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until tit-*1 iii tutti BLtllllll Assassin Still at Large-An lmllan Dell- bcrntriy [fills a “'ell-lhmwn l‘lsizvli “'llliout Any l’rnvocnllun. A dcspatch from Kamlvoils, B.C., says: -â€"A terrible murder was committed here on Saturday evening about seven oclock. the victim being Philip \Valker, a. wellâ€"known and respected, citizen. Walker had just reached home after his day’s work, and was engaged in splitting his Sunday’s Wood, whenl an Indian, Casimire Pecheesie, came along, carrying :1 Winchester rifle. Walker asked the Indian what he was, going to shoot, and Pcclieesie replied "‘Geese." "\Valker then stooped to pick up some wood, but as he did so, Pecheesie opened fire. The first but- let‘ passed through \Valker’s left shoulder. and as he straightened up he received a second one in his body. The, last bullet entered just below the right; breast, and came out near the left hip. Walker fell against the verandah of the house, where he was picked up by eyeâ€"witnesses of the horrible affair and carried into the Royal Inland hospital, which is about 30 yards from the scene of the shooting. Medical aid was summoned, but the unfortunate man. although able to talk, was be- yond earthly aid. and died about an hour after the shooting. Walker made an ante-mortem statement similar to the details given above. After firing the shots Pecheesie jumped over the fence and made for the river, crossing the long bridge to the reserve. He was immediately pursued by a posse of police, but no trace of him could be found after he reached the reserve. The search was kept up all night, and Sun- day men were out in all directions. but up to â€"six o'clock, Pecheesie had not been arrested. A brother of ' Pechmsie's and another Indian and a Klootchman were arrested Sunday KILLED BY AN ELEPHANT. Frank l’lshcr Is the Nlnlh Victim of Rajah. A despatch from Kansas City, Mo., says:â€"~Lemen Brothers' man-killing elephant Rajah, added another to his list of victims on Monday morning, when he killed his keeper, Frank Fishâ€" er, who is the ninth man that Rajah has killed during the seven years he has been in captivity. He will pro- bably not kill any more men, for there is a movement on foot to have him slain. Fisher was intoxicated when he was killed. He staggered into the winter quarters of the circus at: Argentine on Monday morning, boosting of his prowess as an animal tamer. To prove his prowess he visited in turn the lions” cage and the bears' dcn, climâ€" ing out each time uninjured, and then went over and began to play Wllh Rajah. The elephant was in a par- ticularly bad mood, and refused to obey his orders. \Vhen the brute ref- fnsed to open his mouth It‘isher struck him on the trunk with his fist. This angered the animal, and he grabbed Fisher’s arm in his mouth, crushing it. Then the elephant threw Fisher down with his trunk and tried to gore him with his tusks. _His tusks were so short, however, havmg been sawed off, that he could not reach his victim with them. Rajah then delib- erately jumped upon Fisher's chest, breaking every rib and crushing the life out of him. â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"*â€"â€"-â€" BUILDING COLLAPSED. Provlsliin “'arehonsc Blunt-i. A despatch from Montreal, says: â€"A building on Commissioner street, oc- cupied by Benoit and Company as a provision warehouse: collasped on Mon- .day evening, and one of the. employee, Philippe Dulude, a storeman in charge of the building, was buried in the ruins, and will probably die from in- ,juries sustained. In A Montreal night, as they were in company with the murderer just before the shooting. Pecheesie is an adopted son of Chief Louie. Fourteen years ago Pecheesm was convicted and sentenced to seven ears in penitentiary for shooting at Constable Smith. He is also suspect- ed of having murdered another Indian. Pecheesie cannot escape, and it is only a matter of time when he will be ar- rested. Walker leaves a young widow to mourn his death. She is a daughâ€" ter of J. T. Edwards, J.P., of this city. The murder was the most cold- blooded' ever perpetrated in this province. There was no provooation for it. â€"_._â€"_-. PONTON TRIAL FOR TORONTO. The Hearing of Thls Cause (wlebrc Has Been Removed From Napnuee. A despatch from Toronto says :â€"Mr. Justice Robertson handed out his jlldg-‘ ment on Saturday morning changing‘ the Napanee to Toronto. In his written judgment his Lordâ€" ship practically recites the remarks he made on the bench when the motion was being heard. withstanding the affidavits for the deâ€"‘ fence he cannot divest himself of the opinion that gathered in the street on that cold December night were not there for any harmless or inoffensive purpose. In fact the Sheriff acted wisely in reading the Riot Act, for there was no knowing what might happen. The judgment goes on to state that no such case has ever been adjudi- cated upon before, and that, therefore,, precedents do not count. It was not a question of an impartial jury only, for he_ thought a good jury could be ob- tained, but the main thing was to expediate the ends of justice. .His Lordship consulted with eight of his brother judges and found all but one in favor of changing the venue to Toronto. Counsel for the Crown and for the accused were both opposed to Toronto as the place of trial. In orderâ€" ing a change of venue his Lordship recommends the Crown to pay lht‘l expenses of the Ponton witnesses. This Assizes in Toronto open May 15 and continue until May 2.9. The, Judges on the rota are Robertson,l Street, Falconbridge. It is likely that the can will be heard by Mr. Justice Strch CATTLE BILL KILLED. Dewa era Restrictlvc “ensure In N. l’ Legislature. iA despatch from Albany. N.Y., says: In the Senate to-night Senator Willis’ bill. providing that cattle imported inâ€" to the State shall be examined and. passed by a veterinary created an ex- tended discussion, it being attacked by Senator Mackey. who said it would kill an important industry in the western part of the State. Senator Ambler moved to recomâ€" mit the bill with instructions to strike out the enacting clause, which was carried .by a vote of 28 to 10. thus- killing the bill. 7-. LOOKED ALL RIGHT OUTSIDE. He says I have a peculiar head, said lht' man who had just consulted a phrcnologist. His friend took a step back and sur- veyed him critically. It looks all right, he said. 0b. of course, replied the other. To the. unobservant all heads are alike. Possibly, suggested the friend. hr was referring to the interior. venue of the Ponton trial from‘ He says that not-, the people who were, There was a large stock of flour and :provisions in the upper flats, and the heavy weight caused the floors to colâ€" . ,lapse, and the contents were carried ‘down upon Dulude, who was working- in the bottom flat. He was buried be- ,neatli the debris, and had both arms lbroken. besides sustaining severe in-l l ternal injuries. l The building will bea total loss. and jthe extent ofthe damage is estimated “at about $30,000. CAB TAXAMETERS. A New Devlcc llle In London for Regu- terlng lho Distance Yon Bide. London has at last risen against the cabby. A machine lately invented will register every circumstance in connec- tion. with a ride in a cab, and so uniâ€" versal is the cry for these, and so pointed the manner in which cabs that have them are patronized in preference . to cabs that have not, that the owners -and managers of the various cab sys- tems are speedily putting them in. The machine, which is known as the taxaâ€" lmeter, registers when you get in whether you have a valise or not: idireCts your attention to the fact that you have ridden a mile by the loud ring- on a. bell, and at every half mile thereafter. If you wait in front of a store the charge is just the same, as a device under the control of the drivâ€" ‘ er shifts the regulator from the wheel to a clock. On lighting for the last time a. spring is touched to show up on a card the amount of your fee. The drivers of the company which put the niachines in first wear a distinguish- ing badge, and are doing all the busi- ness. They are well and regularly paid, in consequence of which they are uniformly polite and obliging. It looks as if London were to get rid of one of her greatest nuisances. o+__ BOULDER ON THE TRACK. Futllc Ant-mm Io Wreck "ll‘ Irish Express. A (IESp‘ltch from London, sayszâ€"An attempt has been made to wreck the (“I ovvtled Irish express bound from Paddington railroad station here to Milford, where the passengers embark on board the mail boat for \\'aterford. A large boulder was placed on the track, but the engine swept the obstruction away. The passengers were shaken but. the engine was only slightly dam- aged. There. were a number of Americans DD board the. train on their way to catch a steamer at Queenstown. PETROLISM, THE NEW VICE. The timeâ€"Worn vices of morphornania and alcoholism have been to some deâ€" gree superseded by "polrulism," which is described by physicians who have treated patients for it as "a grim novelty, almost without parallel." The taste for petroleum, it is said, grows upon the tippler until it develops into an irresistible passion. Physicians who devote themselves to the various forms of dipsomania have not yet had opportunity to study the full effects of petrolism, and their views as to its cure and future are somewhat diver- gent. But the consensus of opinion is that the victim of this new habit is sad and melancholy. The mineral oil does not temporarily stimulate and encourâ€" age like alcohol or morphine. â€"o-- LUNDON WAITERS. The newest cry of the London wait- vrs is that they are girls. being ousted by iELL INTI] AN AMBUtll. wch Forced to Itelrcatâ€"Flcrvc lillgflg'“ mull 0n n (let-man l'innlatlou, lhc Illnnngci- of “'Iilch ls lleltl for (Toni- pllclty. A despatch from Apia, Samoa, says: â€"A party of 105 British and United States sailors were forced to retreat to the beach, after having been caught in an ambush, on a German plantation on April 1. The fighting was terrific, the British and Ammican tars repeat- ellly birating back their assaiants. who sought to overwhelm them by [crew of numbers. The expedition was led by Lieul. Freeman, of the British cruiser Tauranga, and he and Lieut. Landsdale and Ensign Monaghan, of the U. 3., Cruisel Philadelphia, were left dead on the field. ‘Miiittts til“ ii iii]. Ensign Monaghan remained to as- sist Lieut. Landsdalc, and was shot in retiring. Two British and: two United States sailors were also killed. The natives engaged were some of Mata- afa’s warriors, and they severed the heads of the dead officers. The natives lost 40 killed. It is estimated that about eight. hun- dred warriors attacked the Anglo-Am- erican party from ambush. The rebel force opened fire on the rear, left rank. and front of the Angloâ€" American force. The friendlies bolted- butthe matinee and bluejackets stood their ground splendidly, Americans and British tars firing SHOULDER TO SHOULDER. The Colt automatic gun with the land- ing party became jammed, and the Amcricans and British were practically at the mercy of the rebels. “Retreat” was sounded three times before the marines and bluvjuckets retired. Seaman Hunt, of the British cruiser POI’PUlSl', had an extraordinary cs- .O’dpe. He remained with Lieutenant 3inndsdale until clubbed owrthc head and knocked senseless. The biuejack- let revived as the natives were cutting off his right ear, and were turning him ,over in order tocut off hisli-ft ear. .At ltlllS juncture a Slll'll from the llritish leiuiser lloyalist burst on the battle- ilL‘ld, scaring the rebels, and Hunt suc- ceeded in escaping to the beach, al- though severer stabbed in one foot. Licutenants Freeman and Landsdale were capable and popular officers. The former was single, but the latter had been married last June. i Captain b'turdee, of the Porpoiso, was away on an expedition with his cruiser, and Gaunt‘s brigade was also Labsent on duty. ' The Samoans say Mataafa, on three occasions, had resolved to surrender, but the German Consul, Herr Rose, advised him' not to do so, and he now says he will never give in, but will fight to the death. The manager of the German planta- tion has been arrested and detained on lboard the Tauranga, on affidavits (lee claring he was seen during the i fight AMONG THE NATIVES. la a previous engagement :27 of Ma- taafa's warriors were killed, and there were no casualties among the Euro- pean force. l ()n the arrival of the British cruiser Tauranga at Apia the British and United States Consuls issued a. pro- clamation to give Mtitaafa a last chance, and the French priests also used thcii influence, but all efforts failed, and the rebels continued their depredalions. Property was destroyed and bridges and roads were barricad- ed. On March 29 the enemy was sightâ€" ed at Maguigi, and machine guns and a sevcnâ€"pounder Wore used. The friendlies also attacked the enemy dur- ing the latter's retreat, and several rebels were killed or wounded. The friendlies carried one head through Apia, which made Captain tituarl so furious that ho went to the King and threatened to shoot any man found taking heads. The King then issued a proclamation forbidding practice. BRITAIN'S N EW ARM. .li-tlilcry Wlll “th- llle Vlt'kcrs .‘Inxlln Quick»l"lrlllg Gun. Wzit' Office has finally decided on the Vickersâ€"Maxim quick-firing gun for the rearmament of the horse and field artillery. The characteristic feature of the system is the gradual absorption of the recoil by an hydraulic buffer. The rate of fire is reckoned at twelve aimed rounds per minute, while the \\ eight, including mounting, lirnber, and forty rounds of ammunition, is exâ€" actly thirty hundred weight. 'I‘he‘ gun in question is regarded as in every way equal to the new quick~firing gun of the French and German army. and inasmuch as the present quickâ€"firing gun of the English army has a maxi- mum of six rounds per minute, the adoption of the Vickersâ€"Miixim gun will be equivalent to doubling thel fighting force of the Britiin Royal Artillery. W PLAGUE SPREA DING. â€"~ Raging “‘Illi Renewed I'Irulcnce In the l'unjmlh. A dcspatch from London, says :â€"Desâ€"- patches from the East show that: the plague has spread throughout Asia. It is raging with renewed virulence in the Punjaub. In Hong Kong there‘ have been fortyâ€"three deaths. and every the. A despalch from London. sayszâ€"Tlict precaution is being taken to prevent it spreading by vessels to Manila. Prices of Grain. Cattle, Cheese. &c. in the Leading Marts. Toronto, April l'7.â€"Tlie receipts at the Western cattle market here loâ€"day were just forty loads. including 8L0 hogs. 100 sheep and lambs, and afew :niilkers and calves. The prices which have been ruling here lately for cattle were being asked toâ€"day, but buyers would not pay them, and in Consequcnce we had no trading of any consequence, both buy- ers and sellers preferring to hold over tor the regular market toâ€"morrow Friâ€" day. The continticd bad condition of the English m:iil;ets, poor trade at Mont- real, and wcakness in the markets across the line, are, of course,th unit-- ed causes of the dulness here. Quotations for cattle are nominally unchanged, but to-day no one was buying. Stocke‘rs are quoted easy at from 83.- 50 to $3.510 per cwt. Export bulls, springers, milk cows, etc, are unchanged. Yearling lambs are a shade weaker. at from $5 to $5.40 per cwt. The reaâ€" son for the weakness is that at the Present high prices butchers will not buy. the unsettled and warmer weather has also a depressing effect on the moat trade. Hogs are steady and unchanged, with still too many light hogs coming to hand. 'I he top price of “singers” is 43â€"80. 1181' 1b.; light are bringing 4c, and hcavy fat hogs sell at not more than 33â€"4c. Bows are fetching 3c per lb. Stags sell at to. per lb. Stores are not wanted. Following is the range of current quotations:â€" Cattle. Sliipping, per cwt. $ 4 50 8 5 Oil Butcher, choice, do. 4 00 4 50 Bull-her, med. tog od. 3 5t) 3 40 Butcher, inferior. 3 25 8 {0 1 Sheep and Lambs. Ewes, per cwt. 300 3 50 Yearlings, per cwt. 5 00 5 40 Bucks, per cwt. . Z 50 2 75 Spring lambs, each. . 3 00 6 00 Cows, each. .. 25 00 45 00 Milkers and Calves. Calves, each. . . 2 00 8 00 Hogs. Choice hogs, per cwt. 4 00 4 371-2 Light hogs, per cwt. 3 75 4 00 Heavy hi gs, per cwt. 3 00 3 75 Toledo, April l7.â€"-Closeâ€"\Vheat ac- tive; cash, 71 1-40, May 74 3-4c, July 7‘} 7-80. Corn, cash 360, May 35 1-40. Oats. cash 280, May 27 1-20. Seed, cash $3.42 bid, April $3.65 bid, Octo- ber $4.35 bid. Uswego, April 17., l p.m.â€"\Vhea.t market, steady; No. 2 red, 84 to 84 1~2c; ‘10. 1 northern, 89c; No. 1 hard, 89 1â€"2 to 90c. Corn steady; No. 2 yel- low, 44c; No. 3 yellow, 410; No. 2 mix- ed, 41 to 41 1-2c. Oats show more strength; No. 2 white sold at 37 lâ€"lc; No. 3 M'hite, 36 3-1 to 37c. Barley mar- ket shows no change; Canada nomin- ally 83 to 88c; western 53 to 600; an: entire absence of transactions; prices therefore nominal. Rail freights to New Yorkâ€"wheat, peas, rye. and bar- ley. 10 1â€"2c per cwt. â€"â€"~._.oâ€".â€"_,â€" DIED SEEKING HIS FORI‘UNE. The Body ofn itrnnlfonl .Vizui Illscuvcrml MI Yukon Truth A despatch from Brantford, Ont., s:iys:â€"Mr. A. C. Sti'zilhtlee, for anum- ber of years G.'l‘.R. agent here, on Tuesday, received a letter from Mr. F. D. Wilson, agent of the Hudson’s Bay post at Vermillion, iii the Peace Riv- er district, saying that a body has been found supposed to be that of his son Harvey Strathdee, who was lost in that region least fall. The body isi reported to have been found by In- dians, and to have been partially der- vuured by wild beasts. Mr. Stralhdee is making an effort to have it identi- fied if possible and brought home for burial. The circumstances of the sad affair will be l'ClllJlllb'dl'ed. Mr. Strathdee and his son were travelling alone, via lilo: Edmonton route, into the. l’eace Itiver district in search of gold. One morning in September last the son got up before his father, took his gun, left the. tent in search of some small game, and never returned. The distracted father spen‘ ten days all alone in searching, then started for help, fall- ing in with two men on the trail, who assisted him ten days longer in the search, but without success. Mr. Strathdee, 31:, was then forced to re- turn home ere the winter closed in, [caving his lost son behind. Since then nothing has been heard of him. HOLD BODY FOB RANSOM. lmIIans Have the Remains ol'slr Arthur l'llrils and lbrt'llm- lo Surrender 'I'llcui. A despatch from Seattle, \\'zish., says. News has reached Dawson from the Hudson's Bay posts in the Mud River country that there is some prospect of recovering the body of the unfortun~ ate Sir Arthur Curtis, who peristh iii the timber while trying to reach Daw- son over the Ashcroft trail. Hi,- body was discovered by Indians, who hold it for ransom. The Hudson's Bay Company have sent on a thousand dolâ€" lars to recover_the remains. The body is hell. by Indians frle the coast. Inâ€" dians in the employ of the Hudson‘s Bay Company are. going to. try and re- cover the body by force in order to claim the reward. lname from his mother, ITEMS OF INTEREST ABOUT THE BUSY YANKEE. Neighborly Interest In His Doingsâ€"Mutter- of Moment and flirth Gathered from Hll Daily Record. A bill has been introduced in the \Vi-c vllSln L‘gl>lvllul‘6 to tax newsu papers. Profanity is forbidden by both the army and the navy regulations of the United States. , The Indian population of the United States is 3125,4124, a distance in fifty years of only 625,765. In Cumberland County, N. J., the farmers are catching crows and selling them to trap shooters. Only seven and one-half miles of horse railroads remain in Massachu- setts. The trolley is responsible. Capital punishment is not inflicted in five Statesâ€"Colorado, Maine, Michi- gan, Rhode Island and Wisconsin. Dr. John Caspar Branner, the new, vice~president of L' land Stanford Jr. University, was graduated from Cork hell in 1882. ' Levi Z. Leiter, airc, the Chicago million- usually works with a cigar in his mouth. This cigar is never lighted during business hours. Minnesota and South Dakota are the only two states in the union thathave half of their population made up of foreignâ€"born residents. Rev. Nowell D. Hills, who has suc- ceeded Dr. Lyman Abbott in War‘ Beecher's old church, was once a farm hand at asalary of $10 amonth. George McC. Harvey, who has just purchased the North American Re- iicw, began work as a reporter at the age of 18 onthe Springfield Republi- can A bronze cannon of Spanish make‘ has been sent: from the Philippines to decorate the Maine monument in San Francisco, It is the gift of Admiral Dewey. California. has forty mountains, the high-est peaks of which are more than l0 ()0) feet above the sea. Colorado has fifty-nine peaks, which are more than 13100 feet in attitude. The late Judge R. M. Dorsey, of How~ ard County, Md., was born in a snow Storm, rode twenty miles through one to be married, and was buried in the midst of the last blizzard. On October ‘22, 1898, there were in transit in the United States 93,225 boxes of lemons; on. the same date in 1897 there were 18,500 boxes. and in 1891; the number was 11,200. Henry Lite Higginson, the Boston millionaire, was asked the other day what he would do if he were suddenly Without a dollar. “Do!” he replied. .“I'd take the first job that offeredl" General Lee and his wife occupy only part of a house in Havana. Their breakfast consists daily of coffee and rolls, the latter brought froma little Cuban restaurant across the street. The eagle first appeared on the seal of the United States in a design sub- mitted to Congress by William Bar- ton, of Philadelphia, in 1782. The de- vice was adopted June. 20th of that ‘year. Justice John M. Harlan, of the Uni- ed States Supreme Court, has a base voice of phenomenal depth and splen~ did quality. As a young man there was some talk of his making a living by it. James Ben Ali Hziggin, the Califor- ni‘i millionaire turfmon, got his odd who was the child of Ibrahim Ben Ali, in his day one of the highest officers in the Com stantinople Court. . â€"._.._.â€"â€"..¢_.__â€"_ A NATION’S DEAD. 5mm- ol' the Naval Heroes Who Rest In \‘Ieslnilnstcr Abbey. The wellâ€"known saying, “\Vestminâ€" ster Abbey or glorious victory," attri- buted to Nelson when he boarded the San Josef at the battle of Cape Vin~ cont, seems to point to the hero's own wishes as to an abbey grave. Bill for some unknown reason, when the end came at the famous battle at Trafalgar 1805, Nelson was buried at St. Paul's, and the abbey authorities, finding crowds going there to gaze on his last resting place, had an effigy made of him and set it up near Ketnpen~ foldt's monument, in order to attract. people back to Westminster, with the desired result. The figure now stands in the lslip Chantry Chapel with the other funeral cffigies, and Is a very lifedikc and good representation of the great man. It is said to have been copied from a smaller figure for which Nelson silt, and all the clothes except the coat he actually Wore. Maclise, who botrowcd the hat for his picture of “’ic Death of NeIs'on,” found the mark‘~ of the eye patch on the inner lining. and the stamp of the period in lhc crown. NA'I‘iittiLm’. 7 First Thiefâ€"«What did yer do when :he‘y yt'llt‘tl "Slop lliit-f f" Second Criminalâ€"l didn’t. A SENSIBLE l’lll‘ll’l‘ilt I‘lNCltl. Mrs. Brownâ€"ch. sh>-'s engaged. And .~h~- once told the 111le she wouldn’t lllill‘l‘y the best Ullll living! Brownâ€"Well. l.-,'.ippt:se she'd rail): pr be happy thin consistent,