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Evening Star, Issue 15076, 7 January 1913, Page 6

Mr Dix. Governor of New \ork State, has announce*! that he has pardoned Albert Patrick, who was serving a life sentence for the murder of William Marsh Bice, llice was an aged millionaire, a native of Texas, who lived as a recluse, in New, York. ITe was found dead in his apartments from the, administration of chloroform on September 22. 1900. His valet was arrested, and made a confession, implicating Patrick, a lawyer who had drawn up some important papers for the old man. At New York during November the sale of the fourth and last portion of the famous Hoe library was completed. The total amount realised was £386,400, which falls somewhat, short, of the expected. £400,000, hut it. is by far the highest sum ever obtained in the history of Pool; sales. The sale of the previous highestpriced library—viz., the Afihhumham library, in England, brought £95,929, or less than one-fourth obtained for the American hihliophilisb’s collection. Many record prices were created during the sale, notably the £IO,OOO for the Mazarin Bible on veilum, the highest amount, ever obtained for a printed book. The books were disposed of in 79 sessions spread over nearly 18 months. The second aviator to follow a hunt byaeroplane is Mr S. F. C-ody, who went to the meet of the Aldershot Beagles at Eelmoor Bridge, Laffans Plain, on November 23. After shaking hands with the master (Captain Sa-nkey), Mr Cody mounted his new Government biplane and circled twice round the hounds, then followed them for some distance across the plain. His manamvring was watched and applauded, by a large number of spectators. The first hunt by aeroplane occurred a month ago, when Mr Sidney Pickles flew after a cubbing party in the Finchley district. The defeat of Mr George Lansbury for Bow and Bromley is said to have been largely duo to Labor refraining from voting for one who had dared to show independence of caucus rule, and because a good many Liberals preferred to vote for Mr Blair (Unionist) rather than support a “renegade,” as he was termed. And his outspoken denunciation of the trickery by which the woman's cause had been defeated in the division over tbs Conciliation Bill was bitterly resented by those who prefer faction to -principle. In the final result his victory of 863 at the General Election of December, 1910, was turned into a. defeat, of 751. A lady whose name appeared on the. register voted for Mr Blair, her demand for a ballot paper not being questioned by the scrutineers. Louis Cyr, the French-Canadian, who for years was called “the strongest man in the world,” died at his home in Montreal a. few days ago, aged 49. He had an international reputation, was famed in French-Canadiau lore, and had been given a place in the habitant poems of the late Dr Drummond. Cyr came into prominence when lie was 18, and was taken all over the world to exhibit his wonderful feats of strength. His record for lifting with his back a loaded platform was 4621b. In 1890 he established a record by winning a straight pull against four weighting I,ooolb each.