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he shocking tragedy, causing deâ€" uc ‘both ;human â€"life .and operty. epacted at Lexington ‘¥riday,â€"July 28th, when Joseph amerman _set fire to. his barn C seR U o cou 0 u6. wseâ€" and started a blaze. there, a enbsequently returned to t.hcl iving and implement shed, setting: !tfl. the shed and barn being f Including implements. ?* neighbors _ arrived . the ies _had . gained such . headway it the barn could not be searchâ€" _,%? ‘wictim of the tragedy was _ to.;be seen anywhere. "he house, thanks to the valiant .‘ * those on the scene, was 8. ‘The fire fighters were aided y the fact that the feathers in the ‘lbwl. set fire to, burn slowly. h ar "o l s. ut > irank ware also Sradthe bnilding ; and . perished the flames of which he was the _ofâ€" witnesses was heard AC 5 it‘ Hotel at Bridgeport and hmn; who had. béen despon ‘tor about a year, had deliberâ€" ‘ ended his life..by. going into parn, which he had set on fire. [fisfi- ‘empanelled and swore â€"in r,g,w.ed ‘d,!In,ry Bchwindt, man; AUdison®‘ ‘Smider,‘_Amos its, Daniel Shants, Leovi S Suyâ€" T'r“or Honsberger, County .Of thetragedy, and the corâ€" ie of the deceased." corgmer‘s Jury brought in the :fi.‘ndlthe trunk closed. In Instance the contents of & Which had been placed in a F. cobsisting of paper and stfaw. also set on fire, the top of the y ‘being ‘destroyed. our opinion this unfortunâ€" iffailr ~might possibly have provitezag it it abti m‘ o by those in auth» ‘dik was advised and urged Mm for a Year ie first witness called was Mrs. lat . Held on Monday at Bridgeâ€" $ ‘estiniated ‘that the loss reâ€" ¢ from the fire will be in the porhood . of $3,000, including ‘shed, implements | and .live m five head of cattle m search of the ruins igde on Priday morning, but t.was found were a few bones. ”, was found by Henry ndt, which was badly scorched welted by the heat, and the by ‘entering his burning ut midnight on â€"July 27th ton, about two miles morthâ€" #6llowing . witnesses testified Inquest held at Brideport on werdict; on â€" Monday evenâ€" I \been . married about 38 id had lived in their present in the ashes of which .Of his remains were reply to a question ‘by beney Bowlby she stated id ~beconmia1l} a year Ago ‘At appears satâ€"fire to a year ago, and since 6: a0 ner ususl work, Thought Decensed Peculiar® ‘to muke him‘ despot| ‘Mr. Manasseh Gingrich, who lives over it a good | nearby, said . he and Scheuerman ner" was called | were always on friendly terms. He ind he advised|rold how he had at the request of o. do her work.| gchenerman brought groceries from his ‘he, and suggestéd that ngwq-f: tmproved: in health and her husband keemed to ‘be Somie better until the spring. when ale was unsble to give came. worse and took frequent fits ot Mespondeney. .The day of the fire ho seemed peculiar and at the sup per table,/at which he ate heartily, he ‘told: his wife that he couldn‘t though not afraid, she went over to g‘.w_octlr.nm.lw- bor, in order to get cheered up. : She declared ‘that ‘her busband said he was going to bang himself and askâ€" g4 her to do the same, which she Asked by Coroner ‘Dr. Honsberger regarding the farm, ‘Mrs. Scheuer man stated"that they had 23 acres and 6 ‘head of cattleand 2 horses. No work had been ‘done <on the elaring they had: enough.They livâ€" edâ€" on the money hehad saved the past â€"four . years, amouniting to sevâ€" eral hundred© dollars. The money was kept in the house, the bank not being deemed a safe place. She did not learn of the fire until the next };y. In response to a question by the coromer, she said ‘her busband it all by burning, but she did not rake : it urlou}y, he having. made numerous threats beforg, to end. his life.â€" He had complained â€"regarding his neighbors, who,â€" he believed, wanted to get him off the place. ~ Dr. Marvey Heard j Â¥he next witness, Dr. Harvey, stated that from examining the bones of the deceased, which Were ihome, word having been received that Mrs. Scheuerman had left home extly in the evening. They went to Mr. Manasseh Gingrich‘s home, 41â€" ter which they visited the Scheuerâ€" |man home, where they found everyâ€" 1thln‘ quiet and the place dark, mo| | person being" seen â€"about the pwi | mises. They â€"decided to go home‘ | and return in the morning. They,| | however, received‘ word <the 'umol }m;m at 11.45 to the effect that the | barn was inâ€" flames, and they lm-‘ |\ mediately went out, and\ returned again three ‘hours later after makâ€" ing.search of a bush nearby for a itnce of Scheuerman.. The next | morning he found & purse in the dinâ€" | ing room containing a few bills. E First to See Fire. | . Charles Preiss, who was next ‘cnlled. stated that while returning ‘‘home with his companions about "| 11.30, he noticed the fire and immedâ€" »lhuly motored over, when he found | the barn a mass of flames. He dis found after. the fire, he was conâ€" vinced that they were ‘those of a human being. > * Asked to Take Action _ Provincial:â€" Constable Gardner statâ€" ed he had/beenâ€"requested by neighâ€" bbrs WE Adceased last Juneto yisit of unsound mind. Heâ€"was, however, unable to get sufficient evidence from @&nyome to warrant him in takâ€" Ing any action. ~Nothing more was done‘in the matter‘ until the evenâ€" ing of the fire, when High Constable Huber phoned and asked him to accompany him to the Scheuerman thinking the inmantes were asicep and unaware of the fire inside, gainâ€" ed an entrance by breaking the rooms and made sure no on8 was asleep in bed. The witness said he found fires made in four different places. â€" Paper ‘had ‘been placed on a rod atâ€"the head of a â€"bed and set on fire. Fire had also been started in pillows and also in the buggy in the woodshed attached to the house. }wmmmuumm lons the fires in the house were 6xâ€" tinguished, and he freturned homnie to Erbsvilie at‘ one o‘clock. l'Hrcmm § Leo Stumpt, whowas with Preiss, corroborated the avidence given by him and also that of Constable G~+dâ€" always being given & Tist and m{um. clent money. Schewerman had kept| ing. 1 ‘his ‘baftn and ‘stock: in good shape, | jury home with a yiew tor 4 e money. j m::‘ some gold W‘l1 awiy. â€"* 7 6 * . Criticized Police ~ Mr.. Isrnel Gingrich declared that he ‘had known Scheuerman all ‘his life: and had: noted "his peculiar: ac tions for about a ‘year. He said he not" receivred " proper medical ‘ treatâ€" ment, her husband refusing to spend the necegsary money to effect a cure. He : believed â€" deceased ‘had worsied @w‘{hw«u’n“*flm weeks ago,\ the: last titme he; saw him ‘alive, he seemed some better. He had been a good worker the past thirty ‘yeahs and caused no trouble, although ‘he showed a bad temper at_times. _ Not liking the actions of Scheuerman, and believing him. menâ€" tally unsound, he had urged that action ‘be taken a long time ago to have the manâ€" placed in an institu notified, would refer the matter to the local township authorities, and as & result no action was taken. The night of the fire deceased‘s wife had come. over to the home, of Ris sonâ€" and fatigued, and: they decided to notify the provincial authorities. He criticized Provincial Constable Gardner, claiming that they should have searched QO'houo and preâ€" mises and ‘fourld Scheuerman and not gone home. If this ‘had been done he was quite sure that the property. could have Â¥een saved and also the life of Scheuerm@nm. â€" : Not on Frighdly : Terms John Schwindt, who regides on the farm adjoining Scheuerman, told the jury that he had known deceasâ€" ed for fortyâ€"four years, and that of recent "years was not on frigndly terms, being disliked‘ for no &pparâ€" }cnt reason. On the night of the fire about 11:30 o‘clock he saw Scheuerâ€" man going about the yard with a lafstern In his band, making several trips from the house to the barn. imhr. that is wife had left him. earlier in the evening, he did not retire at the usual time, but sat in his yard . awaiting ~developments, thinking deceased might perhaps seek revenge by burning his barn. Shortly before midnight he saw fiames coming from the barn, But could see no light in the house. *‘ Recognized Chain Llioyd Burkhardt recognized. the chain worn by deceased which was found in the fire. He had known Scheuerman two years and said he moted a change in the man. , Al )thongh he was subject to fits of anger he was never violent. A case of a watch found in the ruins and ibncklel of rubber boots worn by deâ€" | ceased were also produced. l Refused .to Sell Hay Ed. Schaefer told how he had vis ited the ’pranln/' and arranged to buy hay from déeceased on Tuesday. Another Kitchener man had, also called and they both were shown through the barn, when Scheuerman seemed quite rational. He told Schaefer to come again Thursday, ; and when he arrived seemed some | what/excited and said he would not sell hay that night. but would let him know in the morning. Manasseh Gingrich, again being called, told of how Mrs. Schegrerman had gone over to Mr. Schwindt‘s home last January and was later tuken back by \her husband, who came to get her. Deceased at that time ‘said if his wife didn‘t return with him there would be a change before morning. mentally deranged for some umu,] h‘h”?fluro to put in‘ a crop showing th was something not right. Ho‘ ‘apparently spent some little time in starting fires. : After lighting several fires in the house he seems to have gone to the bakn and set it ablase and then perished in the fire., He believed that deceased had careful ty planned to suldide, and if his wite had not gone away she, too, might have mot the same fate. He said that people were too sensitive about sending people to an asylum. : ‘This is: the proper place for people with Mind Was Unbatanced Coroner Honsberger in summing up said‘ the evidence produced was grateful to friends for roll of 1 w0 00 000 %~ OA PrS c eaisuud Molt k uc I t m y ‘%.lq ‘.:,3, !,ll i n AdezT tiow ‘involved ‘in : the ap 'mhmgfilyfi.m ‘pea! ‘was the correctness of the deâ€" ‘to all what your . remedy cision of the majority of the arbiâ€" ‘tives" has done for me. â€". . > | trators ‘In excluding a% uan-{ : ~J saffered with Rheoumatism for ten | whie the evidence <of the: ralug of -!flcwldhnflrimh"w the physical" assets of the Gzand ‘and was miserable all the time. Trunk Rafway: Company and their several© physicians and took;mMADY | sybsidiary, companies; whith was M-, but M, M m6 the w by the .'. same plage, in bed udnmgth. ; loeny o the arvitrares ® isth wes so tad. * ‘sxmu.uer c-:h.t::uur:;n. ni. Ifindlyaundhufiu"w1 ue White 46 and coftinued the tres t Sir. Thomas‘ White, dociflo_d that the latly as I found myselfgetting better. | * "*">=‘* and .common‘ stocke had T her udnxeigh‘bo!aol"!mhâ€"o-l” yalue. Hon. W. H. Taft, former tives" (whichâ€"cost only $4.) I President of the United States, the completely well without & m‘a ‘Other member ofâ€" the board of arâ€" 2 4 Linc_litan Atacantad fram the award Officiates at Openingâ€"of New Utitlities Building. . ‘There was a representative gatherâ€" ing present nt:Galyon Friday,. July 30; from Waterico County when Sir Adam Beck ~officiaily opensd / the new â€" Utilities | building for the exe cutive â€"offices of ‘the local ‘transâ€" former station. Sir Adam also atâ€" tended the banquet held in the. evenâ€" ing at the Iroquois hotel | _ Galt\Mas Best Bul:ding * J’pa building opened on Friday is, in‘ the words of. Sir . Adam Beck, "one of the most advanced in ‘elecâ€" trical â€" equipment, . in constn‘é%n one ‘of the best, not only in dl_‘f’ yâ€" ‘This, with the discount for quick | cash payment, Sir Adam. said, really amounted tp 1.9â€" cents. "It means a flat rate for homes in towns, .villages and hamlets," said Sir Adam, who! declared . that, as far: as. domestic oses were concerned, gas was a thing o fthe past. & ‘Who Laughs Lnst Laughs Best Sir Adam "pointed <out that thero‘ were :those. who had stated © years since that <the commission would never sell the power it was developâ€" ing and yet toâ€"day the Trent ‘Valâ€" ley Sybtemifound: itseif short, and the utmost that could be ‘domre on that: syst@m ‘without gettâ€"ng power from â€"elsewhere would last only two years more.. * ‘ world.‘ 2X +o sds Of the 350 ~ municipalities® in. the 14 systems in Ontario, Sir" Adam Beck > declared, â€" Galt has the best building. iingt ‘" ‘Thost ‘présent received with treâ€" mendous . applause the© decisfn: of the Hydro _ Commission ~that‘ two cents . would be the â€"maximum rate for electricity for homes in Ontario. "Yet we have public men in On-l tario asleep at the switch and makâ€"| ing no effort for the provincé to gat I control ‘of its waters," ne declared. He also said that the Dominion Govâ€" ernment was~tardy in its duty in not coming forward to meet the proâ€" posals of Washington on the St. Lawrence schems. R He pointed out the practical reâ€" sults of Hydro ‘event unt!l the presâ€" ent. "Now we have a fear of coal shortage. It would have been mil« Hons of toms more had we not had the Hydro.. And wien you take coat «out of the ground it is not repiated. But, with conservation, our water supply lastsâ€"as long as the world, and it means fuel through such deâ€" velopmepits . ay :the Hydro.> Agrin, 50o a box, 6 for $2.50, trigl size 256. But, with conservation, our water having vision enough to put in the. supply lastsâ€"as long as the world,%noo‘l'uy’ work to produce 500,000 and it means fuel through such deâ€" horsepower,. The normal growth in velopmepnts . ay :the Hydro. Agrin, !the 46nsumption of power will take presuming‘ we could get ~the coal, |all the available supply of Chippawa think of : theâ€" tremendous freight in sevem or eight years‘ ‘â€" â€" " rates on it. Verily the transmission | Politicians Ald Ant! Forces wires of the Hydro carry the weight |‘ Bir Adam warned off politicial in of ~much~ freight | rate. With® the terference. ‘There were corporations Chippawa plant as running low, "we | he dald, waiting for such interter elminate the import of five or six‘ ence to ronder the Hydro â€" Insffiâ€" million tons of coal, and with 1t |clent and then they would step in running to capacity we shall “bw ate‘ oleven to twelve million tofis, P c( ) ce s . 5 and we shallâ€"be independent of the 3 e United tSates to that extent. " \ > s August 1, and it was promized for August 31. The fourth is beling inâ€" Abead of the Demand "Mhru&u-num we are sahead of. timeé. We shail have the third ‘generator going by tober 1. This power i® all gone, and AT GALT ON FRIDAY of a majority . of the members of the board ot arbitration ¢reated to a% certain the value of the preference abd ‘common stocks ‘of the appel l@nts upon the sequisition thereof President of the United :States, the + C Â¥ . parciclh cce ~otkummhbro(thobondotu-1 mmmmdmuumwfiufi'jfifi bitration; dissented from the award || /Iy in Bedroom and Dining Room Furniture. * s w , & 5o t and: Lords Shaw, Cave, Parmoor and Carson. The opening fire of a big battery . of legal guns was on July 10, and the argument continued for more th#h three days. The counâ€" were: Sir Jokn Simon ,K.C.; W. A. Greene, K.C.; and A. W. Atwater, K.C., for: the appeliants ; ‘A. C. Clauâ€" sen,+K.C,, F. L. Newcombe, KC, Deputy Minister of Justice, Ottawa, bitration; dissented from the award and made an appraisement of the Wwhole of the preference and ordiâ€" nary stocks at the sum of 48,000,000. and W. N. Tilley, K.C., Toronto, for the Capadian Government. In the colurse of Mr. Clausen‘s arâ€" gument on behalfâ€"of the Dominion Government, he said that the debenâ€" ture stock of the Grand Trunk Railâ€" way Company amounted to £31,000,â€" 000 (approximately $140,000,000) and the n&rolmldm’,upitll .was fifty Li i en n TLE CAntwnan of Â¥ery trifling, if of any value. We, therefore, will guarantee interest at 4 per cent. on the twelve and a half mlilions of guaranteed stock. We say. that is ample to represent the in this property." Thus, Mr. Clausen continued, the first class of shareholders were covâ€" ered. The Government said that the total value of the shareholders‘ equâ€" ity of. redemption did. not exceed £12,500,000,. (approximately $56,135,â€" 000), and accordingly . ,the preferâ€" ence stock and the common stock, which had nevér patd a dividendâ€" and nobobdy : had â€"ever been bold anauch to prophesy that it ever couldâ€"had no value at all. ~ The: oGvernment â€"admitted, Mr. Clausen said, that there was £12â€" 5£00,000 of value in the concera. and the company was going to get 4 per cent. or that, whether it earned it or not. ‘The Government said, "We will give the first class sLargholders something which â€"mhakes . them . as good as debenture holders, and > we say that that exhausts the whole of the . value." The value of the reâ€" maining. stock, Mr. Clausen added, was left to the determination of the abitrators, and they decided that it was valueless. . f ‘The appeal was now ? ©The commission would have been criticizsed, and rightly so,! for lack of foresight and would have teceived ‘the condemnation of this we cannot \ be cfludui»m was ‘equity of As to the shareâ€" say that it is T L [ ‘tmaiitice tor buying at the lowest prices. These and Trask e“l'- d -" J en ’ & 42 fé "‘“fl't' tvory Dresser, with solid brass hanâ€" : 3 n tusccppe1 |[f dles, Jarge mirror and four roomy drawe a la fon thereof ers; three mirror dressing table and full ~| hior in the ap sized bed, together with benchâ€"this four pric ument. 'l‘h01 piece suite for $95.00.: hav PeC h . ‘and gather in their millions at the q‘m ‘people. He felt that within tite lnst six or seven Yoir* Hydro had been gradually Arifting Into politics. To the men within th6 service he paid ~a tribute as the who had ever any â€" service. He referfed to th* it ‘?, deal and the _pur chake the Ontario Power Comâ€" pany s great things for Hydr>. In W ‘Sir Adam said he bad hoped to have opened & radial dapot in Galt about this time, but times l OWo ut SV struction of the radials impossible. Andrew Scott presided at the formal would Mayor Maguire. of Toronto, .5:0‘ was given a big reception, said & had it not been for Hydro thousands would be wilking the stree‘s of Onâ€" tario cities today out of employment. He thought the Ontarid Government autocratic on radials: He was glad to hear the sentiments expressod ‘!’ Mr. Eiliott, the Progressive member, as being so.fayorable to Hydro, beâ€" caube tomme of the Ontario Farmer members» Wére not"so favorable. s mee ies l .. 2 ‘The Public Utilitiss Commission of Galt is as follows: Chairman, Geo, furnbull; Géo. Hancock, R. B. Mcâ€" > Asolid quarterâ€"cut oak Dining Room. miawwfimm.” linen drawer, 2 cutlery drawers, larger cupboard space with half shelf, round five legged>extension â€" table,. extends to six fet, and set of diners, one‘arm and five sid‘ciai}-s.upholltendiamhu'hth- Conference on Unemployment to be Held at Ottawa The conference between the Doâ€" in regard to unemployment and reâ€" wm‘,mufludfllel was announced some time ago, will Mh‘ougnollml. â€" Atvs expected that practically all the Provincial Governments will bs Karl Homuth@M.P.P., sIRS *3 â€"~ _ FURWITVRE DEalERs AUD UÂ¥DE8TAKERS 22.24 King Street East / _ â€" Ns Favors St. Lawrence Séheme , A. B, Seott. * MThe Kitchener Furniture Co. L can be had for $135.00,. ‘There was a neW aci @n.P.P., South Wat a strong speech for , R. Eiliott; Becreâ€" and . patriotic connected with were: John R. will be comâ€" ; of the Govâ€" Guelph DR. GRAHAM BELL _ _: PIED ON WEDNESDAY Baddeck, N. S., on Wednesday last, aged 75 years. Born in Edinburgh, BScotlind, in ‘1847, Dr. Alexander Graham : Bell came to Canads in 1870 and later in 1872 he settied in Boston, where he was called to the chair of vocal physiqlogy at Boston University, thereâ€" Antroducing: the system of visible speaking invented by his father, Alexander Melville Bell. * The family settled at Tuteia Heights, Bflllflnt:flnd it was there that young Bell ed out his ex~ periments with telephony. He used a human ear in his .investigatory In 1876 demonstrations on an 6x ceedingly small scale were made at th€ Tutela Heights home. It was on Agn\m 5th of that. year that a tew personal friends were invited to The roooynf was located by the river bank and between the house and this point there was a coll reâ€" presenting five miles of wire. First of all some squeaking. sounds were heard and finally & humen voice could be faintly discerned. .Other similar tests were carried out at this time. > s take urt‘ln the first public exposiâ€" Thg‘same year there was the talk for any sort of distance between Barntford and Mount Pleasant and through the kindness of the Dominâ€" ion Télegraph Company, and the coâ€" operation of Mr. Waiter Griffin, then ted by Nophonemgrfiluu- graph line and the proper relations of the parts of the telephone to aach other was discovered enabling: ~its WOOLLEN MILL BURNED. = * In m spectacular early morning blaze the woollén m/ll and plant of Duftons, Limited, 11 Huron street, Stratford, was badly gutted, with a loss which may rxn $75,000. < The alarm way‘ turned invat 1.40 6‘ciock, and ulthough firemen were on the sconâ€" almost instaitly the conflasâ€" tions, and only after. an hour‘s fight was it controlled. About. 100 pérâ€" sons will l‘o thrown out of employâ€" ment as & result of the forged lay» ‘The ‘inventor of the telephone, Dr. lexander . Graham . Bell, died at Thp cause of the fire is a mystery but Fire Chief Rappéle. is inclined to the theory of spontansous comâ€" bustion, as the blaze startéd in oily mmm&mmmfi "heating." ~ wWANGED FOR MUADER, . | Alexander Paulson and Allan Rob inson, condemned to dis for the marâ€" der of W. F. Saisbury, jr., here last tail, wete hanged dn July 38, shortly béfore 9 o‘clock in ‘Okaila : prison in British Columbia. Both Paulson and Robh of Telephone Died in Seotia in His 75th . want a cor How about a can furnish you and the price complete i In a recent issue mt be lucted for . A service that is of immense benefit | of this w ancial s . d imnaterial but ablé ways, is t6 be! the near future by 8 mers of Ontario;, wit ation * of _ the â€" *Â¥ radio bro-acua-. operated from ‘the â€" quarters in ‘Toronto. "Througy this medti throughout Ontari® into almost as .close market conditions pt Union Stock Yards were present in per marets in West ince is handled. Inm t will â€"be able to keep close upon the pulse 0 and see that theit e whatever live stock to dispose of, are off only under ,z most | conditions ible. /. The officers of the U the greatest developm ern inventive genius, \wireless +telephone, & which difficultiss _ and they cause to the fa provincé, . could‘; . be overcome, besides 0j for, the farmersand to the illimitable enter other ~advantages. whi offers. It is their intem the main broadeasting by Paulson, a reprieve him to July 25. ~Robis cure commutation of tences failed, and. t nook.â€"hour, probably be and 1 o‘clock, standard partment at Ottawas . de the law must be carried Windsor and will ere« hera to care for thel of the Kelsey Wheel Dodge Brothers have