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In IR. COOPE WINE-IR fi HiMSELF. M Vum' '1' ilrru-r oruld remember little ..: and: hapencdut'tt'r the fire started. ' l n.” mun-ping in the ba.semvnt," he hm ”Mu-n l loqlu-d up umlmnw u wists of «UM ouliug out from beneath tlr l' u: stairway. I run to the tire ”In”! nud pulled the gong that sounded IIn-uglmnt the building. Then I run, rim lo the front and then to the rear Jurrs, I don't remember what Itttg.e m".;, "vtpt that I saw the eh ldren mum-u: down through them screaming. V'Im' Ml at. the nu outrun-e and others mumbled over the... l - I? .‘mh- Helen among them. I tried to “I her nut. but the “an” drove no back. I had to lay. my little child to dk." llc-rtl-r was badly blind about the held. Tasha but Not Lilo. Mis Cnthuino Will". on of thr, aim ten-horn in the school. lost her We in I "in man to III-Id Gil pupils of her class had land that to nah-H. She died in the Huh " tho mmr "erter could " ha: httppenedatter th was "In-ping in the "when l Ioeked up " make curling out 1 iron stairway. I run n and pulled the m mglmut the Nikita. Fire Drill Was of ho Mite Chi . - r 77 r r -, "e-'--------------,-., - ""7" - . " clothing was p j 'id J IX I ll {him and the skin of A _ _ .were won-bed black - . ' tmnptml to induce I he n-nuwl until he “an that]. and that . . hi'r life lo wu-rifiri O then withdrew from nt Were the Doors Locked? NH and unvoniirnted statenwnti "i" m to the mum- of the fire, Only E up The Jan Star’s Story ' that the doors of the build. . been lurked at the trout en- "hile but one door of the resr nu unlawtened. The janitor. 'rter. himself bereaved of three "ay" the doors Vere open. t to t'llstum. At any rate. the m of fleeing ehildren in the hall- mu effectually barred the way. little mm went to their death naMe to evade the flames. Huge fire department had only jun-n. and neither was at all [turning through the cross of the first floor. the ntustet' upward until all three noort' in n mmnldering pile- into the . Within three hours from its etrtertt the fire had burned it. and the work of rescuing the as begun by firemen and men ihum of the Lake Shore Rail- _ and urn-on ‘ as to the that the d1 been loeked hile but om u “ulna-tel tor. himself my» the t um) "will! runny un- known to zip-y building unhurt. It mll be dtaym before the actual number ; E. known. 3n the ruin: my " other bodies, and the lint of " may be increased by I numhrr pm among the children who are nu in the hospital. in u procuri- 'llllun. The school house was of no nun-pm and an attic in height. mber ot pupils wu more than y largo, and the smaller children 'n placed in the upper part ot ding. There were two ntlirwaysl, ling to a door in the front and m" to a door in the mu. Both door, opened inward, and it " the rvur door Wis loch-1| it" i. (l. elwpateh: Primed in was», jammed up .phut 't “My opened Inward, between ml and misty and our hundred my "shoot children in the un- North ('ollinwood to-day Wer. zin- and nmokv or hem-Ill: the im-l‘ of their Partie-stricken mus public wluml of Snrtll Collin. miles rant of thin city. At to night om hundred and nixty- '.. were in the morgue " Col. ix children wru- nlill unac- 'r, and all the hospituh and two mile, mound wutuirml 'f children. some “(ally and "t'rioitMy injured. All of the re between the "es oi nix aml ul tragedy public so! milk: an: Eighty Escaped Unhun. no] mun-inn] between three " km and three Immind and pupils and of thin entire y about o-ighty ttre known to m building unlmrl. It “I" be q before the m-luul nnmln-r known. m the rnim nun .till iidrea Caught Like his in; a Burned to Death. "veurred thi, morn of M, Avail---) and Heroic Deeds. the her the to the Among the hundred, of frantit- par- v-n- who n-nvhml tln- building shortly after the front door had eased in and diwlnwd to the horromtrieken crowd the awful seem- within wan Wallace Upton. Just in front of him. as he prawn-d up to tln- building. lie saw hin nun ten-year-ok' daughter. help- lu-z in the Hush. badly burned and trampled upon. but still alive. The fire was close upon her, and if she could not be saved at once she could not be saved at all. Upton sprang to help her. and with all his strength "ought to tear her from the weight that was pressing her down and from the flames which were creeping clone. Although he worked with the duper;- tion of despair, his strength wt" nu- equal to the task. Me fought on until fr Pulled His Child to Pincus. Fearful ironed were enacted around the hurtling who"! house. Fathers and mother" raved. cursed or prayed. Many tried to break through the crowd. and "ontt' got far enough to duh towards tllo- flaming doorways., One big man in overalls and jumpori wa" ri-strxtitml by force. Explaining in broken Eng- lish that his 'kinder" were in the building. he strimled desperately with the three men who held him. Finally tiny threw him to the ground ond mt on him. forcing his great form dawn in the ankle deep mad. A man named Dorn. who arrived up- on the M't'tte early. when the children Were crowded in the front door. dia- von-rm! hid littl" girl among the man: of ininrwl and crushed. He caught (In more nothin hope the so childrv death The front portion of the stun-turr- mu a man of flames and. frenzied by the Holmium of the fighting and (Ding ehildren which reached them from the tlenth trap at the foot of the firs' flight of stairs and behind that closed door. Mrs. Kelly ran to the null“. hoping to As mom an the alarm was given Ins. Kelly run from her home. whieh la not tar from the achool house, to tho burn- ing building. The front portion of the stun-turn mu a man of flames and, frenzied by the serum: of the fighting and (Ding Couldn't Open the Door. The statement that the buck door the building wad lm-kml mu: maids» Walter C. Kelly. the editor of quorum: department of The (lava-l. Lead". tm, of whose children " killed. Rushing awn-u the street. Mru. Sprung ,.eeured a step-ladder and phteed it against the window. Climb- ing up. an rpm-hm for her boy. She naught him try the hair. It burned nfl' in her band and the lad fell back into tln, t'lames was n mat: of fumes. At a window on that floor she mw the face of her boy. He rerognir.ed her and pleaded for help. _ Worked to About the burned svlmolhouw there ttrt' hut few residences In om oi there Mr,. Clark Sprung lived. Hvr little boy Alum. aged wen-n years. mm a pupil in the second grade. When the fire started the mother ran over to the qehool and arrived when the first floor At thv h-nqmrury morgue in tho Lake Slum- mlttspq the mct'ne was an inde. M'rilmhl)’ std our. m iathers. nmtlwrs. hmthvn and shun- passed up and duwn the lines iormetl hy the hundred and misty mum-i. Identiiieation was much- only by mmms ot" clothing or trinkets The fire had swept "war nmrly all s-u-mhhmw of human tea. turm in the majority of instances. The fin! identiiiention was mmle by the mother of Nell and Tommy Thompson, tttted Mx and nine yvnrs old, rum-Nive- lv. The hands and arms hml hem burned frum both bodies but the mother rt" mgniwtl the alum-i on her childrt'n's feet. And my the dinhenrtening work went "ll. acrertttutted now and then by 't pie-wing shriek or phdntive moan as n hrre0 om. wu- revostnized by clothing ur Ink-m. inch an a ring or necklmw. m srt mum-rm! " rttct Itre mined "wrung. injurv girl Ricovorin; the Rodin. The grueionu' task of taking out the pieren and hits of human remains was um- ot' hum-r. A line of PPM'HI'I'S was brrmerl, bavked by half a dozen ttot. hulumw. As the lmdies were untan- glml from the delrri, they wer" passed along In the ilretohern and thence Inmlml in the uvnhulum-v. Mercifully vovered with Hunks-ti. the pitiful nights wvn- veiled from the crowd oi curious n-ur 1loor. ilvr mum was an 1 floor. and when the tire alum she nmrrlml her pupils out tn thinking it was only a f There the truth dawned u teaeher and pupils. and all cc lost. The children in thei plunawl into the struggling m of them. Min Writer anon qttottt the rush, hut went down and her body WM found an h under in high pile of thou of l Mint Weiler formerly lived in and mu mluvulml in Toledo. I another teneher, was taken out she- cannot live. to "Mve r body. A Mother's Heroism it "ded Dom. who arrived up- te early. when the children sd in the front door. JN. littl» girl among the mass and crushed. He caught the hand, and in hid frantic sun- her pulled her arms about [In mum was on the second when the iire alarm uounded "l her pupils out to the hall, ( was only a. fire drill. truth dawned upon both “I _ -_- 2- - _, Rescue His Daughter, {\XODiZing Sights ', il' the entrunm- to t an a load Wash driven away to in Toledo. Min Fisk: n taken out alive, but tte Wars an ind.» “than. ruotlrers, 6 [MIIIMNI up and «I by the hundred Identification mu Trap and llitur of tlie [he (lava-land children were Tietioit the ob. the l, Whathw tlw.x Wert' lnvkml they have ' not been alrle tn determine. They have i ttstintony on both nitlw. The janitor I -:ill inu-‘ish that tlm (loom were open. . i 'lhe board of mlumtinn of the city of i 13erelartd to-night ordered all city ! sci vol. elm-ml tu-nmrmw and that fkum l he half-niadeql on all buildings. ‘I While tlmrnug-luy n.vnTathir.ing with the misfortune of the village of Col- limvood in her tiuw of trial. the board denim to have counted an imprme ion that it is in any way connected with rvNrortsibilrty for the school man- agement of ('olevmuI. Neither his the city government any authority. ConimromL While neatly voting annex- ation to Cleveland, in a municipal eu- tity, having its on: governmental tune. tiom of all kink. (In the qttestiom much iiieeuUv. wlietltyr tho doors opened inward or outward. Fire Marsh:" Brocton and Kiezesthaurn emunilml the doorways today and mtated later that thy were eonvinced that they orened outward. Wluthcr thcy were locked they have not been able to determine. They have testimony on both sides. The janitor 9} ('lereland. 0.. Mareh 6.--Twetttrfour q i hours after the disaster which swept P into eternity approximately one-third " i of the whool ehildren of North Collin- e i wood, the death roll numbers 161. Of [these 131 had been identified at the I' l Lake Shore Morgue. while 30 bodies T, i remain there in u condition of mutila. i, tion, beyond the ehanre of recognition. I , The work of digging in the ruins of the , l whool llee in further "eitrelt for rem- “nunn of ehildren Mill missing. began r with the break of dawn. Dawn found , lnotheri and fathers waiting about the . , tire~ruined building after having spent P the night in an effort to find their chil- 'idren', remanis at the extemporized . I morgue. But little in“ brought forth _ ; during the day that would satisfy their I _ longing", and it r, believed tit-night that Hall the bodies that can be removed I l from the mini have been taken out. '.l Burial of the dead in the burden now Hennfrnnting thovne in authority in the ,;little village. Arrangements for the ' funeral-t of the victim, were disenwed lo-night at a meeting attended by the ',\lny.n- of t'nllinwoml, merulser, of the i Board of Kdm-ation. the clergy and the "uudertakvts. The idea of having a "public funeral of all the timid has been 'nImndonwl, though it is probable that ‘where it can be done, bodies will be ,grouped in one ehnreb. To-night the work of removing the identified bodies I to their former homes is being completed Iand the undertaken set to work to i prepare for the interments to-morrow. l In the home, of the afflieted vitizers inf the village the weeping parental jwere .iuitairteil by the present-e of vm. liting nurse‘- and women who \"olun-i iteered to lend xneh comfort an lay! ', within their pom-n. I ' The appointment of a relief commit. ' ‘te:- by the ('ollinwoml Board of Tradi- ‘and Town (‘onneil to-dtty also is ti"-i signs-duo care for the bodiei of the un- l I identified dead as well ttq nuidtinx the I ‘lwreawd parents. Should any parent , nie~ire to undertake the interment ofi tone of the unrecognizable bundles of } 'hnnmn fie-h and bottom, believing it may be hi, or her child. they will iM'i ( permitted to do w. I T The remainder of the Irodivs will be‘ i laid ride by dide in the eentetet‘y. l I in an effort to fix the came and re- l ‘sponaibility for the holoeaudt, mriou,.i inve,itigution, were set under way to- I ‘day. ('oroner Burke intted snimoenas ‘ tor the m't'Yt'lt surviving tvtuOus of the l school. The inquest. Wttq begun the" morning. when a number of svitue,, ',; were e\'amined without. however. de.; velttpinxr any testimony that no. lo. l,, youd mete opinion. it An investigation conducted by ”mil Colliuwood School Board. which law-ted il far into the night, at whieh a number " of ~lll'\'i\‘ori of the horror told their l stories brought forth these fat-tn t That one of the inner doors at the. I went entranee of the nehool Wttq elowd I and fastened while children were pil- 1 ing up against it in the pawtge: wing ll partitions in the reutihnle narrowed 1 were' t itiug tt't'rml within The , The whom building was summed to I Ite tnodvrn. The palm] children hill l, Im-n given fire JriG and were thought ', to be in training It: just such an em. l "rw'rw.v. When ere erueial moment nr- l rivod, lrowever, the drill was forgotten. _ The building was completely destroyed, ' only the ”maids- brick wn-lllu remuinittg I wtttndivg. ' Construction of Building: an Outrage. (Minty ('umna-r Iturke imuuUuterv “flu-r the firv mid: "11n- eonstruetion of the .~L~h:ml house man an "tttrage. "lr.. bu!lxxa,vrs warn nnrrmr. um. there was ptaetieally but one mode of exit. 'lhe children worn caught like rats in u tton." “and than: oi mime and binds "trimming-d bllck. Other men at. tempted to induce him to move, but he refused until he “w that his girl Wtttg (Mid, and that he could not saw- her life by sacrificing his own. He then withdrew from the school house and although no uvriouzdy injured that he may 'lie, lingered about the place for ievtitl lmuri. refusing to no to it limpi- ml or to seek medical "ttttention. Cellar Filled With Corpus. Th" flaams uprmul with such terrifiv mpidity that within thiity un‘nutes turn the time the fire mu diseoverol the -:~!'-nnl mu nuthirg but blackened wisrl. unwinding u collar filled with 0”?qu and debris. 'lhe fir-Jamil (hum! into the hinting wreekage, and with rakes. forks, “hunk and their bare hand" worked in the urns: frantic "mime-r with the hope ot wuin‘.’ a lr-w nwaivw. They were vlmlzrn-vl'ul. for Done mum taken ah've from the ruins after the floors col- lupwll. Flaimmnh of incilwmtul iiurl., ~kufl~ and bone,-, were found al. nto.4 at Hwy turn, and thew thing-L um.- piled together in a little heap at l on" ~illr u." the building. _ mum-s, trelieving it l'llilll, tlwy will Ire the hmlivs will In- lw cetueteo'. 'tttrtr.v burned from lie ia, taken into court. and, still without having been seen by the To. ronto Woman. his trial was set for next Monday. Without waiting the outcome of this warrant Mrs. Walpole tried to Detroit. Mich. March th-- Eight ymn'u' ago Thomas Edward Walpole mart-ind in muuriu. and three years ago dv,erted his wife in Toronto, tak- ing with him their baby boy. Mrs. " alpule trailed him over a large part of Ontario, and then, suspecting that he mu in Detroit. came here two weeks ago. She learned. by accident, of an Edward Walpole on the west side oi tlw city, and without attempt.- ing to see him or verify her suspicion went to the Police Court and secured a warrant. charging Walpole with non-support. _ ;: 3Ir. Farnnvorth spoke on the Nan _ iJose scale. an' far as the State of Ohio f l goes. We have it in abundance, said Mr. e j rarnsworth. and he believed it was a m' I blew-inn; in tlisguide for the protessional ' ,groweh. but tor the average tanner a L i nt'tlllr'e't'. “is remon for saying this was I. i that " wa~ going to drive the alothful _ farmer out of the business. The scale t I eannot be eradicated, but there are reme- l l div,, to hold it in check. There is not a ' county in the State that is not suffering t r from the M'tllt'. A few years ago men . dedroyeil their trees by applying a rem. l I edy they didn't know anything about. i 'ths-day, however, the professional man ' I is not afraid of the scale. "Even should . 1 my orchards be free from the insects, I l “mold not refrain from spraying," said the ,-peaikei'. "I am fearful that the . I people of my State will begin to get the idea that the settle is not injurious, and ' l will ship spraying. He had not tried oils F I yet. hilt believed the time was coming {when the liquid would be used alto. ' i pether. _ g At thi, juncture the president called Mr. M. liunell. British Columbia's fruit commissioner to Great Britain, and a' former Grantham man. to the platform. In a fen Words he told of the success of British Columbia‘s exhibit at the great horticultural show in London, and apllkl' ot' the miserable looking staff went from Ontario, and Nova Scotia, due he will. to faulty packing. I Mr. Hale thought the possilrilitien of [the Peninsula were boundless. He had [been through the district several times, {but had newt seen the like of its ad. vancement. "You have the grandest trait ' 1 belt in tho world," he said. "At the pun. lit'tll rate the population in flowing intol your country. it will only be a short Ciir before y'on will be unable to sulp- ply the demand. Here in this California lot tanmia, you have the deeided advert. itage of getting the people going and', :eoming. As I can we into the future] iyour unnderful possibilities of soil and , l," climate. your growing of more and more I ‘i fruit. the question of shipping. is a moat 3 ( important one. There is no use putting) Ifruit into refrigerator cars until thatl’ [ fruit lieu first been cooled. Cooling ata-' Itiou, should he built at all centra'l hr; realities. With the modern gravity Mrs. Walpole Had Man of Same Name as Her Husband Arrested, Charging Him With Non-support--- Wanted Warrant Charging Bignmy. brine, you can have these at wiry .lii- 1 tion of 1ttspeetor-Getteral Temporar- ‘ h tle cost. Fruit to be cooled for s.hip.pi"sy' ily, and Report on All Military ti unmet go into the storage the minute it, Units {in iv, off the trees. The big end of the . -h stock is in the selling. In this land, you) "‘"' . I are going to plant larger orchards and] Ottawa, March '.r.--lUigadivr-iietwral I m] vineyards in the near future. As soon I Utter has declined the ofivr of the lm- l " a; 39 maky' f1r.trieg,"u.f,t.tti,,.'f,tt2; l periul War Office to take mmnumd of i L'r o w “IMO! co . T . . . _ plant a thouia‘nnd ttere orchard. The the fifth infantry 1"tigtli.e, f" Aldershot: . great bulk of mv fruit is shipped to from May 1 next, and will instead mm" l 2? commission housis. A fruit grower is I to the h.etuiqy.t.r.tt'rs stun at .Ottawjt. ' ii Neentinllv It ambler and I like tovwhere his ability and "slrerieucu in, , at‘w in ihe' glue to the finish :'iir:'.rieifitij',ri' matters will be madt, ode-lf" in"; many 'du/ld men in the com- (“lately available for thr ln-m-lit of the“ I", . ' . l . . l. , m mission business. and they get but lit. I '"ilidiiU1ey/'f"i ake' term of mm ', flu tle reward for their work. Personally, f - . . '. A ". _ . i .. . “ like to deal with them." f .'y..ed .h? 9333933..fo ‘l'ffi ot tterr. I,'.)"! Mr. Bunting, in opening the meeting, said that the association were endeavor. ing to get the exprens companies to give them more uniformity of rates and better transportatiun facilities. This schedule has already been outlined. It is abso. lutely nun-nary that steps, to this ef. feet be talom at the earliest date, an. the fruit industry is going ahead by leaps and bounds. A Grimsby special despatch: The iruit groin-rs of the Western Peninsula followed Mr. H. J. Hale to St. Cathar- in" yesterday afternoon, and, augment- wl liy the eastehrtmen, gave both him and Mr. Farnsworth a most hearty wei. come to the Garden City. Before leav- ing Grimsby this morning they were given a drive out among the snow-cover- ml vineyards and orchards, and improm- ed their satisfaction at the outlook, and the palatial homes of the owners, . The convention in the city was held 31 su-rdny and to-day in the Elks' Hall. British Columbia Commission Present Yesterday. Declares Mr. Hale, the States Peach Mia. Niagara Peninsula the Garden of the World, FRUIT MEN _ Ill SESSION. Wu 1 Major-General Lake', term of mm- ,mund in Canada as thief of stuff M. "sires in November next. During " itenure of the position he has inaugur- Eated many retorms in mnncctiun with Ithe militia service and thedepartmeut li, now organized on a \wll-tlmught-nut land adequate hmis. It " undu-r-tnml ’that for the [ant As mouth, ot' ,0 of lhis time in this country lh-nvrnl Lake !\\ill be given the po~itimi of ln-ym-tnn Itienernl. with R view of " making tt thorough inspection of all the military 'unitu in the service. offering, criticisuum in to the defects n carrying um the ,syatom he has er,talrlislted, making Mtg." igestiolh‘ as to possible ituptovementrs, you. The position of lttNwctor-iieneral l' now vacant. owing to tho deoth of BrigadivrAienentl Vidal. l General Otter will, according to the proposed plan, become Chieroi.titafi in succession to Mnior-Geueral Lake, thu.. "valiging what has long been contem- plated-namely, the appointment of n Canadian to the chief command of the militia forces of the Dominion. Mndrid, March 9.--A strange tragedy THE SAILOI PIECE. occurred at (Jemima yesterday. A im. l -- mm of infantry, Jose- Morales, 24 Will Fly Walk Pennant for Pint years old, and the son of a gem-ml. lu-- ', Time on Trip to cm came aware that his fiancee. Selim-Eta i. . W, was shortly going to pttbliis tt i London. Mhreh ft.-- The Prine " of book egtitlul “The Soul That 1vet'ts,"l Waks, who was promoted to Admiral's emailing "er. . nnk in. 1907, will bout his pennant-fur Leutemure Morales. who was in his the first time during hia visit to Chen. umyorp. ruthe.d ty his fiatwve', houle ada. There is name indication to make Deuterium Monk-n. who was in his: unifonn. rushed to hi. mum-e1. hruse and IRWIN ber not to publigh certain verses. as be eonrtueted than: bad. . As Ae nsfused. he drew a re- volver and {ind three bullets at her, one of which fatally wounded her. then turned the revolver on himself Ind blew out his brains. Spanish Officer Objected to Fiancee Publishing Verses. Offer of the Command at Aldershot Re- fused-Gen. Lake Will Fill the Posi. tion of Inspector-General Temporar- ily, and Report on All Military Units. GEN. OTTER TO BECOME CHIEF STAFF " M. Barlmux coneluderl with an un- Irrintalsle dwcriptiun of Iiekee. in which he brought charges that McKee u~wl paint on his lip-n and dyod hi,. "yt'lrrous. Maitre lmlmri will give Mekee', side of the ran- on Mnreh ll. Mrs. McKee hogan divorce proceedings in Augud and McKee [uh brought a cross unit. McKee spent most of his.time writing article: for New York pup”! signed "Fifi" and "Clarice," asserted Barbour. He mid his wife's jeweln. For a ring which (“out .M,00o he took $23. Thirty- two maids. left Iii-s wife? wrvicv owing to his insults." McKee's other ohavacteristies. “word- ing to Burboux. included spending the day in n pajama costume. He wore socks for a month, the lawyer said. M. llarboux made twenty-JV (harm's of erttt'lty against McKee. the last Ise. ing that he had tried to auburn wit- nesses to sm-ar she was intimate with a chauffeur. lie was always jealous of " stepson. Hugh, frightening him with a romlv'er. and pinching his arms until the blood calm. the attorney said. At Paris he refused to allow his wife to [age her meals in the modest hotel where they were staying, and sent a servant to buy surdinos for her, saying the hotel prim-a were too dour. charged the law- ver. child by her former husband, Mr. Tevis, doubled. Ht then compelled his wife to write to her father and withdraw her money, $450,000, from a trust company. so that McKee might manage it. Soon after the marriage the couple went to Monte Carlo, where McKee gambled and lost heavily. Mrs. McKee never played. "McKee abused his wife and threat. ened her with a revolver. He threatened to commit suicide if she did not gin- him all lwr fortune. Fllte gave him $25.- OOO." "McKee posed as a fit-h man. and promised to nllowlgis wife $25.1MII year- ly for dress," Bar )le continued. "He said she need not wear her gloves twive. After the marriage 2lckee's first Care Wttq to get $20,000 allowed for his wife's After describing the couple‘s position and lives in America, he said McKee proposed marriage a few days after meeting the woman, now his wife. He told bur he was free to marry. but dur. ing the engagement was compelled to spend $300 to settle the divorce case of his iirgt wife, the attorney declared. Paris March 'A-The Hart-McKee di- vorce ease began today. Maitre Bar- houx, counsel for Mrs McKee. outlined the cause he said he is prepared to prove in her demand for a divorce. Barrister Sly: Husband Made Woman Eat Sardine: u Meal-Threats to Kill AOeged--Wore Socks 1 Month. TWENTY~SIX CHARGES 0F CRUELTY BROUGHT m DIVORCE SUIT. Ye'sterdny officers Tiiiuriidi by Mrs. Walpole visited the Detroit Wal- pole’s home. Here the evidence was in: dilputable that the Toronto woman had been following the wrong man. The Detroit Walpole had lived here trrnty-tive yem and is aaronsiderably older man that the Toronto Walpole. The Detroit man will be honorably discharged by the court on Monday. The Toronto Mrs, Walpole is still here. WIFE’S LAWYER FLAYS M‘KEE. secure another warm tt churning lig- umy. The justice refused it on the slight evidence that she Int-sated until tins. poliee had investigated the use. HIS NEW DUTIES. USED A PISTOL. ONTARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO mhe never had tiny good opinion of the 13m. Muhol frequently quarrolled with "l herself and her non. and made violent l threats tht different oeear,iom, she ', threw a knife. tt poker and a frying pan ite- 1 at Jacob, and again she threatened to . thorn the barns. It was this lattvr m- _ threat which made her think that Mnbél ar-l had t-auwd the fire al the barns, " try though at the time rote did not attach {mm-h important-v to it, and Mabel mid -lu- only mid it in a fit of‘tvmprr. Bert Kay, who saw the fire at the hnrn and was: attracted, thither. said that he had heard Hopkimd evidence and agreed with mount of it. Sormnn Kay brother Bert b his evidence. the Dreadnought the turutip of the opsidjglhdmj. _ _.- _ __ “He admitted there was nothing in the track to uliutinguiuh whether it my. a boy'" or a gin-h. - - H 'Rir Gilbert Parker will ask Mr. As. quith, (hmllor of the Exchequer, if the Government is eomhdedng the do {liability of making I contribution to the tarantula fund. The Hm; bit w: eon,sidernble length mony being broken. Minnie Moore. a little' nine-year-old girl in whose home Mabel way. employod. will that she In: told by Muhol on tbe Sunday before the fire that all» wuu in a hurry to got home because "he wart going to kill a mun or burn his horns. Her sister Maggie wanted to know who the man was, and Mabel wouldn’t tell. but said it mu a man whose hair my. turning grey. John Warren, a farmer, who I‘m-MP: bet ween the humans of the Ho'pkinsc-n and the Aliens. said he examined the tracks in the nnuw on his land» at 9 o'eloek on the morning after the fire. It looked like a woman's tun-kt. Witttesu, at first refused to answer. and when pressed said he was forty- eight years old. He acknowledged send- ing the girl a letter enclosing a matri- monial "ad," and advised her to get mar- ried to the advertiser. and Mabel wan angry at the suggestion. Hopkins placed all the blame for the relations which "xi,ted between him and the girl upon the girl'" shoulders, unying that it wan upon her suggestion that they lived to- gather. Mrs. Hopkins, the aged mother of Jacob Hopkins, was called an n witneo by the Crown. She told of the girl'u coming to work at the house and mid Mr. Fitch then examined the witness on certain letters he had written to the prisoner in which he asked her to come and live with him "until death do us part," and told her that it would be her own fault it Ute, did not become his wife. Hopkins said the mason why he con- cluded it wan Mabel who had fired his barns was because they had been friendly. He denied that he had ever promised the girl marriage, and said the talk of marriage was all done by the girl. "What is your own age!" inquired Mr, Fitch. Jacob Hopkins was the first witness. He told of waking up early on the morn- ing of February 14 and finding his burns ablaze. Looking to the westward, he paw footprints. They were fresh marks, and were uppurvntly made by a Woman. He followed up the tracks and found they led to Mabel Allen'. home, five miles “my. A noticeable feature of the morning's hearing was that Crown Attorney Drly- ton did not attempt to bring out from llopkinu’ statements any evidence a: to motive. Asked at the outset of him crostoexaunination by the girl's mun-tel Whether there wan any motive for Mabel Mlen setting fire to the harm. Hopkins mid "No." Mr. Fitch, however, drew out from Hopkins the statement» that he had Ind guilty relations with the girl during her residence under hin roof, and then had incurred her anger by suggest- ing that she nhould marry a man named Burt Green. dence of Jacob Hopkins and several of the men who accompanied him in follow- ing up the trail leading from the wene of the fire to the home of the girl was heard, and when " 5 o'cloek the court adjourned. his Honor permitted the ac- cuned girl to leave the court with her father, accepting the hail of the girl and that of a neighbor named Thoma.- Johnston for $1,000 each. Toronto despatch: Mabel Allen. the eighteen-year-old Mount Albert girl, who is charged with having set fire to the barns of Jacob Hopkins, a neighboring farmer, on the night of the 14th of Feb- runry last, ('Ime before his Honor Judge Winchester and a jury for her trial yen- terdny. The girl, who wan quietly dressed in I blue skirt and white cotton waist, did not appear to be at all Weighed down by her position, and fre liently can inquir- ing glances around 31(- court. The evi- Did Girl Commit ArsonN-Jaartr Hopkins Admits the Girl Had a Motive-. Mother of Accused Girl Says Incl Was at Home in Bed on light of the Fire. THE TRACKERS GAVE EVIDENCE AGAINST [ABEL ALLEN. TRACED STEPS OVER SNOW. Said She Would Kill a Matt, Had Been Frequent 1Narreltt, His Relations With the Girl, ut'. who aeeompanied his to the fire, corrolmrntvd s vro-xatnitted nti without her uni-1 used I 'l,'," out I i In in angry editorial. Ge. Times “F“ titat the letter will mum- a drink, (ete “Irwin. and jun! iudimmtiuu on the part of the itrittut pmeple. 5 "Emperor William holds the honorary 'nnk of Admiral in the Bruin: navy," luyn the Tim. "but if cm i. twld to inn-am. interference in our Jotuestie luffnirn by new! upped-1 to the ll‘lll of I department on which national tuete. 'ty depends, all that can Ge mid " (that. the Ibolitiun of the “ml-tic" "0m- plimentu of this kind u un urgent m» is sup there would have been I tmi, iversttl outcry of anger throughout Ger many Ind Ill :worwlu-lming demand for , doubled ship-building prom-mun» In a fitting reply." lativea Crowd the Streets to Watch the Novelty. Shanghai. Mitrclt ll.- The {int nation of the elm-trio "tmet our aerviw in Bhanghai was 'aweer"Otll.v inauguruuyd today. The van. are running well and are lartrely lutmniud. The nntives have gathered in large mwdn to watch the new moth-d of transportation. The street railway wan originally strongly opponed by the natives for fear of the electric - and has." they thought. it would Interfere with the basin-n a! the jinrlkuha I'm. but the amount today's ope-tug uhowa that there is .. danger of (under. Hi: Attempt to Itetuettee British In"! Policy. Lmdem. Hard: 9. A-rrtintr thet Em- porm‘ William mommy sent a letter to Lord Tweed-th, First Lord of the Admiralty, on the uulnjm-t of the British and German Luv-l policy. the Times this morning will! for the production of the letter in Parliament. togethor with Lord Tum-dnwuth's reply. on the ground that it is am nth-mp! to 'mflm-nw the llritinll Minister retspottmtle for tire nmy in German interests, A “Wm of (m low w“ mlmiltmlly panics-d. Finder “is spam. the child. ren. of whom were found In. Inna-my bright and ramble, am- Inst to their pan-nu and grow my without proper restraint. The jury recommended that the children be lnxhlom-d' to name suit- able inetitattiom and that In the an“: are not amt-nabb- the mummnily should " feet by " feet, with Ill addition " feet by " fed. lum- enough in " for [numb " peopV at the mout. In this am were found " man, woman and Atitdrxo. In 40m mom. 7 feet by Is. there won: 14 in. mats .mm. of both “was. up. elothed, their Mes running trom P.t to " yum. The visit of the jury to the hottie Wed by the Dnlklmhms run-mul- ed I. deplonuo m"tdition of affairs. The premium unaided "f a Wilding m, pout-Mum ex-nlimxion plume-d that the damn-rd had nun-ad to death. Although be up six [H mm. he nub weighed one hundred and. tummy Pow- Alexis, on? of the hand. mid Crliu had been' sick for ttowe weeks. He was given at! be naked for to eat. but " he had fut the [you inure of M3 was plum and dry mud. The band intended to place the bud) in tho hull. \dm it Would 'oe dr- nmred by wild Animal». No medi, ml aid was qu'IInom-d. as all indiuwd that Jam: would look otfter him. Fort William. 011.. Mulch 9.-- Fort. WM cilia-m are “mud (“or the Ioul Doukhobor situation, and the that]; of one of the number. of the bum! “it "ah ha. furnished added Inn- was! for that m. Nana-Lion, lack of medial mtmn. novice! and Imeei- nwai: wen ttse (mum of the mamu dam. and com inventing evidence a. to the belief and custom of the Douk. bohora was given at the coroner', in- queqt last night. . The fire was discover-HI ych-nhy morning while the ulvnmnr Wars "ff lla- comsc of Spain. The New mu "ttial. to extinguish it. and the hu-Zum Wrte scaled up. She ottttM' ken, 1'. full word and signalled while yet mm» ditrtaueo out to have the fireman: re- iy. Ann four houru' work the iirv wn Put out. Seventy, lily Husband, in a smiu House " Fan. William. Mumillws. March 9. and (Mental line new outward bound with 4tt" in here hut night with .1 W hold. Catetsidertrble damage “an. doni, to the bagglgv. The mail. will he trttv.Uvrtvd to “other steamer. st-Wit-P-ries ELECTRIC CARS m SHANGHAI. Mr (1-min- mtid there Wu come “amnion u to tho expediency of link- ing the MararmuAtusetta mum to make a 'warrAieqt inquiry bto Mrs, Eddy'. "ms elation" gt Newton. The queution as to how the expanses of this .radettee un- beina met out of Mn. Eddy'. Ion-Inc of "all,” is also UK "M. son, a {miner wound mder of the Mun Schmu- Chant, and Mrs. Amelh- ham-1d. at Brooklyn, N. Y., who previous to her death was dun-gut with Mu; thr one who mwd Mm. Eddy during her My rides. hold. The my; who we" formerly om-ed m‘m handheld (1 Mrs. My and who have My died awn. Bron Burt, the communal. mun-d by Mn. Eddy when she runovvd from Cou- ootd to Mon. ”My E. Tomlin- Eddy. IN to ietveqtitmte (hm- denim with 000m nmntly in her houn- Horton, Mum, Much 9.~Former Son- that W. E. (W and mum-l {or the “um: "JIM" of Mn. “try linker G. Irroken my KAISER'S INTERFERENCE DOUKHOBORS LIKE ANIMALS. FIRE AT SEA. EDDY DEATHS. " Marek it Tb. [him-lb line uteaanuluip Mongolia. feet, with Ill addition fad. lam enough in y " proph- at the 1 am were found " lnum-ngen. pl tire in hat lm