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C N 1908 the 24,000 feet . the summiz of M meight, 1 believe, In speaking of her perilous trip up, the precipitous slope of Mount Husâ€" caran, . Miss Peck ascribed much olj her success to the two Swiss guides who accompanied her. "It was, thanks to the experience of these two men, aided by what 1 myself had gained in scaling the high summits of the Alps ard a number of. detached peaks in the Andes and _ Rockies," said Miss Peck, "that I succeeded :fimfi: ; the 24,000 feet altitude w mar l' the summiz of Mt. Huascaran. This |. successful ascent Miss Pe sonally congratulated _ by Leguia, and a gold med; sented to her by the Per: ernment. triumphant tour of the Peruvian Anâ€" des, during _ which she sealed _ the summit of Mount Huascaran, one of the highest peaks in the world, _ Miss Miss Annie S$. Peck Anmie 8. Peck, of Providence, R. %, arrived here toâ€"day aboard the steamer Alliance from Crystal, Cal. _ For her mecessful ascent Miss Peck was perâ€" The most wonderfal change, i« in her mental condition. Sh ecome extraordinarily loquacious vocabulary she could not have in two months, which shows â€" unconsciously listened to and s words without the power of er them . This continued to October last pbysician then diagnosing the ab: of the thyroid seeretion took char; the case. He administered 1214 @ ol extract of thyroid glands daily. rtifln has grown 244 inches. Her s moist and warm, her face is co erably ulevelord nl'ldhsâ€"hé“l');uvcut sev eral new teeth. She is constantly hun vant aithautsnnidrinht Geactiicls had remarkable success. The patient, Mildred Hart, although 23 years old, had the development of a child only seven years old and was 33 inches tall. Her teeth were the same as a ehild‘s, her sakin cold and harsh and her features were undeveloped, The soft spot on the top of a baby‘s head could be felt on hers. She had no appetite and was mentally unobserâ€" Â¥ V treating Effect of Medicine on Woman With Body and Mind of Child. DEVELOPS GROWTH London, Dec. 2 SCALED MT. HUASCARAN «* THOUSAND HOMELESS. had been destroyed were controlled, HERALD SQUARp New York, Dec. : in the Herald San: the Andes. ork, Dec. 28.â€"Fresh from houses bet wort l &nd with thyroid _« and mentaliy u Herald Square Theatre on Fire During Performance. building by â€" t out into i thought of t nal attire. Block offTemement Houses Burned in New York. ‘s the firemen * streams on i avenue eley h vantage poi WA Ousaj wen‘y Persous Overcome by Smoke â€"Piucky Policeman. mer pY ind Broadway toâ€"mght ore the close of the p« Three Twins‘ and bef under control had do lamage to the buildi rs and chorus into t °_ scant costumes . a »mmotion among th on Broadway. was no panic and no the andience remaini of the fire until most ed into the streets. nderful change, however 1 eondition. She has be many of surpasses that reachâ€" d _ medal was preâ€" the Peruvian _ Govâ€" # by the into the : of Mount Husaâ€" ascribed much of two Swiss ‘ui*” t. "It was, thanks f these two men, a mone : elevate e point t ractieill y 14 tk, Dec. 28. â€"More than a persons were made homeless Ty Tells of Climbing not have acquired h shows that she to and stored up wer of employing The experiment of 1 extract a girl y undeveloped has ess. The patient, en Second and Third ave i and 45th streets, Brook Ewenty persons were over . 28.â€"Fire broke out pare Theatre at 35th way toâ€"night ten minâ€" ose of the performance vins‘ and before it was ntrol had done considâ€" » the building, driven ‘orus into the streets costumes â€" and eaunsed reat child ollly seven inches tall. Her as a child‘s, her ind her features reLr IDL F Ath a Bision t AP n > â€" trol had done consiqâ€" | between Enrope and Americ the building, driven | Jstant. _ rus into the streete| Me believed a Stateâ€"ow ostumes and caused | 4¢r0ss the Atlantic, if it shoul among the theatre| Necessary to lay one, um iy. would be as successful and nic and no one was | tory in every way as the Pa ce remaining in ig. | from Canada to ‘Australnsia, until most of them | project had reduced the cos ie streets, messages _ between â€" Auctval om a large electric ‘ the theatre buildâ€" » front of the theaâ€" ad to the offices, the second gallery It was just _ ten time for the perâ€" hen two women second gallery and e lire zone were saved f cheaper but very much cheaper rate: which kept the flames | for cablegrams â€" across the Atlantic er Second avenue, | are near at hand was the confident he blazing _ buildings | assertion of Hon. Rodoiphe _ Lemieux, clad and shivering, inâ€" | the Postmasterâ€"General of Canada, reets, and a score ofi | this afternoon on the eve of his de. yed iunconscious from | Parture for Canada after a day spert by policemen and fir» | in this city following his arrival from Europe latt night. sping in his arms the| ‘"‘The reform has been accomplishâ€" by boy, _ was earried |¢d on the Pacific,‘"‘ declared Mr. Leâ€" hallway by bhis mm-'l"lfllx. ‘‘and it will soon come about e returned at once to | on the Atlantie.‘" 6 | _ Mr. Lemieux said the movement reat headway before | had recommended itself to influential red on, as the engines | interests in â€"the United States â€"also, n their rush to the | but he dectined to state whethor or iry streets, ‘Three | not the United States Government had | were forced to turn| keen _ or would ho approached by‘ to the structure of | Canada or Great Britain in the mat. sha Â¥ unc 24 % a. short. Thi curtain was uncement t ‘as & fire in the m left without and braved the their evening the the tardy but were Bush Term young women tage entrance torm without scant and unâ€" siowty ont, not eing fought in t of them had President PHEATRE FIRE vere made homeless housands of dollars‘ destroyed in aâ€"dire block of avartment using tdway the | s cardy ouc, | M n D ead For 18 Years rsons were over sence This was was lowâ€" M RIM3 The skin rs and ol rined London, Dee. 28.â€"The Canadian Assoâ€" ciated Pross understands a German ling of steamers from Hamburg to Canada i* threatened in direct competition to the Allan line from Havre. As regards the Liverpook rumor that the Allan line is to retire from the North Aflantic conferâ€" ence if the White Star ente: tb:u(h.a- dian trade, it is ridievled in pfl- circles in Liverpool. The m know nothing of any # nal dockn’ New York, Dec. 28.â€"That not onl eve s.n'edfeheaper but very much cheaper rate he flamesffor cablegrams _ across the Atlanti enue, | are near at hand was the confiden buildings l assertion of Hon. Rodoiphe Lemieux White Star Not Frightening Allans From North Atlantic Conference. Jefierson City, Mo., Dec. 28.â€"The Su preme Court of Missouri handed down a decision this morning custing the Stanâ€" dard Oil Co., of Indiana, and the Repubâ€" lic Oil Co. from the State of Missouri, forbidding them again to do business in Missouri, and dissolving the Watersâ€" Pieree Oil Co,. of St. Louis. In addition each of the companies is fined $530,000, the 1al docks scued by partment b Fired $50,600 and Driven Cut of State of Missouri. upon the beach elimbing the face of the cliffs. x The steamer was driven ashore by heavy weather during a dense fog. She was loaded with cotton, and the bales of her cargo are now being washed Crookhaven, Ireland, Dec. 28. â€"â€" The 5,000 ton British steamer Irada, Capt. Roberts, from Galveston, Dee, 5, for Liverpool, is a tota}? wreck on the southâ€" west point of Mizzen Head. (Capt. Robâ€" erts, a stewardess and four men were drowncd. The remainder of the crew, sixtyâ€"five _ men, saved themselves by climbing the face of the cliffs. Sixtyâ€"Five of Crew of Steamer Irada Save Themselvesâ€"Six Drown ho Satihes Antudaath i â€"L 4. 1+ years supposed to be dead, walked inte his office and greeted him as an o}, friend. He was immediately recognize« and has altered little during the time h was supposed to have sojourned in an other world. The mistake occurred over the death of another man of the same name on board ship,. gan was w and in Gu dea‘ch being heard of hi Wohat wa tand . been f ed in NO ATLANTIC RATE war "xcs che quarters. _ It "haq bed stead that messages ) several classes, such a; urgent and deferred, fo charged for accordingly event, the rate to be c er than the prevailing cent rate. If q St at is to be laid it is the Lemieux that it would mit of a charge of five . OlL COMPANIES in the rate of was er Guelph CLIMBED CLIFFS, England from $2.5 a word. Mr. Lemienx s the Atlantic cable was expected to c in the spring, was THE DEAD ALIVE [ If the cable compamnies the reductions that wou! Governments, according meux, then there would cable laid across the At! believed that that was ly to happen. In any ¢ ed, he had received sy in London that he felt ; the day of very much a at was the surprise of Mr, 8. Br of the Inland Revenue Departr when William Morgan, for sich ad th | Mr. Lemieux Says They Will Prevail | at No Distant Date. of twopence erroncous] y LOWER CABLE RATES \s"= We reached the summit on Sepâ€" tember 2, and the followin night as we were making our way gvm, Taugâ€" | walder, who was leading, slipped and carried me with him over the edge of a fissure. The other guide, fortunâ€" ately for us, had seen the misâ€"step and had braced himself with his alpenâ€" stock, so that when the rope that bound us all togcther yanked taut he retained eufficient purchase in the ice not to be carried off his foet by our combired weight. He called to us instructions tol dig ourselves footholds that would light. | en the strain both on the rope and on | himself, and gradually pulled us hoih! back to him. It was the closest call 1 ever had." | vell known uelph, and g confirme ed anyone before me. Herctofor the t:‘yecor::l had been helid by W. W Graham, whose ascent of the Himala; an.peaks is set down as a climb of 23 "00 feet. n in July, 1891 apers of th Dee in Gueliph, n hi nown ble companmies wou ons that would sati ts, according to n there would be across the Atlanti "«_ in any event, he addâ€" | received such assurances hat he felt almost certain very much cheaper cabling ope and America was not leaving New York, a berth. Corp. Mor. in Nicol tuwn.-ship, the report of his £, nothing more was said the demand le companies, y come to, a econeh 8 not for an arbit a word, as he supposed in |p d been proposed res ho divided lingly, but, _ in any be considerably lowâ€" iling shilling or 25 Stateâ€"owned _ cable is the belief of Mr. ould eventually adâ€" five cents _Nearly cightcen >A zeport appear. Provinee of the of the Northwest rt Macheodl, Aiâ€" sly left for Enc isiaul UdiC. te sees ++ M ec. 28.â€"That not only t°‘ y much cheaper rates pe across _ the Atlantic ‘ the ud was the confident | fai i. Rodoiphe Lemieux, | vic General _ of _ Canada, | da n the eve of his deâ€" " da after a day spent | fic wing his arrival from | ust t. cas as been _ accomplishâ€" | the ¢," declared Mr. Leâ€" | fai will soon come about | the the cost of Australasia a word to 75 een proposed â€" inâ€" he divided _ into as urgent, semiâ€" for instance, and Stateâ€"owned _ cable f it should become me, _ undoubtedly sful and | satisfac» : the Pacific cable tralasia, and that d id _ the â€" movement | c itself to influential | s1 United States also, | p< state whethor or | 0f tes Government had | P he _ approached by | th itain in the matâ€" | k co anies would make ju would satisfy _ the rig is what was like t. 8, Broad. Department for cighteen walked into as an old 7 recognized urns Up would â€" mal #, _ which concelusion nrbitrnry s he said in _ many °/C e sald | bers of | mMany |ecereeq it d _ inâ€" dividually into | op disapp semiâ€" The cou , and | of resolu‘ i _ any | bearing 07 y lowâ€" | show the râ€" 25 [ bers of un cable } court rem ‘ Mr. | persuasion 1y Ar. no Herctofore, | > d by W. W. !J Al FOR thg- {{im’]ny. | n and cents Is said, was A duwnâ€"tn\er‘ ately hefo cable ‘i the act of accepting money from a decoy "promoter," it is said, will be one of the strongest features of the evidence to be presented toâ€"morrow morning, when seven members of the Pittsburg City Council and two former bank offiâ€" cials are to be given a preliminary hearâ€" ing on charges of bribery, corrupt solieâ€" itation and other illegal acts, brought by the VoterfimLoaeme â€" ‘Pyfs‘L: |___ SaF ight Pittsburg, 1 photograph of Flashlight Caught Him in Act of Acâ€" cepting a Bribeâ€"Bank Officials Admit Paying $17,500 in Bribesâ€" Seven Members ot Council â€" and Two Bankers Under Arrest. WILL BE USED AGAINST PiTTs. BURG ALDERMAN. s â€"dumtvaiitnP. Drnreitine s BE â€"1.3 3 d i E110 corroborated her mother‘s testimony, ' The last witness of the day was Will Russell, another alleged night rider, who has turned State‘s evidence. _ Russell came to Union City after the Rankin killing and made a ‘confession. He was trembling with fear and could scarcely raise his voice above a whisper, _ The Attorneyâ€"General had to repeat most of his answers in order ‘that the jury might hear them. Russell is under conâ€" stant guard, but says he fears that he will be killed in spite of these precauâ€" tions. . Russell‘s story was practically the same as that told by Fehringer, A number of other witnesses told of having been whipped by night riders. One was given the choice of being whipâ€" ped or hanged, another of leaving the neighborhood or bein@ hanaed on te /T aeâ€"an s olum . "0 m io UÂ¥ J Uuslice Wright, of the Supreme Court of the revail | District of Columbia, adversely to the federation officials. Gompers was senâ€" tenced to twe‘ve months‘ imprisonment, Mitchell to nine months and Morrison only | to six months, xt ' The case grew out of the alleged hoyâ€" m‘."g cott of the company‘s products, aud tlantic | the putting of that company on the "unâ€" . fident | fair list,"" and the federation‘s alleged mieux, | violation of Judge Gould‘s recent man» mada, | damus, has attracted wide attention. s _ deâ€" | _ ‘The Bucks Co,‘s prosecution of the of. spert | ficials of the Federation began_ in Augâ€" from | Ust, 1907, The original action was a test case, whercin it was sought to enjoin plishâ€" | the labor unions from using the "unâ€" . Leâ€" | fair" and "we don‘t patronize" lists in about | their fights against firms and indiviâ€" duals. Justice (Giould, of the Supreme ment | court of the District of Columbia, is utial | sued an injunction which later was made also, | permanent, furl;hhling the publication | p nr('flf the commanets 20 C P t Mrs. Jackson told a vivid story of sey cral visits of the night riders corroborâ€" ating Fehringer‘s testimony in many deâ€" tails, as did other witnesses, and identiâ€" fied by name at least twentyâ€"seven memâ€" bers of the band. She was followed on the stand by her daughter, Miss Dora Jackson, an eighteenâ€"yearâ€"old girl, who corroborated her mother‘s testimony, Phn Leae SuHRNLY e cve I the men Umion City, Tenn, Mrs, Emma Jackson witmesses this after riders‘ trial, was e stand, she turned tc said: "I will not lea without armed nroto h of their (t with their generally," COUNTRY‘S TERROR court remarke persuasion," The customer the court said browbeaten an business relatia P AEnticts dhuies l 211117 bers of labor unions were foree coerced into Supporting it, "whet} dividually willing op unwilling, app or_disapproving," by various meth The court read extracts from nu of resolutions of Iabor organiz bearing on the Bucks case as tend: show the methods of infhlenéinz bers of unions, "and these methods BWYE wnmmnccr ce is ennessee Nightâ€"Riders Are Held in Deadly Fear. THE CAMERA dive |__"Aenington, Dec. 28.â€" The famous | contempt case of the Buck Stove _ & !Range Co., against President Gompers, Viceâ€"President Mitchell and Secretary ?do::ison, of ‘thg _A{xxericgn Federation of l Washington, Dec | contempt case of t1 1 unions, : remarked â€"_ _2 C648500, one <0f the State s this afternoon in the night trial, was excused from _ the he turned to Judge Jones and will not leave the court room armed protection, I know these For Contempt of Court in the Buck Stove Case. President of Federation Sentenced to Ore Year Imprisonment. President Mitchell and Secretary Morrison Also Go to Jail l) d tomers of omers of the stove said, had been in 1 and coerced o lations with their interference with an a., Dec. 28.â€"A flashlight a member of the Council accepting money from a t," it is said, will be one or being hangmi Te Ed Sny No s ‘bor unions from using the " and "we don‘t patronize" lists fights against firms and ind Â¥209ss 2. P T , We don‘t patr fights against firn Justice Gould, of of the District of n injunction which ] ent, forbidding th company‘s name in B cx a d o td 44 f the night riders corroborâ€" ger‘s testimony in many deâ€" other witnesses, and identiâ€" _customers vn custome °_ _ _Hons were foreed and Supporting it, "whether inâ€" iling op unwilling, approving ing," by various methods. read extracts from numbers is of â€" labor organizations Irew Aptactcg 20000 ®Hu i D _Power of the court nd Morrison subseq: contempt, and this las been before the onths, proceedings hearing of testim t 5 5 . " h. Vie Pueks plant L as a tenâ€"hour shop and al. iintained an open shop. He { the numerioa} strength of i Federation of Labor, with members, and of its repeatâ€" ent of the boyeott of the s PCE e n <2"Ders, in an <editorial ionist of January last, m intention not to obey ‘r, contending that the wÂ¥ ad . 1 enn., Dec. 28 zal acts, brought «_ This picture, it a private room in night â€" immediâ€" n was aprâ€" of the Range ationist peeches seem to be decision was ‘tending that the in. is in derogation of the and an abuse of the f the courts, Gompers, ison subsequently were t, and this phase â€" of C wip l n ) trad rs and @1 Was a scathin defendants, |HIp 1( C230 720 CONUNDIA, isâ€" which later was made ng the publication name in these lists. GOMPERS. ntevoding th to the fact the Bueks â€" th by °C the courts for lings taking the testimony before VC company, intimidi.rpd, Y of their ~ customers, and boyeott de relations 1 the public ‘8.â€"When the State through the Federations the defendâ€" The court hods," tho known as list of ti,, _tlmt mem W sh. Ithief An | Way, ndin mc by Justice Amount of New The court, after much deliberatio dismissed the case, holding that kissin was no transgression of common moral _ e pleaded in court that his kilg was a token of respect to the maiden, An elderly spinster living in the house opposite, who had been an invohmtar{ witness of the scene, told the magistrat amid much laughter that she indignantly withdrew fron:! ‘thi window at once, be.. cause she said, "kissing was not hok " "& aesâ€"( Vienna Magistrate Decides That It is ‘ Not a Punishable Offence. London, Dec. 28. â€"A Vienna Magistrate has been called upon to decide whether kissing in the street is an offence against public morality. Arnold Schmidt, a uniâ€" versity student, was taking a fond leave of his sweetheart at the door of her. house. This so shocked a clerk who saw. the embrace that he complained to the police, and Schmidt was avrested for a breach of the public morals. ¢ C ) Ins that n &l an made the c inâ€" E the the The subâ€"committee will hold daily mectings behind closed doors. No tariff revision committee has ever had at its command so large a fund of information as the present committee, There‘ was little done at toâ€"day‘s meeting aside from mapping out the plans to be pursued in drafting the new bill. London, Bec The Taking of Testimony Completed by Committee at Washington. Washington, â€" Dec, 28.â€"The _ House Ways and Means Committce toâ€"day com. pleted its hearings on the proposed reviâ€" sion of the tarift, and the subâ€"commitâ€" tee, consisting of the Republican memâ€" bers.of the full committee, began the work of framing a new tariff bill, which will be submitted to Congress at the special session next March, 1 Wreaths are frequently' d on the grave, to which ey women belonging to the bes Dresden resort to pray. T. the crowd was so great tha were compelled to take spe tions. and now access to t] is forbidden to such visitors London, Dee. 28.â€"At Dresden there has been an extraordinary sequel to the Beier murderz case. Grete Beier, aged 22, was executed for the murder of her fiance, whom she shot after having atâ€" tempted to porson him. The tomb of the criminal has become the object of a strange species of worship, Wreaths are frequently denasitar «. MARTYRDOM FoRr Extraordinary Sequel to Murder Case engineer of thi in an intervie l more sreat 3 Smuvan, an ice wagon driver, found a $10,000 bill in the bottom of an old tomato can which he picked up in an alley in the residence part of the town, Conrad Reeb, cashier of the Southern Illinois National Bank, examined â€"the bill through a microscope, and said it appeared to be a genuine gold certifiâ€" cate. The bill was taken to the subâ€" treasury in St, Louis for further exam ination. °0 SHAHNS2TessIon ol commton moralsp The procession occupied a quarter of â€"â€"â€"â€"G@4Gâ€"â€"â€" a mile and was composed of members RAILWAYS IN CANADA. â€" porters of the militant faction | =â€"â€"â€"â€" uffragettes. All the paraders | int of New â€" Construttion . ed in banvers and other | equalled in World.» enfranchisement clr“t:"! ndon, Dec. 28. â€"W. J, CMMWo se ... Mrg. engine@r of the Northeasetrn ankhurst trio, _ Mis. | smm o0 1P . uB East St. Loui Sullivan, an ice $10,000 bill in KISSING IN THE STREET Found in Old Tomato Can by a Teamster. FRAMING A TARIFF M i e oo mE en Coure set aside the sentence, and Burnâ€" ham was released. The case against Frederick A. Burnham had not come to trial, and it was understood that it would not be prosecuted unless â€" that against his brother George was eventualâ€" ly won by the prosecution. % C C Death by Gas of Former President | of National Reserve Life. Police Say That Et:mbam Commi:â€" ted Suicide. A. A. Vilsack, of the German National Bank, have admittd snending $17.500 to secure the selection of their bank as a city depository. The directors of the bank have repudiated the action of the officers and have asked and received the rcsignations of these men. It is reâ€" ported that some of the bril» money was paid in cheques and that the cheques . ard stubs will be offered in evidence, It is practically admitted that a numâ€" ber of decoy contractors and nromoters were introduced to trap councilmen, and that manv temptations have been offer. ed councilmen durin® the past months. the counciliman. _ With other detectives concealed within hearing am the councilman is alleged to have inâ€" duced to tell of the negotiations to seâ€" cure the passage ‘of the legislation, to name the other members who were to share in the bribe, and to say that the members were tired of promises _ and wanted to see the real monev \ $10,000 BILL. the councilman WAS IT SUICIDE ? souis, I!I., Dec frequently depositeq upâ€" to which every Sunday g to the best sociecty in to pray. Last Sunday so great that the police to take special precaunâ€" T. s coogtet on ~CNZCCEd and senâ€" rears in prison, but n of the Supreme entence, and Burnâ€" The case against to a Dresden MURDERESS the cemetery BILL. { her o saw o the for a Patrick of a the *‘We are sending out little Davids to meet giant Goliaths," she said, menâ€" F‘ ning Lavid Lioydâ€"George, the Chanâ€" , oas an instance of the latter. Next year," she said, in conclusion, ""must see the enfranchisement of wo. After a long march the Suffragettes had breakfast, at which Miss Pankâ€" hurst spoke. _ She announced that the Huffragettes were engaged in civil warâ€" fare. As anticipated, a great reception awaited them. A procession to celeâ€" brate their release took place, starting from Holloway Jail and proceeding through the Westâ€"end. London, Dec. 28. â€" Misa Christabel Pankhurst and Mrs. Pankhurst were released toâ€"day from HMolloway Jail on the completion of their sentences. They were sentenced on Oct. 24 and had the option of a fine or imprisonment. They clected to go to jail. Procession Quarter of a Mile Long Escorts Them to the West End of Londonâ€"Met the Police Inspector Who Arrested Them. SUFFRAGETTE LEADERS GiIvEen A GREAT RECEPTION. As soon as the news of the sensaâ€" tional _ occurrences _ became _ known throughout the city an immense crowd gathered in the Plaza Bolivar and gave unmistakable evidence of its satisfaction with the turn of affairs. _ These two arrests, made singlleâ€"handed by (Gomez, broke the back of the plot. Gomez‘s friends came forward quickly to his support. Orders were at once isâ€" sued and carried out rapidly for the arâ€" rest of Garbiras Guzman, Lopez Baralt, Minister of the Interior in the Cabinet that was forced to resign on December 17; Senor Bermudez, director of the naâ€" tional telegraph system; ©Commander Casanova, Commander Angulo and other adherents of Castro suspected of comâ€" plicity, Torresâ€"Cardenas tried to use his reâ€" volver on the acting president, but Gomez was too quick for him. He pinâ€" ioned the man‘s arms and called the guard. Cordesâ€"Carednas was seized and disarmed and hurried away to jail. These two arrests, made singleâ€"handed by Gomez, broke the back of the plot. PEntamuatL nB s cr & & SX denas by the shoulders, and him roughly, said: "I have « your plot to assassinate me, my prisoner." FREED FROM JAIL. ® TTD PTTBTE ETT to the "yellow house," the executive mansion, where he had a brief interview with Torresâ€"Cardenas. The chief of the conspirators maintained a defiant attiâ€" tude and denied the existence of any plot. Gomez would not be deceived by such assurances. He seized Torresâ€"Carâ€" oo s en td saoe de ~| who was placed in charge of President ) | Castro‘s personal business in Venezuela «| when the president left for Germany, J _ a coor rRpap pEGpEp on, . The conspirators decided upon a coup ; | detat. They determined to assassing to _ | Acting President Gomez, Jose de Jesus | Paul, the Forcign Minister; â€" General Leopoldo Baptiste, and other prominent men, seize the administration of the country, and with the army terrorize and overawe the population, ’l‘orros»(‘ardonas. who was at one time Minister of the Interior under President Castro, and later his personal secretary, was the active leader of the conspiracy, He was entrusted with the carrying out of the plot. He had as licutenants the commanders of three battalions, GoMEZ FRUSTRATES Ppot. | _ In spite of the precautions taken an intimation of what was on foot reached the ears of Acting President Gomez, As soon as he had astisfied himself of the truth of the reports he took immediate steps to frustrate the attempt. Early Saturday morning he went alone on foot to the barracks in Caracas, where a immutinous regiment under the comâ€"| mand of President Castro‘s brother was quartered. _ With unexampled courage he entered the building and placed the * brother of the president under arrest. . The cool nerve of Gomez made it possible | s for him to carry out this dangerous : manceuvre successfully. He then went f to the "yellow house," the executive | q mansion, where he had a brief interview | s who w There was a meet the plotters in the r of Barbiras CGuzman, zeneral in the lasp C A prominent lawyer ecusation in the High charging President Cas cfly in the attempted : proposing his impeachn Caracas, Venezuela, Dec, 28 lemstad, Curacao, Dec, 22.â€"T fall of President Castro in ° was completed Saturday last frustration of a desperate pl sassinate Juan Vivente Gomez, ing president of the republic, Frustrates Plot of Conspirators to Kill Him, Singleâ€"Handed Arrested Two of the Plotters. SEIZED BY GOMEZ PLUCKY GOMEZ. assassinate me,. You are I7 wio 2C BC esident Castro with compliâ€" ’mem. Foreign attempted assassination anq | ‘"vited to attend is impeachment. W s a meeting Friday night of | TICKER Ol in the residence in Caracas | Christmas ® was headed eSE .. Ant ahs 1207 7C two dl"‘h?“'l °° CCC 0CE mas INCd an ac the High Federal Court ders, and, shaking "I have discovered ezuela, Dec, 28, via Wil a0, Dec. 22.â€"The downâ€" nt Castro in Venezuela Saturday last with the a desperate plot to asâ€" Vivente Gomez, the actâ€" _of the conspiracy. h the carrying out as licutenants the battalions. who was secretary istro Cabinet, an« has filed an o Ue uce pon a coup assassing to e de Jesus ; General He is rocked ; cnough. 'i‘&:{"flu"'pe"r';o.}.x finances !1 the greatest | ”:‘1 L: wh.ole, 1 must say that ther Kecrecy. esd _ | are disadvantages as well as advantage: T ,' out hore, and I don‘t know which out BlbY $ s,eep‘ \N'i;_'h the other,. I1f a person is in good Let him .fi' i health, and has a job in England, with First he n s food, an y ')rngp(‘t". of l.("‘pinf_' it or ‘w“ And then he needs sleep. | his position, 1 would advise him to keep Gentle bathing is a delight. it, For myseli, 1 do not regret coming But after food he needs lotssof "‘m here, as this is a beaithy chim&%e, and m%th first month he _ sho work in my u.e-qrpgw said sleep 18 hours a day at least. beforeâ€"is as stoady a® under . He is a lot better off without being | normal condition®, With Wages better, _ rocked; his nerves will be upset soon _ .m _ Rr p The German Emperor encloses all his priâ€" ’\'au letters in waterproof envelopes of a special make. He is believed to make freer use of secret services in corresponding with his Ministers and others than any other Buroâ€" pean monarch, and there is no doubt that his private safes contain m mass of secrel intelligence, strategic memoranda made by his own hand and other matter which in this country are left to the departments reâ€" sponsible for such things. It is understood that he keeps no private diary, but the Bm pross Augusta has been accustomed _ ever since her marriage to commit her thougbts on current affairs to writing, and each Ja»â€" uary the diary for the previous year is 10¢kâ€" ed and preserved in her jewel safe. 4 ‘ The Czar of Russia has a heavy burden i | bear by reason of the suspicion with which he is compelied to regard even bis most in timate courtiers. He is known bot:w:(‘etl" s zo one wm’"u '“:.‘."’mw?‘?nd there is no dou:_( ; that many things hi Mn BaP0 9l Suls cour. |â€" ings would be freely discussed with his courâ€" |. tiers are shared py the E""’.’“"‘b‘v‘.n’ntd conâ€" | i contror of the treasunt Ccb l Aln" createst | duet his personal finances !n the £ | gecrecy. Feqy me t _ t All royal telegrams pass tbrough 8t. Marâ€" tin‘sâ€"leâ€"Grand, and are manipulated by a spe« cial operator, who is reserved for this duty, Unlike public messages, no duplicates are kept, and the original messages in certain instances are promptly returned to the palâ€" ace, after a note has been made of the numâ€" ber jsof words for the purpose of the acâ€" count. ‘The cipher codes which are used beâ€" tween the Fore‘gn Office and the embassies abroad are not employed for the personal messages of the King, nod in any system of eryptic writing usual between monarch and monareb. ‘ King Edward carries at one end of hbis gold albert a gold key which opens his priâ€" _vate writing desk, and there is no duplicate. All State papers, however, are kept in desâ€" patch boxes until transferred to the safes in the secretariat, and of these the keys are kept by Lord Knollys. When his Majesty has quitted his personal apartment, no serâ€" vant is allowed to enter until an assistant secretary has destroyed the contents of the wasto basket, the blotting pads, and even the printed wrappers of newspapers received from every capital in Europe. It is an unâ€" written law that the private secretary lhau‘ not indulge in a gossipy diary after the manâ€" ner of Samuel Pepysâ€"be must, of necessity, keep a daily record of mare factsâ€"and cerâ€" tain courtiers, including tne maids of honor, are required as a condition of their service to enter into an obligation o fthe same kind. One veteran monarch, to the writer‘s knowlehdge, conducted his private business with his London agents through the medâ€" jum ef a young Englishman, whose duties were quite unsuspected even by his own relatives. Whenever be came across the Channel be used to put up with a linen draâ€" per, whose acquaintance he formed in his boyhood, and by this means his movements were kept secret. If amy one had inquired his business he would have produced a case of commercia} samples and offered to open an account. E uon e n t fess to know of large purchases, of West End ground rent, of duge commitments in American railways, and so forth. For the most part, however, these securities are held in the names of trusty intimates who are themselves large investors, and no estiâ€" mate of his Majesty‘s personal estate has any value whatever. Many European sovereigns, especially in the more restless portions of the Continent, are said, with much reason, to keep the bulk of their private fortunes in the strongrooms of the Rothschilds and othâ€" er financial houses in London and elsewhere, where their secrets are inviolable. i King Edward‘s Investmentsâ€"Kaiser‘s Correspondenceâ€"Czar‘s Record. There is a sense in which monarchs have no secrets, In the ‘nature of things they are compelied by the necessities of their poâ€" sition to take some one into their confidence with respect to almost every detail of their daily life. But for the most part these conâ€" fidences are jealously guarded, and in a hunâ€" dred and one ways the public curiosity has to satisfy itself more or lues plausible guesses . at iruth, Take the case of King Edward‘s private inâ€" vestments. ‘These are known, says Cassell‘s Saturday Journal, to but three courtiors, and only one schedule of them, it may be said with confidence, is in existence. People proâ€" fess to know Of larke murshhncae af Ves and !GRAND TRUNK TRAINS To BE ~| DESPATCHED By TELEPHONE. â€" Dublin, Bec. 28.â€"James P. Farreld, Jrish Nationalist member _ of Parliaâ€" ment for North Longford, who has been advocating the boyeott of certain individuals in The Longford Leader, of which he is the editor and proprietor, refused to give sureties for his future good behavior, and toâ€"day was sentenced in the King‘s Bench division _ to six months in jail, Nationalist Member Sent to Advocating Boycott. eral shocks last nigln?. : ings were eracked and lary in the earth, some of then wide, _ A report from Cr that the shocks were esp there. _ Fissures were on mountain sides, some of th two wide. The Crater Lake by the craters of thirteen canoes., ROYAL SECRETS WELL KEPT. I St. Poetersburg, Doce, 28,. men‘s . Congrers, com pose, hundved‘s delegates from y of _ Russia, began its | sos | this evening. Mme, Auna | Cff, the mother of the no Dmitri Philosophoff , wa greeted _ as the pioneer in ment, Minmatnes| C 2 t9ad TICKER OUT OF DATE :: S$1X MONTHS | recognized Pol | made the arres | Pankhurst and nstentltieuuly tremendous ap the parade by vred., Irwaoa s 2 420+ qry», C 20 ""MBrses, she could givre the drum major points in his art, While warchng with groat enthusiâ€" fem and singing their version of "The Marseillaise," the buffragettes met and recognized Police Inspectop Jarvic, who . made the arrests of the Misses and Mrs, Pankhurst and "Gep . Drummond. Thev wtantBEL... 42 00 T. A WOMA . "2" HIeker is past neerned, and they sten the change a) â€"Amervica," y accorded him applause, 'l'h}:'Pr y the crowd wa Dee, 28,.â€" lent Nixon large rents mad them three inche speakers | have Dec, 28.â€"The composed _ of s from various “8 sesgiane 8 0( )N”RESS ter Lake clally se was This s _ 0_ CCmEOoOe ikt B ericans, Chewing and spitting in al p, rections is a beastly habit for which 1 soun‘try holds the record, JYail for | The Canadians from the east who « tle out here are (in my opinion) the m ignorant of people. Like the major Farreld, | 9f unlearned people, they think +4 Parliaâ€" | know allâ€"and don‘t try to teach th ho _ has anything about farming. A main fr l:e!‘hu: the old country may sucak 14 °a" J EPCE OE Unvaage s â€" n se Roioratats..cl.. . 1 normal conditions, with wages better, § R. B. R. the club : (“ ’â€"“ll fie Nesn yc fellow a1,, 1C*,_ York Tribune. sever Philosophâ€" d writer, warmly the moveâ€" rave been The _ Wao Thanks; Oe aud l Canadians Are Ignorant, Profane nptj{on of | and Several Other T&'A. good nat. | The chief amusement is Cancingâ€"an insane conception of the terpsichoreal art, tooâ€"to the accompaniment of a fiddle. (m Sundays the Canadians sin# Sanâ€" mome @rticles here are 50 per cent, dearer than in England. In Western Canada our lowest coin is 5 cents (equivâ€" alent to 2%4d, English money ) , eTfl(u.lr coins only are used bereâ€"5, 10, 25 and 50 cents; beyond that we use . paper money, In the east one cent coppers ars in cireulation. English pold is good any where. _ One sovercign s worth $1.87. One big advantage out here is the d~ciâ€" mal system, The Caradians do not get the same measure of enjoyment out o life that the English do, At work they never tall or laugh, and as for seecing a joke, the proverbial Seot is not is it with them, 00 cents; beyond that money. In the east one in cireulation. Enelish : Money does no llnd. “‘lflel are cost much more, in proportion to tion. , toritiins » kn tultneccs Th As far as work is concer line (carpenty) they do t "jerryâ€"er" faghion than we . land. But they think theirs wayâ€"the chief weakness of dian, Wapges are good, but 4 irvregular, _ If a man gets ni employment in the vear he 4 after NO CCCR ‘Oe ’produc«i an A BC (Greep way Guide in proof of my which brought forth the r "The lines must get rare and Yet the Canadians are eas It is rude to say "leg"â€"you "limb." You must not spe to bed," you "retire." Do n« a bullâ€"though it is a bullâ€" his proper desipnation here, The inhabitants of this c chiefly Methodists and Pres and great churchgoers they ; The natives of this country have som, 1UCOr ideas of England, They compers it with Ontario, which, in their opinion, is an old country, They cannot, or will not, gras» the enormity of ‘the population of Britain. When you speak of London, they think of their London (Outaris}, with its great population of 10,000, and speak of its River Thames and their St, Paul‘s Cathedra}]: They have also some queer ideas of King Edward, One indi. vidualâ€"a man of intelligence, tooâ€"lookâ€" infi at a picture of King Edward in the schoolhouse, said ; "My word! I bet he‘q like to take off that uniform and wear ordinary dress like you and I do, now and again!t" j you say you have seen the King, they scarcely credit it, ome ask, "\:'fiat is he likey" thinking he is a different being from the rest of humanâ€" ity. One man said if he saw him he would say, "How do, Teddy?" 4o which his wife replied, "Yes, and you would be knocked down bL. soldier!" 1 was speaking of the num r of trains running in and out of Bheffield each day, and DNEA Libiaull snn â€" Th © 44 on L Bome a@rticles four parts of unlearned know allâ€"an anything abo the old count hng“'fl"fl, ane medicine and nothing of ho plowing, he 14 and a ernmonhs DWiss, Seandioavians, Chinese, Hindoos, as North American Indi In Eastern Canada spoken; but, taking t whole, English. is (he in Westerp Canada t} spokenâ€"Enaolish . A... When British hold a Lt tha dian In sunuser we have very hot days and d.elighuu!l_y cool nights, We never have the oppressive, stitling evenings you do in Engtand. One ag Oj. [TNO®" 4989 «4 uon of the ool'ua_v 1 have had ence. Canadian wintors ane . 'but usuatly fine. Last winter mild. We had a snowstorm | ber, but the waether was all â€" be desired up to OChristmas, Y usual downlal] of snow in Sept. year, 04 uon of ence, but us iPvnisiaticam uw i. Th After being out here and hl\'in‘ exmfiemd 1 one winter, 1 am in & p fair idea of the eountry ada is a fine place; o1 ADueffiel J Weekly In, The following extracts by a native of Kheifiel4 appreciated when it is 1e the writer has family tins a candle to g of horses, o« &, he is brand greenhorn, natives of this ideas of Ensla iges are good, but the work If a man gets nine mont, nt in the year he does well doecnotgosofnruinlslm What a Sheffield Man Has to About Canada. people h cottish, | _3 7° 7 AUureen Cover) Railâ€" in proof of my Assertions, ght forth the remark that ust get rare and hot!" hnndinn.s are easily shocked. ABi® ruce Bhoicc the enormity of t \\'M‘n you 'I’e‘l,\ _ of their Londo; reat population of & ltiwr Th.m“ & and have ind sciene ut 35 . _ C Erench is chiefly but, taking the Dorginion as a nglish. is che stanaard torigne, n Canada three languages ar» English, American and profane think the latter predominaves . lived in England J thought the : could swear, but they «an‘s ndle to the Canadians and Amâ€" Chewing and spitting in all diâ€" s a beastly habit for which thi« (Sheffiel j3"° nere are a mixture ttish, Irish, Welsh, Ame *, Germans, French, Ry andive vians, Poles, â€" Jay Hindoos, As well as the i pole nre 50 per cent, i England. In Western est coin is 5 cents (equiv â€" English _ money). . Four used hbereâ€"5, 10, 25 and "ld lhlt we use ”l‘ east one cent coppers ars English pold is good any ° £008, Dut the work is man gets nine months‘ he year he does well, t go so far as in Engâ€" > better; but necessities though hardly so much _ of this country have ROme f England, They compare io, which, in their opinion, iiry, "l'he;'_g:qnnot, or will the and Presbyterians rs they are, too, is concerned, in n ey do things in han we do in En 7 SORG ABiiraacd sesl e discomfort is much in lit e beggars are wit ind July; aftcer then an s on the scene and de Indians Iroudian: is d ... bgtter remunera this country _family ties in Canada, out hu-_e @ighteen month â€"â€"you should say t speak of going Do not speak or bullâ€""anima}" jg here, speak faro 0; a good knowle e: but if haâ€" ‘ of ‘the poptrhtion speak of London, l_aondon (Ontarigdi, Amristmas. We had the suow in September i. °@ Last winter was snowstorm in Se need two summers in & position to gi Vod knowledge 0; ut if he knows _pigs, evops, and is an isnoramus is _ the majori y think th to teach the A man fro ® MANCer Was qU.Le wetorm in Septem was all that could 0 in En‘. s the only the Canaâ€" ° MCCHC and «e r horses suffe; bites. It is no hem completely 8. Thank good. us two months new , in my remembered th ndependent ae which th Western Ca who #et irom eastern fairly ion fro n&tiy nve KX @nd Say U o $