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PAGES .3 TO 6. WINNSBORO, S.AC., WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1902 PAGES 3 TO 6. TRY GET SCRAPPY. Evans and Latimer Stirring Up Bad Blood UIVELY TALK OF AN ENCOUNTER "Llar"and Other Complimentary Ep ithets Hurled at the Meeting at Peaceful Georges. At flarion. Marion, Special.-The Senatorial candidates addressed the voters here *ruesday. But little new argument was-employed, the speeches being mboit on lines identical with former 2neetings. Evans, Henderson an' Lattimer ha'd somewhat of a three cornered w6rd war, but this did not :amount to anything. The first speaker on the list was the 'Ron. D. S. Henderson who said he was mot in the -ace for the emoluments connected with the office but in it with the hope that he may benefit his peo ple by being sent to the 'United States :enate. -He again made the statement that he will not voluntarily enter into squabbles with his competitors believ ing that the people are tired of cam .paigns conducted in this minner. He -does not care for an office obtained in -that way and is confident that the best -element of the voters will sustain it. He spoke of the contest in '76 and the constitutional convention which he be Ileves not only gave the people the best -constitution the State ever had but at the same time buried factional issues forever. Col. Johnstone doubts that the Phil ippine islands have ever been made i4 tegral part of our possessions, the gov S-ernment at Washington can only enact treaties with foreign powers and to the -constitutional lawyer this act is ques -tionable. The Filipinos can .never be -come a part of us and if admitted t; our legislative assembles will ever vote with the alien and it is seasonable to suppose will endeavor to put the negro I In the South in control of our State governjment. We fought a war for S20, "W*ft0m,'o and have paid up to this $60U, 000,000 to make good our title and the kend 1i not yet. We are taxed at he rate -o $25 per carita-ta carry op, this~Cin sid of plunder. The cotton manufac - turers will, as soon as they-can, plant their factories there and work our. Southern cotton into cloth with, cheap Filipino and Chinese labor in compe tition vith American operatives. It is not Christianity to go there with a rifle in one hand and Bible in the other and try thus to induce these people to follow the beloved Nazarine in direct -contradiction with doctrines which he taught when here on earth. Congressman Elliott again disclaimed that he is not the seed man but he gets appropriations for his people and he is proud of it. He gets them. too, without sacrificing principle and his record as a soldier and statesman is well known to all men conversant with publi:- af fairs. He has fought the Republican party at every step, (Col. Johnstone in terrupted him and said, "Why, colonel, 'let us get this thing straight.") Col. Elliott-No, sir, you are not the mnan. Mr. Henderson evidently was the mnan Col. Elliott was after. but Mr. IIenderson kept a profound silence. Col. Elliott went on and specified exactly in which debates he was en gaged with the Republicans, and yet be got large appropriations. Mr. Hemphill again assumed the role -of record mater and record breaker but tio one-this time had anything to :-ay about the fate of the mran who, it is said, attempted to ride two horses at the same time. The crowd had been so large that by request the meeting was transferred from the c m1rt house to the court yard, the stand e-ected for Sen -ator Tillman when he visited Manning :just before the last State convention. ~There in the open air Mr. Hemphill ex panded to his hearts content and to the apparent delight of his audience. Ex-Governor Evans told why he is in the race and saw significantly that 11 be had not been betrayed by his friends -that he would now be in the senatQ. IHis claims are greater than his comn petitors, for he was a watchman on the tower and exposed Republicanism wherever he saw it. He thinks Mr. X~emphill has been sitting in Washing ton for 10 years looking at things in South Carolina through the wrong end -of the telescope, and now he comes ht e and asks that he be sent to the senate. Mr. Latimer said in his :ntroduction that these lawyers cannot agree here >or at Washington. therefore we farm -ers have to keep them straight. He said Mr. Evans had gone down into *the grave to get something against his record-meaning the Stokes matter and then repeated what has before been published in refutation of the charges, again flaly denyirng that he had ever tvnk-rcel Dr. Stcokes an annual free pass over the line. He turned to Evans and said: "You were charged in. the McLaurin campaign with taking $15.000." Mr. Evans-I denied at the time, -denouncing it as a lie and you know it was a lie, and now I again denounce it as such, and you know it. Mr. Latimer said that the majority of the people repudiated Mr. Evans in that eleetion. Mr. Latimer told hcw he stood by Evans in the Earle campaign and voted against that noble man, Joe Earl for him, "and before .God I am ,now sorry for it," added Mr. Latimer. Mr. Latimer said that he is a compar te stra ng-e here, but In Anderson the people know him well and have al ways supported him for congress. He told of his junketing trips to the South. bringing northerners with him to let them see the South as it is, and if the voters in South Carolina do not think him honest, why vote against him for the senate. He does not believe in cussing Yankees. There is neither sense nor business in it. At Sumter. Sumter, Special.-The senatorial and congressional meeting was held here Wednesday in the opera house. The eight candidates had an audience at no' time numbering more than Tia yoters. of the "Game Cock county." IV The meeting was devoid of akingle incident and everybody was glal when the mandate of the State executive committee was complied with. The small attendance di eartened the candidates and some-ofhem did not utilize the allotted 0 :'. minutes granted each speaker. The speeches were practically the same or variations of the originals pre pared to annihilate "Commercial Dem ocracy," but as no advocate of the new doctrine is in the campaign their shot and shell was wasted on the desert air. Those who heard the candidates for the senate were impressed with the ability and fitness of the majority of them to represent the State in the sen ate, ang one man expressed it: "I wish that I'ould vote for them all." ' ,At Orangeburg. Orangeburg, Specialt-The meeting here Was rather livelyZi The Senatori ai candidates warmedt.up somewhat. A pretty three-corneredgord scrap oc curred, in w*hich Messrs: Evans, Lati mer and Jo'hnstone were the partici pants. A lot of charges were hinted at and others openly made. Evans charged Latimer ,with using free passes and getting them for others in defiance of State laws. Also of voting to give away $3.000,000 worth of franchises in Washington. Latimer charged Evans with taking $15,000 in a bond deal. The speech of Col. Johnstone was spicy. The irceting on the whole was on the old order of South Caro lina campaigns. At Bamberg. Bamberg, Special.-The senatorial and congressional meeting was held here Friday in the court house in the presence of about 200 people. Nine pa pers of "tanglefoot" w!re spread before the voters and no stone was -unturned to persuade the voters to light on their respective papers. Each paper had sred4herecna maurof ex;.anslo-D slhip subsidy; trusts. tariff refoim, work in, congress and State legislative work, intermingled with honeyed phrases to catch the unsuspecting voter. The same old speeches greeted the listeners, and aroused about the cus tomary enthusiasm. At Georges. Georges. Special.-The senatorial and congressional candidates' meeting was held here in the court house Saturday in the presence of about '0f0 people. The morning session was not without incident. Messrs. Evans and Latimer were at it again and at one timc it looked like it'would be a fight within the bar of the court rom, but the sher iff of Colleton (an adjoining county) put a stop to the matter. '' It came about in this way:' Mr. Ev ans was the first speaker and in his speech prodded Mr. Lattimer in the same way and on the same matters which had bcen brought out at pre vious meetings. Mr. Latimer made about the same refutations and said that they (meaning the Reformers) had carried Mr. Evans as long as they could and had dropped Evans, and he also made some allusion to Evans being his 'friend," to which Evans replied: "You never were my friend; you be trayed me like a dog." Then Latimer brought up the $15,000 bnd deal and said Evans had been charged with it in the last camapign and Evans corrected him by saying that it had only been ::moored and some reference was~ made to an anony mous circular in connection with Mr. Duncan's name but their meaning was not cleared. Mr. Evans added that he had denied the accusation at the sme; denounced it as a lie; he now denounces it as such and the man whio repeats it is a liar. At this point Mr. Latimer appeared as if he had reached the point where endurance ceased to be a virtue, hence the enactment of the little tragedy. The meeting proceeded without in cident until after recess when the par ty went to the hotel to get dinner. Mr. Latimer walked into the hotel and proceeded to Mr. Evans' room and said: "Mr. Evans, I wish to have a word with you," to which Mr. Evanm replied, "No, sir, you cannot talk tc me" and walked down stairs and went out and dined with a friend. There was excitement, but those who know both of the men think that mat ters will soon reach a crisis. Both evi datly had friends in the audience and the other' four ca.didates werec perhaps th most interested spectators. The 'meeting was called to order at 11:15 a. m. by the county chairman, Mr. M. S. Connor, and at his request the Rev. P. L. Kirton of the Methodist church asked1 God's blessing upon the meetng. There was a good deal of life and snay throughout the meeting. In fact it was the livest bout held yet by the sues discussed were the regular ones. TilE STATE CAMPAIGN At Green ,ille. Greenville, Special--The meeting of the candidates for th various State of fices held here Wed sday was one of the best. The audience was large and re)resentative, the interest was good and each candidate received a share of applause, The speeches were th usual ones with slight loc.41 changes. At Abbeville. Abbeville, Speial.-The candidates for State offices met here for discussion Thursday. The attendance was large and great courtesy was shown every member of the party. The speeches, which were practically the same as at the other points, were attentively lis tened to. The applause was well di vided among the aspirants. At Anderson. Anderson, Special-The meeting Fri day had somewhat more life and zest than has been the case for some days. An Edgefield zephyr enlivened the dull routine considerably. Col. Tillman was assailing Col. Talbert's white tax scheme vigorously, the latter inter rupting a point made by saying he "did not know the remedy and wanted to know." "You should inform yourself then," said Tillman, sarcastically. "I want you to understand, sir," said Tal bert, rising and vehemently gesticula ting as he advanced toward Tillman, "that I never want information from such a source as you are." Col. Till man lazily, but sarcastically, retorted: "I thank God Almighty that He en dowed me with enough brain not to seek information from frach Ignor ance." More than some acerbity, min gled with hot words and angry gesticu lations that followed, members of the audience shouting for Tillman and Tal bert, Tillman having the majority. Chairman Watkins endeavored to quiet things, but was quietly stopped by Tillman. Chief of police also p4 in an oar, somewhat effectually with the audience. During this colloquy, referring to Senator Tillman's position, Col. Tal bert said he did'not care what Senator Tillman thought or did-he would think for himself. k The crowd numbered about 800, in cluding many ladies, and the honors of the day go to Candidate Ansel in this home section. It was a represen tative gathering and it was Ansel's crowd; Tillman and Heyward neck and neck for sedond pla'ce, Tillman leading. Col. Tillman was peremptorily called down several timos during his speech, questioners persistent, alvays getting warm replies. Cansler of Tirzah was simply made to -speak. longer ty re peated cheers from the crowd. Called down by the chairman, h6 wondered. Nutdght, int the~umaan o lai youlto knock me down, when the peo ple'call me?' TalkeA longer and bow ing to speaker-"now hand yor. back your sceptre." A distinct feature of the da'y was the "home reception," given Captain Patrick. His badges, gotten up by friends, were worn by the entira town and were at a premium.;. Caynor and Greene Again. Washington, Special.-The papers ir the case of Gaynor andk Greene, in which the department of Justice seeks the aid of the State -department to secure the extradition of the men named have reached the state depart ment. They have been referred to a re viewing authority and when Secretary Hay is in possession of all the essen tial points in the application he will proceed to consider the case. It is'nol certain when the application will bf presented. Volcano Again Active. St. Thomas, Danish West Indies, By Cabic.-On Wednesday there were three loud detonations from the Soufriere volcano on the island of St. Vincent, between 8 and 9 o'clock at night. Ad vices from Barthods say that loud de tations were heard there Wednesday ~~t from a westerly direction. There was a fresh eruption of Mont Pelee Fridaoy morning. Serious Floede in~ Kansas. Manhattan, Kan., Special.-The flood situation in the valleys of the Blue and Kaw rivers is becoming more seri ous and many families have been forced tc leave their homes for higher ground The Blue is a raging torrent, 21 feet deep and still rising. It is running ovei the Union Pacific tracks several feet deep for a distance of two miles, tak ig a short cut to the Kaw river, just east of Manhattan. The body of a deac man fioated past here on the Kaw. It could not be caught. Hlot Weather Cookery. Croquettes and patties form an ichI portant division in the class of dishes known as entrees, and the list is nearly interminable. An excellent article on this subject in the August Delineator will prove usefal to housewives in its general instructions and its tested re cipes. In addition will be found a var iety of ecld dishes for Summer, and a usful article on the possibilities of apricots, and two Illustrated pages of a temptingly cool dinner forhot/weath Building an ArtistIc Home. "The House that Jack and Jill Built," the title of an illustrated story, the first section of which appears in the Augst Delineater, will appeal to home lovers everywhere. So cleverly has the author told the various steps in the raising of this roof tree, that the read er enters thoroughly into the spirit of it, and almost feels that he will have some right and title to the same whe3 finished. Unlike the usual house planf and descriptions, the smallest details are here presented, from the first rock taid to the last decorative touch iDside. AN AWFUL DISASTER Johnstown Suffers Another Fearful Visitation. SWIFT DEATH IN MINE EXPLOSION Dead Bdies of flany Victims Taken Out Witb Difficulty- Sorrow Pre vaiLsbver the City. Johnstown, Pa., Special.-This city suffered another awful visitation rival ing the calamity of 1889. The disaster came in the form of an explosion in the Rolling Mill Mine of the Carolina Steel Company last Thursday. A Friday dis patch gives the following particulars: "This has been a day of heroic res cues at the Rolling Mill Mine of the Cambria Steel Company. Thrilling ex periences attended the efforts of the 40 brave and daring fellows who went down into the bowels of the earth with a very faint hope to spur them that still they might be in time to restore to life some of those who are entombed. Death'lurked everywhere around them, but undaunted they surged forward, swayed with the noblest of human pur poses. The reward of their efforts was the saving of the lives of 14 of their tellowmen and bringing them again into the sunlight back to loving fami lies. Dead and maimed bodies were lo cated but no effort was made to bring them out of the vast theatre of death until every human energy was put gr ward towards seeing that %no living soul might escape their aid. That done, the dead were attended to and put in tram cars, brought up and exposed to the morbid gaze while beilig transfer red to wagons in which to be taken to the morgue. Eighty-seven dead bodies were recovered from the mine between daylight and nightfuall. Still a party of officers and miners battled on, three I miles inside the mine. Occasionally word would come to the surface by some mysterious means that another group of remains.had. been .exposed to Le' vs 'ofo the searcherh. There.are dangerous headings in the Klondike section of the mine yet to be explored. No one knows how many more dead may be found there. The mine officials refrain from guess work on the sub ject. A feeling prevails that 150 is a low estimate of the casualty list. Johns town spent the day, horror-stricken. I From dawn to dusk flying ambulances coursed the streets bearing gruesome burdens from mine to morgue, from morgue to homes. At midnight President Powell Stack house was seen at the mouth of the mine and ga-ve out the foil ,ving state ment: "The disaster is an awful one and came on us entirely unexpected. The mine had been inspected only threE days ago and was pronounced in satis factory conditions. In the'30 years that the mine has been in the operation no serious accident has occurred. Th cause is yet indefinite, but I believe it was caused by gas escaping from th( fifth heading which was closed and was not 1 'ing worked becaus: it contained gas, into the sixth 1head ing. "The number of casualties is now placed at 125. No list of the namies of the dlead miners can be given. for the majority cf them were foreignern and were known only b~y check and no' by name. The only way their namnes will ever be known if the bodies are not recovered in time for idlentifieation will he by their families sending theii names to us." The mine in which the dreadful thinsg occurred is one of the largest coal mines in the United States. according to the statement of officials tonight. From the entrance in the hill across the river from the point to the one at Mill Creek is a distance of 3% miles. The Kiondike section in which the ex plosion occurred is about two miles from the Mill Creek entrance. The mine 'is divided into a largs number of headings, levels and sec tions. The sections run off to the left and right of the headings and ar< known as right and lefts by the min ers. The men who escaped this after noon have spent years working in it Otherwise they could never have reach ed the surface. Lights were out an' there was no way for them to find their way to the top had they not knowr the mine perfectly. The few survivon who have escaped from the depths ci the mines describe the conditions as frightful. Outside of the "Klondike" thi mines are safe and uninjured. Osbcrne in tiore Trouble. Norfolk. Va., Special.-With the hopi of obtaining a econfession from Cnarle: Frederick Osborne, hc!d for the murdei of his wife in Stillwater, Oklahoma and suspected of murdering anothe here, several weeks ago, the police ar thinking of subjecting him to the fa mous "third degree." Osborne is indif ferent and does not show the grief strcken countenance that he did at hi last trial. He pretends to remembe nothing, not even his wife out West ad th'ose who once thought him in nocent now pronounce him the wors villian unhung. Commonwealth Attor ney Tilton 'Will give a definite decisici as to whether he will hold Osborn here for mnurder or allow the Oklahom; authrities to take him. CANADA NOT ACTING FAIRLY . High Officials Trying to Shield Gay nor and Greene. E Washington, Special.-The extradi tion case of Benjamin D. Greene and John F. Gaynor, whose removal from Canada to the State of Georgia for B trial on charges of misappropriation and embezzlement of over $2,000,000 in connecion with river and harbor im provements at Savannah, Ga., has been sought for some time by the United Statese, will take on a diplomatic phase in a few days, when Secretary Hay communicates to the British govern- 3E ment the view of the officials of our o Department of Justice that the Canadi- B an authorities are pursuing an extra- a ordinary and unwarranted course in oj the case. The delays and embarrass- n ments in the extradition proceedings resulted in Marion Erwin, special as- h: sistant to to the Attorney General, 4( who has been in active charge of the B extradition proceedings for the United a States, transmitting to the Attorney General, under date of Montreal, July i 7. The special report on the Depart- A ment calling attention to the alleged U fact that representatives of Greene and bi Gaynor are closely connected through to professional and family ties with the Canadian officials to whom this gov- w ernment must look for the extradi- :c tion. Mr. Erwin reports that prior to In- p stituting the extradition proceedings he P was put on nQtice that the fugitives pc had "taken refuge at Quebec to resist it extradition and that they had employ-. w ed as their council the firms of law- rn yers to which belonged the higest of- t ficials of the provincial and Dominion bi governments." He says that he was di thus "precluded by the position taken hi by. them from conferring with the law cc officers of the crown." He therefore re- t tained two attorneys of the Montreal w and Canadian bar who have ably as- ci sisted him. The report then calls at- t< tention to this provision of the Cana- m dian extradition act: "Whenever this J( act applies, a judge may issue his war- r< rant for the apprehension of a fugitive (( on a foreign warrant of arrest, or on t' information o: cdmplaint laid before rc him, and on such evidence or after such proceedings, as in his opinion would H subject to the provisions of this act, w justify the issue of his warrant if the F crime of which the fugitive is accused ir or alleged to have been convicted had h been committed in Canada." w Citation is made of the extradition o treaty betwcen the United States and U Great Britain and it is shown that it o provides for extradition for the offenses of embezzlement, fraud, receiving stc- b len moneys or goods or property, or n obtaining the same under false pre- tl tenses, or for participation in these v crih..es, provided such participation is ri punishable by the laws of both coun- m tries. Mr. Erwin made complaint on si oath on May 24 before Hon. Uiric La- s Fontaine, an extradition commissioner, p resident at Montreal, who is given ju- T risdiction over the whole province of b Quebec, charging Greene and Gaynor b with having participated in the crimes al of fraud, embezzlement and obtaining 0 money under false pretenses, the com- M plaint setting out matters in detail and ix that such participation was punishable ( by the laws of both countries. The re- fi port then directs attention to the reg- L ularity of the service of the writs, s( arrest of Mesars. Greene and Gaynor L and their remand for further exami nation. After this Judge Andrews, at r~ Quebec, issued writs of habeas corpus h which were served at night on the il jailer at Montreal, who held the men a under extradition commissioner's order d for further proceedings. s On what followed the report says: d "Without notice to the commissioner a or to the attorneys representing the p United States in the proceedings, the t Montreal jailer, who hol' his appoint- h ment under the provincial authorities, t: within a few minutes after service of o the writs upon him. ctnveyed the pris- h oners by special train back to Quebec. h As there were other judges at Montreal b exercising habeas corpus powers and 0 in such cases the Canadian laws give d a judge in the district of Quebec no au- s1 thority to bring a prisoner from Mon- g treal on habeas corpus injury, It is net believed that the jailer at Montreal 13 would have adopted so extraordinary a b course without notice to parties in in- a terest, except under high official pres- Ih sure. The attorneys at that time ap-h pearing in the proceedings for the fu- t) gitives, and moving to have that done, embraced among others, the firm of 0 Fitzpatrick, Parent, Taschereau, Rox & e Cannon. which firm the Hon. Charles t. Fitzpatrick, Minister of Justice for the e Dominion of Canada is a member, of b which firm Mr. Cannon, son of the b deputy attorney for the province of s Quebe: is a member of which the Hon. P S. N. Parent: Prime Minister for the j '0 prvince of Quebec is a member: also Mr. Honore Gervais. liw partner of Hon.X rchambault attornay general for the province of Quebec, also Mr. I Chauveau, sen of the extradition corn missic::cr of Quebec." Live Items of News. Nine thousand freight handlers in y Chicago began a strike. President Roosevelt enjoyed tennis, r target-shooting and fireworks at hiS a home, Oyseter Bay. L. 1. The National E lucational Ccuncil is ' in session at Minneapolis. Frederick W. Vande:-bilt has made a 500000 gift to the Sheffield Scientifie School of Yale Ccllege. Five telephone linemen were killed by a single bolt of lightning near Of ferman, Ga.t In a nezrro funeral in Charleston the crowd rushed to get a look at the coffin nd 20 nersons were injured. ALISBURY RETIRES. igland's Able Statesman Resigns From Iis Position RFOUR NAMED AS SUCCESSOR, r. O'Connor Sums Up the Situatios With Regard to the Change - Will Benefit Ireland. London, By Cable.-The Marquis of cisbury has resigned the premiership Great Britain and Right Hon. A. J. ilfour the First Lord of the Treasury id government leader in the House Commons, has been appointed to tceed him. The Marquis of Salisbury tendered s resignation at an audience which had with King Edward last Friday. iturday Mr. Belfour visited the King id accepted the premiership. Thomas Power O'Connor, M. P., in i nterview by a representative of the ssociated Press summed up thesitua Dn with the resignation of Lor Salis iry and the appointment of Mr. Bal -ur as follows: "The resignation of Lord Salisbury as expected in connection with the ronation of King Edward, but when te coronation did not take place there -ew up an idea that perhaps the remier's resignation was indefinitely stponed. Old men cling to power, and was supposed that Lord Salisbury as not free from the weakness of so .any others. This prospect did not ite satisfy his colleagues. Lord Salis try's health has been notoriously In fferent, especially since the death of is wife; his extreme obesity is, of >urse, inconsistent with activity, ei Ler of mind or body, and there were hispers that he, sometimes, was over ime by sleep in the midst of momen us cabinet questions and that he only voke when the discordant voices of )seph Chamberlain (the Colonial See tary), and Sir Michael Hicks-Beach hancellor of the Exchequer), the vo chief opponents in the cabinet, .ached an unusually high pitch. "Once or twice, too, lately, in the use of Lords, he has shown a certain, ant of grip that was almost painful. or instance, when the terms of peace t South Africa had to be announced, 3 calmly asked the House of Lords hether they desired to hear the words 1 Lord Kitchener's dispatah, as Lough. the .communicattozrLaaseQ. little importance. "Probably his resignation now ha ?en influenced partly by the desire to ake sure of the succession being in w, Cecil family, and'still more with a kw to preventing the accession of r. Chamberlain. No man could be ore adverse than is Lord Salisbury to ipreme power being in the hands of > impulsive, restless and arrogant a. litician as the Colonial Secretary. bough they had been made political dfellows by necessity, Lord Salis iry and Mr. Chamberlain remained )art and were secretly hostile to each .ier. In addition, the accession of r. Chamberlain might. involve the amediate disposal of Lord Cranborne Jnder Secretary for the Foreign Of :e), and the Earl of Selborie, (First ord of the Admiralty), the one the )a and the other the son-in-law of ord Salisbury. "It is doubtful in case, whether the' Lk and file of the Tory party would ave accepted Mr. Chamberlain will igly. They do not like him. There is certain section of young Tories who anot love Mr. Balfour, thinking him ack and decadent, but he is still the irling-of the straight Conservatives, ad his opponent would be even more opular with his- political opponents an with his political friends. Despite is many faults, Mr. Balfour remains 1e most popular figure in the House ECommons and his very faults help im in this respct. -If he be indolent e is also courteous, tolerant and road-minded, and he will not insult her nations as Mr. Chamberlain has ~ne. His tongue is well under re raint and he has all the instincts of a antleman. "I regard the change as beneficial to eland, in the long run. Mr. Balfour as had much experience in Ireland, ad. though he is not a home ruler, all is old animosity has disappeared and is .iust the man to propose a solu on of the long outstanding difficulty. ut Mr.. Balfour does not come into lice at a very happy moment. The iucaton bill, which he is piloting arough the House of Commons. arous tremendous religious passions on oth sides, and it is doubtful if he will e able to carry it through without acn concessions to his political op-. onents as will exasperate some of his rn political friends. The aftermath Ethe war has also come and the ma rity of the government, though large wanting in cohesion. But it is use ss speculating further; the unexpec d is always the dominant factor in :nglish politics." Fate of Firemen. Toronto. Ont., Special.-Five firemen 'ere killed in a disastrous' fire which tarted in the c:d street railway stahles ow occupied iy P. McIntosh & Sons, nd spread to the wholesalo hay ard traw warehouse of Gadsby & McCann. 'hese establishments were swept away an hour's time. David See, Harry larke, Adam Kerr, WalterCollard and ohn Russell, firemen, were working ~tside the southeast wall of the Mc tosh building when the brick wall, 'o stories high, suddenly toppled out ards and buried them. They were ead when extricated. The total loss estimated at $550,009; insurance bout $100,000. -