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tm Cares : orougzhpin 3 FOUND Ir a m Carb Splint ingbone I1 Infants NIMENT SKS. Yermont. 0. A buying ADIM n North of 33 N ar )LOR Te 15 000 1ersâ€" N\ OO nQ (Wp lice WQ T0 The Magistrate said the point was that a witness was bound to answer the questions, and if Douglass had been callâ€" ed in Jackson‘s case he would have been bound ++ answer. Nir. Johnston â€"Not unless he was protected by an order of the court. _ "What effect the Canada evidence act will have in future cases remains to be ascertained, and it is not unlikely that the Hon. the Attorneyâ€"CGeneral will take this matter into his consideration, and will issue such directions as to him seem and just in view of the ends to : attained." N.o SINUA (nat & Jury would convict. "From the point of view that Douglass tas, so far as can be ascertained, save for theâ€" statement of Jackson, contraâ€" fTietel as above, told a!l he knew to the Crown officers, and that his story has thirs been ascertained by ‘the Crown, toâ€" getl@s» with any ecliakeral evidence against him that was discovered thereâ€" by, and, notwithstanding the Canada evidence act, I do not see how Dougiass ean be proceeded against _ without a grave breach of arrangement either exâ€" press or implied. _ «¥ailabis sources of in wvot think that a jury w _ "From the point of vie mas, so far as can be a for theâ€" statement of J & , and the Crown, ‘t‘ latter, asked 1 r'. tgment. The s yveitarily. The p gint. _ NMir. Dougl: ‘ e any statemer rh erime, and he y wght be, no stater » the Crown. Mr. .0 prrsed with the him‘ but he refu y Sdiam ArpmctP detmate nat Wt e tb titet trss. s 2l CE S no terms or bargain in that sense with | petim Douglass, but he was told that no inâ€" Mr. justice would be done to him, and that | bee» he would be treated as such cases haq | the d been treated for centuries. _ The praeâ€" | Belloy tice was that where an alleged accomâ€" | POrO plice was used for Crown evidence the ‘“'i; Crown protected that witness to the ex. | has e tent of not prosecuting unless perjpury t,h""} was proved. death Upow@that state of facts he trusted to t*'nnur of the Crown, and relied on the fact that in no instance, to his knowledge, in the records of law in this ( giz F1 Province or in England or America had there ever been a violation of that honor. New Crown Attorn00‘s Ubakamnanes . eeks W tent of n was prove to the practiee of practice of the (‘re that offence unless in giving the evide *"° _ Crown was unable against Jackson without I testimony, ard the position by the other counsel in the the Crown used Douglass as any transaction connected w ject matter of the alleged er jrom him confidentially the cireunstances, he could no to the practice of the cou practice of the U‘romn ELas. him ent The Zeg, !" the wnole matter. Jackson left ;‘mntry. and in order to take proâ€" cxommgs to extradite hith from Buttalo it Vas necessary to obtain some direct evience implicating him in the offence, M Douglass was the only one apparentâ€" lyrom the facts who could give any diâ€" t testimony imipliczting the man Jackâ€" . and the Crown, desiring to extradite ‘ Intter, asked Doutlass to males « ritted before a Co: dly exeluded /at \iter earcfflly 1 â€"o gikten atthe in PMt, #ccson. too n comsicering L embered that erial evidence n the body of ;C*W ce Against Douglass Withdrawn \ bl the Crm. T1 eroner Declared Proceedings to be P CCCz "ne position now was difâ€" it. _ Mr. Douglass was not going to ¢ any statement. He was charged erime, and however innocent â€" he it be, no statement would be made he Crown. Mr. Douglass was ready eed with the trial and to defend ‘but he refused to allow his cliâ€" o "open his mouth in the matter. Crown was unable to proceed ist Jackson without Mr. Douglass‘ pnovnui c rul ts c a% WOA Crown n Attor: practica m â€" had €lL RANGEVILLE WELLS CASF., ements by Crown Attorney and Counsel for the Defendant. ction connected with the subâ€" r of the alleged crime, and got confidentially the story of the ees, he could not, according actice of the courts and the | the Crown, be prosecuted for e unless he committed perjury Nes ase% .. 222 C ©son, tOgei2er with &l urces of information U Attorney‘s Statement. tor centuries. _ ‘The prac t where an alleged accom od for Crown evidence the ted that witness to the ex. prosecuting unless permry meating him in the offence. : was the only one apparentâ€" facts who could give any diâ€" y implicczting the man Jackâ€" Crown, desiring to extradite isked Douglass to make a F C e evidence. The Crown made bargain in that sense with : he was told that no inâ€" be done to him, and that treated as such cases had The stateme The position Douglass wa atement. â€" He n without Mr, l)c'»uglas:‘ the position was taken unsel in the case that if y mchay said he agreed _ everything thar Air. said. _ He thought he law aud the practice, moke a statement: i1 not call any evidence at the charge be disâ€" of the discussion that it is perhaps advisable te the reasons for this U t tatement ow ter it much 1t the ° Amernica had lation of that a wilness in it n as made be the Ir 113 Killarney, Man., June 3.â€" Lawrece Gowland, the selfâ€"confessed murderer of Georgina Brown, received his preliminâ€" ary»hearing before Police Magistrate Thos. Shannon this afternoon. His:conâ€" feseion, full of brutal and disgusting deâ€" tails, was read in court, and acknowlâ€" edged by the prisoner, after which he was committed for trial. Lawrence Gowland‘s Confession Read in Court Before He is Committed. Hamilton, Bermuda, June 3.â€" The ritish steamer Boniface, from Galvesâ€" ton for Liverpool, arrived here this morning with a cargo of cotton on fire. The Boniface carried nine passengers, eight of whom are women. The flames were discovered May 26, when the vesâ€" sel was 700 miles from Bermuda. The hatches were battened down, and the Boniface was headed for the islands. When she arrived here her cargo was burning furiously, and her decks were erumbling in. Pritish Steamer Reachss Bermuda in Perilous Condition. ‘The eoutrivance Lawrence eLs exhibit in Chicago is a motoriess lrom hansas City, Mo.:â€" hawrence J. Lesh, _ a _ fifteenâ€"yearâ€"old mechanical genius, who has invented six flying maâ€" chines, three of which have borne his weight, has gone to Chicago with his aeroplane, which he will display at an exhibition of the Aero Club of tnat city. New â€" York, June 3.â€"The Herald has _ received the following despatch from Kansas City, Mo.: Lawrence J. Lesh, _ a â€" fifteenâ€"yvearâ€"old mechanical Six Flying Machines Invented by Boy of Fifteen. Ahe eontrmvance Lawrence eLsh will xhibit in Chicago is a motoriess gergâ€" )lane.Jt is a guiding machine, built on he principle of a soaring bird. It veigh« thirtyâ€"five pounds, is twenty eet long and eleven feet wide. : Youne Lesh has written several ayâ€" Mir. Frank R. Powell, of Parry Sound, his been appointed Crown Lands agent there to fill the vacancy caused by the death of J. Ellis. A., lecturer in horticulture at the Agriâ€" eultural College, as superintendent of the new experimental farm near Jordan Harbor, in the County of Welland. Plans are now in preparation for the buildings required for the carrying on of the exâ€" petrimental work at the farm. Mr. J. J Byer, of Mount Joy, has been appointed inspector of apiaries for the district east of Toronto as far as Bellcville and north, including Peterâ€" boro and Victoria Counties. An Additional Inspector of Apiariesâ€" Crown Lands Agent Appointed at Parry Sound to Fill Vacancy Caused by Death. A Toronto despatch: Several appointâ€" ments were made at a meeting of the Cabinet held yesterday afternoon. They included that of Mr. H. 8. Peart, B. 8. THREE NEW OFFICIALS. A SUPERINTENDENT FOR THE NEW FRUIT FARM. and getting his reputation established. I want to end this thing. The defendant 'hn-n been buffeted about in the Police Court here for nearly a year now and I want to be in a position to give an orâ€" der. I think he should have pleaded not guilty and insisted on an open trial. It is going to leave this man in a bad posâ€" ition in the future. The British law asâ€" sumes every person charged to be innoâ€" cent until guilt is proven. but I am afraid in this case your fellowâ€"citizens may not be so generous, and that this offence may prejudice you in after iife. I shall dismiss the information, but I think it would have been far better for the defendant and for the community if the case had been disposed of and a clean sheet made." Police Magistrate Pattullo, in dismisâ€" sing _ the charge made _ the _ folâ€" lowing observations: "I think the defenâ€" dant is making a very great mistake in not getting properly tried before a jury, Dr. J. Henry, the Coroner. rising in court, protested against the decision. "Cannot you call some witnesses?" he asked. _ "This thing is a perfect farce. 1 can give evidence." The Magistrate said in that case there was nothing to do but to dismiss the charge. The Crown Attormey did not think that it should be regarded as abrogated until new orders were issved. The Magistrateâ€"What has a man got to offer for his protection? What is he giving for it? Mr. Johnston maintained that it was not a matter of giving in ary way. The Canada evidence act did not relate to the case of a person charged with crime. MURDERER GOES TO TRIAL. The Magistrate thought the _ last ground urged by the Crown Attorney was the stronger one. It seemed to him that the precedent which had been referred to had been abrogatedl by the Canada evidence act. If it was not, then the act was of no value. _ Mr. Johnstonâ€"The Crown has inmr-’ djably protected such a witness. The j Crown, technically speaking can try this j man toâ€"day and put him in the box, and if he had not taken objection to the evidence given at the inquest they could use it against him. Eut the principle goes further. The Crown having used him, it has now practically â€" become a rule of law that the Crown cannot proâ€" secute him. The (Crown Attorney thought that the Crown having obtained the story and collateral facts in evidence, the pracâ€" tice had been to protect the giver of that evidence. but the Canada evidence act might affect that question ~in the futureâ€"that was if the Attorneyâ€"Genâ€" eral should make any disection with regard to it. The Magistrateâ€"It simply means that hi:;‘ answers shali not incriminate himâ€" Magistrate Wanted a Clean Sheet. YOUTHFUL INVENTOR. HER CARGO AFIPE n, Bermuda, June 3.â€" The eamer Boniface, from Galvesâ€" Liverpool, arrived here this Charge Was Dismissed. rentif written several arâ€" pabers, including Prince Fushimi, with Earl Grey _and party, sails for Canada toâ€"day. } The vicinity of Houston, Texas, has been swept by a series of cloudbursts and storms. Sir V. Cailliard, presiding at the meetâ€" ing of the British Loan & Trust Comâ€" pany, congratulated the sharehoiders on the almost monotenous record of prosperity in Canada. William Bayard, of St. John, N. B., will in August next complete his iuth year in continual practice of the medical profession. He is 95 years old, but still visits a few patients. * BRITISH AND FOREIGN Montreal is agitated at the present time over the proposition made by Mr. Rodolphe Forget to sell to the city the electric light and gas plant of the Montâ€" real Light, Heat & Power Company. The company wants the modest sum of $25,â€" A man named Silbriski was arrested at Guelph yesterday. He is thought to have been concerned in the fire which deâ€" stroyed the Toronto Exhibition buildings last fall and in a couple of cases of houseâ€"breaking at Guelph. Thomas W. Harvey, former teller of the Enterprise National Bank of Alleâ€" gwheny, was fourd guilty yesterday on thirtyâ€"three counts for making false enâ€" tries. Montreal police have presented the City Council with a bill for $8,000 for keeping order during the strike. At Parry Sound Assizes Capelic, the Italian, was found guilty of the murder of William Dow, and Marano, his comâ€" panion, was acquitted. It is said that United States parties are endeavoring to secure pulpwood conâ€" cessions in Northern Ontario. It is practically,settled that Principal Faleoner will accept the Presidency of the University of Toronto. Mr. W. 8. Calvert, the Liberal whip denies that there wil Ibe a goneral elec tion this vear, elec ence Gustavus Kern, alleged fugitive from Knoxville, Tennessec, had $5,100 banked in Toronto. Nirs,. Jane Reid, of West Huntingdon, committed suicide by taking carbolic acid. Russia has refused to receive back the St, Aohn‘s Anglican Church, at Madoe, was burned. The Queen‘s Hotel at Hensall was deâ€" stroved by fire. ment, and those that are working get _ "The re«tsurant business is eut in haif two days off weekly, some with and . and he‘p aimilnshing proportionately. some without pay. {_"Four thousand laborers in street railâ€" "There are 12,000 iron workers, 2,000 | road work are laid off, ‘They walk the carmen, 500 telephone girls and 1,500 ‘ streets in droves, looking for work, and laundry workers out on strike. congest the employment offices." _ _"Of about 6,000 clerks and salesmen in retail stores, 2,000 are out of employâ€" ment, and those that are working get two days off weekly, some with and some without pay. San Francisco, June 3.â€"Labor Comâ€" missioner W .V. Stafford has submitted this report to Governor Gillette: "The San Francisco Musicians Union has a membership of nine hundred. At this time but fifty are workin gregularâ€" ly. The majority of the members in the union are taking turn about for this em ployment. Thousands of Men on Strike fufiws N BRIEFI' v. W. J. Ford, of Glencoe, has beer ed President of the London Confer SAN FRANCISCO‘S LABOR MARKEFT CANADIAN. PRINCE FUSHIMI, â€" _ Who is now on his way to visit Canada. n on Strike and Other Thousands Out of Work. !| Social Democrats who attended the reâ€" | cont congress in London. o In a Decoration Day address at Inâ€" + | dianapolis â€" yesterday President Rooseâ€" veit declared _ that there must be no 'qwer\'ing from the position taken reâ€" ; garding railway regulation. Gow was convieted of â€" manslaughter and got three months in jail. . Later Hill, father of the dead boy, entered action against Gow for damages for Gow was passing the Hill homestead at night when he fired three rifle shots, one of which killed young Hill. Exccutors Say They Do Not Know Charles Gow‘s Whereabouts. A Peterboro‘ despatch: At the nonâ€" jury sittings of the high court here toâ€" day, Chancellor Boyd presiding, _ an interesting case came up, arising out of the killing of young Tommy. Hill, in the Dummer Township tragedy of Augâ€" ust, 1905. Gatineau Point Man Captures Fine Speciâ€" men Alive, Ottawa, June 3.â€"Joseph Osborne, of Gatineau Point, just across the river from Ottawa, captured a large grey lynx near his home last night under peculiar cirecumstances. Osborne was gathering some waste wood in the river and was rowing near the shore when he was startled to see a lynx leap from the bushes along the river bank into his boat. _ Osborne rowed along with the lynz on board to a point farther up the bark, where the lynx leaped into a pile of wood, and was caught with the assistance of two or three men. It is said to be the only lynx ever eapâ€" tured alive in this district, and is a splendid fullâ€"grown specimen. _ At Kingston, Eng., yesterday one of a flock of sheep passing through the town secing its reflection in a shop window, made a dash for it and jumped clean ‘through the plateâ€"glass into the shop. It was followed by the rest of the f10ck, about twenty in all. At Claresholm, Alta., a rancher named Sydney Warner made a desperate atâ€" tempt to murder a neighbor, Alfred D. Moachari. He shot at him three times, after a quarrel, but fortunately without eficet. Me has been arested, and is row in jail at Macleod. J. R. Wilmot, who says he is Proesiâ€" dent of a gas engine and gas plant _ of New York, was taken to Chicago yesterâ€" day in custody of officers, who arrested him in Montreal, charged with passing a bogus cheque for $5,500 while in Chiâ€" cago a few weeks ago. (General Botha, responding to a welâ€" come to him to Pretoria, said the Imperâ€" ial Conference had been like being at school to him. It had been a privilege to meet the leaders of the Imperial Govâ€" ernment and Opposition, and to hear the silverâ€"tongued Laurier and Deakin. All contributed to his education. "Up to a month ago architects took draftsmen who could not speak inglish and were glad to get them. Now there are four or five applicants in every office daily, and no work to be had. ‘"Ten thousand men of the building trades are out of work through strikes, lack of material and lack of money, ‘"Three hundred laundry wagon drivers are out of employment, as a result of the laundry workers‘ strike. LYNX JUMPED INTO BOAT. EILLS CASE DISMISSED. F4 Ei 129 /0A ilfi’ * _ Brockville, Ont., despatch: A Toronto man named Hurst, who has been makâ€" ing his headquarters at the Grand Central Hotel for the past few weeks, had a narrow escape from being asâ€" phyxisted this morning. A guest passâ€" ing along a hallway upstairs detected a strong smell of gas, which was traced to the room occupied by Hurst, and the door being forced open, he was found lynig on the bed in an unâ€" conscious condition, in fact life was alâ€" most extinet. . At the hospital he reâ€" vived, but is still suffering. . The gas jet in his room was found wide open. What is loft of the gift will be turnâ€" ed over to the red cross society to 1eâ€" lieve individual cases of need to grapple with the next crieis. Toronto Man Has a Narrow Escape in a Hotel at Brockville. _ American gifts have supplied milk reâ€" gularly to 1,000 babes at the Hsu Cheo Fu Temple, while 200 more have nourishâ€" ment occasionally, The children are left with their parents or relations as the Chinese dread foreign orphanages. Shanghai, June 3.â€"The famine which has prevailed for many weeks, causing hundreds of deaths and great sufferin@ has been broken. The crops _ are still thin, but the hot weather of the past month has been favorable to a good yield. _ habeys ; A THOUSAND BABIES GET MILK FROM U. S. HELPERS. In view of the showing made for the past two years, and the bright outlook for the present year,. the directors have declared a dividend of one and &A quarter per cent. on the common stock of the company, payable on July 2, to shareholders of record on June 15. Satisfactory Report of Dominion Textile Co.â€"Dividend Declared. Montreal, June 3.â€"The marked sueâ€" cess that has attended the merger of the majority of the largest Canadian cotton companies was shown by the very satisfactory report submitted by the Dominion Textile Company at its annual meeting held toâ€"day. _ The reâ€" port showed the sales for the year to bave been $8,507,012.81, being ° an inâ€" crease of #376,008.86 in value over the previous year, In view of the showino made â€" far +ha They Supplant Wheat in Interest in Winnipeg Market. Winnipeg, June 3.â€"Wheat is no longâ€" er king here. While all eyes have been turned upon it, the potato market has been very‘active, and almost as erratic and excited. For more than a week past deliveries have been small, owing, no doubt, to the rush of spring work, which is usually over by this date. While receipts have been receding the demand has been increasing, and prices have gone up like skyâ€"rockets. Local deliveries have brought 85 cents to 95 cents on the track, for even quite small quantities, Neveral cars have been brought in irom Minncsota, and these cost £1.05 on the track, and are sold in a jobbing way at $1.15 to $1.25. Dealers state that they think the top of the market has probably been reached. eitect that Mr. Blake‘s condition had e\mdvrgom- a satisfactory improvement. Mr. Blake is 74 years of age. A cablegram _ received by Professor Wrong, sonâ€"inâ€"law of Mr. Blake, yesterâ€" day morning announced that {the paâ€" tients‘ condition was satisfactory. latest ilxto!ligeng(!'is having been receive effect that Mr. Bla Stricken With Paralysis in London, But is Improving. Toronto despatch: The news that Hon. Edward Blake, formerly Premier of Onâ€" tario, and now member for South Longâ€" {ford in the British House of Commons, had been seized in London with a sudâ€" den illness, will occasion widesnread ra. cen riness, will occasion widespread reâ€" gret in Canada. Information reached Toâ€" ronto on Wednesday that the hon. genâ€" tleman had been the victim of a paraâ€" lytic stroke, and a message of inquiry was at once despatched to London by Mr. W. H. Blake, K. C. Fortunately the tentively. He said aft was so interesting it the pain. _ Baron Vo reiused anaesthetics because he wantâ€" od to watch the operation. He rsistâ€" ed all the persuasions of the surgeon, who finally yielded. _ The boy did not wince and made no sound throughout, but watched the surgeon‘s work ftâ€" s uctiila‘ vo F 1 borg, by the remarkable grit he disâ€" played in undergoing an operation. Tucek‘s arm had to be amputated. He refiutsed angesthoties hemaman lia anaus Vienna, June 3.â€"A 14â€"yearâ€"old boy of the name of Tucek, astonished the prominent surgeon, Baron Von Hliselâ€" Sight of Seeing Arm Amputated Well Worth the Pain. he pain. _ Baron Von Eise rized his pluck by sivine hi In the suit toâ€"day by Hill against Charles Gow and C. J. Darling and W. J. Moore, executors of the will of Joun F. Gow, Hill contended that Charles Gow had conveyea his property immeâ€" diately after judgment to his father for fraudulent purposes thus preventâ€" ing him from collecting the claim. Charles Gow‘s father, John Gow, died July 21, 1906. The morning after the funeral the son suddenly left the counâ€" try, and relatives declared toâ€"day that he had not been heard of since. The executors of the will maintained that they had no knowledge of facts that would tend to throw doubt on the validity of the cenveyance. The case was dismissed with anâ€"+> WAS ALMOST SUFFOCATED. damages and costs. ~On the same day a writ of execution was issued against the chattels of Charles Gow and placâ€" ed in the sheriff‘s hands for execuâ€" tion. the death of his son. The high, court, in April, 1906, â€" awarded him $6533.52 MERGER PROVED A SUCCESS CHINESE FAMINE, POTATOES CO SOARING BOY‘S REMARKABLE GRIT HON. EDWARD BLAKE ILL ence is reassuring, a reply received yesterday to the ts au200 ! uP. said ad terwards the Tsight gilljniued with costs Von Eiselberg recog giving him a watch was . well worth Has Bsen in Sayre Family for Thrce Generations. Binghamton, N. Y., June 3.â€" John Rayre, aged 63 years, toâ€"day committed suicide in his home by shooting himself through the mouth, going into the same pantry to comimit the deed in which his father and grandfather both killed themâ€" selves by cutting their throats, many years ago. Mr. Sayre lived in Washâ€" ingtonian Hall, six miles west of this city, the oldest house in Broome county, in which his ancestors for several genâ€" erations have lived. Mr. Sayre suffered from a sunstroke geveral years ago, to which is ascribed Rishop‘s Confreternity Something of a Surpriss. Quebec, June 3.â€"Something of a senâ€" sation was caused in the Anglican Synod by the admission of Principal Gibbons of Bish.op’s College, Lennoxvilic, in anâ€" swer to an inquiry that a chapter of the confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament existed amongst the students in divinity, of which the chaplain is Rev. F. G. Sceott, the poet and rector of St. Matâ€" thew‘s Church, Quebec. All the professâ€" ors, one after the other, declared they had nothing to do with the confraterâ€" nity. His Lordship remarked that he could not understand why such an offer was not accepted. Mr. B. N. Davis, counsel for plaintiff said be had advised acceptance. bu: plaintiff refused to act on his advice. Judament was reserved. Miss Fallis had been offered $900 by Wilson to settie the matter, but she reâ€" fused. "They had both tic stage, and have been a 1 ter." Mrs. Wilson was the only witness for the defence, and she stated that she would not have married Wilson had he not effected the settlement. _ She had heard that be had been in some diffiâ€" eulty, and would rot leave der home Wilson to settie the matter, but she reâ€" ture. "The arrangement business character." It appears that Wilson conveyed his equity in a 50â€"acre farm in concession 7, Vaughan township, and settled, besides, $1.000 upon dis wife, Miss Fallis claims that the settlement was made for the purpose of defeating her claim. Miss Fallis Refused Offer in Breach of Promise Case. Toronto despatch: Miss Lizzie Fallis, who was awarded $1,000 against Policeâ€" man George H. Wilson for breach _ ot promise, and instituted an action to set aside the settlement by Wilson of $2,500 in favor of his wife, Alice Emily Caton. The case was tried before Mr..Justice Mabee in the Nonâ€"Jury Assize Court yesterday, _ Duncan appears to be a socialistic lunatic. When arrested he had on the _most wonderful set of false whiskers and eyebrows that the eye of man has ever gazed upon, They were excessively luxuriant. Moreover, they did not match is hair or his complexion. It was scarceâ€" ly remarkable that such an outfit atâ€" tracted the attention of the police. The man had with him a bag gonâ€" taining a variety of things that interâ€" ested the coppers. They included 2 Colt automatic revolver, knife with a blade eight inckes long, a pair of tbra:s knockles and a dozen skeleton keys, Duncan also had a card showing that he was a member of Spokane Union of the Industrial Workers of the World, together with letters from Wade R Parks. got an anonymous letter. Each word was carefully printed out. 1t read: "The man you have arrested is an honest workingman. We ask that you release him at once. We also insist that _ you dismms Chief of Police Francis. If not, we will find a way to get both you and the chief," MAYOR AND CHIEF OF POLICE OF BOISE THREATENED, PBoise, June 3.â€"Following the arrest and detention of a man named Carl H. Duncan on the charge of carrying conâ€" cealed weapons, Mayor Haines toâ€"day Elyria, Ohio, June 3.â€"Four persons . were killed and thirteen injured in a | rearâ€"end collision on the Cleveland k, Bouthwestern traction road here early ; last evening. The front car was filled | gwith holiday excursionists, nearly all of : whom received more or less serious inâ€" | juries, Within a few minutes ambulances and doctors were sunmmoned and wel wounded taken to the Elyria hospital, where two of the injured subsequently died. KEight of the remaining. thirtsen had both legs cut off, one lost one leg, and still another had both legs broken. The dead: E. O‘Donnell, Elyria, crockery merchant; H. M. Billings, Elyria, Grand ’ Army veteran; _ W. C,. Allen, Elyria, | claim agent for the Lake Shore Railroad ; i Wm. Sale, son of Rev. J. P. Saie. i ~Miss Suppes, daughter of Max Suppes, : manager of the steel plant here, bad both legs cut off. Motorman Fraundu, who was in charge of the car which caused the wreck, was arrested toâ€"night on a warrant sworn out by Prosecutor Steveus, charging him with manslaugzhâ€" ’ [FOUR KILLED ; ter Fight of Them Llost Both Their THIRTEEN HURT.! Holiday Excursionists Meet With . WANTED DAMAGES IN HEREDITARY SUICIDE SENSATICON SPRUNCG. A QUEER FISH. cter," sard "Sir, Godfrcy h got beyornd the roman l love does not seem t large factor in the mat *T TORONTO FULL NO over the woman, which sealded her feet and leas. She lay for several hours in the small boat in which the crew made their esâ€" eape, Port Huron, Mich., June 3.â€"Margaret Kelly, a marine cook, lost both her feet through amputation here toâ€"day. Mrs. Kelly was cook on the barge Lilly Smith, which was beached in Georgian Bay last Friday, _ When the boat struck a rock a tank of boiling water was thrown An Erin, Ont., despatch: This afternoon little Sandy MeceKinnon, son of James McKinnon, was playing along the banks of the race leading to the grist mill and fell in and was carried to the screen in front of the mill before he was noticed. George Bell rescued him from the water, and immediately summoned Dr. Gear, who tried every possible way of restor. ing him to life, but without avail. Sandy McKinnon Falis Into the Milidun at Erin, Ont. Winnipeg, June 3.â€"Crop prospects throughout the west are improving rapidly under decidedly favorable weathâ€" er. conditions, Wheat is growing fast, and in some localities, especially through southern Manitoba and Saskatchewan, is up three or four inches. Frost on Sunâ€" day night nirped it slightly, but will not seriously affect the crop. Every day, however, is valuable, and _ anything tending to retard growth is but adding to the anxiety for harvest time. With Both Feet Scalded She Spends Hours in Sma!l Boat. Western Crop Prospects Continue to Only seven men still lack employ ment, others having left the city. reached the city, refused to work, as he is a union man. Buc Local Men Cannot Get What They Ask For. Si. Catharines, June 3.â€"Local strikâ€" ing carpenters complain that, though emâ€" ployers are unwiliing to grant them 35 cents per hour asked for, the price is being paid to outsiders. A day or so ago a carpenter named McLaron was sent to the Wilson Building and Conâ€" tracting Co. from a Tornoto employment agency, . with instructions _ reading: "Bearer we send you as carpenter at 35 cents per hour, as per your telephone order of morning."" MeLaren, when he mes"etmui ies Sies es zes Brer caaa c amn sd The prisoner was driven in a coverâ€" ed wagon, escorted by gendarmes, to the town hall, where the civil marâ€" riage was performed. _ The religious ceremony followed in the prison chaâ€" pel, whence the conviet wae taken to his cell, The incident is regarded locally as justifying the convict‘s pardon, and a petition for this is therefore being cirâ€" culated. «erving a life term at Ypres, has just married the jailer‘s daughter. Their attachment began _ through the girl taking the convict‘s meals to his cell. Eventually the qprisoner asked the jailâ€" er‘s consent _ to _ his marrying his daughter. The father at first refusâ€" «d, but finding that his daughter was enamored, he finally consented. P d C PC PPVOTHCC TB j He did not hesitate to assert that ; cancer was ventable, and he was sanâ€" | guine enougg“to predict that before ten | years passed it would be as rare as it is ! now prevalent. Convict in Belgian Prison May Thus Gain Pardon. Bo far as can be learned none but the engineer and fireman saw the accident, though several farmers mot the unforâ€" tunate man after he left town. He was taken to Grantos, but died before arâ€" riving there. The bhorse was killed inâ€" stantly, having been thrown a hundred and fifty feot. Long Crossing is a very dangerous place, and is the scene of several fatalities. . The track parallels the road for some distance, and to see if a train is coming the driver has to turn around in his rig. Most farmers, knowing the place, come to a full stop and look carefully around before crossâ€" ing. ; _ London, June 3.â€"Dr. Robert Bell, forâ€" j werly prominent among Scottish physiâ€" cians, who is now practising in London, | maintains that cancer is not caused by ary microâ€"orgamisin, but results from il‘aulty diet and improper sanitation of _ the body. Lecturing before the Psychoâ€" Therapeutic Society, he said that selfâ€" | indulgence was onc of the chief factors in the production of cancer. ___ Waht we are pleased to call civilizaâ€" tion, he said, had a great deal to answer 'for, and cortainly cancer was attributâ€" able to flagrant errors of diet, for which _civilization was directly responsible, One of the primary causes was the ingestion of too much red butcher‘s meat. People who dislike milk were very liable to cancer. Plenty of vegetables were among the necessitics of a eancer resisting diet. In his long experience hbe had only met with on cancer patient who was a vegetarian, and she was ill from other â€"causes. James Beliswell Killsd at â€" Long Crossing. Stratford despatch: James Balkwell, ditcher. was killed by a train at "Long Crossing," near ennock, west of St. Mary‘s, yesterGay, ife had come to St. Mary‘s to buy draining tools, and was on the way homs when the accident happened. It was snowing and blowing wildly at the time, and to these circumâ€" stances is attributed the fact that he did not see the train. Ballkwell was carâ€" ried several bundred feet, and when picked up was terribly mangled, but still alive. Smoking, althodjrb an :\mz;;t of v(‘-l in the system, could not produce it y‘ saue t ol 1 vas COOK‘S HARD EXPERIENCE Ecotch Physician Says Civilized Diet Causes Many Ilis. VEGETABLES PREVENT CANCER. MARRIED JA;LER‘S DAUGHTER HUSs LITTLE BOY DROWNED. WHEAT GROWING FAST OUTSIDERS GET PRICE A RAILWAY DEATH TRAP A convict, who is excitant of cancer