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IIJ uuuro ucivn W Vic »/««•/ •'Zwater. Loss 175,000, covered by tuauranc®.THE GAME ROSE WORKED.BrtndNl Her Majesty'* Uniform ta allMi1 ( ardllif Plar II •» WUW»Tablle Mall.Ottawa. Jan. 16.—(Special.)—A peculiar case came up In the Police Court this morning, a charge being brought against b. K. Ro»e by Major VV. G. Jiaid., an or Ottawa Fielu Battery, •n having reiustlt;i to h»nd over the uuiImUi of tne Field *attery. ahe /uung man. wno L, subject to tits, wai a.v^«. h.^ diB-h-ige tro.u tne battery m July last. The ai^.r has repeated-iy aem to Ro«e for the Uniform, but »u euoh case the messenger has returned w Kn the Information that Rose '*| lu hai.d over the outfit when he . . o ready. An Investigation showed Roses reasons for delating. Several iiiilitary n.en about to.vn were of the op.i.ion that they recognized the uniform of the Ottawa Field Battery on one of the heroes In a recent bloodcurdling play at Grant’s Hall. The .nalgnation of the officers of the battery knew no bounds when it leaked out that the uniform was being hired from time to time for that purpose. Finally Major Hurdman took action, with the lesult that Rose stood before the bar of Justice this nvomlng with his uniform in his arms. He told the magistrate that some time ago he had left word with friends to return the unl'orm, as he was going out of town, but this his fri nds had failed to do. Ttio maclstrate ordered Rose to hatid over the uniform, remarking that Rose should have certainly complied with the rules and regulat ons of the bat-t ry. It Is said members of different ml Itary organ zatlors in the city are making a pactloe of h'r'ng out their uniforms and there promise to be more cases to come before the magls-'rate un!~-s the p^a t'c? is stopped. The fine for refusing to return one of H^r Majesty's uniforms is $20 and costs.
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Milton Canadian Champion

Milton, Ontario, CA

Thu, Jan 28, 1897

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