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UB¢ )t igation YOUNG GIRL SHOT DOWN Toronte Young Woman Victim of Young Man‘s Spite. Fired at Girl While She Was Wa‘kâ€" Claimed That Girl Had Libeled Him to His Sweetheart. Toronto despatch â€"Within a stone‘s throw of her father‘s house, which she bad just left to take a walk with two young men and a girl friend, Esther Hazell, a pretty young girl of 19 years, was shot three times in a most cowardly manner last night and is lying in Grace Hospital in a serious condition. . The shooting was done about 10 o‘clock by without resistance, admitting the whole thing, and was locked up at No. 3 police ed b éd by Miss Hazells friend, a man OÂ¥ | on . ngl wil 3 the name of Richard Howarth. The | . 'n‘.’ bill will | three were going out for a walk shortly its first reading before 10 o‘clock. when Neilson came toâ€"morrow, and ilong and they ail stopped and chatted cond reading, wh a while. They then started off for a fate, will be on walk, and Mrs. Haze!. the girl‘s mother, The Liberal pa who was standing in the «oorway, told pleased that . the Howarth, who was hanging back, to go House of Comm along with them. When they had gone majority, . repre a few steps Neilson, who was_ walking strength of the in front, asked Miss Hazell and Howarth Lf‘b"l‘ members. to go along in front as me wanted to discontent is the talk privately to Miss Tueker, They did alists to support so and the four walked along te the support, howeve corner of Clinton street. been expected, in Just as they were to turn up Clinton they opposed th «treet, off Henderson avenue, Neilson second â€" reading. pulled a revolver from his pocket, and The abstention shot five times at Miss Hazell in rapid | 5 declaration of succession. He then ran along Clinton of Lords, when street, turned down a lane, and disap. | into the country peared. The wounded girl was carried | Timothy Healy, to the office of Dr. W. A. McFall, on! Parliament, for Peatrice street, and then taken to her| Louth, tried inef home, where the services of Drs,. Clutâ€" meeting to ind terbuck and Wagner were also secured. against the budg Aiter an examination it was found that nine collcagues she was seriously injured, and she was In announcing taken to Grace Hospital. abstain, John E. Three of the five shots took effect, in the House lat one in the left arm, the second in the fod that if it wi vight shoulder and the other in the right the Lords‘ powe: hip. The first two are not very serious, | legislation perm but the doetors are anxious about the be on the side 0 wound in the hip, as the bullet has not | side of the Cor vet hbeen located. not allow hims The police were notified, and Detecâ€" his attitude by tives Moffat and Tipton went out on | to the increased the case. They located the man about At their meet 1130 at Miss Tucker‘s home. He told | so refused to ca the detectives that he had done the| to reject the an WunkSne amw$ Ihe ushh it was bhecamse his f House of Lords aken to Grace Hospital. Three of the five shots one in the left arm, the s vight shoulder and the othe hip. The first two are not but the doetors are anxio wound in the hip, as the | vet hbeen located. The police were notifie tives Moffat and Tipton the ease. They located t tives Mollat dlk the case. They | 11.30 at Miss Ti the detectives t shooting, and he viectim persisted sail he had thr« rtion in the lane off Clinton street which he had escaped. It wa wards found there. Aceording to Miss Tucker, who was her "beaw," had never ened the Hazell girl, but had m« Â¥l Cleveland‘s Chief to Adopt a "Wide Open‘‘ Policy. Inight hm fit â€" ‘he shooting was a result, it appears, the things Miss Hazell had said about ilson. She was a friend of Alma Tuckâ€" aged 17 years, of 385 Queen street st, with whom Neilson was keeping npany. _ Miss Hazell repeated time d again to ner friend that Neilson Put of the Massey nineteen years factory worker the XM Brother of Col. Talbot, M Dangerously Wounded. UOmeen strees west nnocent person ie past hay irtment in Clevelard, | : bad man and that she should not wout with him. This, according to ‘ucker girl, made Neilson very anâ€" and, in return, he told the Tucker i0t to associate with Miss Hazell, e would get her into trouble. s night Miss Tucker went up to Hazell‘s for tea and there was joinâ€" y Miss Hazell‘s friend, a man by name of Richard Howarth. The Bigamist Bloonfield Sent Penitentiary. SHOT BY HIS WIFE. > said how angry . and said that company for her the wounded girl gil’l to k""l' a W we. saving: "I London, â€" Ont., despateh: Bloomfield, alias William G. was sentenced to two years i Penitentiary by Magistrate bigamy. In sentencing Bloc eourt seored himn very severt rying second and third wive ing their reputations and 1 pects in life. » the police captured shortly Ou man. ilson al Neilson, of ther \lfre sband twlce. _ 0n« rough one of his lun will die. \Urs. Talbot is an @ autiful woman, and ce last winter. nts rre turned down a _ The wounded office of Dre. W e street, and th where the servic k and Wagner w in examination it is seriously injur HELP POLICE. er. ired _ Talbot is a miner and bookâ€" +. a wellâ€"known sporting man, and . wellâ€"toâ€"do. He recently had trowâ€" with his wife, who sued him for rce. The two were in @ law yor‘s e a day or two ago, arranging about Hvavrcse case. when & disagreement at ieg in Street. c despatchâ€"Col eived news wh E. Talbot, dangs the home of his Ibenderson avi volver from his imes at Miss H He then ran ied down a lan wife in Ken« rce Case, V _ over the In the heat orship, two pohe wave hampered th in the work of s TWO YEARS. 111 angry her remark that the latter w r her. After the 1 girl entreated th + away from Nei mil Ha or might disg »s and other erimes are i file for the inspection The only exception made > case of complaints that ut N7 King street west t W it V nt., _ despateh: Cornelins as William G. Thompson, to two years in Kingston by Magistrate TLove â€" for entencing RBloomfield the in very severely for marâ€" ind third wives. and ruinâ€" atations and future pros the _ financial â€" arrange eat of the dispute Mre revolver â€" and shot he . _ one _ ball passing his lungs. Jt is helieve« theft ord« Â¥1 8. â€"Secrotiveness and wo policies which in moved the police deâ€" an fl(‘t ress llld anderlt the re â€"Col. Talbot, M.P., which shows that angerously wounded o. Nevada, i is 1d 1€ n . went the man home. 4 Miss H He i<<ued pocket, and azell in rapid ilong Clinton e, and disapâ€" was carried in the robheries sang olv in a w a y rth. The lk shortly ip Clinton e. Neilson the shootâ€" d the Tuckâ€" Neilson in a‘fl.l. shot her ball _ passing It is believed In mOFC race some theart etore iny, _ R€ t away throwgh ind a very in Ottawa t1 uf Led He mpl ils reatâ€" than made up to the mysâ€" with, Chief not at ld Passed by the House of Commons by Big Majority. Now Up to the Lords to State Their Position. enmdon, _ Nov, 8.â€"The House of Commons toâ€"night passed the _ third reading of the finance bill by a vote of 379 to 149. The scene in the House was a memorable one. Seldom has there been a larger attendance of members and Peers, and the diplomatic galleries were crowded to their utmost capacity. Chancellor Lioydâ€"George, Premier Asâ€" quith, and Mr. Balfour, leader of the Upposition, all spoke during the evenâ€" ing, and there was tem=s _ excitement throughout the session, all present apâ€" pearing to be imbued with the historic character of the occasion. Mr. Asquith, in a brief speech clos ing the debate, said that it was inâ€" cumbent upon those who objected to the Government‘s taxes to _ provide some alternative scheme to meet the ration‘s necessitics. _ Where was this scheme? asked Mr. Asquith. Nooner or later Mr. Balfour must show his hand, and it would have to be a hand that would suit the game of tariff reformers. The Government, _ continued the Premier, might well be content to rest themselves in _ patience. _ There were only two issues before the Houses â€"the taxes proposed by the budget or tariff reform. The division was then taken, and the announcement of the vote, showing the Government‘s majority to be largâ€" er than had been expected, _ was greetâ€" ed with prolonged Ministerial cheering. The Conservatives had counted upon â€"a Lendon FINANCE BILL his attitude by reason of his opp to the increased taxation in Irela At their meeting the Nationali so refused to call upon the Gover to reject the amendments made Hause of Lords to the Irish land In connection â€" with the idea _ t! at the Lords had decided to reject _ the budget a mysterious paragraph _ apâ€" pears in The Daily Telegraph, a strong Unionist organ, declaring that aoth ing has yet oceurred that can be taken &s defining the Lords‘ attitude. On the contrary, says the statement, the Poers will approach the consideration of | the bill unpledged and untrammelled. ‘This paragraph possibly foreshadows the ‘nâ€" tention of the House of Lords to amâ€" end instead of totally rejecting the Lill the Lore budget pears in Unionist Canon Sutherland Says It‘s a Cure For Same Things. 1« ton Onge of the livered toâ€"day Sutherland, of Healing," in w divine healing, merely a comb mon sense, had eure for liquor hbeen remarkal tubercular case trine â€"as _ ins Church of Bos (‘u“v;.'?. and cipal of St were among Guelph despatch â€" 4, of Elora, was this 1 rural dean of the de m. ‘The Elora _ rect« oung clergyman. and cems a popular one. F. Davidson, of Gu Ontario Goverament Cannot Extraâ€" dite W. L. Russell. PT 105 3 ~ Axutes: No : B W. L. Rus Clevelan sell, minin who was Cleveland, Ohio, Nov sell, mining promoter, who was. arrested las extradition proceedings Ontario Government. | afternoon by United St exy Waither. Russoll partners of Law & Com moters, doing business ada. The Ontari the concern & the concern altered a report engineer so that it applied t and charged Russell _ with money under falso pretences Pussell elaimed that the | Russell CRLAEE scribed in the ¢ long to his comp affair: was the former employe« even for being « Walther sustain tentions. DIVINE HEALING. The P tified yes ease had vaae i4 it is 1 will be ing ag not be the ju illo w a ;rmnfi the speakers th e Provincial Covernment were noâ€" 1 yvesterday that the deeision in the had gone against them. _ Ponding arrival of the text of the judgment . unlikely â€" that any further action be taken. The question of appoal again=t the decision . will certainly be. considered _by the Cabinct until judgment in full is recsived, wWON‘T COME. Lioydâ€"George, Premier As Mr. Balfour, leader of the all spoke during the evenâ€" ere was ten=s _ excitement ppor power to block the count permanently, he would ide of the Lords, but on â€"Commons, and _ he w himself to be cajoled 4 : by reason of his opposi ased taxation in Irelan in the engineer s his company. and vas the result of employee of the ( ; being discharged > sustained Rusee! the interesting addre day was that of Rev / of HWamilton, on of Hamilton, on _ PVINC i which he eontended â€" that ng, which he claimed to be mbination of faith and comâ€" had been proven an effective wor and dope fiends, and had kably successful in curing cases. He spoke of the doe instituted by the Emanuel Boston. >. Uiywd, D. D.. of Trinity t Miss Cartwright, lady prinâ€" t Wilda‘s College, â€" Toronto, United States Russoll â€" was s then taken, and of the vote, showing majority to be largâ€" continued the be â€"content to patience. _ There before the Houses by the budget or Mess S C t ET decision will certainly L by the Cabinct until full is recoived. We inmont elaimed that a report of a mining anvlied to its mines, morming ineryv of Revx. L. 8. Naf 1 his appointment To succeeds Rev. was appointc the property doâ€" ‘s report did b d that the whole i a desire of a â€"eompany to get »d, Commissioner t in all his cone appointâ€" Wellingâ€" talented obtaintn es deâ€" Canon Divine that to he Strange Conduct of Uxbridge Man atl Fire. Mother® and Two Children Mi Have Been Saved. Uxbridge despatchâ€"The McLaughlin inquest was resumed in the fire hall this evening at 7.30, before Dr. Bascom, coroner. With the exception . of the jurymen, reporters and about _ thirty witnesses. no one was admitted. Mrs, Norman Beal, the first witness,. stated that her husband and she were on their way home between 11 and 12 o‘clock on Friday night, when they noticed _ McLaughlin‘s house on fire. They gave the alarm and ran to the house, met MeLaughlin at his own door coming out of the kitchen . with his little girl in a baby carriage. They immediately â€" questioned him regarding the safety of the rest of the family, but could get nosatisfactory reply. He did not appear to know what part of the" house his wife was in, or whether she was in the house at all, but he thought she might be. _ Ladders were carried to the house by Mr. Beal, aided by Mrs. Chinn, while MeLaughlin saunâ€" tered about in an apparently dazed conâ€" dition. When the windows were at last broken in it was found to be too late to save the unfortunate victims. Mrs. MeLaughlin and her two . little hoys. about two and four years of age, were taken out of the burning building at 4 o‘clock, dead. _ Tt was the opinion ini the witness that all three mazht have 1®en got out by 12 o‘clock had their location been definitely known to Messrs. Peal and Lee, as there was found to be an easy way of gecess to \rs. MeLaughlin‘s room, over a back kitchen roof. This information was at last obt Monta. denee of ated by The â€"fh Mrs. Meaughlin‘s room, over a back kitchen roof, This information was at last obtained from the little daughter, Monta. in the baby earriage. The eviâ€" denee of Mrs. Beal was fully corroborâ€" ated by Mrs. Chinn, Mr. Lee and others. The firemen found the body of Mrs. MeLaughlin â€"lying. as asleep, with the hands folded over her breast, and the bed clothing unruffled. ‘The poor little babes were lying under the bed. Mr. James Alexander, merchant, tes tified that MceLaughlin had been disâ€" missed from his service as bookkeeper owing to abuse of confidence. Several other witnesses gave evidence Several other witnesses gave evidence to the effect that MeLaughlin had hbeen for some time paying his attentions to other young women, to the neglect . of his wife and family. The inquest adjourned at midnight. No Deaths There and No Cemetery Either. LOST IN FIRE. kin Wife violent, driven her_ from some . and threatening her with bodily injury. She asks that he be placed where he can do no damage to himself or others. After hearing Mrs. Cook‘s story Mr. Cartwright promised to lay the matter before Hon, J. J. Foy this morning. Hon. Mr. Foy left the office just before Mrs .Cook arrived, and under the cirâ€" cumstances none of the recognized proâ€" vincial police will be able to arrive on the scene before E)-night. A Has Roosevelt Lost His Life Africa ? Washingtoft, _NOYâ€"L S CRE. C OO UUDOL ClZs o cxâ€"President â€"Theodore Roosevelt has been killed on his hunting trip in Afâ€" viea â€"was afloat in Washington this morning, but diligent search failed to discover the slightest foundation for it. Inquiries from many parts of the counâ€" * i ra _2O41 _4 tha onmar was Jllil"lllk‘\ ENT ACUCE ECC try make it evident that the rumor was widespread. At the Smithsonian Institute not _ the slightest word of such a fatality or even an accident, had been received. The State Department, which woyld be most likely to be notified by its consular reâ€" presentatives in Africa, had received no such news. wwwA t tw Said Religious Newspapers Caused I!1 Feeling. St. Catharines, Ont., desy the Book Committee of the rary Board at last night‘s the. board recomt the subscriptions papers and other the board be rer erington moved effect that the papers be discor e Asks Attorneyâ€"General For Protectionâ€"Decide Toâ€"day. St. Catharines, _ Ont., despateh: When nda.ih dutinatiie 5. Atickiin t ie i he Book Committee of the Public Lib yâ€"«en rary Board at last night‘s meeting of Ottawa, Ont., Nov. 8.â€"Invitations to the board recommended the renewal of mx\ke.adnlresscs are pouring in upon the subscriptions of the various news> Captain Bernier from all parts of Canâ€" papers and other publications taken by ada. He is now writing up his official | the board be renewed, Inspector Hethâ€" report, and as soon as .th“ is finished erington moved an amendment to the he will apply to the minister for a short effect that the purchase of religious leave of absence to enable him to make papers . be discontinued. _ The > papets, a kwturmg tour, which will !vnder the \r. Hetherington declared, tended to people: of (4““‘,‘1‘ better acquainted with create illâ€"feeling. After a rather warm the Arctic region®, . _ discussion, participated in by Protestâ€" Even when the sun is hot 4 A a girl doesâ€" ant and Catholic members, â€" the amendâ€" | n‘t like to be thrown in the shade of a ment was pejected. rival. : KILLED HUNTING. A LIVE TOWN. COOK INSANE. it ishington, Nov lt t limit <t death in or near CC istence as a town. In wecident oceurred | tw\ town, the municipal re & and the rights of Por v bury him within th is testion=d. Nov, 8.â€"In a nindigna rumor that Express Clerk at Niagara Falls the Victim of Brutal Attack. Robber Made Off With Over Fourâ€" teen Thousand. E Niagara _ Falls, Ont., despatch: _ A murderous assauit and â€" robbery _ was committed â€" toâ€"night, when two _ men severely wounded the cashier of _ the Canzdian â€" Express Company _ and got away with over $14,000, Entering the Capadian _ Express offiee at 5 w‘clock toâ€"vight, _the two . men asked _ the cashier, William Dobson, for a trunk. and while he was looking through the books stunned him ~with a loaded gas pipe and decamped, taking with them a package â€" containing . $14,169. The ussault took place just as the 4.55 Grand Trunk train was waiting to pull out. _ The express messenger on the trmin asked â€" forâ€" the package | of morey, and the _ discovery of the wourded man was made when R. B. Brown, agent for the company, . went into the office to find the cause of the delay. _ Dobson was iying on the floor in « pool of blood,. A big gash in the bak of the head was the grim eviâ€" donee of the severity of the attack, anl a piece of loaded gas pipe â€" eight inckes long, wrapped round with _ insuâ€" lation tape, the weapon with which he was attacked, lay beside him. When theassault took place the money, . which was in bills from _ the lecal banks, lay on the counter, _ alâ€" ready wrapped and _ sealed for ship moert, and the cashier was about to tike it out to the express messenger on the waiting train. _ Two foreignâ€" looking men came â€" into the office and In When _ the â€" assau money, . which was lecal banks, lay ot ready â€" wrapped and moert, and the cas take it out to the on the waiting . tri looking men came _ into the office _ and asked for a trunk. _ The name they gave was a foreignâ€"sounding one, and Dolson asked them to repeat it. _ One man did so, and the cashie _ bent down [ to _ getâ€" his & deiivery hbook to â€" see if the name . was entered.. As he -l(n)|n'|| down one of the men struck him a terrible blow on the back of the head, splitting his skull ard rendering him uneonscious. _A minute later R. B. Brown, who had been atâ€" tending to the shipment â€" of express pavrcels, found the cashier lying on the floor, _ The package of money _ Wias gone. The â€"police . were immediately on the scene, but no trace of the robâ€" hers could be found. _ Three â€"arrests have been made, but the police do° not think they have got the right men. Walter â€" Gilmour, of Toronto, was arâ€" rested at Merritton, and Officer Kelly, of â€" the Ontario _ police, brought him here last night. _ Two men who parâ€" tially answereé the description of the robhers, were _ stopped in _ Mamilton, Init they are thought to be innocent of the erime. scription of the roDDers, at 2 eUe Aaeea Inow them aagin. _ _One was a short,. stout â€" man, â€" dark complexion, _ black moustache, and he wore a black over: coat. _ The other man was taller, and I did not see him clearly. They both looled like Italians. _I was just lookâ€" ing round to see if the money was all vicht when the men entered the office and the shorter one.asked for _ the tiunk. I asked hint to repeat the name, which sounded like Italian, and he reâ€" peated it twice. _T stooped down to got the delivery _ book, and then the blow came. _T fell, and 1 remember no more. Ir police circles it is supposed _ the robhers made their escape _ over . the Inidge into the United States, although the bridge was watched and no men answering to the description were seen to go over by the officers at that point. \r., Dobson came from Hamilton, and has been here one year. Dr. MeGarry, the attending physician, says he will reâ€" BIG ROBBERY. the a cover Niagara _ Falls, _ Ont., later: _ The excitement over last evening‘s bold robbery of the Canadian Express ofâ€" fice and the clubbing of Cashier Dobâ€" son is unabated. The entire force of Provincial and city officers are at work hunting for the two men desâ€" cribed by Dobson. It is believed the men were in Harry Pew‘s drug store about 2 o‘clock making a purchase of soap. A Mrs. Brookfield, of Victoria avenue, called at the express office about 4.50 p. m. and remembers seeâ€" ing them as she came out Conductor Space, of the Lehigh Railway, in Niâ€" agara Falls, N.Y., about 6 o‘clock last evening met a man who had been pointed out to him by a railway deâ€" tective as a crook some time ago. The appearance of this man tallies exactly with that of the man who slugged Dobson. Word was .telthoned from as seen I)A" III\]N‘(‘H\I’ aRRaM EME ANMMOE E2 T00 crterâ€" toâ€"night. Dazed from the efâ€" sets of the terrible blow, Mr. Dobson cas still able to give a fairly good deâ€" cription of the robbers. " 1 would now them aagin. _ _ One was a short, tout â€" man, _ dark complexion, _ black moustache, and he wore a black overâ€" Mr. Dobson, w vered from the St. David‘s this morning that two men strangers were in the Imperial Bank changing money. Dobson is recoverâ€" ing from the effects of the slugging. His skull is not fractured. Fire Crackers Awakened Man in Time to See Fire. Guelph, Ont., despatch: Jhe expIOSTON of â€" giant â€" firecrackers . was the alarm this morning at 2 o‘clock which awakenâ€" ed W. H. Robinson, of the Guelph Paper Company, to find the warehouse of the ccmpany in flames, The upper portion of the building was gutted, and the whole contents ruined by fire and water. The stock was valued at $8,000, and the damage to the building will run about $1,000, vartially covered by insurance in the â€"Commercial Union, Norwich and Home â€" Insurance Companies. â€" The net loss will be between $3,000 and $4,000. \r. Robinson was able to get his horses out of the stable underneath, but they were nearly suffocated. make addresses are pouring in upon Captain Bernier from all parts of Canâ€" ada. He is now writing up his official report, and as soon as that is finished he will apply to the minister for a short leave of absence to enable him to make a lecturing tour, which will render the people: of Canada better acquainted with the Arctic regions. ~ Capt. Bernier Will Tell of His Arctic Experiences. GUELPH BLAZE. TO LECTURE. i, who had partially reâ€" the â€" murderous _ attack, Inspector Mains and a reâ€" ht. Dazed from the efâ€" despateh: The explosion London City Council requests perris> sion to take a vote on the Sunday car question. Insurance to the amount of $3,012,400 will be placed on Toronto‘s property. The Toronto Press Assistants‘ Union decided to affiliate with the Canadian Federation of Labor. An injunction is sought to prevent the payment of the award in the Sturâ€" geon Falls separate school case. The Duchess of Marlborough took the occasion of the annual London Flower Show to glorify women who "act‘" inâ€" stead of "‘talk." W. T. R. Preston has been appointed Canadian Trade Commissioner to Holâ€" land. _ He left toâ€"day for New York, whence he will sail to Amsterdam. King Edward opened the Jubilee exâ€" tension building of the National Hospiâ€" tal on Thursday. Among a distinguishâ€" ed company with the King was Lord Strathcona. Mirs. Mina Arbagast, charged at 8t. Pavl with the murder last May of her husband, Louis Arbagast, a meat dealer of some local prominence, was found not guilty by a jury. The fireman and engineer of the G. T. R. engine which killed Alexander Sinclair, aged eight years, at the Woodâ€" bine, Toronto, crossing, on October 28, were fully exoncrated by the Coromer‘s jury. A cable message from San Juan Del Sur, Nicaragua, says that the revoluâ€" tionists met Zelaya‘s army in a terrific battle on Thursday, _ Mundreds of lives were lost on both sides, The rebels capâ€" tured Las Lagas. Robert William Dickie, a C. P. h. engineer, of Chappleau, was accidentally shot yesterday while deer hunting near Pogmasing, on the C. P. R., 1%5 nmies west of North Bay. The accideat resuitâ€" ed from the gun of a companion being trailed on the groud, a twig catching the trigger. The Militia Council has appointed Col W, D. Gordon, D. 0. C, for eastern On tario, to succeed the late General Bu chan in the Quebec command. Col, Ben son, acting 1D. 0. C. at Montreal, sue ceeds Col. Gordon at Ottawa. The Guelph City Council is at preâ€" sent considering a byâ€"law to improve the milk supply of the city by |‘censâ€" ing the dairies and making them subâ€" ject to the inspection of the Medical Health Officer. The body of James Gray, who _ was drowned in Wilson Lake, on the T. « N. 0. Railway, on his way to the gold fields of the Poreupine, reached ?Taileyâ€" bury last night. The unfortunate man was drowned on Sunday. Ald. Geo. Mooring, of Port Arthur, died at Winnipeg on Thursday _ from pueumonia. He came to the city last Monday, fell ill almost immediately, and was at once taken to the Gencral Hospital, where he died. Captain Hunter, game and fishery overseer for the Belleville district, with the crew on the Provincial Government patrol boat Navarch, made a haul of seyâ€" eral hundred yards of gill nets in the waters _ at the head of the Bay of OQuinte. There was another serious level crossâ€" ing accident on Albert street, Regina, when a C. P. R. engine and caboose ran into a wagon driven by Robert Dongan, a young farmer, north of the city, Donâ€" gan fell, with his head against the back. His condition is serions, In the Practice Coure at Quebese Mr Justice Simon Â¥endered judgment in the case of Hon. K. J. Flynn against Mr. Fournier for slander. Mr. Fournier proâ€" Aneed a vetraction. and was condemned In the Practice Courc at Qnebce Am, Justice Simon Â¥endered judgment in the case of Hon. K. J. Flynn against Mr. Fournier for slander. _ Mr. Fournier proâ€" dveed a retraction, and was condenmned to pay the plaintiff $100 and costs of the action . Frank L. Rovinson, a Domimon police constable, was accidentally shot . while on duty at the Canadian branch of the Royal Mint, Ottawa. The revolver . of Constable Caroll, who was on duty with biw, fell out of his belt, and, striking the ground, went off, The bullet pieve» ed Robinson‘s face close to the nose, I‘ved Shaw, son of Dr. Shaw, of Chatâ€" baim. was found dead on _ Thursday morning on the G. T. R. tracks near Mceâ€" Gregor‘s Creek, just west of the bridge. The body. was literally torn to pieces und seattored all over the tracks, the head being fully two lhundred feet away from the main portion ot the body. Will Pass Over the Sun‘s Face on May 18th Next. Cambridge, Mass., Nov. 8.â€"The famâ€" ous Halley‘s comet will pass over the sun‘s face on May 18 next, if the ealeuâ€" lations made by Rev. Father G. M. Searle, C. S. P., and sent to the Harvard Colleg« Obscratory here, are corroct, Fathor Searle‘s Oobservations were | made . at Mount Hamiltom,, Cal., on Sept. 12, 13 W qi DR P UMMisme Raxy on Kept. 26 )l;)-lvlrxxt Hamiltog, Cal., on and 14. and at WiHiams Bay and Oct. 19. _ _ Concluding the table ther Searle says: ‘The geometric con junction the comet with the su Greenwich mean time metric longitude bein degrees 15 minutes. cannot, of course, be it is thought that the sit." Greenwich time, ref Searle, is about 2.15 a n». m. May 18, Easter How the Alleged Murderer Spends Her Time in Jail. London, Nov. 8.â€"â€"Mrs. Seott, who Nes in the county jail, charged â€" with the murder of her_ fatherâ€"inâ€"law, Harvey Scott. has hardly changed her manner since she was first brought to the jail She apparently is not discontented, but takes no interest in anything that goes on about her. She seldom speaks unless asked some question, and then only in monosyllables. _ ~She spends the greater part of her time in reading religions books and in sitting gazing straight ahead, althourh she does not seem to be worried. She acts more like a person who is stunned or is trying to realize someâ€" HALLEY‘S COMET *# cluding the table of deductions, Faâ€" Searle says; ‘These clements give a etric conjunction, in Jongitude, of omet with the sun on May 18. 3.30 iwich mean time, the comet‘s geoâ€" c longitude being then plus four es 13 minutes. Though the resu‘t it, of course, be accepted as final. thought that there may be a Uran: TORONTO MRS. SCOTT. me, reforred to by Father ; 2.15 a. m. May 19, or 9.15 Eastern Standard time, Seott, who lies on Sept Y.M.C. Aa. MEN. Ottawa despatchâ€"There are now 16,341 members of city and â€" railway Younz Men‘s Christian Associations, according to the report presented by ys. CX Copeland at the thirtyâ€"seventh convenâ€" tion of the Ontario and Quebee branches of the organization,. which opened here toâ€"day wich about 75 delegates present. Of the members, 4,386 are boys. _ The total value of Y. M. C. A, property in the two Provinees is $1,388,760. Ths year properties valued at $363,000 wore acquired, and ‘new â€" associations . were founded at Welland, Chaplean, Allandale Schreiber and Montreal. In the educa tional classes of the association there are 1.333 students, and inâ€" the Bible classes 2,336. Over 9000 men used the physical department during the past vear. _ A largely attended â€" meeting at ta First Baptist Church was held this even ing. p d The officers clected were: O, R. Goldie, Galt; First Vie George H. Clarke, Orillia; Ne Presideat. Gordon C. Edward Third Viceâ€"President, J. P. 0 awa; nee Assistant Montreal Copenhagen, . Nov. 8. â€"Although « the Danes continue 10 profess confidence in Dr. Frederick A. Cook, it is evident that they are growing uneasy, particw larly since Dr, Cook‘s nnsatisfactory seâ€" ply to Prof,. Torps. A query as 10 when his observations would be ready for iu«l spection has been received here. It i~‘ impossible 16 obtain an authoritative stat@ment toâ€"night regarding the action of the University of Copenhagen in reâ€" spect to the proposal of the National Geographic Society in Washington, that a comumittee from that society be perâ€" mitted to be present at the official examâ€" ination of Dr. Cook‘s records. A leading scientist, however, said: "If Dr. Cook supposes we are unable to eontroi his records he is quite mistaken. A Greenâ€" land â€" missionary, the Rev, Mans Olsen, started north last Reptember in search of the two Eskimos who accompanied Dr. Cook. _ Mr. Olson has been instructed by the Danish Government to examine carefully these men and to send a full report. _ If we find anything suspicions about Dr. Cook‘s records he will have reason to regret tht he ever came to Copenhagen." It is significant that these remarks were made by a man who used to be one of Cook‘s most forvent sup» porters. Busy With His Data But Has Noth ing to Say. veidudedt Prideit s Crettie hn the west, began toâ€"day to assemble papers and reports of his polar exploraâ€" tion in preparation of the data which ' . ol PE VE _ ths he intends to submit to the University of Copenhagen. ° PCs 1. c t CTas. n0u en m gm s .. Dr, Cook said he would devote his entire time to the preparation of his report to the Danish scientists until it was forwarded, as he lhad promised. HMe hoped to get it ready within a week, he said, and in the meantime he did not wish to enter into any discussion in regard to the north pole controversy or his proposed trip to the summit _ of Mount MeKinley, In regard to the resolution adopted yesterday by the National Geographic Society referring the question of priorâ€" ity at the pole to a commission, Dr. Cook refused to say anything at this time. He would take the matter up, he said, when it was brought to his atâ€" tention officially. Nicaraguan â€" Government Troops Defeat Revolutionists. Managua, Nicaragua, Nov. 8.â€"(Delayâ€" ed in transmission)â€"Government troops‘ defeated the revolutionists in a sharp engagement toâ€"day, many of General Estrada‘s followers being killed, woundâ€" ed or captured. The Government _ lost 15 men, including wen. Castillo Chamâ€" morro. President Zelaya‘s forces _ atâ€" tacked the rebe! general, Fornos Liaz, at Paso Las Lajas, _ capturing _ that point, which has been defended by 400 men. The rebels fled in the direction of \Rama and were pursued. Xew York, Nov. 8. â€"Dr. Frederick A. ook, who is here after a lecture tour in The above despatch, which the corâ€" respondent was unable to get through yesterday refers probably to the batâ€" tle of Thursday, concerning which conâ€" flicting reports have reached New Orâ€" leans and Washington. Sympathizers at New Orleans with the Nicaraguan _ reâ€" bels, received advices stating that Gen, Estrada was gaining ground and had taken Paso Las Lajas. At the same time the Nicagaruan charge _ de‘affairs at Washington received word from Presiâ€" dent Zelaya to the effect that the govâ€" EXPIORER COOK erument troops had May be Capada‘s N_ext Governor Ottawa, Ont., Nov. 8,â€"Lord I'l‘ll(hllld.‘ who has been mentioned as a possible Governorâ€"General for Canada in su¢â€" cession to Earl Grey, was military secâ€" retary to Lord Aberdeen during his term as Governorâ€"General of Canada,. He was plain John Sinclair on leaving Canada. He was elected to the British House of Commons from a Scottish constituency and became Secretary for Scotland. He was advanced to the peerage with the title of Lord Pentland a couple of years ago. He is a sonâ€"inâ€"law of Lord Aberâ€" ’ deen. GENERAL KILLED. DOUBT COOK. Washington, Nov. 8.â€"The â€" calendar year 1909 will show a smaller exportaâ€" tion of wheat than any year in the last decade, and an increased home consumpâ€" tion both in amount and per capita average, says a report of the bureau of statistics toâ€"day on wheat production. exportation and consumption of _ the TUnited States. icers clected were:; President die, Galt; First Viceâ€"President . Clarke, Orillia; Second Vice Gordon C. Edwards, Ottawa ; eâ€"President, J. P. Owens, Osh retary, R. B. Nees, Kingston: Secretary, W. A. MeLaren JOHN SINCLAIR to Prof. Torps Not EXPORT OF WHEAT. met Lord Pentland $ Like a Romance. '(.\in.m-{ .G;eitm Buch names as Napier, of Magdala, lioberts of Kandahar, Dufferin and Ava have a different significance from that which we attach to Amherst of Mackney, James of Hereford, Morley of Blw{'burn, or even the older Zouche of Maryngworth, Talbot de _ Malahide or Colville of Culross, When the late Lord Dufferin was Governorâ€"General of Canada, such an addition to his title as "Ava" would have seemed as strange to him as to any of us. _ As Earl of Dufferin he came to Canada in 1872 and left it in 1878. As Earl of Dufferin he ‘enured on the discharge of his functions ‘u Viceroy of India twentyâ€"five years ago. On the 13th of December, 1884, he was duly ifstalled as successor to the Marquis of Ripon. In the following Ioar Ava was occupied by an Angloâ€" ndian force and on the Ist of January, 1886, Upper Burma was formally annex ed to the British Empire, 1f one were in the mood for moralizing on the course of events in our time, it would be dif ficult to find a stranger example of the way in which men, parted from each other not only by continents and oceans but by moral character, impulse and deâ€" sipm, have unconsciously coâ€"operated for a common end than that which is offerâ€" ed to us in the careers of Lord Dufferin and King Theebaw. During the years that intervened between the former‘s reâ€" turr to Europe from Canada and his arâ€" rival in India, the latter, a wicked madâ€" man, vested with absolute power, had been tending towards a doom, in which the new viceroy was the destined deem ster. For many years the realm of Ava had fairly prospered and enjoyed a large measure of peaceful contentment under a King who manifested good will to wards his people and won the respect of his neighbors. But when Mindolhn died and was succeeded by Theebhaw, everyâ€" | thing was changed. He had no soomer | been securely seated on the throne than |he began a series of massacres, intended io secure the riddance, in court circles, usiices uuilrundcs LE rcetie: to secure the riddance, in court circles, of all possible pretenders to the Crown, whose rivalry might give him any trouâ€" ble. By way of making sure of their complete extermination, he had friends and retainers of every kindred victim made away with. In 1879 the British enâ€" voy at Mandalay, having found remonâ€" strance vain, and seeing that his preâ€" sence availed nothing in preventing a continuance of the bloody orgies of the tyrant, deemed it incompatible with his diynity as Great Britain‘s representative to remain in Mandalay, The situation did not improve in his absence, which had also political consequences that hastened the inevitable crisis In fine, before Lord Dufferin had completed his firet year in India, an armed foree of 11,000 men, under command of General Prendergast, was advancing on the eapi tal. and before the end of November Mandalay, â€" Theebaw, and his dreadful ronau:st were m whe hands of the Britâ€" ish. Lord Dufferin lost no time in or ganizing an administration and Uppor and Lower Burma were united to form a lieatenantâ€"governorship. Before the annexation of Thechaw‘s dominions by Lord â€" Dufferin, British Burma consisted of a regionâ€"lying beâ€" tween the 10th and 22nd degree of north latitude and the 92ud and 100th degree of cast longtitude, have Siam on the east, the Bay of Bengal and Chittagong, on the . west, the Indian Ocean on the south and independent Burma on the morth. â€" This region had an area of 88,556 square miles and a population of _ about three _ millions. The actual province of Burma has an extreme length of about 1,200 miles, and a breadth at its broadest portion of about 480 miles. The total area (alâ€" lowing 83,473 for Upper Burma) is 171,â€" 430. The population is about 7,500,000 â€"the males outnumbering the females considerably in Lower Burma, while in Upper Burma the reverse is the case. Nineâ€"tenths of the inhabitants profess the Buddhist faith,. There are about . a quarter million of Moslem sand about half as many Christians. In education the Burmese rank high when compared, not with the nations of Asia only, but with those of Europe. Unhappily the feâ€" male sex has until recent years had but a slight share in the advantages of inâ€" struction. The staple agricultural proâ€" duct both of Upper and Lower Burma is rice. Maize, sugarâ€"cane, cotton, tobacâ€" co are grown. Irrigation is practised in some extent. The jade mines of Upper Burma are almost the only source _ of supply of that mineral, much in _ reâ€" %uest throughout China, The Burma ubw Mines Company, Limited, had its lease renewed for fourteen _ years _ in ! 1896. There are a few gold mines. Coal FARTHER INDIA. is found in the Shan States and petroâ€" leum is yielded in some districts in payâ€" ing quantities, The natives have availâ€" ed themselves of the oil supply for more than a century. The forests of Burma are divided into three circles, each unâ€" der & conservator, with twentyâ€"one doâ€" puties. IE". 2: The legislative council of Burma . conâ€" sists of nine members â€"five being ofâ€" ficial. There is a chief justice, with three justices. The revenue is superâ€" vised by a secretary, with four comâ€" missioners and nineteen . deputy . comâ€" missioners in Lower, and . four comâ€" missioners and seventeen deputies _ in Upper Burma. ‘There are two super« intendents for the Shan States. There is a Chinese â€" poltcal advser . taken from the consular service. Education is under the director of public instrucâ€" tion. _ The police force is controlled by an inspectorâ€"general. During the last quarter century there has . been considerable progress in the improveâ€" ment _ of communications. The first railway in Lower _ Burma was that from Rangoon to Prome, 161 miles, which was opened in 1877. Rince the annexaton of Upper Burms t has been extended to Mandallay, a distance of 752 miles. In other directions there has been corresponding extension. These slight indications of the value of an outpost of Empire, for the order and prosperity of which so much _ .8 owing to the promptness and . cnergy of one of the illustrous viceroys . <f | India, who had _ also been governorâ€" | general of Canada, may be closed by 1 a word on its history. _ Of its ancient | history it may suffice to «ay that some | authorities regard Burma â€" as Chryse, : | Chersonesos or the Golden Penineula .|of Ptolemy,. It was during the riâ€" ( | valry between France and England in ; | India that Europe first became _ inâ€" » | terested in it. In the war between c | Burma and Pegee (during the Seven : | Years‘ War) Britain sided with the . | former; France with the latter. _ In February, 1824, what is known as the first Burmese War began and | lasted two years. The second Burmese War began in January, 1852, and ended in T | the annexation of the Province . or * kingdc-dl’oq-bylndl).lw. t | Aracan, Tavoy, etc., having already >â€" | been _ annexed. The conquest of Ava a | or Upr! Burma b‘ Genera) Prenderâ€" of gfl. . C., under Dufferin (who n. | thus won the ravk of marquis and _ the ie | honorific title of Ava) placed all Burâ€" under British rule A M c (egee | ut 44 §/" J ©