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LD TIME 8SCNCS / um ow sells mact 79 AGE s and Music Com:lete n Raal Estaie Exchange, Li R STRUCK HEPARD & CO., OxT ted Scrip wino ENTS WANTED NX Ni 30 W A N T E Calgary, Alberta W ONTARIO in Scrip. n for 0 LIMHTED 908 Dhs he AF nt ry Ne N® ai ley 13% 15 amn»A A ND Many a man is chesty a broad mind. Some time ago Young was reported by Guard McDonald for insubordination, and the assault was the result. Kingston Convict Committed for Trial for Assault. Kingston despatch: In the warden‘s office of the penitentiary toâ€"day a conâ€" vict named James Young was committed for trial for striking Guard William Meâ€" Donald in the face with his fist. He will come up on Tuésday. Niagara Falls despatch: In a fire which completely destroyed his house, William KElliott, aged 70 years, lost his life this morning at Niagaraâ€"onâ€"theâ€"Lake. _ ‘The origin of the fire is not known, but it is supposed sparks from his pipe ignited the bed clothing, as he was an inveterâ€" ate smoker. Except for his dog he had lived alone for the past ten years, and the remains of both were found close together. Elliott was a member of the Nugara District Veterans‘ Association, and had lived in Niagara for sixty years, William Eliiott, an O‘!d Man, and His Dog Burned. scratched face The Bermuda stood by till the C. P. R. Nanaimo steamer Joan put out from the harbor and _ took ofi the startled passengers, who proceeded to Victoria toâ€"night on the Princess Victoria, There were a hundred passengers, and only one accident. Capt. Seott, a veteran of the C. P. R. coast service, was asleep beâ€" low, and suffered bruised arms and a side under tne gcangway, making a large hole. The forehold filled immediately, and the Charmer _ was turned and ran for Brockton Point and beached cpposite the lighthouse. NArroOwWs struck side und hole. T V ancouver, B. C., Dee. 7.â€"The C. P. R. steamer Charmer, leaving the harbor tor Victoria this afternoon, was struck by a scow laden with coal in tew of the tug Fermmucs, _ off Prospect Point, in the Narrows. The _ stcelâ€"bound scow Serious Accident to Steamer Charâ€" mer Off Vancouver. Two tramps gage were ba the hospital. 170 MEX CApFESS$ Was nearing the toâ€"night at a thirtyâ€"mile speed engine struck a halfâ€"open switeh immediately >«cke from the train left the rails, run>â€"ng â€"more tha hundred â€" yards beside the track was practically reduced to scrap and the driver and fireman ha miraculous _ eseape. _ ‘The baggage mail car were badly broken up, but passengers escaped with a severe s ing up. St. John, N. B Halifax express w toâ€"night at a t engine struck a ) Wonderful Escape of the Halifax Express Train. STRUCK GUARD IN FACE. the dren home. There are excep both man and woman ; | perfect life, the life of ness and of highest us State, is the life of the 1 who are husband and w the partnership of love one carning enough to NVC JC But at present 1 them are lukewarm ; 1 find for it, and some actively a for the â€"reasons above ; what you would regard as tepid in my support of it, 1 1 believe in it, I do not re much importance. _I belie and woman should stand . ty of right, but I do not | ity of right means equalit; of function; and 1 am m convineed that the great | dispensible field, for the 1 women is as the mother o It is her work in the hous home, her work in bearing the children, which is moj man‘s work, and it is that should be normally the wor work just as normally the should be that of the bread supporter of the home, ar sary, the soldier who will f home. ‘There are excention BOAT SMASHED. 1 do not believe any of the evils f certain that whey take any special i they will have the sire it. But at pr them are lukewarm for it, and some ac for the reasons what you would re tepid in my suppor ENGINE SMASHED. ne west that have adopt frage, as compared with adjoining them that hav it. I do not think that I men shuffrage will produc improvement in the condit _, D . )\ â€"gc10n nor this occasion." "Peraonally. 1 believe in woman‘s suf. frage," says . Mr. Roosevelt at the outâ€" set of the letter, which is dated Novemâ€" ber 10, 19083, "But I am not an enâ€" thusiastic advocate of it, because 1 do not regard it as a very important matâ€" ter. I am unable to see that there has been any special improvement in the position of women in those States in the wWest thus K.. _ Cinds BODY FOUND. _ _ TCent Roosevelt andq State Elihu Root on the man suffrage was disclos meeting under the Auspi tional League for the C of Women, The Rev. Dy, Lyman _ of the Outlook, in the co dress in opposition to graj to vote to women read the ter from President Roose said he read with the p mission , although it was "for publication nor this « "Personally, 1 believe in frage," says . Mr. Roosevel set of the letter, which i« otherp mana wi ;g New York, Dec President Roosev, Is Lukewarm nTDm Not Thi it of Much |Ilnfluce. Has Not Eelped Women in Weste States, The Old Story of Woman‘s S phe in the Home. s riling on the blind bagâ€" idly injured and taken to er and fireman had a ape. The baggage and adly broken up, but the ped with a severe shAkâ€" " ,"_ _ €00ve given, rather uld regard as lukewarm or upport of it, because, while t, 1 do not regard it as of ince. I believe that man hould stand on an equaliâ€" ut 1 do not believe equalâ€" neans equality or identity and 1 am more and more t the great field, the inâ€" eld, for the usefulness of the mother of the famite harme B., De« w mt giving * will produce any in the condition of ieve that it will ils feared, and I| ; when women as ; above give regard as lu Pee 7.â€"The attitude of evelt and Secretary of ot on the question of woâ€" vas disclosed toâ€"day at a the auspices of the Naâ€" for the Civic Education without having t usefulness to the the man and woman id wife, who live in love and duty, the to keep the home, the home and the course of an adâ€" i to granting the right read the following letâ€" t Roosevelt, which he eptions as regards ; but the full and of highest happiâ€" to see that there has improvement in the in those States in adopted woman suf. l with those States > t P am very women as a whole hrest in the matter uffrage if they deâ€" nt I think most of I find some actively ns o9 V & household, in the rring and rearing more than any that work which ‘ woman‘s special oman‘s special e man‘s work d winner, the ind, if noeesâ€" fight for the LT ON ‘S VOTE usefulness . of of the family. tgainst scrap iron president‘s pfl. ts not written 840 W tarboard While th Abbott, editor not adopted ving the woâ€" any marked m of women, will produce than eit y the and and chil Opening of Parliament Will Take Place Next Month. FJ It Ottawa, Dce. 7..â€"It is probable that Parliament will be ('allflg to meet on January 13th. The exact date for the opening of the session has not yet been fixed, but it is the Government‘s desire to make it &s early as possible in Januâ€" ary, and if the auditorâ€"scacrai‘s report and other matters of detail cun be got ready in time the opening of the House will not be later than the ‘3th, and may possibly be in the first ve>‘: in Jamins. The date will be announced defim‘a.ry in | King Charles‘ copy of the Cambridge Bible brought #5,000. A total of almost £50,000 was realized toâ€"day from the sale of 150 lots. Hackney, oze oi the greatest book sales of modern times, began in London this afternoon and attracted bibliographers and colleciors from all parts of the world. ‘This magn:scent collection was brought together during the past half century at a great cost in money and labor, and it is being sold in consequence of the heavy financial losses sustained by Lord Amherst through an attorney who absconded with a trust fund, of which Lord Amherst was trustee to the extent of $1,250,000, At a private sale yesterday fifteen fine Caxtons were disposed of, supposedly to J. Pierpont Morgan, who is said to have paid $580,000 for them, but numerâ€" ous treasurcs still are left, and the bidâ€" ding toâ€"day was spirited. The cclebratâ€" ed Mazarin isible was sold to a London dealer for $10,250, while the "Apocaâ€" lipsis Scannis," an original block book of the Low Countries, brought $10,000. The same volume was auctioned at the Crawford sale in 1887 and brought $2,â€" 500. High Price Paid at Lord Amherst‘s Dispersal Sale. few days the prosccrtor bein= the Do ernment and the charge laid imspection and sale act. Jo! grocer, and Wim. Duckworth sion salesman, pleaded guilt dairy butter and putting ere poers on it, thereby making ; profit of 7 eor 8 cents per por Put Creamery Wrappers on Dairy Butter and Was Fined. Cisi, where they are d capabilities of the syst ture railway, representi track, with two engine type. The exhibition is capable and experience gladly explaining the 1 system to all comers. sentatives. Eo B Arthunr break and a vented by H, V ing department This Price syste trolling and st derful in its w without human prevent |railroa vision to be It i nent : missio these cally device S‘ne were Railway increase. : Loming tog both enginc sank to the molishedâ€"a of the pass eously as | fireman and gine were w oronto, Ont liamilton building east of at the A light engine schedule from C broke. It had C ham Station for senger train. Ins chances. and mast. meetin 2 And C ll‘npflst'xl Ottawa de and four jnj human carel outline of t headâ€"on colli TD BUTTER TRICK. On the Railwayâ€"1 Killed 4 Injurâ€" ed in Wreck st Pembroke. EARLY IN JANUARY BOOK TREASURES SOLD DISASTROUS CHIEF OF Police MALONE, Of Simcoe, under arrest, charged with shooting Constable Wilkins. 1d " _ . _OC4HOUS opinion of emiâ€" ailroad men and all railroad comâ€" ns that the only way to prevent wrecks is to make them mechaniâ€" impossible by the applying of a which will absolutely prevent any of human error, evice of this kind has been inâ€" by H. W. Price, of the engineerâ€" partment, University of Toronto. in the 85 ne 11 be announced tu.ux t a great cost in it is being sold in ivy financial loss e system for the and stopping of 1 its working. human faults, it railroad | aceider up in re they are demonstrating the s of the system on a miniaâ€" ‘ay, representing five miles of va despatch: Another man ir injured as the result of carelessness on the railwa of the accident, which \ collision, is this: It had orders collisions, open ° switches, track or open drawbridges, r cent. of the railway aceiâ€" * to these causes, the adopâ€" ystem by the railways will on to mankind. engines of the mogul tion is in the hands of rienced men, who are the workings of the ners. â€" Hamilton repreâ€" Arthur, room 600, Rank The dispersal of the Lord _ Ambherst. of ne wae running off the Carleton Place to Pem. Nignal Co., Limited, system, have an exâ€" floor of the Norwich 14 Wellington street I‘rice, of the engineer niversity of Toronto, for the automatic conâ€" ing of trains is wonâ€" king. _ Almost human ults, it will absolutely rceidents by rearâ€"end e result of more the railway. The WRECK v in to Pem was a :| Anhen they will be we‘ghed and measured I‘.\i(t'r death the psychomeres unite an form the soul body, suited to the en ff\'irnnmunt of the earth‘s atmosphere, in | which they float. They have conscious n:ss and power of locomotion, the latter being probab‘y derived from the uliraâ€" | violet rays of the sun. The soul body lives cheaply, subsisting on the sun‘s ,r:l,\i, and as these are easily assimilâ€" able no digestive apparatus is wanted. ',\'0 the soul body is stomachiess and knows nothing of ‘the struggle for exâ€" ,i"tem-'-. To balance this it retains, acâ€" cording to d‘Albe, the higher quality of competition in mutual service, and spends ‘the time in cultivating the higher virtues, Nome soul body is anywhere between the surface of the earth and some cirâ€" cumscribing limit, vaguely specified as two : hundred miles above it. . This space is the soul realm. The soul body apparently does not suffer lonesomeâ€" ness, as d‘Albe states that the soul realin is as thickly populated as the earth. _ Indeed, the atmosphere is inâ€" habited by the sou!s of tellurians who have quiltz«l the earth life during the last thirty thousand years. _~This mystic period limits the soul‘s body‘s existerce in the atmosphore. When this time is up it quits, but d‘Albe is not sure where it goes, He, however, suggests a further transformation into . a state of existence into interâ€"planeta space, implyhfl a final cosmic union z all souls of all ages. D‘Albe is not an obscure dreamer. His work in science and in psychology has won the comâ€" mendation of Sir Oliver Lodge and Sir William Crookes. & killed 3 s t old n B se ty is â€" the â€" conspicuous part of a theory enunciated in a lecture in London by Fournier d‘Albe, secretary of the Dubâ€" lin Society of Psychical HResearchn. He hold out the hope that it wouid be posâ€" sible some day to see psychomeres beâ€" cause, he said, they are probably opaque to ulcraâ€"violet light, and therefore may be visible by more powerful optical means than the world yet possessed. Then they will be we‘ghed and measured, After death the psychomeres unite and form the soul body, suiced to the enâ€" vironment of the earth‘s atmosphere, in which they float. They have consciousâ€" habiting the cells and probably weig saudth part of the Soul Made of Psychomeres Says chical Expertâ€"May Some D; Weighed and Visibleâ€"200 â€" Around Earth the Spirit Re til SUN‘S The storm began Tuesday evening, and developed into a blizzard _A northerly gale ecaught many small schooners and sloops off the coast, and in scudding for harbor before the blast many of the erew lost their bearings in the thick fragments on the gales were three of these all residents villa Kt, John‘s, Nfld., Dec*7.â€"Seventcen perâ€" sons perished in a storm which lashed the Newfoundland coast for Tortyâ€"eight hours In all, ten fishing vessels have gone ashore, most of them breaking into fragmonts on the rocks The victims of the gales were members of the crews of three of these craft. The fishermen were il!!‘ residents of Newfoundland fishing nowstorm Ten Fishing Vessels Wrecked on Newfoundland Coast. GALE COST 17 LIVES,. London, Dec P EXNET o on n aiett CERED if his suggestions are evacted â€" into law it will go far toward the climinâ€" ation of the tramp, who wonld rather leave the State than be compelled to work in a State institution. STRANGE THEORY. favors the cmprloymont bodied persons as may committed to almshouses Mr. Baldwin is of th if his suggestions are the New York State Board of Charâ€" itics. Commissioner Baldwin intends to secure, if possible, the aid of the Legisâ€" lature in his efforts to have a State farm established. _ His plan is to have tramps detained at the proposed _ inâ€" stitution for a long period, _ and to make the institution selfâ€"supporting. Pending the final establishmont of such an institution he would have the Legislature enact a law prohibiting the reception _ of tramps _ by city or county almshouses, ard make it the duty of poorâ€"officers to _ have them committed,â€" to : ‘a wer.. nuday Hlke wl l visions of the Albany, Dec. 7.â€"A â€" State the employment _ and _ det tramps is proposed by Jos. C jun., of Mount Kisco, a n the New York Stata Im..s New York Man Proposes Farm For Their Detention. MAKE TRAMPS WORK gates are Rear Admiral Charles Stockâ€" ton and Prof. Grafton Wilson, of Brown University. Commander John H. Gibâ€" _bons, naval attache at the London Emâ€" bassy, will act as aide. Great Britain will be represented by the Earl of Desart and Capt. Charles L. Ottley, director of naval intelligence, and secretary of the Committee of Imâ€" perial Defence,. An address of welcome was delivered by Foreign Secretary Sir Edward Grey, At the suggestion of Germany the powâ€" ers have submitted their views on variâ€" ous points. (ireat Britain. Japan and . the United States are agreed in principle at least on the most important proâ€" posals, London, Dec. 7.â€"The conference of the powers called by Great Britain for the framing of a code of laws for naval warfare and for the formation of the international prize court recommended by The Hague congress, was opened at the Forcign Office toâ€"day. With an inâ€" terval for the Christmas holidays, it is expected that the conference will last . until February 1. At the request of the British Government â€"the powers which accepted invitations to the conferâ€" ence have forwarded a list of subjects which they consider should be discussed. The United States, Great Britain, France, CGermany, Italy, Austriaâ€"4Hfunâ€" gary, Russia, Spain, Holland and Japan will be represented. The American deleâ€" gates are Rear Admiral Charles Stockâ€" ton and Prof Craftnn Wiline (st 292. Britain, Japan and the States Agree in Most Matters. RAYS THE FOOD OF souL BODIEs. Conference of the Powers to Frame | Why the Shah tf?enia Withholds a Code of Laws. i Constitution._ NAVAL WARFARE.*/PEOPLE NOT READY ition _ of PERCER orâ€"officers to _ have them to a pen, under the proâ€" he penal code. He also employment of such â€"ableâ€" ns as may be temporarily L4 9% â€"May Some bay be â€"The soul of man is l .psychomeres â€" inâ€" «* the human body ung, avout oneâ€"thouâ€" bouy‘s weight. Such of the opinion that and _ detention _ of bleâ€"200 Miles Spirit Realm. State farm â€" for s. C. Baldwin, a â€" member of Psyâ€" the catastrophe last Saturday ‘at Marâ€" iznna, Pa., have so far furmished the chief gmaterial for discussion,. John Mitchell, former Prosident of th> United Mine Workers of America, was given close attention when he spoke on conditions in the mines here and abroad, Taking up the subject of fatailitics in the mines, Mr. Mitchell said that proviâ€" sion should be made to pay every wolow of a miner who was killed in a mine $1,000, and an injured. miner 3300, This money, he said, could be secured through a small tax on the coal taken cat, and the kax would be such that it would not bear heavily on any coal operator, Pithtsburg, Pa., Dec. 7.â€"The need for greater safeiy in mining and conservaâ€" t‘on in ‘the coal mining industry were urged at toâ€"day‘s session of the American Mining Congress here,. Apparently the whole convention has concentrated its ef. forts for the improvement of the coal mining industry. Disasters last year and the‘ ciataustrouhe last SNaturdav ‘at AMawv. John Mitchell Suggests a T Assistance. London, Dec, 7.â€"Mr. George Ferguâ€" son, of Morayshire, one of the Scottish Agricuitural Commission which recentâ€" ly visited Canada, lecturing to a farmâ€" ers‘ club at Elgin, pointed out that many byres in Canada were very badly kept, and that otaerwise the production of dairy products was not crippled by overâ€"inspection in the initial stages. That raised the point of protection of â€" the right sort. He did not think the British subject would ask tco much if he deâ€" manrded that the same rules should apâ€" ply to the manufacture of his imported butter and cheese as to the manufacture of those articles made at home. Many of Them Very Bacly Kept Says Scottish Lecturer. scratch line of the P. M. R. at times, though the cars were being loaded on a sid. ing. _ Unable to get out of the way in time Oldham and the team were both struck. Oldham receiving severe injuries in the head and one leg beâ€" ing broken. _ One _ horse was killed, but the other _ escaped _ without a Chatham despatch _ Word has reachâ€" ed the city of a dangerous accident at Tupperville, whereby Jacob Oldham, of Wallaceburg, may dic. Oldham, who is a teamster for Mr. Steinhoff, was helping to load logs at Tupperâ€" ville, the team being on he main line of the P. M. R. at times, though the cars were being loaded on a sid. ing. _ Unable to get out of the wav Jacob Oldham‘s Leg Broken One Horse Killed. STRUCK BY A TRAIN. __Run over by cars, 72; explosions, 57 ; collisions, 23; derailments, 19; caught between cars, 13; falls, 12; struck by trains, 10; falling material, 10; drownâ€" ing, 6; killed by rock slides, 4; struck by passing object, 4; machinery, 4; sufâ€" focated, 2: swept away _ by flood, 3; fires, 21; heat prostration, 1; fumes of gasoline, 1. Total, 242. KOUBL + +sl ser ces ++ . RKB The fatalities were due to lowing circumstances: CANADIAN BYRES. Janvary February March .. April .. May ... . June .. July : .. August .. Septem ber October .. _ If the railway board has not the powâ€" er to _ institute an enquiry, _ then the subject is one of such gravity that the appointment of a royal commission would perhaps be advisable. Toronto, Dec, 7.â€"Bere has been a terrible toll of deaths in railway wreeks in Ontario within the past few months. Even the past few weeks has a long grim list of fast smashes. Heavy Loss of Life on Canadian Roads During the Year. THE MINER‘s wipow "It is neecssary that the people â€" be brought gradually to appreciate â€" the value of these institutions, and â€"this is my aim. It is quite true that there are two parties in the country, one for and one against a constitution, but it is precisely for this reason that I fear & ’)m-al.\' decision might lead to disturbâ€" ances, which I am anxious to avoid. The work of the last Mejliss caused sufficiâ€" ent trouble and bloodshed, "The Council of State, which 1 have summoned, _ will deal with all these questions, _ It is true that the members of this Council are not depâ€" uties, but from this small beginning 1 hope that the Counecil ultimately will develop into an important Assembly, 1 hope to train my people properly to apâ€" preciate a largey comsfitutinnal ~..e L _ "I realize what a great source of progress â€" Parliamentary government bas been to other nations, but the deâ€" plorable results of the recent instituâ€" tion at Teheran of the Mejliss (Naâ€" tional Assembly) give ample proof of the necessity for a g.adual developâ€" ment of the system in this country, The Mefjliss proved to be actually _reâ€" trogressive, instead of progressive, and the experiences of the people with the Mejliss led to a widespread â€" moveâ€" ment against a revival of the constituâ€" tion, under which the intelligent masses anticipated a return of the evils to which they were subjected under the first Asâ€" sembly, Total "I consider the institution of a conâ€" stitution as essentially necessary _ for the advancement ez Persia, and the wellâ€" being and prosperity if the Persian peoâ€" ple," he said. KILLED ON RAILS. Teheran, Dec. 7.â€"His Majesty the Shah of Persia granted an audience this afternoon to the local representative of the Associated Press, and expressed a keen desire to dissipate some of the false impressions regarding _ us attitude on constitutionalism, His Majesty ssserted his belief in a corstitution in emphntic‘ terms: RECORD OF THE *_Counell of State, which 1 summoned, _ will deal with all questions, _ Tt is true that the rs of this Council are not depâ€" but from this small beginning 1 n o4 PP w N at the Council ultimately wil into an important Assembly, | train my people properly to ap a larger constitutional regime,‘ P VVT a Tax for Her 4 YEAR, Killed. Injured . 29 26 .. 24 28 .. _ 26 23 ... 88 45 . 98 31 x SB 32 11 23 27 the and 250 22 12 18 99 fol His Eagle Eye. A Republican politician in Atchison was explaining to a negro voter how to vote the straight ticket. "Now do you understand?" said the politician, _ at length. "Yes, sah; yes, sah; all I has to do is to put a cross right under that thar chicken.‘"â€"Kansas City Star. Sheâ€"fo you admit that a woman can keep a sectet, ch? Heâ€"Oh, yes, she can keep it going. This was the answer of Mr. E. Mitâ€" chell, of the West Indian colony, when asked toâ€"day whether the colony was still desirous of improving trade relaâ€" tions with Canada. Mr. Mitchell is reâ€" turning from a business trip to Newâ€" foundland, and sails for Barbadoes on Sunday. Closer Trade Relations With the Doâ€" minion Wanted. Halifax despatch: Barbadoes desires to enter into closer trade relations with Canada, and whenever the Dominion wil} give us & further reduction in duty no sugar we are prepared to give correâ€" sponding concessions in flour, fish, lumâ€" ber and other Canadian produce. A reso. lution has been passed by our Legislaâ€" ture to this effect, and the matter now rests in the hands of the Canadian Govâ€" ernment." This â€"concluded Stewart‘s evidence. and the court adjourned till the followâ€" ing morming. Stewart‘s statements have ereated a great sensation here. He made a good appearance in the witness box. }truin stopped lh(fi' zot on the top of an open car conttining stones, and from there to the caboose, and were admitted to the cabooss by Conductor Grimes, Witness had had his hat blown a way while travelling on the bumpers, and he had got the loan of a hat from Condueâ€" tor Grimes, which he had left at Orange. yille Station after purchasing a new hat in that town. During part of the jourâ€" ney they had travelled on the engine, and while they were there Pumple, the driver, had handed over a roll of bills to Pownall. _ The latter counted the money and gave the witness $50, which sum he had given to Mr. Saurders in Toronto. Witness was sorry that be had ever run away, and had made up his mind to give his evidence as soon as he reached Torâ€" onte. ing of cHing how h town, station which They HET TV ImHREnmnt €227 the hotelmen implicated _ in the rézli(l). and Mr. Tucker had given them $5 for the possession of their noteâ€"books containing the dates on which they had visited the varions hotels. Mr. Tucker interrupted at this stage and emphatically denied ever having had any such transaction with cither the witâ€" ness or Pownall. The withess Tthen nramnaiat 42 i. E vaiidediaii tsld iical d driver _ named George thy spoke to him on t the morey and agreed to the local C. P. R. statio occasions during the sam had conversed with Mr. er (the barrister who is the hotelmen implicated and Mr. Tucker had #i Witness believed tha in town he would I cordingly, being afrai agrced to clear out, evening he and Pown: driver â€" named Georg th»y spoke to him «c the morey and agree the local C. P. R. st occasions during the if they did not go Witness believed in town he woul cordinely. beine af him their could to l(‘ that teaic hand the License witness calle, art had come over several Owen Sound despatch; Alegations of a most serious character _ were _ made against a prominent solicitor of this town and an engine driver in the Police GCourt this afternoon by Charles F. Btewart, 1iâ€" cense detective, Toronto. ie evidence was given in connection with the charge of having sold liquor, brought against Charles Crook, of the Duncan Mouse, Stewart is one of the two detectives who disappeared from the Seldon House here on the evening of the 25th of last month, a few hours prior _ to giving evidence against the hotelkeepers in the court on the following morning, Altogether there were three detectives engaged in the raid, their names being Claude: Powâ€" nall, Alexander Coorien â€"and Stewart. Pownall and Stewart skipped out of town, the latter being discovered at Toronto, while Pownall is still missing, Mr. Saunders, of Toronto, chief _ of the License Department, was the insd witness called, and he told how Stewâ€" irt had come to his office and handed ver â€" several documents to him, â€" which Li Ba. c 1 NoD BARBADOES IS WILLING Sto thy ts ies . 22. had placed in a sealed envel evilope was produced in cour nded over to Magistrate (Crea Crook then gave evidence and . at hbe had never at any time vicating liqnor to Stewart or 1 detectives, tewart was examined at great ked as to why he and Pown CHARLES F. sTEwWART TELLS HOW HE LEFT OWEN sounp. In Ofi the Simcoe Police Force, who is in a dangerous condition from bullet wounds, alleged to have been inflicted by Chief Malone. 11 W t witness then proceeded to and Pownall got clear of They had gone down to and boarded a freight t was driven by George â€" Pm tarted out from Owen S after 1 o‘clock in the n the 26th of last month, n the hbiumpers. _ When opped they got on the to Fear of His Lifeâ€"Claims Solicitor Tucker Paid Him for Fis Notesâ€" Rode on the Bumpers of a C. P. R. Freight, and Was Handed Fifty Dollars. LIQUOR CASE. CONSTABLE WILKIiNS â€" Iumpers. they got « m"#uiug st rtboose, and 10t go they would be shot eved that if he remained would be killed, and acâ€" ing afraid for his life, he ecar out, _ Later in the nd Pownall met a ©, P. I.. d _ Goorge Pumple, _ and to him on the subject . of id agreed to meet him at P. R. station. On two ing the same night they d with Mr. H. G. Tuckâ€" ster who is defending all implicated in the raid), ker had given them bad session of their noteâ€"books e dates on which they had in a sealed envelope, The produced in court _ and ) Magistrate Creaser, ave evidence and declared ver at any time sold inâ€" r to Stewart or the othâ€" y would be shot. if he remained â€"killed, and acâ€" for his life, he Later in the When _ the n the top of mes, and from were admitted d to tell . of the to the it train, Pumple, Ran Ashore in the St. Lawrence Off Gaspe. Montreal, Dec. 7.â€"Word has reached here that the Elderâ€"Dempster steamer Bornu, of the Oamdi-n.!rexican route, went ashore off Gaspe. Bhe was loading lumber for Havana when a satrong gale drove her ashore,. Aid has been asked from Quebec, but it is expected that with a change of wind and tide she will get off the rocks. She is A steel vessel of 2074 tons, and has been on her present route for some years. At the time of the accident she had no passengers on board. Belter stretch your hand than neck.â€"Dutch, The report adds that the committee foels that the party in power in the House of Commons should be able to count on a substantial following in the House of Lords, but as opinions as to the best means of obtaining this object are «o diverse it is unable to make any recommendations. * ertitic one to a seat among the peers, This plan will give the reformed House of Lords about 350 members, namely, three peers of the blood royal, 200 peers to be elected, about 130 qualified heredâ€" itary peers, ten spiritual lords and five judges. a suilable method of appointment. The report also suggests that a numâ€" ber of hereditary peers, 130 or so, posâ€" sessing certain qualification, should be allowea to take their seats without the necessity of clection; these to include mea who have held the post of Cabinet Minister, Viceroy, Governorâ€"General of Caonada, and governor of the larger colâ€" ones, and naval and military officers of high rask, and that twenty years‘ serâ€" vice in the House of Commons shall ertitle one to a seat among the peers. ment, not for life, but for a single Puriament; â€" that the spiritual Lords of â€" Parliament be reduced to ten, to be ciccted by the bishops, the two archâ€" bishops sitting during the tenure of their sees, and the other eight for the duation of cach Parliament. It is _ recommended â€" that Canada, Autralia, New Zealand and South Afâ€" rica bave official representatives in the Upper House, and that the Governments of those countrics be consultcd as to a suilable method of appointment. The report also suggests that a numâ€" It Aue tr riea 1 Upper of th: London, _ Dee, : sclect _ committee Lords appointed : the reform of i lssued toâ€"day., 1 ncoesrable _ that peerage should of tu sii and vote i Government Majority in Both Houses Advisableâ€"Bishops to Have Ten Representativesâ€"The Colonies Reâ€" membered. CcOMMITTEE RECOMMENDS aAn ELECTIVE MEMBERSHIP. |__ toronto despateh: Milton Crozier, wh was sentenced to two years in the Con ’Irut Prison on a plea ‘of guilty to @ charge of counterfeiting, has declined t« avail himself, for the present at least of the deave granted by Mr. Justic Latchford %0 appear again and plead be: fore Magistrace Shields on the indict» ment. _ He will instead appeal from ji« Lordship‘s refusal to grant his discharge, on the ground that he was not properly informed as to h‘s rights of election, and further that the magistrate exceeded his jurisdiction in sentencing him for two full years to the Central, Toronto despa tel : wits sentenced to tw trat Prison on a ple charge of counterfeit §$. $. BORNU ON ROCKS Young Man Will Not Ask N Trialâ€"Will Appeal Instead. It is thought that t killed Mike Sapar while at Elkhorn, Man, may number HOUSE OF LORDS. eatch is considered by the police _ of '(Iw Twin Citics to be most important. The men under arrest give these names; M. E. Howard, Thomas Burnes, Edward Leburg, Harry Dean, W, J, Stolz, Joseph Brown, Mike Bermingham, John Baker and Gustaf Peterson, The Provincial Police Department is in communication with the 8t Paul auâ€" thorities It is strongly suspected that the men who have blown open safes in Manitoba during the past summer will be found among those captured _ las( nicht Winnipcg, Man., Dec. 7.â€"A special from _ Minneapolis says: Aine men, supposed to be members of a gang of professional safeâ€"crackers, wanted _ in various towns of the Northwest and from points in Canada, were captured here in a raid on rooms at 27 Eastâ€" man avenue, Nicolet Island, by Pinkâ€" crton Detective Ole Ringdahl, " of St. Paul, and four Mill City officers, A complete outfit of explosives and varâ€" ious accessories commonly _ used by safeâ€"crackers â€" was confiscated, The eatch is considered by the police of Ahke Twin (Citios bo LA sunak Snd OA Gang of Nive Sefe Breakers Capâ€" tured at St. Paul. He added: "The average growth in all our forests is about 12 cubic feet per acre, or a total of seven billion cubjic feet, But we take from the forests 23 billion cubic feet each year, or over three times what they produce. "Forest fires run through fifty milâ€" lion acres of forests each year." original forests cover only oneâ€"fourth ; that only onefifth of all our standing timber is publicly owned, the other four. fifths being held in private ownership, and that only 70 per cent, of our public farests and less than 1 per cent, of our private forests are conserved for use. Washington, Dec. 4.â€"That the top notch in the lumber production of the United States was reached during the past year, and that from now on the annual production would either remain the same as last year or would show a decrease, was the startling statement made toâ€"day before the National Conâ€" servation Commission by Overton Price, associate forester in the United States Forest Service. He declared that the Last Year‘s Timber Crop ir U. 5. the Greatest Possible. TOPNOTCHRECHED CROZIER CASE. that the posession of a uld of itself give the right vole in the House of Lords, ommends that | qualification he main test for the admisâ€" reformed House, 4s zorth that all hereditary 1 be formed into an elecâ€" for the purpose of electing d of their number to sit s the "Lords of Parliaâ€" for life, but for a sinvie A ROUNDâ€"UP. ted to of the We eanes ifié’ Aiet Ihe report of the of the HMouse â€" of suggest a plan for Upper _ House was committee find it 1e â€" posession of a self give the right The while robbing a store the two men who y the police of * most important. give these names: is ischarge, not properly election, and exceeded his Ask New 7.â€"A â€" special Aine _ men, of a gang of amon your who Malifex, N. 8., despatch: Col. C. T. Bwayne, Governor of British Honâ€" duras, was a passenger on the steamer Empress of Ireland, which arrived here yesterday from Liverpool. He is bound for Vancouver( BXC., to investi. gate wid report for the British Govâ€" ernment on the prospects of sending all the Hindus in Canada to British Honduras, the Canadian Government having practically passed an order for their deportation. Col. Bwayne comâ€" manded the expedition which ca lured the Mad Mullah in Son-‘: Kaiser Will Lessen Publicity of Trivâ€" ial Court Happenings. Berlin Dec. 7.â€"In pursuance of his disciplinary treatment, the Kaiser has decided to lessen the publicity of court happenings. 1t has hitherto been cusâ€" tomary to publish the amost _ trivial doings of the imperial family, . These henceforth will not be announced. The court circular will be censored z the Imperial Ministry of Foreign beâ€" fore it is published. NO CHRONICLE OF SMALL BEE2 he by gas, Mr. Poirier was awakened alout 4 o‘clock by the barking of his doz, lis rose from bed and as he did so he fell to the floor; he dragged himseli to the window and threw it open, and was quickly partially revived. Turning his attention +o his wife, Ar, Poirier found her unconscious from the effects of the gas, He nanaged to get her to the window, and partially revived ber, and then went to sueccor the ethoy ocâ€"npauts of the house, who were ail [ound in a similar condition, Oltawa, Dec, 7.â€"Mr, Dominique Poirâ€" ier and wife, his fatherindaw, and two young ladies, resident at 74 Friel street, probably owe their lives to the barking of a pet dog belorzmg to the fanmly, which aroused them in time this morning to save them from being aspayxiat=d by gas, _ Mr., Poirier was awakened Ottawa Family Narrowly Escapes Asphyxiation. Toronto despatch: The business of en tering the homes of wellâ€"known citizens now being carried on vigorously by a gang of houssbreakers is becoming ta~ popular, One of the most successfal ro} beries from The !(alldlml'n'n of the thieves was the entry of the Leme of Mr, Join W, Mirst, one of the proprictors of the Arlington Hotel, Mr. Hirst lives at 178 Beveriey strect, and during the absenc> of ‘the family jewelry to the value of about $800 was stolen, _ The rooms wer» thoroughly ransacked by the houseâ€" breakers, who also got for their trouble about $100 in cash. One diamond ring worth $150, which was taken away, was highly prized. Thieves Got Diamonds and Cash in a Toronto Residence. AROUSED BY DOG. shouted ; . "St; shoot." _ He matic revolyer MADE RICH HAUL. There were 4 camp, and all around the pro« which have bee; when, without provocation . M Dyrden, Dee, 7.â€"A terrible and ceviâ€" dently unprovoked _ and coldâ€"blooded shooting occurred in a lumber camp oul in Wainwright Township, two miles from here, about midnight Jast night, _ in which four men were wounded, one of whom will die. The shooting was done by a young Canadian named Joseph Milâ€" roy, and Ius victims are Richavd Pouna, shot in the pit of the stomach ; Danie! Foy, shot in the neck and right side; K. Stanton, shot in the knee, and an unknown man, shot in the thigh, There were fourteen in the party in pormen woulhâ€" i i LE $ THE HINDOOS. Young Man Named Jc Seized With Berser Five Shotsâ€"One of Richard Denna, W Die. UNPROVOKED CRIME in LumBe: CAMP NEAR DRYDEN. M SEOT FOUR MEN. 1 2t to Investigate as to tina and the United States ought from the Dominion. mnercial Treaties Association # such an arrangement | beâ€" any and Canada that in the _ removal of the wÂ¥hp the barking of his ed and as he did so he dragged himseli threw it open, and Berserker Fit, Fires e of His Victims, , WiH Pf.b.bl' Joseph Milroy, Commercial erlin â€" will arty in sitting reports Snowe oi d