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a Babi hem NO. 24 ruggists and resâ€"regulates the mts convulsions. Absolutely safe. IN LINIMENT xles ited d by Earthquake #. Montrea 1¢ purâ€" § bottles, $1. 25. ers‘ Treasure evary form ot ks 19¢ neft bas A MAN OR 1800% h 2 Cure ‘” i .‘I 41 a Ccusti | tauste lLes, As, :?n- 1907. BIS nd m the 1 K @9 able iake the | MURDERER ORCHARD 1 BEING CROSSâ€"PXAMINED AI 4: a ns T. I; , «11°€P tuis mimpkins left me to finish the job alone. The Covernor‘s Death. "The next time I saw the Governor he was sitting in the Saratoga Hotel. 1 wert up to my room and got the bomb off the :1 upsef went & £ n th bo d hurried rd H Ha tl M \fter 1% Ni wiiy in ~eptember, 19053. He satayâ€" Caldwell two or three days, found Steunemberg lived. and learned ie was not at home. He came to to try to find him,. and was told s living at the Idaho Hotel. Orâ€" then went to Portland. Seattle and ne,. finally coming back to Caldâ€" ith Simpkins. Bomb Failed to Act. ved at Caldwell again Orchard reâ€" as Hogan and Simpkins as Simâ€" Orchard identified his writing on cific Hotel regicter introduced in tried to locate Governor Stunâ€" at once," said Orchard. "but we 0t. We went out to his residence times and then finally saw him Saratoga Hotel on Sunday evenâ€" the meantime we had fixed up nb, so Simpkine ard I took the ut at once and set it under the x. with a string stretched across k, so when he struck it it would he bottle of sulphuric acid. We ick to the hotel to wait, but ‘othing. The bomb did not go fter this Simpkins left me to «/ 4 ‘idow of the Late Governor Steunenberg Hopes He Will be Spared to be Good. Deta out to the Steunenberg ID us L2 000000 . Som, oc se ack OW y murder to eighteen, detailed nstances under which he tried °t exâ€"Governor Peabody, Jinlge Judge Gabbert, Gen. Sherman e hofiatt and Frank Herne. The One th »*ti10n im )8 om, ttine t crossâ€"examination Orchard * sordid social crimes of deâ€" oung child and wife in Onâ€" to British Columbia with m, the wife of another man, ing bigamy by marrying a at Cripple Creek. He stated two wives living at present. uis name to Littls when he Lit V , . _ OX vteunezberg; by an hine that directly opens the own conviction and exceuâ€" mortal offence. He swore sassination of Steumnenberg iggested by Haywood, was laywood, Moyer, Pettibone was financed by Haywood, cuted by himself after the n attempt in which Jack ticipated. is of the Crime. examination. he : arding the plat unenberg. _ Hay\ §240 and sent more fiunds. i everybody else, including ut it was too late to back crossâ€"examination had helpâ€" v‘ish the intimacy between d Orchard that it needs so disprove, Crowning Outrage. ard crowned his adm es toâ€"day when, con «gainst William D. l a detailed confess Frank Steuncabera ve conte a f€ npa, 3 us i o. M ikh another man‘s wite or o his murdering comrades ithiul exploits, Richardson or through which Senator »tly walked to clinch the i intimacy between Pettiâ€" hard, which the defence is turow if it saves its case. u_tell Pettibone you had insport service and made a iilippines*" he asked, ‘; 1 dou‘t remember," said aw the the 1 pite © F saaurg‘. . " 9O ROme, cJ . bnpy j Loo k O OO ODrre it tm fust e I could toward the hotel, 1 c iour hours‘ continuation / had n:;,. reached it when the explos, of .ln,.mr., which he be $ "I went up to my room to do if & _ Then for half an Pnour lMid and giant caps and things in it after him in an enliven. ! package. Ag 1 was doing so q gia t impeachment. _ In the ; Cap l[ld m); pocket :xplododl and â€" t« mnull | vne side of my coa out. was afr; is attempt to shuw.thut ?ewrybody in "<the hotel had Reara : has confessed to twenty explosion. I waited a while, but the dâ€"blooded, brutal murders | was no indication that anyone hea ‘ved it be has previously !Y’hflfi had octursnay s, _ "USC ahy c cemene d o eSREE i & the total of his ow that friendly conversaâ€" ih, innocentl.\'. just to had 17 of HMis Evidence Civen Before Corâ€" roborated by Parties lnterestcd. cen in con‘ t remember,.~ ‘cttivone those things ie were talking ove; xploits in a friendly trom Denver w days there l!l.’lhn, Ho lune 10.4The longer on the stand the gs as a witness. His 1 was concluded this ir hours‘ continuation ho burned the « all the cheese tforked your bro it‘h another man‘ . he went into plars for the Haywood, he sert him to what he had led 0i to a plan to »i his former the erv. 1804." said Or rement w Us @daltssions ", continuing am D. Hayâ€" confession of (Nere. and He regis s Thomas veral days registered it onee to bere. This tive by e â€"bomb Orchard 1e were robor cheese t When he leftâ€" the country for Vanâ€" couver in 1896 he did not go alone. The wife of another man accompanied him, but returned in a month or so to her husband. _ Horsley‘s own wife was left behind. and has since lived at Wooler, with her one little girl, supportâ€" ing herself by working for farmers and | People About Brighton Remember Alfred Horsley. Cobourg. June 10.â€"Alfred Horsler, the f}hrr_v Orchard of the Haywood trial, is wall known about Brighton. where he lived until 1896. He was boin near Wooler, a little village some eight miles from Brighton. His parents, both of whom are now dead,. were highly refimrt‘ able people, and kept a garden farm atout two miles from the village. Durâ€" ing his younger days Horsley worked on the farm. later entering the chease factory at Wooler and afterwards going to Rrighton. said The crossâ€"examination will probably go on two days longer at least. Orchard gave every indication toâ€"day of being able to hold his own. The State feels that the worst is over. Orchard has been held for nearly a year and a half through a" the gravs neril that beset hint and his story is in. _ All this time there has been a havnting foar that a successful effort would be made to "get" him as he has "got" others. _ But the vigil is over, the evidence is in. and one of its greatest loads is lifted from the prosecution. J murderous enterprises of Orchard reâ€" mains to be seen, but the State is conâ€" fident. The little court house was besiegod by crowds of the curious all day long, and hundreds were turned away. Hayâ€" wond‘s relatives were all present. _ The burly prisoner listened quietly to all the terrible charges againrst him. _ He looked like a strong man under a fearâ€" ful strain, but he #ave no sign of feeling. _ The camp of the defence was not gay at any time. however. 4Thore was _ an atmosphers of tensity there. Orchard. himselft was probably the catmâ€" est man in the court room. e AROi cniatbiicas < 2 0A s h 01 Colorado Fuwel and Iron Company. None of these were suceessful, though one atâ€" tempt to get Judge Gabbert caused the death of a mining engineer named Marâ€" ion Walley. Whether it will be possible to identify Pottibore, Haywood and Mover with the ! Always Definite. Throughout the long list of crimes ’attmn'ptod and _ performed by Harry Orchard and Steve Adams, as narratâ€" ed by the former, counsel for the State has never failed to get the witness to state positively and definitely that eithâ€" er Haywood, Moyer or Pettibone _ inâ€" rutigntod the assassination, and that somo times all three of them had a hand in it. _ The various sums paid to Orchard have been stated every time, Some times Haywood paid him personâ€" ally, the witness said, and sometimes it was Pettibone, generally the latter. l Toâ€"day‘s murder record exhibited acâ€" counts of repeated attempts to assasâ€" sinate (Gov. Peabody, of Colorado, exâ€" Adjutantâ€"General Sherman Bell, who commamdled the Colorado militia at the strike of Cripple Creek in 1903, Judge Gabbert and Judge Goddard, of the Colorado Supreme Court, who Lad renâ€" dered _ decisions against the strikers, and Fred. Hearne. manager of the KNOWN N NORTHUMBEPLAND James W, Hawley finished the direct examination of Orchard at 3 o‘elock precisely, and Lawrence Richardson, of the defence, at onee took up the crossâ€" examination. Up to the time of adâ€" jJournment he made not the slightest impression upon the story that Orchâ€" ard had told. (He made him admit bigamy and running away with another man‘s wife, but little things like those fade into insignificance atter the horâ€" rors the witness had been Cescribing for a full day and a half. Oreh.,.q 1 C, @ssassinations in\ which Orchard had a hand, he was acting under the explicit direction, he testiâ€" fied, of Haywood, Moyer and Pettiâ€" bone. In all these crimes, Moyer, acâ€" cording to Orchard‘s testimony, seems to have had less to do than Haywood and Pettibone, but the prosecution will make the inference that this was beâ€" cause during a considerable part of the time when Orchard was most busily following the trade of murderer, Moyer was in jail. ceR went don’lwtâ€"n'i'rs ln«_@yl until Mond jouse and planted the be I then started back to when about two blocks Steunenberg on his way 8# fast as F cc.c12" , 3 "o 08E O0t I was afr Â¥ in the hotel had heard â€" _ I waited a while, but th indication that anyone hes l oceurred in MX 0 Haacm ° Panted the bomb by the gate. tarted back to the hotel and ut two blocks away I mat °rg on his way home, I ran a 1 could toward the hotel, but reached it when the explosion CX on tor ‘tairs and remained at Monday, when I was arr Another Report , Dut the prosecution will erence that this was beâ€" a considerable part of the Orchard was most busily trade of murderer, Mover awley fimshed the direct _ Orchard at 3 o‘clock awrence Richardson, â€"of onte took up the crossâ€" Up to the time of adâ€" made not the slightest anyone he y _ room. up some d the there Minister of Justice Decides That Convicâ€" tion Was Irregular. Kingston, June 10.â€"The Minister of Justice has decided that the conviction of Miss Margaret Barber of Sweetsâ€" burg, Que.. was wholly irregular and has ordered her release from the peniâ€" tentiary, whither she was brought after her sentence imposed on a charge of concealment of a birth. She was given three year:, but only spent three days in the institution. Her friends took the case to the Minister on her behalf. Six thousand shares of Consumers‘ Gas stock, sold at auction at Toronto, brought about ten points below the preâ€" vious sale. giant The San Francisco outrages are worse than the murder of a missionary in China, which resulted in the occupation of Kiao Chow. Who would blame an apâ€" peal to the last measure if an impotercy to protect treaty rights is proved? We hope, however, that Ambassador Aoki will be firm enough to make the says Tokio, June 10.â€"The Hocki, supporting Count Okuma in his on the American question, this the WOULD CO TO WAR IN DEFENCE OF JAPS IN SAN FRANCISCO. UV Wishes Orchard Well. Seattle, Wash., June 10.â€"A despatch ‘fmm Walla Walla says; "Harry Orâ€" chard had done many wrongs, but I \hope that he has repented now that he understands their magnitude, and that he will be given a chance to lead a good, true and honest life after the presâ€" ent ordeal has passed." This is the statement of Mrs. Frank Steunenberg, who is attending the anâ€" nual camp meeting and conference of th> Seventh Day Adventists at College Place She seems to be above hatred of the man who kiled her husband. As to Moyer, Haywood and Pettibone, she exptessed no opinion, saying she had not l‘ thought of their connection with the case. | re Jzcob Wolfe, through whom Orchard soid he communicated with Pottibone, vehemently denied the truth of the story Max Malich says that Orchard told him he would kill Governor Stennenâ€" berg because the latter had prevented him from becoming a millionaire,. Orchard reasoned, according to Malâ€" ich, that Steunenberg‘s request _ for trocp: during the Couner d‘Alene strike compelled him to leave the country, and to dispose of his interest in the Herâ€" cules mine. The purchasers subsequentâ€" Iy became millionaires. id Orchard Corroborated. Denver, Colo., June 10.â€"Following the testimony of Harry Orchard in the flny- wood trial interviews here with several persons referred to are printed toâ€"day. Supreme Justice Gabbert, who, Orchard sn vs, was the intended victim of a bomb, says that Orchard‘s testimony fits in with the incidents connected with the killing of Wally. Mrs James H. Peabody, wife of the former (overnor, recalls distincetly the righe when two men followed her carâ€" Mr. Richardson called Easter] the audience. He was identified chard. tor mine We 0 dn t Eemtid CmEn up the Bunker Hill and Sullivan mills. Attorney Richardson asked the witâ€" ness repeatedly about his gambling exâ€" periences. Orchard said that "Bill" Easterly, among others, had discussed with him the method of blowing up the Vindicaâ€" ~ihd you lose when you first began to play ?" "Not always." "LCut you finally got so the other felâ€" low awalys lost, didn‘t you ?" "Nearly always lost." Orchard traced his journeyings from place to place. Orchard supplied the inâ€" formation, admitting that a large perâ€" centage of his wages wert over _ tha cambling table. He seldom remained more than from one to three months in any mining camp. Up to the time he went to Colorado in 1902, Orchard said he had nevar heard of Haywood4, Pottiâ€" bore, Moyer or Simpkins, The witnees said it was his own iniâ€" tiative which took him to Colorado, At that time, July or August of 1902. there was no trouble in Cripple Creek. _ Arâ€" riving in Colorado he went to work in the Trachite mine and renewed his memâ€" bership in the Federation, joining a loâ€" cal headed by W. F. Davis, who had been in charge of the party which blew TY : EF 1 LL.ll I _ ~Are you sure," finally asked Mr, Rich ardson, "that you were not at Burk or Mullane playing poker when the exploâ€" sion occurred ?" "I am sure," came the reply. _ "I lit one of the fuses which fired powder un dex the mill," "Did you know Haywood, Moyer or Pettibone at that time?" "No, sip." Orchard said he worked on an averâ€" age 10 to 11 months a year in the mines of Utah, Nevada and Arizona. He gamâ€" bl«l part of the time. "DHE YOU Ise Whan se T# i.3 A2F MISS BARBER RELEASED. "q us COom Sm CCOC HEAORS deviced to go down to Wardner . and blow the Bunker Hill and Sullivan mills, and said he did not remember. E. F. Richardson, for the defence, took the witness through a description of the makeâ€"up of the train which took the rioting miners to Wardner. Orâ€" churd said it was composed of thirteen ca‘s, some being freight and others pasâ€" senger coaches, "Are you sure," finally asked Mr. Richâ€" ardson, "that you were not at Burk or: Mullane playing poker when the exploâ€" siona occurred »? POibomntngisics. dattican. h tR 22 whor ne had promised an interest in the business, Urchard admitted that while he was in Idrzho he became quite a gambler, playing poker most of the time. He was asked how he Yoted tha Auw +k..musli" .\ . 3 _ Gmess in Burke meinbered toâ€"day that â€" Inn to whom he owed whom he had promised the business, State. Orchar yesterday he wouwl business reimbered tn. Boise, Idaho, ~June 1C.â€"The trial of Win. D, Haywood for the murder of forâ€" mer Governor Frank St,eunenberg was resumed at 9 a.m. toâ€"day. When Orâ€" chard again took the stand toâ€"day he said he had neglected yesterday to give the name. of his sixth sister, Minnic Horsley, who married a man named Rogers, and who lived in New York State. â€" Orchard also «ult 21.3 3 _: _A OrK in t] lage. JAP FEFLING, the evaporator factory at the vil p walla says: "Harry Orâ€" one many wrongs, but I has repented now that he their magnitude, and that _ > Fame the reply. ‘"T lit : fuses which fired powder unâ€" ill," u_ know Haywood, Moyer or at that time?" traced his journeyings from rce. Orchard supplied the inâ€" admitting that a large perâ€" his wages wert over _ tha ThA °_ HS sixth sister, Minnic vho married a man named id who lived in New York hard also said that he stated he had no partners in the iess in Burke, Idaho. He reâ€" r most of the time. He was ie voted the day the unions go down to Wardner. and Easterly _ from there were vt;\'o _ money and to positt mornt which by Or 18 las Fraser, editor of the Sabbath school publications, Toronto, and this recomâ€" mendation was unanimously approved. Mr. Warden Resigns Treasurership. i The Emergency Committee‘s report of Mr. Alex. Warden‘s resignation of the "!‘rozxsrrm-ship of the western section of the Church was next presented. ' Rev. Dr. A. Faleoner, Pictou, presentâ€" ed the resolution, which had been passâ€" ed by the committee, and which was to the effect that Mr. Warden be asked to withdraw his resignation, or at least defer it until the General Assembly. Mr. Warden has signified his adhesion Itn his resignation, amd the committee had accopted it. The Assembly approvâ€" ed of the committee‘s action. Rev. Dr. Somerville moved that the applications for the position of Treasurer be reforred to a special committee, but on the moâ€" tion of Principal Patrick, of Winnipeg, it wa: agreed that the whole question of the appointment of a Treasurer be conâ€" sidered by a special committec. Reception of Ministers, Rev. A. M. Gordon, of Lethbridge, spoke in support of an overture from the Calgary Synod proposing that the method of receiving ministers should be considered by the Home Mission Comâ€" mittee. Mr. Walter Paul, of Montreal, The first order of business was the apâ€" pointment of a Minute Clerk to fill the vacancy created by the election _ of Rev. Dr. Campbell to the Moderâ€" atorship. _ Rev, John Somerville, Clerk, announced that the Business Comâ€" mittee had â€" decided to recommend the appointment of Rev. Dr. R. Dougâ€" {â€" REV. ROBERT CAMPBELL, D. D., MONTREAL, New Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Canada. '\'f' Montreal despatch: Without further} moved that the matter be referred to e 4 B0 O cany bhe Ceneral Assoubly of the the\flt{:rc epttllxgn A(l';))[’)lll;(l'lx:;::)‘:s by ministers > rbari j 5. + A ® C Presbyterian C]h"rdf plunged mt(.) bust to retire had been referred to a special " | ness toâ€"day, and with such topics as committee, Rev. Dr. Ramsay, of Otâ€" ‘* | temperance, moral and social reform and | tawa, presented the report of the ‘:l home missions bulking largely in the |Committee on the Appointment _ of & g a Standing Committees. In this connecâ€" tÂ¥ prograulrtxe, interest m.‘\er fla‘gged frf)m tion an overture was presented on beâ€" the election of the Minute Clerk, with half of the Synod of Hamilton by Rev. F' which the proceedings opened until the | \y, J. Dey, Simeoe, expressing dissatisâ€" ~ | hast word had been spoken on the fasâ€" i:u:tito.n wi:h (tll.w present.txtnethod :i)f ull()- 6 en os h f )ointing standing committees, and askâ€" i cm.l.tfng Wb'!fit of the 'Monnons fan'd gng tlmat the colfimittoe responsible for " ( Galicians, . The presentation nfi no few. the striking of the standing committees ~ [er than six overtures from different be appointed a year ahead. It was agreed Presbyteries and Synods advocating a that the overture be referred to the " | more active propaganda on the part of committee on the method of appointing * | the Church on behalf of temperance and standing commiittees, moral and social reform roused the Asâ€" k $ sembly to a sense of something apâ€" Distribution of Probationers. ) | proachir« the neglect of duty. Intemâ€" | Rey, Dr, Somerville presented the reâ€" | perance was increasing, especially in 1_:he port of the Committee on the Distribuâ€" | | west, the liquor business was expanding | tion of Probationers. _ | and exerting its power, commercial morâ€" | _ ‘The report of the committee expressed | ality was on the down grade, politics regret at the retirement of Dr. ‘aorâ€" | were tainted with corruption, the whole | rance from the convenership, and stated country was a prey to graft, the gaunt | that there lad been 80 vacancies r» _| spectre of poverty was abroad. people ported for supply for one or more quarâ€" were living in homes not fit for dogs, | ters during the year. _ The commuttee and yet the Presbytérian Church stood pointed out that there seemed to be a more or less idly by, leaving to other growing _ dissatisfaction among _ the organizations the work of reform. Such Presbyteries with the working of the was the picture drawn by some of the present scheme. The committeé recomâ€" speakers who supported the overtures. mended the Assembly to suspend the and while there were violent twinges of present scheme and to appoint a comâ€" conscience there was also a pronounced mittee to take the whole matter of the 4 desire to make amends. â€" The policy reâ€" | settlement of vacancies under consideraâ€" commended by the overtures and by | tion and report at next Assembly, those who supported them was the apâ€" An overture from the l’reshytcr‘\' of |. pointment of a special committee, whose | Owen Sound was submitted expressing I duty it would be to promote the interâ€" dissatisfaction with the present pian of || ests of temperance and moral and social supplying and settling vacancies, and | reform, and it found ready acceptance. asking that it be remitted to a x-p;ciul M Some Notable Speakers. (-(}m'l’nn;t;er:g lr):‘epure a more practicable | , x c Ts Shoarh Uhat illed | Plan a port. Ralph Conmor‘s speech fairly tl‘mlFu! f Rev, W. J. Dey, Simeoe, in submitâ€" } the Asembly, and no less noteworthy | | . C on t 16 s o wek C o Aave f Syd. | ting the report of the Hymnal Comnitâ€" were the efforts of Mr. Totten, of Syd { A * > C t . s a hk s hfwe ee, mentioned that the royalty during [ , ney, a plainâ€"spoken elder with a true the past year amounted t $309 more J ; sense of the Church‘s duty, and Mr. t‘l- -l'tl.‘t. ;tl (noandnarary I meaydc d .. Magill, the young professor of apoloâ€" | th8" that of the previous year, T getics at Pinehill College. _ The dlisâ€" Temperance and Moral Reform., 8 cusion of the home mission reports Temperance and moral reform formmed } ! turned largely on the scarcity of men to the subject of six overtures, presenrted | * serve in the various fields, but to the respectively by the Presbyteries of HMaliâ€" | audience probably the most interesting fax, Lunenburg and Yarmouth, Toronto, | P part was that which concerned the Morâ€" Winnipeg, and the Synods of British Co. |" mons and the Galicians. Rev, A. M. lumbia and Montreal and Ottawa, f Gordon, of Lethbridge, one of the promâ€" Rev, Dr. Pidgeon, Toronto Junction, c ising young men of the Church, handled in supporting it, said the question of | the fascinating, but delicate Mormon temperance had been forced upon the It] question in a style that was greatly apâ€" Church in Ontario by the local option 'i preciated. Toâ€"morrow the reports of the campaign. They found that in the | * Augmentation Committees and the Forâ€" | Presbyterian Church there was no eiâ€" | * eign Mission Committees will be considâ€" ficient leadership on the question, and | 8 crod. The union debate is due on Monâ€" that the people who wanted information | * Iny. YR P°C_ in Is the Church Neglecting Its Duty ?â€"More Men Needed@â€"The Mormons. PRESBYTERIANS AND SOCIAL RFFORM. Minute Clerk Elected amitannoreo io A o oooy M.uue", // M takw,, /// 8 Bat" ////;///, N }'-;/// 4 t \f.\ ‘\\\\“\*}\\ ,“,‘// ////A 4 / At »\\‘".‘\\ tÂ¥( As U‘I/‘ f \\\ t\\\ 2t ch / /// o *Â¥ é\\i y oc 4 [1 more aggressive attitude on the part of the Church towards temperance â€" and social reform. Dr. Murray, Halifax, moved that a eccmmittee be appointed, to take the overtures into consideration and to preâ€" pare a deliverance which would meet the } approval of the General Assembly. Mr. Waiter Paul, Montreal, seconded. Mr. Macdonell, Kingston, protested against temperance being placed in the Wtcfi acrassaccss d iescs 3 the need for organization and equipment in a temperance connection was so great as to require no discussion. Intemperâ€" arce was on the whole on the increase west of the lakes, and in Manitoba the growth of the liquor traffic and drinkâ€" ing habits had been very great; _ inâ€" deed, the liquor traffie was being strongâ€" ly entrenched in the growing centres of population in the west. Breweries were Leing establisked in the new towns, and the whole liquor business was being put upon a more secure basis than ever beâ€" fore. It was amazing the amount of money that was being invested in it, and the strange thing was that side by side with the increased investment in the traffic and the growth of drinking they | had a steady advance in the matter of legislation. The result of the church withdrawing its influence and keeping its hands off was that the commercial life and methods of the country had become to a very great extent corrupted. Some people had a horror of the Church interâ€" fering in politics. He hoped they would get over that. He had got over it, (Laughter.) Temperance and moral reform formed ‘the subject of six overtures, preserted respectively by the Presbyteries of HMaliâ€" fax, Lunenburg and Yarmouth, Torouto, Winnipeg, and the Synods of British Coâ€" lumbia and Montreal and Ottawa, Rev, Dr. Pidgeon, Toronto Junction, in supporting it, said the question of temperance had been forced upon the Church in Ontario by the local antinn __Rev, W. J. Dey, Simeoe, ting the report of the Hym: tee, mentioned that the roy the past year amounted to pags J tud us S o d oi Aenoigee L020 Owen Sound was submitted expressing dissatisfaction with the present pian of supplying and settling vacancies, and asking that it be remitted tha a enaaial The report of the committee expressed regret at the retirement of Dr. ‘zorâ€" rance from the convenership, and stated that there had been 80 vacancies r>â€" ported for supply for one or more quarâ€" ters during the year, _ The commuttee pointed out that there seemed to be a growing _ dissatisfaction among _ the Presbyteries with the working of the present scheme. The committeé recomâ€" mended the Assembly to suspend the present scheme and to appoint a comâ€" mittee to take the whole matter of the settlement of vacancies under consideraâ€" tion and report at next Assembly, J uts on s ie ® 11 s : .ev PC un wiih the present method of apâ€" pointing standing committees, and askâ€" ing that the committee responsible for the striking of the standing committees be appointed a year ahead. It was agreed that the overture be referred to the committee on the method of appointing standing committees. Distribution of Probationers, Rev, Dr. Somerville presented the reâ€" port of the Committee on the Distribuâ€" tion of Probationers. hi hnttdetath t i a c ic d i d 1 the Reception Committee, After the applications by ministers to retire had been referred to a special committee, Rev. Dr. Ramsay, of Otâ€" tawa, presented the report of the Committee on the Appointment _ of Standing Committees. In this connecâ€" tion an overture was presented on beâ€" half of the Synod of Hamilton by Rev. W. J. Dey, Simeoe, expressing dissatisâ€" faction with the present method of apâ€" pointing standing committees, and askâ€" n« that Tha MBimilikkea: aesnr q on Ross, Montreal, urged »inted by other churches. V. Gordon declared that zanization and equipment ound that in the there was no eiâ€" n the question, and wanted information The vessel bhad on board rifles and 500 barrels of powder. The local authoriâ€" ties learned she was about to take adâ€" vantage of the absence of the guariâ€" ships to try to disembark her cargo on the beach. _ They thereupon _ ordered armed boats belonging to sponge fishers to prevent the landing. _ Twentyfour of these boats went out and surrounded the vessel. when a terrible explosion occurred. _ It is believed the captain fired his vessel to avoid capture. _ A majority of the sponge boats went down with the vessel. The explosion was heard sixty Tunis, June 10.â€"A Turkish niling vessel, laden with contraband ammuniâ€" tion, and bound for Tripoli, has been blown up in the vicinity of Port Zarziss. Her entire crew, as well as eighty fisherâ€" wen, who were alongside at tze time, were drowned. Captain Had Contraband on Board and _Feared Capture. f The receipts for the year for home misâ€" sions. east and west, excluding the credit halance of $3,195.17 of last year and £479.68% received as repayments, . were $106,075.23. Of this amount $3,571.84 was for the Northwest, leaving an inâ€" come for the work in the east of $12,â€" 503.30, The principal difficulty with which the committee had had to contend had been the scearcity of men to occupy all the needy fields. The number of catechists was considerably smaller than was reâ€" quired; and it was equally impossible to socure ordained missionaries for all the fields which were anxious to obtain thom, while the number of vacancies in congregations has been larger than for many years past. The report of the committee for the eastern section was equally cheering. Eighteen _ ordained missionaries â€" had supplied congregation, which had 66 preaching stations, 3,715 of an average attendance, 1,083 families, as against 1.066 for the previous year, and 1,439 communicants, of whom 92 were added during the year. Dr. Murray‘s motion for the appointâ€" ment of a committee to consider the overtures and to prepare a suitable deâ€" liverance was adopted. Home Missions. _ The subject of home missions attracted a large gathering in the evening, many ladies being present. In presenting the report for the castern section, Rev. D. MacOdrum, Monecton, spoke of the flourâ€" ishing state of the funds and of the scarâ€" city of men to serve in the mission fields, and also of the lack of students. _ He moved a resolution expressing thankfulâ€" ness for the blessings that had attended the work and workers, noting with satâ€" isfaction the manner in which the fund had been sustained, and urging upon ministers the necessity of seeking out godly young men who might be led to offer themselves for the ministry. iss is in Tunis, near the frontier _ Professor R. Magill, Pinehill College, said he had instituted a class of -O(El reform, and the results were encouraging. Any committee they appointed should not only deal with temperance and moral reform, but study the social conditions, the amazing poverty and the problem of slumdom. Wg::t. he ‘asked, was the use of preaching to men, women and chilâ€" dren who were living without a meal and in rooms where no dog should live? J had only to read the Insurance Commisâ€" sion‘s report and the election trials to see that. CE Dt RmET CCC DR P Wexeperence CWH who had worked in the cause, but he keld that if they substituted for the word temperance, graft and moral reâ€" form, it would be more to the purpose. Canada was not suffering from intemperâ€" ance oneâ€"hundredth part. What she was suffering from was graft. They| forefront. He was BLEW UP HIS SHIP. TORONTO a temperance man, [ { the cause, but he ubstituted for the aft and moral reâ€" ore to the purpose. , ring from intemperâ€" J ! part. _ What she § j A Welland despatch: The adjourned hearing in the case of Hermanr Bartels, the Albany, N. Y., brewer, charged with perjury in connection with his trial for the attempted burning of his breweries, for which he is held here for extradiâ€" tion, was again taken up toâ€"day before Judge Wells. Toâ€"day‘s proceedings were principally argument by Mr. H. H. Dewart, K. C., Toronto, defendant‘s lawyer, the contenton being that the evidence offered was not of sufficient strength to justify extradition, also that certain affidavits were imperfectly «gned.. Mr. T. D. Cowper, Crown Atâ€" i torney, for the prosecution, claimed that sufficient and proper evidence had been produced upon which an order for exâ€" tradition should be issued. His Honor reserved decision until Saturday. Sir Robert Bond, speaking at a dinner lnt London, deciared that the union of Canada and Newfoundland was at presâ€" ent neither desirable nor practicable. A cablegram received from Tokio anâ€" nounces that H. M. 8. Monmouth will asail from Yokohama for Vietoria, BC., ‘tu convey his Imperial Highness Prince Fushimi to Japan from Victoria on the | 24th inst. At Guayaquil, Ecuador, it is officialâ€" ly announced _ that the Government troops had two encountens with the main body of rebels, who fled to the heights between Ambate and La Tacunga. Jt is generally believed there that the revoluâ€" tionary movement will soon be crushed. The Four thousand people have been crushâ€" ed to death in an earthquake in China., The French seamen have refused to adopt the recommendations of their deleâ€" gates and are still on strike, Pore Marquette stockholders have exâ€" proessed themselves willing to subscribe #5,000,000 cash for new stock to end the reccivership of the road. At a dinner in McConkey‘s, Toronto, last night, there was inaugurated an Old Country Club. This association has for its objects the participation in the great work of welcoming those â€"from across the seas and of promoting good fellowship between its members and Canâ€" adians in general. BRITISH AND FOREIGN A serious accident occurred at Emo on Wednesday. Charles Leark _ was loft alone in the house, his mother having left him to pay a visit. Upon hber return he was found lying unconscious with a a gun beside him. Part of his face was blown away, and one hand severely burnâ€" _ _Clara Woolsey, widow of John J. Woolsey, an engineer who was killed while in the employ of the Canadian Northern Railway on May 4th, 1906, sued the company for $20,000 damages. Chief Justice Falconbridge _ has given judgment awarding her $8000, Ernest Mackie, 11 years old and a won of Mrs. Sarah Mackie, 164 Doverâ€" court Road. Toronto, was shot through the calf of his right leg by a bullet from a revolver while he was running through a lane north of Argyle street last night. Recause the presence of two jurymen was objected tl:), Coroner John‘.on @x= cused the jury which was dealing with the Toronto crossing fatality. . The obâ€" jection was raised by counsel for the Grand Trunk Railway. sever. nurses, Hon. Rudoiphe Lemieux stated that while conversing in Washâ€" ington recently with President Rooseâ€" ve‘t the latter had told him the best nurses in Washington hospitals were Canadian girls trained in Canadian hosâ€" pitals, Kpeaking at St. Luke‘s Hospital, Otâ€" tawa, last night on the occasion of the presentation of graduation diplomas to Juizu Buro Okina, who conducted a rice mill on an island on the Fraser Rivâ€" er, was convicted of manufacturing daki, a spirituous liquor distilled from rice. He was fined $500 and costs or twelve months‘ imprisonment. The Lieutenant Governor of Ontairo, Hon. Mortimer Clark, was in London yesterday to open the "Trip Around the World," which is being given by the local chapter of the Daugthers of the Empire in the Armories. The Dovercourt Road Baptist Church has unanimously extended a call to Rev. J. J. Ross, of London, Ont. Mr. Ross is pastor of the Talbot Street Baptist Church in London. James Mountford, of London, Eng., a wellâ€"known financier, dropped dead at the entrance to the Parliament Buildâ€" ings, Toronto, shortly after noon yesterâ€" day. Argument in the Extradition Proâ€" ceedings at Welland. The petition of the three trustees apâ€" ‘pcintar;:y Mrs. Eddy to be substituted as plaintiffs in the equity suit has been denied in the Superior Court. The name of Rev. R. A. B. Chambers is mentioned for the governorship of Toâ€" ronto jail in case of the dismissal of Mr. Vaa Zant. To satisfy a damage claim the court gave orders that the dues of the Toronto urior of sheet iron and metal workers should be collected by a receiver. As a result of the rise in the price of flour Ottawa bakers have increased tne price of bread from ten to eleven cents per loaf, Wirnipeg shortly, and the inquir;" into the express rates may be postponed. Mr. William H. Smith, formerly manâ€" ager of the head office of the Ontario Bank, died suddenly on a Toronto street The Railway Commission Winnipeg shortly, and the the express rates mar ha » Engineers and firemen on the M. C. R., Canadian division, have reecived a subâ€" stential increase in pay. The revenue of the Province for the five months ending May was $3,641,000. The twoâ€"yearâ€"old son of Mr. Mirag Taylor, of Garden Hill, fell into a pond ani was drowned. J7rs,. Datt, of Petrolea, was struck by a train and killed on Wednesday. . M Joth.Norri-huhouc"oinw pyblic librarian at St. Catharines. BARTEL‘S CASE AGANL [news m saee| CANADIAN.