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ore last. ig goof, ive boxse for #4, Keleligf, 0 a Great Goifter 18 I O¢)€ M ng amia Mr. Mack ‘has no comment to make about the labor vote and said he did not believe Tammany Hall had been unfaithâ€" ful to Rrvanm and the rest of the ticket. Wifeâ€"John, what did you do with your watch? Johnâ€"A fellow on the minutes, andâ€" _ Wifeâ€"And _ he stole your watch? Johnâ€"Oh, no, J gave it to him.â€"Chicago Journal. Mr. Mack was asked if he thought the south would be recognized in the next national convention and permitted to name a candidate from that section of the country. "The most availsble man will _ be nominated," he replied, irrespective of whether he comes from the north or the south, the cast or the west. Everything will depend upon _ his availability and other conditions, of course, which we develope in the next four years." C New York despatch: Chairman Norman E. Mack, of tue Democratie _ National Commission, said last night: "I do not believe that Mr. Bryan will again.be the candidate of the Demoeraâ€" tic pakty for President. Should the Legâ€" islature be Democratic in Nebraska when a vacancy oceurs in the United States Senate from that State, as will be the case in 1910, I believe Mr. Bryan will be selected to fill the office." ~prohibition wave" which has swept a number of States and hundreds of loca!â€" ities into the "dry" column during the past two years would show surprising increases in the vote of the party, which makes its chief issue legal prohibition of the liquor traffie. Taft‘s plurality in New York State has gone well over the 200;,000 mark, while Hughes for Governor has shrunken from 72,000 or better, accredited to him yesterday, to 70,000 or somewhat less. Attention began to turn toâ€"day to votes of the minor partiesâ€"Socialist, Prohibition and Independence parties. It appeared early toâ€"day that the Socialists had been disappointed in their wmel{ avowed expectations of casting "a milâ€" lion for Debs," and in some States had even fallen below their vote of four years ago. In general, however, their vote showed a material increase, justiâ€" 1ying the claim of the advocates and the iear of the opponents of Socialism, that it has become a serious factor in American politics. As for the Prohibition votes, its total presents a great disappointâ€" ment to those who expected that the . pear to have broken into south" by electing a Congres kansas, and to have increas presentation from Democrat by two. House. Several of the leaders allied with him in that control were elected however, by greatly reduced pluralities «)n the other hand, the Republicans apâ€" « Colorado has question definit but the latter‘s seems to be les Shafroth, the D Governor. and t _ _""Ats a majority of eight in joint ballot in the Legislature, which would assure the State a Democratie United Ntates Senator in place of Heminway. There is an active rumor that John W, Kern, the defeated candidate for Viceâ€" President, will be the new Senator from Indiana. The State has elected Marshall, Democrat, Governor, by a plurality of about 15,000, while giving Tartc a margin of about 10,000, Indiana apparently has Democrats a majority of ei ballot in the Laulslctime . Ctats.... .. Vermont ... Washington W. Virginia Wisconsin .. Wyoming ... ‘OMG: : 1 + + «/ss § CHCHON. .. ...s. A Painsylvania. 34 Rhode Island.. 4 South Dakota . 4 New carnecticut ... Delaware...... : #dakw..... ... s Hllinois........ 27 fndith«... ... K PWWken «. a«caciK Kansas........ 10 NMakks... ...... 1 Massachusetts 16 Michigan...... 14 Minnesota..... 11 Montana... ... 3 New Hampshire 4 New Jersey.... 12 1 Maryland with was claimed for ‘ a:=sour; with her big block of 13 votes was hanging in the balance, the iirst despatch toâ€"day showing, upun incomplete returns, that Bryan had a lead of 67 votes. Complete reâ€" lurns might swing the result ane way or other at any moment. w York.. ... 39 rth Dakota. 4 I "22 0oh Poone . o canaee Missouri held the centre of political attention when the Republicai and Democratic politicians, to say nothing of mere voters, began early toâ€"day to look over the net results of the elecâ€" tion. _ Leaders of both the parties found themselves facing what looked increasingly like a vindication of the prophesy _ of Chairman Frank H, Hitchcock, of the Republican National Committee, that Taft would have zt least 325 votes when the fmal "show down*® was reached. At the opening of the day‘s deâ€" spatches, leaving Maryland and Misâ€" sourl out of the count, Tait was as. surect of 301 electoral votes Rwvoa»~ ~s Senatorship for Bryan. by electing a Cpngressn;fi in Ar and to have increased their reâ€" ition from Democratie Oklahoma * 0 M LN T: TWs enc cez TAFT NOW HAS | BRYAN taugs. : BiG I,fiAJORlTY | Feels That His Battle HuNothug B4 _ opf '";"â€"-' * Ciefs , E.hrel’ l. v‘i‘. Il & W ocrats insisted that thay yield Maryland to Repubâ€" on the authority of the rk despateh: Maryland â€" and 301 13 For Bryanâ€" 10 Alabama .. . 7 Arkansas ... 3 Colorado ... . 3 Florida ... .. iâ€" / ~Gworgis ... .. 1 Kentucky .. . 3 Louisiana .. 0 Mississippi .. . 6 Nebraska .. 6 Nevada .. .. 4 N. Carolina ... 1 Oklahoma .. â€" Doubtfulâ€" Missouri ... Maryland .. 8. Carolina Tennessee . Texas .. .. irginia votes. Bryan Hicans Apâ€" the "solid mven the Struck Too Hard. "Oi am; I shtruck for shorter hours." "An‘ did ye get them ?" "Oi did not. Oi‘m workin the whole twentyâ€"four hours now. What at? ‘Lookin for work."â€"Sydney (N. S, W.) Bulletin. Mero got down by the back stairway, and as he reached the street he saw ti#g prisoner just leaving the premises. Then he went around to the front of the building and found his wife, daughâ€" wer and others lying on the street, dead and injured. BEuckborrough joined the crowd and made slurring remarks about the dead and injured lying there. As he turned away, Mero heard the prisoner remark that he had gotten even with him, referriag to the witness. amined _ this _ afternoon, before _ the court _ adjourned _ until _ toâ€"morrow morning, _ He said he had known Buckborrough fifteen years. _ He was a blacksnuth by trade, and worked by spells. He had been put on the lndian list, and several times when he tried to get liquor at Mero‘s hotel he was evicted. _ On one occasion he was prosecuted and fined. He abused Mero for this, and threatened to get even. On the morning of the fire, May 20, Mr. Mero was awakened by his wife. HMe looked over the banâ€" nister from the second floor, and, as he watched, the smoke changed to tiames, and the side of the stairway burst out. â€" Fire started in the rooim under the stairway 15u 18 John Mero, proprietor of the . ill fated hotel, was the only witness exâ€" amined _ this _ afternoon, before _ the court _ adjourned _ until _ toâ€"morrow ecame at him with an open a ue in luis )!mud. Un this ground Ar. J. G, Walace, defence counsel, asked for an acquittal, Chester _ Buckborrough, of ‘Lillsonâ€" burg, was arraigned late this afternoou vetore Justice magee and a jury on a charge of arson, to which he pleaded not guilty. it is charged that on May 20 last Buckborrough, a man about lweniyâ€"five years of age, set fire to the Queen‘s _ Hotel _ in _ Tillsonburg. Three lives were lost, _ The jury was chosen with considerable diftuiculty, many being chailenged by the defence lawyers, Messrs, Keily, of simeoe, and Brown, of lillsonburg, and a few by the Crown. 12 18 12 12 murdered man, belonged, gave «.idene tor the defence toâ€"day, wimieh was not o material charaeter. Pounzi appeared i: his own behalf, and swore he threw tn stone at Constantine when tae latte came at him with an open » ue in hi 10 case of Michael Franz Ponzi, whose trial on a charge of murder comâ€" menced yesterday. _ After the verdict Ponzi was taken back to jail to await sentence later in the session, Bevâ€" eral rvaiians, members of the band of workimen to which Constantine, the 13 15 A Woodstock despatch: A verdict of guilty of manslaughter was given by the jury at halfâ€"past 5 this evening, after an hour‘s deliberation, in the case of Michael Franz Ponzi, whose trial on a charge of murder comâ€" 11 0 Trial of Chester Buckborrough on Charge of Setting Fire to the Queen‘s Hotel at Tillsonburg is Now in Progress. VERDICT OF MANSLAUGHTER IN INGERSOLL CASE. 13 Of Chicago, Nov. 9.â€"The Thompson fan ily, backed by deadly weapons, hold possession of the residence of Samuc Gregston, the Hinsdale millionaire, nea whose sick bed two sonsâ€"inâ€"law, it is al leged, engaged in a fistic encounter which resuited in court proceedings be fore Justice of the Peace Edgar Davi: yesterday. The sonsâ€"inlaw are Attor ney William Ormonde Thompson and Attorney Waiter Yan Sands. Following the fight on the stairwa y just outside the sick man‘s bedroom, Van Sands swore out a warrant against his brotherâ€"inâ€"la w, charging assault and battery. Thompson retaliated by filing the same sort of a charge against Van Nands. When the case came up for trial before Justice of the Peace Davis, Attorney Clarence Darrow appeared for both principals, and announced that the family requested both cases be dismissâ€" ed. Justice Davis, however, placed Van Nands under a peace bond of $200. The trouble is over the division of the sick millionaire‘s estate. Thompson Family Hold Possession of Millionaire‘s Home. CC nepe c ol t OE Ck, B 3 WR mtate of Nebraska. ° With a Demoeratic Governor ana â€" a Democratie Legislaâ€" ture, we shall be able to put into prac tice so much of the Denver platform as rela‘tes to State legislation, and I trust § nc eveus Alas sls 4n t e come, together with mo-r; ulation of railroads and for the Philippines, uon an platform too, that this ear lancoln, Neb., No issued the following "The election has ; a decisive majority, not all in and it j lpresanl time to anal; what _ causes eontril Republican vietor gs _ upon a plattorm whi we believed to be g« ican people, but it themseives |1o decid desire and what meth they prefer. 1 have j lieity which we asked mend | itself to the tha‘t the election of se ple will he seevred ; t of the trusts will ar that will resait in the principle of privata 1. FOUND GUILTY. Expects to Ses STATE OF SIEGE. dn the pro ve majority. _ The in and it is impo time to analyze the ‘uses contributed an vietory. We ma; platform which eim! ed to be good for iiter Van Sands, the fight on the + 9.â€"The Thompson famâ€" _ deadly weapons, holds the residence of Samuel Hinsdale millionaire, near Lwo sonsâ€"inâ€"law, it is alâ€" in a fistic encounter, in court proceedings beâ€" the Peace Edgar Davis e sonsâ€"inâ€"law are Attorâ€" »rmonde Thompson and Neb., Nov. 9 fuflowing sta > See Senators Elected by Vcte of Peopie. Are the most })rur;] which â€" we labored, ; these reforms will n the cordial suppor‘t ibors, by the citizens by the people of the "° sone against u 3. _ The returns t is impossible at more effective We made our gone â€" O.â€"W. J. Brya statement toâ€"day in independenc m or most t pos r‘k minent and d The shooting occurred in the barâ€"room | ‘ihore of the hotel. Up to ‘this time the authorâ€" | ron unde ities have not learned the cause any | present ; more definitely than that quarrels bad | beenâ€"ord ?;en frt:qu;.nt at Hagen‘s place, and that | brought 2 _ XTCp" & AOVWL JR ACTARUON, near | Wolid seem to ‘szupport the‘intimafibu Hamburg, Erie county, shot and killed ‘”"” """l_l a tour has beep'suyn.m‘s‘."ed, s 6 ;\ | but under the present politics. g..«¥%â€" his son George and fatally wounded his | ttons in Europe it is now thought aald wife this forenoon. He attempted suiâ€" ‘prolmble that the Admiradty | w@aid cide, but succeeded only in wounding &s;mtch a fieet in any way comparable himself in the left shoulder. | to the Un.ted States battleship fleet. The shooting occurred in the barâ€"room ‘ihere is a possibility that the squad of the hotel. Up to ‘this time the authorâ€" | ron under Kir Perey Seott, which is at ities have not learned the cause any |present in South Africa, and which has more definitely than that quarrels bad | beenâ€"ordered to South America, may be been frequent at Haien’s place, and that | brought home by way of the far east Hagen has been drinking heavily of late, and the Suez Canal. J. Brvan Buffalo,. N. Y., Nov. 9.â€"John Hagen, who keeps a hotel in Sceranton, near Hamburg, Erie county, shot and killed his son George and fatally wounded his wife this forenoon. He attempted suiâ€" cide, but succeeded only in wounding himself in the left shoulder. trust I find Erie County Hotelman Committed Murder. end the man entrusted with poi the gems is said to have broken completely in health as a result anxiety. The most extraordinary p;é'a;utinpns Lave been taken by the firm which has had charge of the cutting of the stone. sla The Gem Has Been Divided Into Eight Parts. CULLINAN DIAMOCND It is likely that the ne will assemble in Hamilton reso tion and serte ment also calle« the 1 th 11 moral an lowing w Hon. Geo Dr. Keir Morse, P) shall be in charge of a field superinâ€" tendent. In each district there should be a home mission committee of twelve members, half being appointed by the Provincial conventions, The constitution proposed for the pubâ€" lication and moral and social reform boards, being acceptable to the conferâ€" ence, was adopted. To constitute a It was finally agreed to form a Canaâ€" dian board, with headquarters and two secretaries in Toronto, to administer the work. The board is to divide the Dominion, into .districts, each of which the Foreign Mission Board provoked ; big discussion,. 1t ended, however, in the conference deciding upon a board 0o thirty members, twelve being from On tario and Quebee, twelve from the Mari time Provinces and six from the west. The _ recommendation _ that _ oneâ€"hali should be laymen was stricken out. The Grande Ligne Mission (French) was willing to come under the authority of the union, although it could not comâ€" mit itsell to the Ontario and Quebec conâ€" vention since much of the revenue came from the other conventions. Rev. D. B. Harkness, Winnipeg, preâ€" sented the report on Canadian missions. It recommended the formation of a 2° 22C00,MC00CG Lhe formation of a board of Canadian missions, with a memâ€" bership of thirtyâ€"six, to direct mission activity in the Dominion. Ort KiLLED HIS SON. re It was decided to establish the head quarters of the union in Toronto, a:s well as those of as many boards as pos sible. next ve Ottawa despatch: This morning | the Baptist conference continued its discus sion upon a constitution for the proâ€" posed union of Canada. If one should be accepted it will be referred to the individual churches and the various boards for their approval, and their deâ€" cision made known to the convention th Thirty Members to Control Foreign | ,‘,.',.‘;‘;'," Missions. [ it te Convention to Decide the Question Next Fall. BAPTIST UNION. <=» H. White. v. Dr. Norton, Toronto, introduced solutior in which the desirability practicability of the union was asâ€" d, and recommending the appointâ€" of a committee of fifteen. It was recommended that a convention be 1 during the autumn of 1909, upon asis of representation decided upon his conference, to receive the reâ€" , and if deemed wise to organize Baptist Union of Canada. _ This ition passed with but little opposiâ€" The charact 1 AFr The Newly sion Board provoked a It ended, however, in eciding upon a board of twelve being from Onâ€" , twelve from the Mariâ€" ind six from the west. ation _ that _ oneâ€"half of Dr. A. A. Cameron, Moyle, Rev. C. K. W. Sawyer, Rev. J. H. MceDonald and istitution for the proâ€" ‘anada. If one should ill be referred to the es and the â€" various ipproval, and their deâ€" next convention plosion, : the membership of | men â€"ani Board provoked a | took pla ended, however, in |sen & L ng upon a board of | N.T. It. c Ive being from Onâ€" | miles nor Ive from the Mariâ€" Whe kil six from the west. Nels P. roken down result of his Elected Republican President of United States. 18hn convention | Pritain May Seand Battleship Fleet Reund the World. FLYING SQUADRON. Cobalt despatch: John Hendrickson, a Swedish mucx2r, aged 26, unmarried, met a fatal accident yesterday at ‘the Chamâ€" bersâ€"Ferland mine, and died this aftor noon of his inwuries. An inanaet eil! the men oruisod _ that _ the Furnish a stateme iffair occurred. From all that can be gathered it appears that the men were drilling a hole in the face of the rock eut, ind in so doing struck the base of unoth--r hole, which had been exploded a rew days befort, but in which apparen tiy some dynamite remained. _ The exâ€" plosion was terrific. Strube, Elertoun and Chriscianson were killed instantly. Their bodies _ were brought in here early this morning. _ Coleberg, the inâ€" jured man, was taken to the hospit«! hore, and, according to the latest reâ€" port, is doing well and will recover, Mr. Larson, one of the partners in the firm of Olsen & Larson, was fixing the drill up to a few minutes before off, and h to his head. minor injur From al appears th hole in the in so duing hole, which he expl Denmark. F.«lilertoun, aged 22, a Norwegian, Olaf Christianson, aged 26, a Dane. All three were single men,. The injured man is Andrew Coleberg, i Dane,. _ His right hand was blown )if, and he sustained severe injuries o his head. The other two men seceived ninor injuries from falling rock. From all that can be gathered it ppears that the imen were drilling a Drill TWO BAD ACCIDENTS ON NATIONâ€" AL TRANSCONTINENTAL, 1y‘ 3 " 34 "s CE ‘FeqHently abused her, and had been especially morose of late, Two days ago she secured a revolver that he had, and the first she knew of him having another was when he drew it toâ€"day in a quarrel and killed his son and wounded her, Hagen was arrested. second penetrated Mrs, Hagen‘s lun two shots went wild. Medical Examiner Danser says th man‘s wound is probably faial. statement made by Mrs. Hagen she ber husband had frequently abused and had been especially morose of ITwo days ago she secured a rey errible who w A Kenora despatch: A dynamite ex sion, resulting in the death of three m and terrible injuries to another, k place on Tuessay morning at Ol i & Larson‘s camp, No. 20, on the T, Rt. construction, about twentyâ€"four les north of Ingolf, explosion oceurred. _ lie had a shor‘s distance away fro ind thus had a narrow escape Seven Killed in This One. it is no information we can give egative â€" statement, howegsr, em to support the‘intimatlgm TEN MEN KILLED. 1 Struck an Old Charge and Exploâ€" sion Followed â€"At Dryden Eleven Men Working in a Cut Were Buried Under Tons of Rock. Another at Cobalt it Hles P "~MISR N it deep rock eut 1 in the disaster following explosion, and â€" the â€"four re picked out from under a few minutes after the re _ so â€" painfully cut and _ they were unable o to atement as to how the l are; Strube lace stru had lut ierged the a the lie had only iway from the fatal. _ In i4 agen she says i native of »Y¥‘s heart s the wo ; The Toronlo Parks Committee recommends that Ald. Foster‘s â€" palim house be built in trs Alla dens. into the letter box, the contents of which are attracted to the linoleum by the elecâ€" tricity, and communicated by the bobbins. The letters are thrown into a truck, and carried by means of a miniature vailway through the public room to the sorting office. The saving in time is said to be considerible, and the apparatus is dimost foiselégs."~"+ > A new electrical apparatus, which is designed to facilitate the despatch of postal letters has just been installed in a Paris postoffice. It consists of an "endless" roll of linoleum, 200 feet in length. This, in revolving, rubs against 32 electric bobbins operated by a powerâ€" ful distributor. When the current is switched on, the linoleum roll descends London, Nov. 9.â€"The Chancellor of the Exchequer has informed Mr. Timâ€" othy Davies, M. P., that the total numâ€" ber of claims received by the ol{â€"age pension officers up to ‘the 10th inst. amounted to 468,164. Of this number there came from England 273,862, Ireland 131,610, Scotâ€" land 49,077, Wales 13,615. It is believed that the total 100,000 before the lists finally Montreal, Que., Nov. 9.â€"Breaking Atâ€" lantic records has become a habit with the "Empresses," The Empress of Ireland arrived at Queâ€" bee yesterday at 2.30, beating the record of the Eimnpress of Britain, made two weeks ago, by one hour and fifteen minâ€" utes. The fast special train left Quebec within 30 minutes after the steamer docked, with first class passengers who, haying dined at the mouth of the Mersey Friday evening, Oct. 30, dined the next Thursday evening at Montreal. Toronto passengers reached _ their â€" destination early this morning. Chicago pasengers will _ arrive in that city toâ€"night, just one week after leaving Liverpool. Winâ€" nipeg, St. Paul and Minneapolis will be reached Naturday, eight days after leayâ€" ing Liverpool; Vancouver, Tuesday next. TORONTO ind Quick Passage of the Empress on Ireland Across Ocean. =70 Or 200 a week from Canada, . if they could be sent by cold storage reguâ€" lerly every week or fortnight, He also says there is a demand for apples and c‘der in many sections and indicatel opâ€" portunities for Canadian firms to sell these there is a market for England, A big JLond« 200 or 300 a weer they could be sent by larly every week or Ottawa, Nov: 9.â€"Th lrade and commerce to reply from Mr, Watson, missioner at Londan na For WILLIAM J. BRYAN Defeated Candidate in P1 Elections, THOSE WHO GOT PENSIONS. Nealin > i it dilst dsc ic . 1 MR 1 15 loyal attitude France has voluntarily transmitted to Germany the report on the occurrence made by the police of Casa Blanca, It is understood that both Austriaâ€" Hungary and Italy advised Berlin to follow a course of prudence, ENGLISH MARKET mg a concutatory spirit and a reading ’1" accept the proposai made by Fran whoreby, with mutual expressions of i 2ret, the entire incident may be refore to arbitration. The German Foreign 0 fice expects to receive in the course . the day a final decision from Emperc William, who is at present in Austria, Now that ‘the question of exeus which imply censure upon the Frenc soldiers is out of the way, the Frenc Foreign Office is confident that the ore maining divergencies can easily be a« justed. _ As a further evidence of he BROKE RECORD U Ausiria and Italy Advised Germany to be Conciliat ry. Canadian Beef FEriskets and Apples and Cider. THERE WILL BE NO BLOODSHED A oth Express Regret and Refer Incideat to Arbilraticn. id commerce toâ€"day received a om Mr. Watson, the trade comâ€" r at London, pointing out that a market for beef briskets in _A big Jondon firm could take ran Post Office Device. French authorities at seemingly Lbeen dispen _ now apparent that ns, Nov. 9.â€"The ecrists | ee and Germany, which aro wrrest of German deserters {r ign Legion of the French am ce and Cermany Practicall Agree Not to Fight. ks Committee again Ald. Foster‘s $30.000 lists finally close â€"The department of Allan Gar s at C Wis Presidential erists betwe reach to sell Prenen French the reâ€" be ad of her Irom m San Francisco, Nov. 9.â€"Tuberculosis epread through a rite of their church, is said to be thinning the population of the Aleutian Islands at an alarming rate, Dr, Robert Oleson, of the revenie cutter McCulloch, who arrived hore yesâ€" terday, from Alaska, states that forty per cent, of the natives in the Islands are afflicted with consumption. He exâ€" pressed a belief that the ceremony of kissing the dead is in part responsivle for the sperad of the disease. Practice C"‘"‘l Depopulation of Blan KISSING THE DEAD. In the medal contests on temperance subjects Grey county took the Provincial banner. In Owen Sound local option _ worked successfully. _ The Provincial License Inspector had done good work, but the _ liquor men were trying to make everyone drunk, and so discredit local option, until even their own friends said they were going too far. With regard to brandy chocolates, Mrs. Pugsley pointed out that memâ€" bers should buy a pound of them, and if they contained more than two and a half per cent. alcobhol forward the anâ€" alyst‘s report to the license authorities. In the discussion on the press work carried out by the union several deleâ€" gates referred to the consideration the Toronto press always gave the organâ€" ization, contrasting it much to the adâ€" vantage of the Queen City with Illm-‘ ilton. Mrs. Pugsley, of Toronto, gave a very able report on the legislative work of the union, _ In Toronto the union had petitioned against the renewal of, the Caerâ€"Howell Hotel license and had it quashed, but in Parkdale, in spite of a petition very numerously signed, a liâ€" cense transfer had been allowed. "In the petition for that license," said Mrs. Pugsley, "there were names of men who had been long dead, and others who could not be found." railroad settlement on the T. & N. 0. Railway, liquor was not supposed, said | | Miss Sproule, to be sold in New Ontario, but everybody knew that it was. A fire which almost destroyed the whole settlement caused a revelation, not only of drunken men, but of drunken women. Owing to that revelation two men were arrested, but they jumped their bail, and wore now fugitives from justice, and it was believed were in Michigan, It was understood in the north that these men had been notified that they might. return without fear of molestaâ€" tion. Miss Sproule is an indefatigible workâ€". er. _ During the last year she has. travelled 6,642 miles by rail, 624 miles by boat, 405 by sleigh, 135 by buggy or wagon, and she has walked 145 miles. She has been in one bad wreck, and the train she has been on has often been delayed by washouts. She has given during _ the year no less than 51 adâ€" dresses in the woods alone, and reportâ€" ed that everywhere she went she had been received with the utmost kindness "by the boys," as she expressed it. The appreciation â€" which her services evoke is seen in the fact that she has receivâ€" ed during the year $158, unsolicited, for her work, $87 of which came from the lumber camps she had visited. _ Al this was unsolicited, because, as Miss Sproule explained, she could never bring herself to ask for money. ‘ Mr. Arthur Bean, who gives purity | . lectures for the union among the | schools of Ontario, was complimented by the convention on the grand work he |‘ was doing among the young people, I wet s Conymmag t the little settlement, and i that the druggist who sold man the whiskey gave some . lars to destroy the whiskey | other man took a drink" a & is ~Prnt Mz capvenisieise ds es iA s i and charged him $6 for it. The next week he was found dead on the itce in a lake over which he had to pass to get back to his camp. He was brought into 4177 yeius 140 nto a camp between Cobalt end of the steel on the T. & N way, and as he could not find to cure his toothache he went 1 gist. ‘The latter sold him fou Of Wwhisk@Â¥. mAKING nlhnontk ... °_ _ _ _ "* HMGR HHonorary President, The three missionaries of the union reported toâ€"day, and their statements provoked interesting discussions, As a grim and terrible comment on the havoe alcoho! is playing in New Onâ€" Lario, Miss Agnes Sproule, missionary for the union in the northern camps, reâ€" lated this incident: A young man came into a camp between Cobalt and the erud of the «staol sin tha 4 s ay es HH The three missionaries reported toâ€"day, and the provoked interesting disc As a #rim and tawil). s es UF THe CR eentive clected tLoâ€"day were; Mrs, Miller of London, torresponding Recretary Alrs. Irwin, of Weston, Recording Sec retary: Mrs. B. 0, Britton, 0f Ganan oque, Treasurer, and Miss Lottie Har rigy of Toronto, Y Sfi-n-lnr_\'. Mrs Thornle® was made Hanavau,, y _ . i4" Work In the Lumber Camps Legisiative Reporis. Onilario W. €. T Miss WHISKEY In _ NEW ONTARIO, "°CC¢, on Lonuon, insisted on from the \'i('l‘-pl’('bid!’?l(')‘, and ace Mrs. sattie btevens, of Toâ€" is returned. Mrs, MeKee was with ladies begging her to reâ€" office of president for another east, and fin@lly she consented The other members of the exâ€" ected toâ€"day were; Mrs, Miller, n, Corresponding | Secretary . Sprovie‘s Statement at th ?Coavicted Earrie Corvenilisn. | .i: ornley, . from t excr or bringing in Neeutiy «& T. U. Elects Its COli Ofiicers, t, and it was said who sold the young ve some one ten dol. whiskey bottles. Anâ€" drink of whatever in one of the botâ€" "ozelner a quart, for it. The next """ sahe consente nembers of the es were; Mrs, Millea nding _ Secretary m, Recording Ne britton, 01 Ganan Cobalt and the T. & N. O, Railâ€" 101 find a doctor e went to a drug. him four bottles all the the resulis returned Id mem boitom of th later, withon A London despatch: The cireumstances of the death of Rev, Win, Penhall, the Methodist minister, who died at his home _ on the Moncton Cireuit, aeas Stratford, are unusual, _ While his life was slipping away at 2 o‘clock on Monday _ afternoon / his quarterly board was waiting for him at the other end of the eircuit, and | just as they dispersed the news of his death came. _ Sunday Mr. Penhall preachog morning, afternoon and evening, onee each, at his three appointments, driv ing completely around the eircuit, a distance of 45 miles, _ He administere] sacrament twice, and held quartorly meeting three times, returning to his home about 10 o‘clock, Monday morning he ass‘sted his wil» with the washing, hitched up his horse, drove three miles and back to pray with a sick parishioner, arriving back home at noon. While his wife was proâ€" paring ‘che nudday meal he went down cellar to fix the furnace, and fell over :nleonleionc just as he reached th> â€" 1h: After At the time he furnished the \mited Scates Government on request some of the facts learned during his Vancouver investigation, and â€" the sugpestion has been made from Washington that he be appointed Canada‘s representative, _ Sir Wilfrid Lauzier also _ asked Mr., King to accept the mission, and the Imperiai Government has concurred in his selec tion as Canada‘s representative, _ Mr, King will leave at the end of the month for Pekin and will probably be absent until March, The experience of Orlentai questions he will gain on the mission, added to the wide and varied experience already obtained on his various special missions on behalf of the Government during the past few years, will add materially %o his unique epuipment as a Minister of the Crown when Sir Wil frid calls him to his Cabinet. suppression of the opiun King made a speciai 1 the opium question in spring, and the bill supp in Canada _ was â€" passed mendation. Ottawa, _ Noy King, M. P., the tative of North mons, will be at the Internati ference in Pew»n en years . penalty HMadle The jury was MacKenzie King to Attend Anti Opium Conference. for < thr life shot his wife. H« why he tried to reason for it, Both Hadley a vhe Superior Court {essed that his rea) Lon _ Angeles, shooting his wif MINISTER‘S TRAGIC DEATH Shooting His Wife. Spent the Night in Prayerâ€"â€"â€"\ S2d Story. Decrepilr_Old Gambler Confesses to WILL GET TEN YEARS oughout the story. â€" Th nt the night The sent the verdict of funds of GOING TO CHINA. New York, Nov, #,â€" C was sentenced to fiftes;, ment, by Jundge Hough States Court, toâ€"day, Ne KoNi ks HVRC : KiGaqmnerie .n Laborious Sabbath‘s Work Passes Away Suddenly, d:l_\'_ wh,., last nigh; smltane in the gri possibitity vrated do« "CCame a Li was estimaled and Alfred 3 of the Nationa spent last nig prison, They : in the U. & . ~ational hbayn} with their con UÂ¥ North Ame was an Officer lrulliug t. tonal ban fortune a FIFTEEN YEars â€" FOR MORSE 1 entone, , when 7"° Ine Tormer‘s ‘y. The old man e night on his kn age to make the c ears in the penite ew York, N. time "stenn Nov. 9.â€"W, L. Mackenzie _ the newlyâ€"elected represen â€" orth Waterloo in the Comâ€" be Canada‘s representiii,. nalt!. ... iquinguennial Con siin mext January on the Nat promment persof the name or Marley Me changed his name stairs. Me died regainnig cons ___ _ ""e° Tough, of th, ourt, toâ€"day, Sentence « s suspended, ntence of Morse was i National vational Ban} st fli“h[ ili i Tb('_\' were c mainrying his se 1go. Madley att but failed, at th " the penitentiary is th y will pay for his crime out but fifteen minutes. ur®s, Me died au how gainnig consciousness, Got Fifteen He said h to kill her ‘as waiting for him at the circuit, and just the news of his death Mr., Penhall preachog bill suppressing i passed on his 1 n el W speciai investigaii 6L _"% N on the witn ty nt a t Nov, 9.â€" three tim slay her, haired ns M name was stified, gamblin rks his fir oi th yesterda Tielrzions of i”h"( Lows, to prison he wil} ral penitentiary Vesugull 22 ot Ancouver ias1 Charles M PA iC man, 40 Years the Liume lid not kn s he had id was based on missppliea thon Bank of North ise entries in Indianay but lost wile _ wept rital of his aid he had , imploring towid On trial for is und suns n td Elia s stand ILs 4s t :lll) t ')‘ H t ist H 1g0 on mnted Mn My npPMIScq br »ol uin fol W an es @1 th his Mors he his nit M Lilie H