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virkâ€"bw Tor dvance |&t)8 calloused soldiers sentry t aweency , » throat, + of one ondertul b’ \“- intry AYS ANTEED MEN otrud unded i contents of a keg of beer wihieb wen bought by Michele Cannone, o‘ father. before Amido went to Chestnut street last right * w‘clock he had e\'id»nlly beed cing. â€" Michele Canmone, his father, the ten or so lodgers in the house pooled their money and rad bought « oi beer; all had contributed ut io. so when Amido came in his â€" _ refused to allow him to share ~thers had bougnt, and be went ivs very indignant. 7 : â€"topmother followed him up and to induce him to go to bed., Amâ€" vent downstairs again. Bridget me followed him, ind be t._rwed on n the lower room amd struck be: STABS HIS STEPâ€"MOT"ER Cameie s | NEwW vyork SALOON KEEPEr x waâ€"â€"_â€"__ g |_ THE BODY AnND Hr was AFRAID, A Menace on the Northern rontier | blows on the arm and the back iat the onlookers. thonghkt was For‘s Desiroyed ard Many of tL.' Tribesmen Killed. | His lodiaa Army at Work KITCHENER®‘$ _ NEW MACHINE REFUSED HIM. however, his father, an oid Italian Wounds Aged Woman With Knife. N SUITOR SHOT FRENCH SWEETHEART. Shot Her Father and Brother t None Fatallyâ€"He Was Arâ€" dâ€"Nearly a Lynching Followed. n espatch: In a family row at it street. last nighe Atrtas «l 19, stabbed his scepincthâ€" Cannone, in a debate as to should or should not shure nis of a keg of beer which ‘isn_ troops were concerned, e battalions were engaged, _ worthily _ represented bngâ€" land and Ireland. They were ickshires, the Seaforth Highâ€" d the Munster Fusiliers. _ In here were detachments from sikh, Gurkha _ and _ Punjabi squadrons _ of _ the _ 37th mountain batteriee and sanâ€" ln s t se hoas s s s EOA T ET PR . EATEARCEETE have a custom, when they,.| with the rear end of an Erie freigh he says, ‘of meeting in jirgah.} which was standing in front of the junc _ each man lays down a stone‘l, tion tower while Engineer Holleran wa n: while the ploughing lasts | after orders to allow his train to tak es are down and all bloodâ€" | the Buffalo, Rochester ~& Pittsbur; ‘p.__ The other day, the war } tracks to come on toward Bradford. En Nirdar being over, and a feelâ€" | gineer Ray was in charge of the runawa; d that the rifles had been siâ€" | locomotive. He was making arrange Jvg, they came to the General | ments to attach the engine to a stul permission to lift the stones | train to run through to Bradford wher _ the eachâ€"other shooting | the engine got beyond his control. ‘The first village that begins For a mile the locomotive made grea lestroyed," said he, and they | speed. Engineer Ray stuck to his post sorrowful, but obedient." â€"; | and when the crash came he was throwt ‘vcâ€" sent against the Zakk@â€" | through the window of his cab and his sisted of 7,000 men under ‘ leg was broken. The shock of the colli ‘ral Sir James Willeocks. So [ sion was terrific and both Fox and Powâ€" ‘ish troops were concerned, | ell were instantly killed. The fire box : battalions _ were eng.nxwl.‘ of the locomotive set fire to the splinâ€" worthily _ represented kbngâ€" | tered caboose and the two bodies were vh wivaneed on the enemy in open vith â€"wide _ intervals bet ween Fhe men took advantage of lable cover, This method of ~, surprised _ and disheartened ves, who were accustomed for niping tactics to the targets â€" the more or less compact colâ€" rmation â€" employed by previogs N1 vid impression o curbulent tribes have a euston Mar rka bi ther with a stiletto sarmed ard taken smCi V E hie is ut lapanese war me Tat D lition is wanted but . wa March 2 for Centuries:. mdy ~as > carried ont ner. _ ‘Tomnmy â€" Atkins larch 2.â€"Lord _ Kitchener‘s or war in the Bazir Valâ€" the Zakkakhet trib=smen rapid and successfc} proâ€" purpose of the expedition the tribesmen for numerâ€" o Indian territory, and in y _ short campaign â€" they cattered and broken, their en destroyed, &nd many of have been kilted. I lon is thought here to upon the reorganization V the lessons i his bhook I t her father, and wounded gihe . Adrtas c oscepurcthe bate as to ~not shure beer which | e Canmone, mide went last â€" right ently | boea his father, organization of AC&RIH8S . i3 learned from Th + India," CUSLOMNsS He jard Britisn ! _ London, March 2. Prof. â€" Arminius | Vambery, of Budapest, whose informaâ€" | tion and _ views _ upon international llmli(in command _ respect _ throughâ€" | out Europe, nutkes a . gloomy . proâ€" pheey. _ He declares that the recentâ€" | ly ‘made _ Angloâ€"Russian convention will be repudiated by Russia _ whenâ€" ever she may consider such a course convenient. _ He â€" asserts that Russia is preparing for war against Great Britain as a means . of diverting atâ€" | tention from internal revolution. He adds: "Nothing could be _ more pular in Russia than a war with E‘:lghml. The Russian peasants have been educated to believe that Russia was not defeated by Japan, but inâ€" directly by â€" England. The â€" new conâ€" vention may serve for a time, but it is not the sheet anchor England â€" supâ€" poses it to be." rial earried in by the bullet, . | NOT A THIRSY CROWD. RUSSIA WANTS TO FIGHT BRITAIN. | Few of British Marines on Way Home Will Repudiate Recent Angloâ€"Russian to England Drank Stimulants. Convention. _ Ottawa, March 2.â€" Si\t,\'fiVe marines hod v spina l either ent i , Mrs. J. J. Feehiey, Shot by Her Husband, | Has Left Hospital. * | _ Toronto despatch: Mrs. J. J. Feehley, :who was shot by her husband at her home at 82 Enclid avenue, who afterâ€" ‘warulm shot and killed himself, will leave I.\'t. Michael‘s Hospital toâ€"day and go to friends at Niagara Falls, "We have put the Nâ€"rays on her back and have located the bullet above her _ right _ shoulderâ€"blade," said Dr. Silverthorne this morning. "The bulâ€" let entered the left shoulder and went | right â€"across her back, lodging above . the shoulder blade on the right side. . We l mullet Charles Fox was about 40 age and leaves a widow, Powell was 27 years of age and had lived in Bradford for 18 years. He was formerly identified with the Bradford fire department. He leaves a widow and one son, his wother, three brothers and two sisters. "Had the revolver been pointed but shade more in the direction of her »xly it would have either eut her inal cord or entered her chest. In ther case she would have died. _ We t a_ hoic about four inches long in y shoulder and got out all the mateâ€" il carried in by the bullet." cremated and rendered unrecognizable. Beside the caboose two cars were conâ€" sumed by the flames. Snow was used to stop the progress of the fire. The dead were brought to this city on a speâ€" cial train this afternoon. |__ Bradford despatch: Brakeman Charles ’ Fox and Thomas E. Powell, both of | Bradford, were killed and their bodies ‘ burned to a crisp in a wreck on the Erie Railroad near Brockwayville, Pa., ! this morning. i Engineer Charles Ray, also of Bradâ€" | ford, had one leg broken and was badiy | bruised. ‘The aceident was caused by a runaway engine, No. 303, colliding | with the rcar end of an Erie freight cabdnty uce on e s wuus. I which was standing in front of the jlfilv- ! bile tion tower while Engineer Holleran was | the after orders to allow his train to take ht the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg tracks to come on toward Bradford. Enâ€" Tl' gineer Ray was in charge of the runa way | locomotive. . He was making arrangeâ€" | ments to attach the engine to a stub| MR. train to run through to Bradford whenf f the engine got beyond his control. | WILL NOT TAKE OUT BULLET. | Firs TWO MEN BURNED TO A CRISP. i. "", 0* a gang known to "the forty thieves," the T which are believed to have sible for much crime on th | Was Arrested Later Ona | the Shootingâ€"!obber'l | Under Arrestâ€"Dead n New York, March 2.â€"In a despe battle with four men, who attempte rob him as be was about to close saloon in East 24th street early toâ€" Thomas (Craven shot one of the rob dead and put the others to flight, ‘I fearing the killing might mean a . term of imprisonment for him, Cra concealed ‘the body of the dead rol in a hallway outsice the saloon and | ried to his home. without notifying police. _ When the officers took him i custody ‘less than an hour later he first denied all knowledge of the | im- bur: 'lM"‘ mode bis gom ca o and the others man . was by wounrds in th l“l'nlfllutely th «o _ short â€" tha deep wounds, away, tfie_\- vfm;-n:l thickâ€"bladed â€" knif, I box of Runaway Engine Sets Fire to | Caboose of Freight It Had Collided, With â€"Engineer Thrown Through | Window. I Have B Thieves. KILLED ROBBER. of _ ,___"° **OR Street carly toâ€"day, Craven shot one of the robbers 1 put the others to flight, Then, the killing might mean a long imprisonment for him, Craven 1 the body of the dead robber way outside the saloon and hurâ€" tis home. without notifying the When the officers took him into less than an hour later he at ied â€"all knowledge of the killâ€" finally made his full statement. men who mp«lfro;n"th: sa. their companion _ had been also under arrest. .Q\:m (,_y' and who was killed was k Ar" Reilly. Those who MEET DEATH IN RAILâ€" WAY WRECK. EOA ‘enty, and . Domenizo Patâ€" M go lodgers, pulled â€" him found a short Imt very _ knife ‘clench=d in his ‘ist, ers roticed that the old waâ€" bleeding profusely _ from the left arin and the back, the blade of the knif® was 0 (TOE T9 Femmven architdendak ack, lodging on the right z to take on x no huin t was Killed was known eilly. Those who were ve their Mames as John eilly and Albert Dobâ€" said to have been the known to the police as 8," the members of d to have been responâ€" ime on the cast side. Leader of * Tems ts ns """“'“I The Shah owes his escape to the preâ€" Thrown Through | cautions taken to protect him from just | such an attempt as was made this mornâ€" g94 A !in;.v. He was on his way to a nearby ‘Bn:k”""" Chatles | town where he intended to pass a few ‘. Powell, both of | days. The procession had left the palace d and their bodies| and was traversing a _ narrow _ street | re P n a wreck on the| When two bombs were hurled at it from Brockwarville P ‘ t!u' roof of a house. One exploded in the rockwayville, l“". air but the other struck the ground , E Brag.â€" Near the Shah‘s automobile. This misâ€" ,‘t::.",,' ““,:,‘l“‘.:: :;:::;l,‘dlo- killed the three outriders, woundâ€" t â€" Wike m'l‘usml b)"" ing the chauffeur and a score of byâ€" No. 303 t';)llidin) | standers and shattered the vehicle, The ;,’ 'a;' ']':rie frei h%; Shah, however, was not in his automoâ€" n front of the Jnfiu | bile having taken the precaution to send ineer Holleran was| the motor car on ahead and ride himâ€" X _ profusely _ from t arin and the back, de of the knif® was did not infliet very _A desperate attempted to vears of ut d Admitted Companions an Said to the Forty t The rest made inroads upon the stock of mineral water, which necessitated frequent replenishments, much to the surprise of the commissariat department frutaeo e _ ‘b shrdl emfw shrdetaosse which had laid in a heavy stock of difâ€" ferent thirst quenchers in anticipation of the traditional _ British seafaring man‘s thirst. _ The bill proposes that this reduction fl»- effected within twenty years, Local | option is to govern the issuance of new | licenses, and a majority of the parochial | electors is sufficient to prohibit the | granting of * license. |__ Mr. Asquith expressed the _ opinion ! that England was not yet ripe for comâ€" | pulsory Sunday _ closing, but he said | that "ontside the metropolis no saloon | would be allowed to keep open on Sunâ€" Ottawa, March 2.â€"Sixtyâ€"five marines passed _ through Ottawa yesterday on their way back from _ Esquimalt to England. During their long rail jourâ€" ney the men were well treated by the British â€" Government,. _ They had _ a colonist car to themselves, and _ were given three meals a day in the dining car. _ The Government allowed every one his choice of spirits, beer or minâ€" cral water with his meals; but throughâ€" out the long trip, which is sometimes regarded as an excuse for copious liâ€" bations, only twentyâ€"three needed alcoâ€" holic stimulant. The system of compensating those enâ€" tirely _ deprived of their licenses is 10 lapse after a period of fourteen years from the commencement of the act, and an end thus will be put to the vested interests in all licenses. day _ for more day or more evening. _ In declared that the State in tain unfetter syvstem. his | Will Wipe Out a Third of the Country‘s !' Saloons in Twenty Years, and Place t License System Under Unfettered ' Control of the State. London, â€" March 2.â€"Mr, H. H. Asquith, Chancellor oi the Exchequer, introducâ€" ed the _ licensing bill in the House of Commons this afternoon,. _ This is the principa! Government measure for the present session of Parliament. The capital invested in licensed property in this _ country is _ about $1,200,000,000, while over 2,000,000 people are employed in the traffic. Briefly, the bill provides for the compulsory reduction within a spevified period, _ and on a uniformed . scale, of the number of saloons licetsed | throughout the country. In cities it is proposad to allow one saloon for every THE LICENSING BILL. Teheran, Persia, March 2.â€"An attem pt was made in this city this afternoon to assassinate the Shah of Persia by a bomb. His Majesty was not hurt. Three of the outer guards who were accompan ying him at the time were killed. His Majesty Escaped Bomb But Three of the Outer Guards Lose Their Lives. ATTEMPT TO KILL SHAH OF _ ASQUITH INTRODUCES HIS MEASURE IN THE COMMONS. was not yet ripe for comâ€" y _ elosing, but he said the metropolis no saloon wed to keep open on Sunâ€" : than one hour at midâ€" than two hours in the conclusion, the Chaneellor M this bill was adopted, twenty years . would ob l control of the license Berthardt is a leading Republican pol itician. Two years ago he was the nom inee of the Republican party to repre sent the thirtyâ€"fifth district in Con gress. He was defeated by William H Rvan. Besides bequeathing the diamonds to Bernhardt the will provided for the care of the aged mother of the Preston woâ€" man, and for this purpose Maude Cortâ€" right will administer her real estate at Brantford, Ont. monds. He buried the woman in his lot in Forest Lawn. Maud Cortright, who now oceupies the Oak street house, was a witness beâ€" fore Surrogate Hart yesterday morning. Nhe testified to the fact that the Presâ€" ton woman made the proposition to Bernhardt, who had married her sister in 1889. She told him that she would will him her valuable rings if he would gratify her desire to be buried in Forâ€" est Lawn. Bernhardt consgented, sert for a lawyer and the compact was carâ€" ried out. Buffalo, March 2.â€"The agreement by which the body of Josephine Preston, who for years lived at 160 Oak street, now rests in Forest Lawn Cemetery was ratified yesterday when Surrogate Louis B. Hart admitted the Preston woman‘s will to probate. Frank X. Bernhardt, saloonkeeper at 158 Exchanre strant I VRUERELD 10 ELE Strange Cass Before the Court in Bufâ€" | »â€"â€"_â€"â€" faloâ€"Left $2,000 Worth of Diaâ€" | Dramatic Moment in 1 mondsâ€"Woman Had Property in' Action. Buntford, Ont. 1 ~ _ Winranta dasnatech: Cr FOR PROMISE OF BURIAL IN FOREST __ LAWN CEMETERY. WILLED MAN RINGS. Eowun uho o 19 t saloonkeeper at 158 Exchange â€" street, ind the exeecutor of the woman‘s will, was bequeathed $2,000 worth of dia. monds. He buried the woman in his lot London, _ March 2.â€" Chancellors Asâ€" quith‘s bold and drastic licensing bill which was introduced in the House of Commons yesterday is raising a storm of denunciation in the Opposition press, \Mr. Balfour gave his party a lead in a brief speech stigmatizing the measure as "robbery," The tremendous atrongth of the brewâ€" ing interests throughout _ the country ~rill be brought to bear in an endeavor to prevent the passage of the bill or to obtain an extensive amendment, esâ€" pecially as in the direction Oof saowrine Brothers and sisters unprovided for Strong Opposition to Mr. Asquith‘s License Bill. The house from which the bombs were thrown and the buildings near by were searched by the police, but no arrests were made. As soon as the Shah heard the explosâ€" ions he alighted hurriedly from his carâ€" riage and entered a neighboring house, Here he remained quietly while his atâ€" tendants sent word for a detachment of troops. The soldiers were hurried to the scene and formed in front of the house where the Shah was. He then came out and surrounded by a big body guard returned to the palace. self in a carriage further in the rear of the procession, The motor car was: a closed one and it was thought that the sovereign was inside. As soon as the Shah heard the exnine. BRITAIN‘S LIQUOR. U mon in the lobby, howâ€" + view that Mr.S Asquith more than he hopes to he hapes to obtain, the bill would pass in a Montreal, March 2.â€"Perey Brown, a dangerous thef and _ pickpocket, was sentenced to five years in penitentiary toâ€"day by Judge Choquet. Brown askâ€" ed Dr. Picott, policee _ physician, for opium, saying that he had been used to taking between fifteen and twenty grains every day, and that he might die if the supply were altogether cut off. Dr. Picott allowed him oneâ€"quarâ€" ter of a grain every three or four hours. Toronto despatch: Contrary to _ genâ€"| cral expectations, the High Court.‘ action to force the carrying out of an | agreement settling the dispute over . the Lawson mine was not concluded vesterday, although the arguments of | counsel for Mr. Thomas Crawford had | been delivered. Mr. 8. R. Clarke, | who is appearing on the defence for | himself, announced at 1 o‘clock, when | an adjournment was ordered, that it | would probably take hiny about two | hours to finish his argument. The|! frequent crossing of swords between | Chief Justice Meredith, who is tryâ€" | ing the case, and Mr. Clarke again | kept the proceedings decidedly imer-f esting. The objection â€" which his‘ Lordshi& has had since the trial openâ€" | ed to Mr. Clarke appearing in his own defence came to a head when the lawyer was ordered to remove his gown while giving argument. | Percy Brown Sentenced at Montreal to Five Years. About the time that one of the policeâ€" men went up to the Wall street corner to turn in a call for reserves, Mrs. Borrâ€" man Wells accepted the inevitable and ordered the coachman to drive away. Somehow away up near the roof uf! the Broad Exchange dropped a paper bag filled with water. It burst on the| carriage top near the speaker and spatâ€" ; tered her generously. Then she gave way to Mr. Black, Mr. Black opened his mouth to speak. Two water bags came | down with a rush from somewhere up near the sky line. Then bananas and | great mushy chocolate drops such as| constitute a messenger boy‘s lunch lw-i gan flying thickly about the heads of| the suffragettes. | The effect of her words was electric. Every window on both sides of â€"the street, from the bankers‘ offices on the ground floor to the cubbyholes under the eaves, was thrown up and clerks, blonde typewriters and office boys strugâ€" gled in the sills for vantage ground. Somebody realizing that a joke was in progress began to unfurl ticker tape from a window away up in the building across the street and within five minutes miles of the white ribbons were whip. ping and twisting from a dozen windows of the Exchange building. ; An open carriage containing _ Mrs. Wells and her fellow crusaders trunâ€" dled down Broad street at 3 o‘clock and drew up in front of the Broad Exchange. As Miss Murphy unfurled a _ yellow "Votes for Women" banner Mrs. Wells stood up to speak. New York, March 2.â€"Three valiantes from the firing line of the Fresh Air Suffragettes and Mr. George Black, of Harlem, went down this afternoon to show the financial district a great light, Broad street for a block on either side of the Exchange building saw the light, but not in the same manner that the three valiantes would have it, and after a bombardment of waste paper baskets, water bags and ticker ta;w from every window within reach for fifteen storeys above the street, the three brave women and Mr. Black went away from that place just as a fullâ€"bodied young riot was in the making. ORDERED TO REMOYVE GOWN Broad Street, New York, Visited by Women Who Demand Equality at the Pollsâ€"Demonstration Broken Up Almost Before It Began. WITH AFTER SUFFRAGISTS ject to vice." In dealing with heredity in connection with vice, he said: "Every child comes into the world free born. By this 1 mean that he is all his father and mothâ€" er should be. Therefore, brought up in right conditions, he has a good chance of becoming a worthy citizer, not sub "You are beginni"ng a fight against the race track and its attendant evils," he said. "It is the right of the people to suppress these evils, just as much as it is their right to make laws governing sanitary conditions. One of the main evils attendant upon life of the race track‘is dissipation of various kinds, due to the fact that the gambler leads not a life full of activity, but one full of nervous excitement, resulting in nerve waste. His outlook upon life is bad. The doctors, not ‘the ministers, should be the greatest enemies of intemperance, for they know the harm it works on the system. This is on the basis of econoâ€" mics and not of morals." I T2 E2 \ fie antnbene dsc â€"Adeiird its, and overturned the generally accept ed theory of heredity. San Francisco, March 2.â€"In an address before a mass meeting under the ausâ€" pices of the recently organized Califorâ€" niaâ€" Antiâ€"Track League in the First Conâ€" gregational Church of Berkely last night, Prof. David Starr Jordan, of Stanford University, discussed "Dissipation and the Struggles Against It." He condemnâ€" ed gambling, smoking and drinking habâ€" 54o en e s ie v THOSE WHO FOLLOW THE RACES SUBJECT To DisstpATION. THEY AL!0WED OPIUM to procure for themselves a share of the estate. They alleged that Bernâ€" hardt‘s lawyer had drawn the will to give him more of the jewelry than the Preston woman had intended. Ernest W. Melutyre represented Bernbardt in the proceedings. in the Preston woman‘s will alleging nndpe influence by THE RACE TRACK. WASTE BASKETS AND TICKER TAPE. Lawson Mining ON sought by Bernbardt | London Emigration Organizations Deny | Sending Undesirables. | â€" London, March 2.â€"Canada‘s new order ‘n;_'uimt the importation of undersirable | immigrants is exercising the charitable | emigration _ organizations. â€" The Charâ€" |\ man of the Central Unemployed body ldwlarw it sends out the most acceptâ€" able men of any agency in East Lonâ€" don, _ The emigration fund organizaâ€" tion, which also assisted 6,000 _ emiâ€" | grants to Canada in 1907, is equally | ¢ertain it is not aimed at, whil Col. {Lamb says the order will not hamper ‘t!u- Salvation Army in the slightest. Melbourne, March 2.â€"Premier Deakin alluding to the Hague Tribunal, deâ€" clared that no people in the world would _ give a larger majority â€" for arbitration than the Australians. The Government‘s military scheme provided for defence, not for offence. Whenever the necessity arose, as it did in South Africa, it must be met by volunteers again, |_ Chandler was the first man to be | recommended for the medai since the | institution of the decoration last July, | and the deed which won hbim the deâ€" | coration was _ an exceptionally brave :om. Reveral men employed in the | Hoyland Nilkstone Colliery _ were imâ€" ‘prinulw«l in the boiler house by _ an | earth dump, and Chandler, although | badly scalded himself, rescued a numâ€" | ber of his companions by almost superâ€" | human feats of pluck and endurance. _ The third winnor of the medal was |(i. H. Lamb, who lost his life in an \attempt to sate the lives of commades in the Strathcona mine, at Strathcona, British Columbia. _ The King granted i the decoration to the dead man‘s sister, Miss â€" Margaret Jane Lamb, who _ reâ€" ).Mm at Newcastleâ€"onâ€"Tine, and . exâ€" pressed the wish that she should wear . it. The medal was accordingly toâ€"day presented to Miss Lamb by the Lnnij Mavor of Neweastle, \ AUSTRALIA‘S MILITARY SCHEME. A System for Defence Purely, Says Premier Deakin. King Personally Awards Edward Medal for Saving Lives. London, March 2.â€"The Edward Mehal, the decoration instituted by the King as a reward for gallantry in saving or attempting to save lives in mines _ or quarries, was toâ€"day personally presentâ€" ed by King Edward to two gallant minâ€" ers, Francis Chandler and Wiltiam Everâ€" s074. At noon toâ€"day the South Africa vetâ€" erans decorated the monument at the City HalH, erected in memory of the South African veterans. The reference to the Quebec tercen tenary awoke the Celtic fervor of Rev Father O‘Leary. _Nir Frederick Borden had m;n) interâ€" esting things to say that were strictly en famille. The reading of these despatches evokâ€" ed great cheering. _ His Excellency‘s speech was one of the happiest to which the Paardeberg veterans have ever lisâ€" tened. His reference to the celebration of Quebees tercentenary showed how much his Excellency has at heart the preservation of the most sacred historic spot on the American continent. "Ascot, Feb. 27.â€"Warmest greeting to Paardeberg Canadians, who are ever held in grateful remembrance by me. (Signed) Roberts." South African Veterans Are Guests of Earl Grey. Ottawa despatch: The Paardeberg dinâ€" ner took place at Government House toâ€" night, his Excellency the Governorâ€"Genâ€" eral presiding. He read two cablegrams in the following terms: It is reported that King Leopold now demands a civil list of $660,000 from the Congo, and the various parties are showâ€" ing signs of impatience. It is even conâ€" sidered probable that the Belgian Parâ€" liament will abandon the Congo Free State altogether unless a prompt deciâ€" sion is reached. "Calcutta, Feb. wishes to yon all (Signed) Minto." Brussels, March 2.â€"The recent debate in the British House of Commons and the speech of Sir Edward Grey relative to the Congo situation, has caused a deep impression in political circles here. The differences between King Leopold and the Belgian Parliament still conâ€" tinue over the question of the annexaâ€" tion of the Congo lnde:pendent State, ior Lc 4 amsew V T TORONTO Belgian Political Circles Impressed With Debate. Pisano shot and killed Luigi Mapoliâ€" tano _ at Hester and Mulberry streets last October, when Mapolitano was getâ€" ting the better of Pisano‘s brother in a street fight. After a conference between court and counsel the original plea was allowed to stand and the prisoner was sent back to the Tombs, to await sentence, less than 20 years and not more than the natural term of lifeâ€"was about to be pronounced, when the prisoner . reâ€" monstrated, "I don‘t want to go to prison for the rest of my life," he said, J’.m,p. an inâ€" terpreter. "I would rather die. I want to go to the electric chair. "Tell the Judge I have. been abandonâ€" ed by all my family," he continued, to the interpreter. "Tel him I am alone, uLpd that I want him to sentence me to New York, March 2. â€"Giovani Pisano pleaded with Justice Dowling in _ the Court of General Sessions toâ€"day to send him to death in the ebectric chair, _ A plea of guilty to murder in the second degree had been offered by Pisano‘s counsel. _ Assistant District Attorney Elyhadngreaiton«q»t&he[flea,nnd sentenceâ€"which would have been not MINER HEROES DECORATED. Murderer Pleads For Electric Chair Instead of Jail. CONGO TROUBLE. ALL SEND THE BEST WANTED TO DIE. PAARDEBERG DINNER 26.â€"Hearty _ good on Paardeberg day. Toronte despatch: In a fit of despmadâ€" ency brought on by several months hard drinking, John MeKehough, 25 years, an Irishman, who came to this country in November, made a determined attempt at suicide in his room _ at 264 George street at midnight last night. A companton was in the room with im at the time, and turned to see McKchough make a fiveineh gash in his throat. _ The man grappled . with him, and while holding him on the floor the young man made a second attempt ta gash his throat with a penknife, He will probably recover. Young Man in Toronto Twice Gashes His Throat. In a bulletin issued ~toâ€"night, his physicians â€" state â€" that another sporaâ€" tion was necessary owing to the fact that the infection has extended back into the old wound. In the larger cities the feeling against the British and foreigners in general bas taken the form of a boycott. and comâ€" merce is greatly hampered. The Neuenâ€" fels was delayed sixtyâ€"four days at Calâ€" cutta waiting for her cargo, The natives refused to work on the fr;i'zhtiu, and it was weeks before a gang of ‘bongshoreâ€" men could be got together who would load the ship. Calcutta harbor at that time was filled with British steamers nnable to get cargoes. Second Operation Performed on the Famovs Inventor. New York, March 2.â€"Thomas A. Ediâ€" son, the inventor, is in a grave eonciâ€" tion at the Manbattan Mospital and a second operation â€" has been performed on his Jeft ear, While the physicians state that it is probable that he vill recover, it is stated that his conditim is serious. Boston, Mass., March 2.â€"The officers of the German steamship Neuenfels, which arrived here toâ€"day from India and Ceylon, reported a serious condition of affairs throughout India. The natives, they assert, are openly defying the British. They have boycotted the Britâ€" ish goods, and have refused to handle cargoes shipped by British merchants. In the interior they are on the verge of open revolt, and in many cases they are are arming and preparing to combat British rule. Agitators are largely reâ€" sponsible for the present conditions. They are inciting the natives to actse of violence. They believe the Japanese will aid them if they should engage in war with Britain, and they declare they will be vietorious. Natives of India Being Stirred Up by Agitators. The certificate of death gave apoplexy as the cause, but there were no traces of a cerebral hemorrhage. _ He added that the diseased state of the heart might have been the cause of Warnock‘s sudden death. Dr. Harding concurred in the evidence of Dr. Horton, and the inquest adjournâ€" ed until Wednesday, March 11th, when it is thought the report of the Provincial analyst will be submitted. Dr. Horton swore that the body preâ€" sented no marks beyond those made dur. ing the embalming process. Until the nature of the finding was known, Dr. Horton was not prepared to state posiâ€" tively the cause of death. He found nothing to indicate that death was due to other than natural causes. Brockville, Ont., despatch: The inquest on the body of James G. Warnock, the exâ€"Ottawa horseman whose two alleged wives are fighting for his property, reâ€" sumed toâ€"night before Coroner Dr. Jackâ€" son, for the purpose of taking the eviâ€" dence of Doctors Horton and Harding, who performed the postmortem on Mon_ day last, Lemaine bas now formally â€" charged Sir Julius with forgery and swindling in reference to documents Sir Julins submitted to the magistrate, Doctor‘s Evidence at Inquest on Brock ville Horseman. Paris, March 2.â€" The Temps, sa ys that the examining magistrate in the ease of Lemoine, the ° electrical enâ€" gineer _ who is accused by Sir Julins Wernher, of the De Beers Mining Comâ€" pany, of Obtaining from him by frand over $300,000 in connection with an alleged invention for the manufacture of diamonds, is alleged to have discovâ€" ered a person who supplied _ Lemoine with fusible plugs, in which it is supâ€" posed were concealed diamonds â€" which were alleged to be made, EDISON‘S CONDITION GRAVE "History shows that they have been doing it much longer than we have," remarked Mr. Robinette, "and conâ€" sequently they should be more adept." Colonel Denison remanded the â€" case till called upon, and ordered the reâ€" turn of the door, "I am sorry to find," he added, "that the congregations of synagogues fg-t just like the members of Christian churches." How the Precious Stones Got Crucibles. it. Roumber replied that the _ defenâ€" dant objected so stro;gl‘y to returnâ€" ing the door that he declared his wife would "eat up" a police officer if one was sent for it. The evidence brought out the iac that the two men Jled rival factions in one of the synagogues in the Ward. Roumber has a case against the other man in the Hifl Court over a buildâ€" ing contract. ‘thaum claimed that he borrowed the door for a tabernacle l.nd_uid ‘the complainant knew he had Toronto despatch: A plain pine door, which had no value, except as a bone of contention, was exhibited in the Poâ€" lice Court terday, and Philip Roumâ€" ber said d’:: Max Lotbaum "stole it from him. The complainant lost the door last September and found it _ reâ€" cently in the possession of the defenâ€" QUARRELLED OVER DOOR. . Charge of Theft Arises Out of Rivairy BOYCOTT BRITISH GOODs. DIAMONDS IN FUSIBLE PLUGS PERHAPS HEART DISEASE ATTEMPTS LIFE in the