station to get home as best he could. The Kaiser spent the next five minutes chuckling over his vengeance. How He Disposed of an Intuder in His Private Car. AUSTRALIA NOT SATISFIED NOT YET ALIENS. WEDDING PRESENTS HELD CHARGED WITH MURDER CLAIMS CHINESE THRONE m Sm @p ie w KAISER GOT ryEN next Monday for , which is directed Customs Avery, of the Coloâ€" from who, ) the th on rt )P n