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ASH WEDNESDAY,
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Loxson, January 27. With the resembling of Parliament
a sign of penitence, falls to-morrow, there is the usual crop el reports, personal This custom probably introduced by and political. There in talk of changes, Gregory the Grost, 590-804, was no-hut I do not think there will be any alter **DADES AND SUURLINGS" IN COURT, Shek You Kwai was placed in the docksioned by Pope Celestin III in 1101, andations in the Cabinet at an early date.
For there is so often a difference of at the Criminal Sessions, to-day, before the afterwards generally prevailed. Befor Chief Justice, Sir Francis Piggott, on a meas, the ashes were consecrated in the opinion botesan members themselves as to charge of arraad robbery and child-stealing altar, sprinkled with holy water, and signed their stress and the opinion others have of LONDON, February 22.
three times with the cross, while the shem. “O wad some power the giftis A Paris meamage states that M.
The Hon. Mr W. Reen Davian, K.Ü..priast recited the worda, Memento quod gie us, etc."as Robbie Burns mang. Attorney-General, prosecuted on behalf civis as, et in cinerem reverteris, meaning Caillanx, the Minister of Finance, heat the Crown, instructed by Mr H. L. Remember that thou as dust, and must informed the Cabinet that it is possible to grant only one half of the 233,000,000 franes which M. Picard, the Minister of Marine, considera indispensable for the reform of the Navy.
BULGARIAN KING'S RECEPTION.
RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR'S
VIEW.
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Dennys, Jr.
return to dust" Naxt the ashes were The jury were sworn in as follows:-strewed on the heads of the officiating Messrs. W. Wiste, foreman; G. H. priests, the clergy, and the assemblad Duttos, J. J. von West, G. R. Edwards, people. The asher were said to be those L Lammert, J. McCubbin and H. S. of the palmus consecrated on the preceding Henry,
Palm Sunday..
Tako Mr Herbert Gladstone.
He is re
peatedly told that he is not a great oras- ment and still loss an article of utility in the Home Office. The blunt comparison is made that Mr Herbert Samuel would áll the past infinitely better. That is probably the opinion of most people of both parties, The Protestant Church in Germany does but there is no doubt that Mr Gladstone not celebrate Ash Wednesday. In the thinks otherwise. Nag, it is even probabis Church of England it is observed by the that be regards himself an the greatest stricter wembers, but without anything of ator and statesman in the party. That the ceremony from which it derives its he is wrong makes no practical difference. game; and the commination service-The solid fact is that he means to stay where he is, and will not think of being series of denunciations against impenitont hunted into some easy chair in the Rouse offenders-is appointed to be read in the of Lords. Barvice for this day.
We are in for year of political alon- tricity all the same. The Suffragettoa say
The Hon. Attorney-General said the prisoner was charged with robbery and kidnapping two children. The stair took place on the coa at Catao in Mire Bay, on a bost of the prosecutor, Ho Fook, on the night of January 11. Fromentor and his wife with their two children, both girls, lived in the boat and there was also boy whom prisoner alleged to be his BOR. At any rate the boy had been sold to the prosecutor, and the Hon. Attorney-Genim! understood that it was ANOTHER ARMED ROBBERY, they mean to raise Cain in the land Floyd not unusual that when there were only
George han "ken roosts to raid" to find LONDON, February 22. girls in a Chinese family for a son to Chan Lam was charged at the Crimnical money for his Old Age Pensions and such The Russian Ambassador at Con-be adapted. The whole family were Sessions, before the Chief Justice, Sir things; and Mr Asquith has to manoeuvre stantinople has explained that the sleep and wore suddenly awakened by a Francis Piggott, to-day, with receiving his host so as to find, if he can, good ground for the fight with the House of Lords, recaption of King Ferdinand a Kingman coming on board who told them to be stolen property.
The same jury were sworn in as in the about which so much is said and so little of Bulgaria was merely a matter of quiet or they would be shot. Then other
done. courtesy and expediency, and would not two men also came on board and the case of armed robbery. affect the diplomatic position.
prisoner pulled up the anchor and the host was rowed off to Wong Tung W. Prisoner was well known to prosecutor and his wife, they having known him for some ten years All were confined in the cabin and after wards the three children were taken out and carried off as well as $25, some clothing and jewellery. The two girls were aged 9carry the goods and also informed the and three years respectively and the boy police were certain articles were belonging three years of age. It was only alloged to the familios of the house which was that the two girls were kidnapped as the robbed. The onus of proof was on the prisouer alleged that the boy belonged to him. The prisonor at the Police Station prisoner to show how be became possesead denied that he want to rob sa bis only of stolen property. object was to take away his own child but timi did not seen to be of much importance as the other two children were also taken
Evidence was then taken.
A SCIENTIFIC DIS-
COVERY.
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LONDON, February 99 The famous French astronomer, M. Camille Flammarion, has apnounced that the undulations of the earth's crust coinciding with the tides, which had long been surmised, have been measured at Potsdam Observatory, and a variation amounting to sight inches was
dis-
Are you willing to come before the shrine and awear before the shrine that did it," asked the prieonor.
**I dare," answered the prossentur, Didn't you and your husband steal thirty
prosecutor's wife.
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The Hon. Mr W. Rees Davies, R.C.,
Attorney General, said that prisoner was charged with being in possession of stolen
A robbery property.
took place at Antakok in a house in which several families lived. When aerosled prisoner HE And iven asked to said that
His Lordship-That is not quite the law, Bir Attorney. That is the French law. The Attomey General:- Would year Lordship inform mo where I am in error. I was putting it in a general sense.
Hia Lonship:-It is for the Crown to prove the robbery and for the prisoner to
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Laborals are used to it. I do not remember a time when various suctions of the pariy were not demanding immediate attention to their fads and fancies. In this case there are the anti-opiomists, the anti.liquor men, the anti-cigarette men, the anti-sport men, and all the other kill-joys, working night and day in their hilious way to attain a step ladder from obscurity from which wo display the banners of their quaiat beliefs. They are not likely to get much forrader," if for no better reason than that the Govern ment programme is crowded till it is buret ing.
covered between the earth movements three nets last year, askel the prisoner of show how he became possessed of the The members of sbe Confederatem ars not
and the een-tides,
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LONDON, February 22. The American battleship feet has returned to Hampton Roads, and will be reviewed by President Roosevelt to-day.
THE SEVENTH DREAD- NOUGHT.
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LONDON, February 23. HMS. Vanguard, the seventh of the Dreadnought class, has been launched at Barrow-in-Furness.
HAWAIIAN FISHERIES.
PROPOSED FESTRICTIVE MEASURE DROPPED.
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LONDON, February 23.
The American Secate has shelved the alien fishery hill introduced by Honolulu.
AFFAIRS IN PERSIA.
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LONDON, February 25. Reuter's agent at Teheran cables that three men were arrested in the Bazaars having been found in posession cf homba. One was hanged, a fate which overtakes the others to-day.
THE PRICE OF STEEL,
BIG CORPORATION STANDS FIRM.
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LONDON, February 23. The United States Steel Corporation declares that it will not reduce the price of steel rails. It is stated that live of the largest companies have arrived at a tacit understanding to maintain the prios of steel and the reductions made by maaller companion will therefore love to effect upon trade generally.
CICOH A HRADA ---No need of quiere DET MAAt maless you want to
stolen property..
"It is falsa," replied the witness, “my husband and I gas our livelihood by fishing and Bis Lordship passed a sentence of two The jury rotarned a verdict of guilty and not by stealing nets."
"Je she capable of giving a true im-years' hard labour. pression of the facts, asked his Lordship
of the Attorrey-General in regard to. the little girl witness aged nine.
**My, Jur out of the mouth of babes and sucklings we obtain the truth," replied the Attorney-General. (Laughter.)
Are you going to put the suckling in the box now, sfod the Chief Justice after the girl had giving evidence.
myself to the babe, my lord.
The Attorney-General-I will confine Prisoner came ene day and said he would give me a present," said a female witness. He said he would give her his daughter and wanted $30 for the present.
I said I don't know whether the child would cry or nut or would live with nie," contained the witness. Prisoner had said she had better keep it for ons right on trial.
The Attorney-General-You kept the child for one night? I did.
NAVAL YARD POLICEMAN'S DEATH.
An Unsolved Mystery.
This alternoon an enquiry was held at the Magistracy by Mc J. H. Kemp, acting as coroner, and a jury composed of Messrs J. Manners, T. Neave, and M. Malcolm into the circumstances attending the death of Willlum T. Tyrrell, a Naval Yard police- man, who was missed on January 31st and whose body was found floating in the water nine days later.
But in the Conservative camp there is more serious trouble. That mysterious band of Conservative hopefuls who put on weird air and call themselves the "Con- federates have apparently hit on a fair moment and seem to have persuaded the head organisation to insist on the party being purged of its Free Trade clement. known for certain. It is probable, however, that Mr Austen Chamberlain and Mr Bonar
Marks supplies the the rest of the band. Law supply the mpat distinction, Mr Harry "efiranesa" poculiar to hir methoda, consist of writers and minor platform lighte who fancy they are moulding the universa within their very hands. They laku thom- selves very seriously, do this latter section, bat Lord Robert Cacil, one of the members they aim to oust, contemptuously refers to them as **immature brains, working He, and half a dozen other fatuously. well known Conservative members with objections to a tariff, refuses point blank to bow the knee and the consequence is that in soreal constituencies the pro- spects are strong that there will two Conservative candidates,
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than create divisions in the party_ranks the aggressive tactics the Confederates
What time did the police call?They called at night, but I don't know exactly
to force them out have roused such ire that the time, because you must remember that
the old stagers have determined to stick to their seats had fight all comers. I had no sleep the previous night owing to
That is the situation at the time of wril- the continuous crying of the child. (Laugh-
Sergt Thompson, of the Naval Yarding. The announcement just made that ter.)
Were you not breaming on the 10th police, said he saw deceased twice on the Mr Joseph Chamberisin is inclined to stand January on the boat," asked the prisoner night of the 31st January, and he was again for West Birmingham is doubtless of his master whom he vailed as a witness.decossed should have put in an appearance, wisdom of the more may be doubted, for it quite sober each time. At 12.10 p.m. intended to cheer his supporters, but the No, I gave you leave on the 10th," being relieved, but he did not appear. is a general subject for comment among answered the witness. You are lying, Searches were made; but they proved in non-party man, like myself, for instance, you were not on the boat."
rain. Witness know of no reason why that to be constantly playing up announce
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Bat this year sy bring fresh general Sergt Taylor spoks to identifying the election, with all sorts of cross currenta. guilty on the three counts and His Lord body; and lance Sergt Pitt said at Fen In any case I doubt if there can boa ship sentented prisoner to five years' im
wick's Reclamation, North Point, ou the 9th shelving of an appeal to the country be- prisonment with twenty-four strokes of the birch. His Lordship remarked that he had int he saw the dead body of a European yond the Spring of neat your,
Boating close the shore. It was inily no doubt that the verdict was right and that prisoner participated in the robbery dressed in Naval Yard police uniform, ex- although prisoner wanted to get his son cepting the cap. In his pocket was found sistent rumors of a sprsational divorce ENGLAND AND HER COLONIES. $6.86. From enquiries made witness had case, papera to be filed shortly. The most ascertained that deceased fall into the strenuous efforts, are being made to hush Australian Strongly Denounces wator. There was no reason to suppose it up, as the consequences in social and
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The Coroner said there was nothing to political circles would be a great as in the. famous Dilke oase, But at present there show how deceased got into the water is prospect of a hearing in the courts.. He might, of coures, have fallen in Naturally I cannot at this indefinite stage matter with the English, said Mr Tocce, while chasing some sampan people. He mention names, but barring a settlement, the general manager anul actuary of the (the Corones) did not think they would be you will and my indications not at all A.M.P. Society in Sydney, New South justified in finding a verdict of Suicida."
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ROBBERY WITH VIOLENCE.
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The first two prisoners pleaded guilty and the other three pleaded not guilty.
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Borero cold is accompanied by pain in Unless the alter considerably England charged with armed robbery with violence Matanzas.. Salvatore Buemi, of Rouse, un and it transaction. really a bad save and the prisoners, with status for more than two years and will maasger of u store at Jansenville, O.C., Switzerland and the hunting ground for
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