| Show ANOThER SOURCE OF TROUBLE I LONDON Oct 29The Pacific cable scheme advocated by a number of British colonies and the Dominion of Canada made a decided advance today to-day at a meeting of the represent tives here of Canada Australia New I Zealand and the South African colonies col-onies i I was felt by the meeting that the I exclusive concessions of Hawaii to an I American cable company if ratified I would increase the cost of the proposed Pacific cable as the line would have to be landed at some other point I Great satisfaction was expressed in colonial circles at this important matter mat-ter assuming definite shape PAGUE COttHTMAHTJAIi I CHICAGO Oct 29 Attorney Blair I for the defense today closed his casein I case-in the Pague court martial at Fort I Sheridan and Judge Advocate Clause recalled several witnesses in rebuttal Major Girard former post surgeon was called to testify regarding Lieutenant Lieuten-ant Pagues sanity but proved to be avery a-very bad witness for the defense Major Ma-jor Girards direct testimony was clearly given but upon the crossexam ination he became lost in a maze of contradictions The defense hopes to prove that Lieutenant Pague was mentally men-tally deranged but not intoxicated when he shot Colonel Crofton and Major Ma-jor Girard swears that Pague was drunk when the shooting occurred just after being confined in the guard house in the meantime Other witnesses testified that Pague I was perfectly sober when the shooting OffIIrpl nnil Tiontonanf TimTIn I swore that Pague asked him to U smell I his breath two minutes after the 1 shooting in order to prove that he was sober Major Girards testimony went to I show that while Pague was drunk on I the day of the shooting he was not of unsound mind i |
