r»ECE\fBl£R -17, I9l8 ran mrnsr News THE CHARL0TTE-O -. WN GUARDIAN naar or Ami PA GB FIVE `;’_ff_. - - ' ' - f- _ ' 'r ‘F _ .. ..."’ f* M l=l r f »_-.. . ’ `“' " ' ' f + 6 I _ii ISPAT W IJ cu As SINCLAIRIVsRnn>INiicAsE MARINE INQUIRY MEDDLED win-I coIIcLUDED YESTERDAY RESUMI-:IJ AGAI Diplomatic Circles Watching the 0ut» Judge Blanchard_Reserved'his Judgement. Address by the Before Judge Cassels A Big Array f B l-A _ _ come o razi _rgentine Trouble Counsels, Mr. Bentley and Mr. Stewart. Mr. Reddin . Counsel .and Witnesses. Commander( D' I ll. I - ° ° - -' . . 'Spa Cothgfzngtaigilidand all. and Rev.. R. G. Sinclair Give Evidence. Much Inter- \ Spain Questioned About His Con " ° es* sh°W9 by Ml\_I\y_ Per ons. nection With Polson Works. WASHINGTON, Dec. 16-( Speciall)__ Diplomatic circles ane watching 11,9 Argentine and Brazil/whose relations outcome of the differences between are strained oven naval armaments, which are aggravated by the alleged interception by Argentine of an im- portant despatch sent by Brazil to the Legation in Santiago, The ¢l€BPBtClJ, after being intercept. ed was handed to a man who com- posed one entirely different, contain. ing a statement of liosiillc intention usainst Argentiy. This was read before an Argentin- congress. | Brazil sent word to Argentine ti, Dcove that the despatch intercepted showed friendliness, not hostility. Nl* acknowledgement of the mis take has been made by Argentine. There nrc threats in the Argentine press over the signature of Seqallos, Cx nlinister of foreign affairs and a1_ H Wiluesses were examined at lenguh so rhhided Bveaiuahs. {,u,he,_,_, cus” Lggunty court '£0585' the morning ses ‘= ll Ollened at ten o’clock. resumed from yesterday. by MP. Stewart. Kept no evidence book The ov' Have an evidence book now and for case the information was for procnr. FIDE, the summons was for selling. ~-- - r»-._»- lr regard to pnoof of service of iv' `-"" "' - '-_- _-__ - _..._ ___ ,_ _ r _ SIIHIIIINEII INNEIIIE SMIIH NSHIIIIE Bound From Louisburg to Halifax. Blinding Snow- storm. Total Wreck. SYDNEY, Dec. lo'-(Specoa1)»-Tlie schooner Maggie Smith, from Louis- lrllfié to Halifax with coal, wint uf slnire last, night oil point Desprit in ii blinding snowstorm and hccame n l.\>Lal Wreck. The crew alter enduring many hard- ships managed to reach the shore in safety. _ SIN MINE IIIINS , CHENPEH IN EIININIII LONDON, Dec. 16--A report that N the Dominion Iron and Steel Com- pany of Sydney, intended buying up Iwo large steel works in England is contnadictcd by Mr. Plummer, presi- dent of the company, who declares they can manufacture steel rails much more cnenply in Sydney than could possibly be done in England. _ . I ' summons and alleged interlicativns, I T _Tien 3-I |_1'-II C/D written in recently Some of l\e~.I-, Scores were crippled or W0undedIa' d the honesty of the Magistrate. The case of Reddin vs Sinclair was J. H. Reddin called and examined . ld. ence was taken on sheets of paper, some Weeks Past. In the Brehuut In regard to the Brelmut and (‘.,r- ' his council contended they have becn ',' ._ ,,, I - _ ~ 1 ‘ Ross case, when hewrote the letter. ._ x_ S cl _ ___.._____._ GEORG - _ ETOWN, Dec. lo. -- In the but thought him unnble to cope with ' tho situation. It was the Govern- nicht that was in witness' m,inI¢l_ He had only kindly feelings for Mr. Red. din. Prosecutor and, lllagistrate were only incidents. Wrote in what be be- lieved was the public interest. Knew Pfll'S0llB1~‘/ of the disorder in Monts- aguc. There was fighting and pro- fanity caused 'oy liquor. Had been crcditably informed that four barrels of liquor marked Deaver Bi-and had 'oven lying in Railway Station before letter was written. Knew of the case asfunst Carruthers. .Had informa- tion that Carruthers had violated the law, was not. present at the tidal, Knew about the Brehaut case and I _The case is one of libel. Mr. Reddin public 1ette`r. - about Brehaut case. Was present at the trial. Mr. Stewart addressed the Court. claiming he had been injured in his reputation and had suderedloss. H mentioned that the King’s County Alliance was quite justified in their sympathy and suppont od Mr. Sin- clnir. They had violated no law. Mr. Sinclair had it good defence. We have n Prohibitory law and Mr. Rcddin was stlpendiary for its enforcement. The law and its administrations were matters of pulé inteiiegn stipend. aries were appi fired because the Jus- tice of the peace were not sudicient Had heard something about the My Ily q“ahn“a M I” “if and the est Denies that he violated the laws been ignored. Had then written tha I » . ‘vxxisessesatccgirléle nz.; trnglv. ers c,,se_ The law had been veryJAlltiancfe wege aqware that the law was had in au some sixteen pr0»ni,)i,.'iUn poorly enforced. he had attributed €gthe§(§§;‘;n;une:€Y‘ nlivlltldeedlilpllitatlieons cases, four were since the publication Lhm t° the prosecutor anddfhf MHXSH' scarcely a convictian naar lar R? of Mr. Sinclair’s Letter. In the Ny- time' There was a Provmcml Elec' din was appointed Falun nn, in: . ers case when fine was not pail, did tm" pending' Had Senfched 1`eC0l°dS ` g _ _ _ of the court as to Mr Rddi, fluence the government, Mr. Sinclair , _not issue committment because the _ ~ - 9 “H was to be commended fon than a _ . |penancc council said there would be cases ‘U Supreme Coum I-0 JUDY 14. p Th t f - , . 1902_ Gould and none In Km . pealing to the people through the Ir _y' °l.Ir Human Beings cercmmn proceedmgl Them was “O C X ` gs press. Mr. Sinclair saw' Drofnmit! _ cerciorari and cornxnittment was is~ wnty W°“d n°t_ und any N905 d d k i M t K|Hed and More May be sued this week_ hack to 1903, fon Prince County could IHnThe;unw;Ignessr0r2lwL?E1o:gl;ed amm _ Add d h _ | Ii. G. Sinclair. (Sworn-> Examined ‘“‘§1m';‘; Ziifunggcg t§,19(§‘ U istrote why SWE; not the new euforg- 8 IOI S bl' Mr- S*°""‘“t- . - - - _ Y.. S' E” W' I? \I_ si I' h <1 i 1 - Llst' Live in Montague. have been minis. t His motive in seaicfiing record was ;‘nmst‘ 'Mr' rgegégnvabutnznmgi “E550 iter of Presbylizrian Church since 1882 0 defend thls E“1f»°`_Ul Dllbllc lllief- his defence * . I/\m a. inembcr of K. C. Temperirnse Sea-rched _im Court rcconds b d- Reviewmé the Myers cases he a_rgu_ AIIE . W I. III. I. 8 Y 3 ‘ _ . Boo-To . I mn.Ce ro e 8' e ert do 1 5 vico of council. Can’t say whether he ed that (me “me was wxwngfuuy dm' 'J N~ Dec- 10-(SP@°1f11>- G““’d‘““- Tme was “ gre” °“ ° ~ . missed he in the other the defendant ' MC`0S°» ‘leer mid other some -in the d’i“ki“g I" M°“°“g‘“’~ The” .Was Searched the lfndeix of Judgment' haw was not er.. mitted or the one raid d .Bm on the Streets_ It c0u¢_m“_ three nooks o m nutes of neconl for Th _'vi ers C-me should condemn Red; three northern Stat” 0| NW EUS' row yli ' ~ ~ . tl ree c unto' Couli ot sw th ‘ Y ten. lelt his responsibility and that wgm ng’ reczrbds of ju‘d;ment ilrfewhiiflf dm um it would be E disgrace to the land and thc adjoining Canadian pro- .1 tim before letter was writ- . . vinces for thc season cost the livesII>(t` tshldngiovcriiment. Had been n, sull' Mr' Reddin appeared' Heard “M59 BJnIiniStmtm-n Di Jushqe to- award ~ I ~~ I p. f, Hn be. und swearing and saw drunken men in d“‘T_‘“'5e5 agamst Mr' Smclmr' Mr- of thirty four human beings twent DON" Of the I-rlllefa df Y- _ ~ » Y H d that Prohibition was a failure M0ntague_ There was “_ great ,iml of Riodin should come into court with UVB W lll'¢_ Hl'l1lS» f0ll1` by dP0WlliI1g. eve . Se a deficient enlorcef drunkenness' did not go to M.-_ pcd_ clean hands. Hs had presented pa- - -- d note also figures which _ , largely oecau lllld 0116 by falling on a knife. , _ ,din to ask about cases or why c.n- PHS B” 5' ~ ~ ~ - lment The Government was Ilespon ' ict, ere not m,1d,,_ Lettcrs nad had been altered, and would not deny TW" were klued Whllfl hllll'-lllfl In sible because of lack of care in sel- V OHS W herd task Witness had not qucs- DCCH IVY! Tell le 0V@l“\lm9ll -'-~' “__ (Continued on page sin) and five or six may yet he eased t0‘“°“° _V _ _ V V My ___ ..._ __ __-____ _ . _ _f _ ‘Jhe list of dead. while six were killed in the pro i cos, four each in Vermont and New Ham- Dhshire. MNIIINE INIINIHY INNENEZUELA Law Declared at Night-fall to Putan End to o'rT/uva, Dee. is-The Ihvestiga- Riotlng and Pilfaging, Son by l\lr. oustice Cassels into - _ c-liarges mario against the Marine Dc-, CAp_A5CAS` Dec 1b__(5D°¢in1)_ IINIIIIIN III ECLIPSE 1 IINIILE SIIM’S "NIlMI\Illl" l F-114 LONDON, Dec. 15-With a view to showing the British flag on both sides of the American continent, the udmiralty has ordered thc cruisers Cambrian and I 1. ' I. dispatched fnom thc Australian and i.l.»`D& S\ll1l1d1`°`llS respectively for a visit .IJ the South- ern ports of the Pacific coast oi South America. This will make three separate sixadrons cruising in ills waters oft American continent. The largest British force hitherto ini these wailzrs was composed of the squadron under Rcai- Admiral Sir Percy Scott, and the slo0D9 Shelf' wng,-_ir nnd Alger-ine visiting at Aca- pulco, Mexico,-and other DONE *HOPE the southeast coast. _-1-f--‘ ni wmu nu III Iwi siiliiiis, _ I I HALIFAN Dem 1(;-The MaritinicI p,(,.,.,,,c,,H d,,,|nn,ng Rnd insurance men are very anrious concerning the s"'°“' I mera Stlcklestad and F2160- 10“g| overdue au Sydney. f"°'m G`msg0W'o The sushi-estafi left Glesinwn ‘fl N 2:-Ira with e seize f°\” ° *’ ° partmeni. was rcsumied here on Wed- - ~ _ nos-day morning. A lorue number rf The Vmezuelan capltal y°.sterdf_w_v;1t1 witnesses from Ottawa as well as nf/“ed M’ Outbreak °i df5'_“`d"r° O' frm-n outside points have been sum- lowing the warlike activities of the monetl. und final Stage Of irllllllfi’ iS Dutch warships along the const that expected to develop some decidedly made it Mcessmy to declare martini interesting revelations. It is the 1 W by nightfau in order to put an intention of Justice Cassels to com- “ ' _ _ iii Ii mssihie speed end to the rioting and inlluslns- plete inquiuy vi' ru 1 ' . so that his report may he ready for j There were a number of ait:ackS on presentation to Parliament when the property before the authorities. got session opens °“ January 20' the situation in hand and several eg" itators were arrested. A There was no actual conflicts be- tween the people and the police. Pillaging was confined to the pro- IN perities ol Venezuelans. I No foneigners were molested, ` _ ____-_--- I 16-Or NININ SIIIIIIII IIINII thousand dollars damage was caused by ri fire which broke nut ycstmrday In the jewelry establishment Henry 'airRs, st. catherine st. the biggest Ejowelry shop in Canada. The fire started on the second floor from a defective electric wire worked up to the- top floor. It was occupied by Notman’s Photographic Studio whore the worst of thc fire occured. The studio was filled with all kinds of infiamable materials. _____---- IINIIIHEII DINING IEWEI IINHBEIII _ GIIUWEIIS IN SESSINN _- MIDDLETON, N. S., Dec. 15-The 45th annual meeting of the Nova, Sco- tia Fruit Growers' Association cpe I- ed yesterday afternoon, About or e hundred were present, including Prof. Macoun, Prof. Smith and Prof. Shaw. Secretary S. C. Parker gave are- port of the year's work. Owing; to teen Injured by a Freight ` and PassengerTrain. T en Persons Killed and Fil-L LIMOGES, France, Det. 16-(Spet- ial)-Ten persons were killed and lif- teen injured in a colision between ii passenger and a freight train in Pouch tunnel between the towns of- Brive and Limoges. _ IIIING MILLIIINIIIIE BNIINEN HIS WENLIH _-._ . LONDON, Dec. 15-A special de- spatch from St. Petersburg ~'od1y to the Daily Mail relates that a dying Moscow millionaire named l'e'|:o‘l had his who,e fortune with-lmwn from the banks and the bank notes brought to the sick rdom. They were then piled before him and set on fire. Petroil summoned his relatives and showed them the ashes, congratulat- ing them on havling escaped from the evils of wealth. .rrrvrlvll nlsullnns rulilslui N ni Pmsuilns Nunn Iuiiiir NEIIIN IIEMIINIIEII __ ’ Both Appeared to be Well Pleased and Especially McDonald. --» .I In the Police Court yesterday thlI case of Joseph Shepherd and Charles McDonald was up for hearing. The witnesses were John Hamil, Jailior Vanlluskirk, Sergeant Bradley and Officer Walker. The latter two told about tho arrest of the t/wo boys. John Hnmll as jail keeper testified that he had seen the boys that morn- ing at eight thirty and everything was all right. They had always act- »ed well. Jailor VanBuskirk was the chief witness. He sworethat he left everything locked safe somewhere a- bout noon and thought the t\\o boys were in their cells. About Ifirne o’clock in the afternoon he again re- turned end when he went to unlock a cell the lock fell to pieces on the floor. He looked in but saw no boys but something in one of the beds, which resembled a person in bed but which turned out to be a dummy. I-Ie looked about the iail for them but could' find no trace of them, he went into the yard and saw a ladder against the fence and then concluded they had escaped. The prisoners were remanded to the Supreme Court. I . I _ A TWO YEARS IN PRISON. I noncuasraa, nee. is-Before His fl-Ionor Judge Wells recently, un- der the Speedy Trials Act, the King vs Frank Scott, charged with steal- I Iing a horse, harness and wagon from OWELL Mass Dec 15__Rev DIA1ex Ford's hotel, Snckville. The tho favorable season despite the early date a creditable display of fruit wus made at :he Halifax exhibition, but that at the Kentville exhibition was tne best exhibit of fruit ever seen 'in eastern Canada. At the Roy- al Horticultural exhibition London, L , ., . . . . . _ th prisoner on being arraigned, pleaded .gn-s:V(I)l;t'I;‘;s°;;ef°"W§;':n?:i;I;;_5 glggbyti "guilty" and was scntcnccd to two .termn Church gave notice of his “_ :years in the Dorchester penitentiary. :sl nation from the pastorato at the' W' Hazm Chapman' wuuty court g cleirk re resented the crown. The I _ , I D mf‘mi“l` service' Ssndzdiéngi: amiga* prisoner was undefended. Pmach his mrcwe B' Scott is the young Eng,ishman UTTAWA, Ont., Dec. 10-(Special)»-fiimbie. Mi-.Campbell recalled was in oiior The ,D - _ \llll1'y into the Marine depart-I Witness explained the money Wu :as _i;;sum»0llca departmeh. sensational charge was made in court shows one hundred and fifty nl; ner oy Le Wah, a Chinaman who was sons murdered in Chicago in 1903, lined $5 for evading the Clhingso im Twenty Your remain unsolved. migration law implicating govern bln 1905. one hundred and ninety inent. t ree murders wer mmitt d li - is the highest recoidcdd. 6 I W 1chIo and is made ‘md bright I" '"°°"°"" ° commander-in-chief of both tho land The edict order; that special cent- ~,e¢--1 ».¢ »-1,. ov' ' I ce aaa the Falco dw, MONTREAL nee is-A robbery. minion Stee ~. I ~ days later with n Sarto I0’ th” Nova 1 even more daring than than plgrpetiéa- gnous gon; (}n_ Under ordinary °“" ted opposite the Central Po ce s e.- cumsbances the W96919 Blmum mnkwtion Friday night, when one thou- the trip in ten days. _ Isnnd four hundred dollars worth of Both vessels are lal‘Z0 E"°i9EI‘t°"s' diamonds were stolen, was pulled oil heavily 1 ‘ with 5, dead cnrg0» l1“d,1aet night when right under the nose it 1,, |,,n|»,! glint; becoming ce-“Zhi in of n policeman :funding at the cor- thn gen-mc him-tonne that ra.g*=‘1 U; ner of Craig and Bluery Streets, one North Atlantic ll\1lI”¢ 'dm P” |“"“° young fellows Smash” “ls W1' ten days, both steamere l°““f‘*"`"" dow of Cohen & Co., and 1111150 °f "" I 'th a pair of diamond ear-rings .A-._-u-if W; ` C rcs Cc d .~i r_ valued at nina hundred dollars. N- c . ‘E-‘N.'E:if. llgncttiun ‘Iead a paper in ei-05.I “Boston Presnytery met Monday to ` take action upon the neslgneflvh. l1l~ Sums' ccived a call from the Westiininistcr S ti to K mst bono,-,, Wi-stmiuistcr Church next Sunday. Captured by the Monwm Ponce B short time ago. sing und breeding for better varie- Uhough this is largely B matter M I i t t th perlmenr. l uw 0 rm R e ex B form. Rev. Mr. Matheson has re- Condensed Adv¢|»t|Sen\e|-‘ts asinoiau carrhn aivinaizoo. Y. ue accepted it. Hieisegi-y in eagle r'rB§QT£T5r e1h§éiiifA’¢'i6E1`i' I - --_ ` Presbyterian Church n orne 1. . y HE-STAGE* E:-“N ' *W d`"""~'= anusssns, December is-'rho inf euy_ was ;I,ooo aiinusxiy, 'sho it is ,__n Wm be dewfmd ‘;‘_',th ‘§'§e°{,‘:n“;l portatlon into or the transit through understood he will receive $1,200 in ,,U\,,u,_ Irish society .Daman and Inqh Belgium of cattle, sheep or pigs from his new church. H. G. Walker, of the nag' and Miss vw Brands” w‘m .he Unitrd' States has been prohibit- local church, attended the meeting of wear the B_ L S_ l_ega_ua_ 12_17dn ed untill further notice. This actfion is thc Boston Presbytery~ _ UCNON SALE 0! éilpers _ahd 1\linnrIl's Liiilmenl “ _ _._ i'...=- -if -'¢-- SUSRENDED I I NEW YORK; Dec. 15-Patrons and employees of the ive lines of ferry boats running ~ from Broadway, Brooklyn,- to Manhatten Borough, found to their surprise yesterday morning 'that the system had suspend- ed operations. No notice had been given, I buts" We eilairs of the New York Teivmiuni, Company and of its successor William O. Madden with re- lation _to the operation of these trans~river lines had become involved .~_ \ ri UPERATIONS in so much litigation that cessation of the service was not' wholly unex- pected. The opening of the Williams- bnng bridge caused the beginning of the dwindling ofthe ferry patronage and it long ago had fallen to a’point where the lines we'i\e carried on at a loss. Justice Blackmar has issued an order that th eCilly of New York keep the lines in operation either by lind- lni: n lessee oi- operating them it- t k Ii b c use f the foot~and~m uth "Rev. Mr. Matheson is a. graduate dIs;xse Inahimegica. 0 ` of Hanvard and of the Princeton magazines I” L°“K“° UI U12 -Theolo ical School. He was ad it- Cm” r°°mB °“ :r“"d37 “nd 1°". 8 9 3 hi En commencing at B o clock A grand op. Itmd Se” f"r°°“ °‘ th” °m'Pi"" The monies be carried out ia"conneeti0\ edict provides also that a palace be with the conf",-ing ¢|¢_|,_ built for him near the site of the ________.__ late Dowager's winter residence. MI--.I-.I<~ I; ;,,,,.,., ¢..,,¢ 5"," in "nf TEN “MI-:N oN TRIAL UNION CITY, Tenn., Dec. 1‘5- those eligible for lerfllll, Mit PCIOB- Late yesterday fun men alleged lead- ally by Judge Jones, ie frrelllllr. ers of the Night Rider baud of lleel- Then will begin the luminous of Why foot Lake, will be placed on trial for.venire men. Both state and d¢0l&l their lives, chsrg,-ed with the pu_tting'wlll be allowed 24 pelfernptory uh - to death of Capt. Quinton Rankin, e -lenges. ‘ _ ME SAUSAGE 12c ,__-an ' CHICAGO, December lt`r-(Speciiil)- _.-------+- The tefmperature registered twenty- ted to the ministry in 1 0 , s r rt R t - lnrekdigirees aboye zero at three o'~ _pastorete being gn Slgaalerville. ge 5° vgy 10;) :_‘;lc1;° good lite;-;;l|iEl,d;g c oc is morn ng. -went from t ere o e erton,-N. ., __ . '_ - the cu .ri nnmlng “mn than gg gms city Hin FOUND in this City Saturday lgefoutlnwry so ‘=i¢h-handed as to call TRY the SAUNSO eau to Hornen is the third he has _ nurse contaluinz sum of money per lb at SAUNDERS & NEWSOM'S._‘recelved since coming to Lowell," Bud papers. Owner een have same by --1- _,,,,,g' nl, He is a native of Rose Valley, P. llllllyillg to 84 Elin Ave. and DIYUIK CHICAGO MARKETS. E. Island, and is the son ofthe late °!P°l1l€l_1_ #____ 12:17d1i. Angus Mni¢‘.1es0n-~-- l/_‘LOST by the owner samuel cous- e ' ins two cheques issued by th Dermnher Wheat NMI FAIR AND COLD. `H|uclbrook Dairying Co., Nos. 166 D¢'5'mb°f C0111 - ~ 57| , --' and |42. Banks, merchants and others January Pork .. .. $15.95 TORONTO, December 17-(Special)-- are hereby notified not to cash some pnominent Attorney at Trenton Tenn. lrnlnntl act of s series of for the mustoring of the soldiery of the State to aid the civil authorities tu the hunting down and prosecution of the members of the clan. When the `court meets today Judge Joseph E. Jones will preside at the trials, and will announce his decision in regard to the contention of ~b‘.ie defence that the nlnn suggested by the State for selecting the jury venire not by the I Whether the Courh procedure dlell be conducted in order, or whether further bloodshed small occnr dixiiiil the heat of the legal butt .I is egg; sidered uncertain. From Reel! Lake and other strongfholds oI` thi clan .men are pouring Unidl City in large numbers _t sympathies going out ,to tk their friends on trial or held in jefl Iwbile the state has wel organised ,tts forces, determined- in put Howe __ an; any possible outbreak in Ks llielpi- sv ll .Jlllll1\l`Y Wllelll 105i Moderate to fresh north to north lf presented, W. J. Mclisuhern, lecy Jlfhuery Corn' tile west wind! fair and colder. ills, Albion. 13=14|lt. ..)_,_ g . Iunnsl method ata random from among Choy. '