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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1902-2-20, Page 72,000 LIVES LOST • they llud, t war re fur guue. St inn,* Alpinist Ilse livery. We burled poor Sloan to -day. lt1J- wee is In the hwtpltel, shot all to plecee ; end I um here, thank Oat, with Mut one revere wound. Such war the ending of the year for me. l ex- - •4; poet to be Up again to about two week.,, l have to go to Pretoria to tell how the Joern III -used Corporal Sloan before he died, troth he and Mhiway bang stripped and left mtikel in the hot sun. I place away they started agile to !shoot at me, but did not lilt me, though 1 would not have cared If 4,000 HOUSES WRECKED In the Great Earthquake at Shamaka, Russia. Actual Extent of the 4:etertIlty Not Yet Kneen—Boer Emissary in the United States .-_At Albany Now --Troubles at Trieste Over ; the Strikers' Demands Having Been, Conceded They Are Back at Work. Rake. Trnunt'nousta, Feb. 17. -De - tette which neo &lowly reaching Bike from Khamnkis. about seventy miles from here, elbow that two thouaaod penning, mushy women and children, perlehnel or n result of the enrth- yuRk•• lust week. and alsuut 1.(K)'J lemma were deetr(3 rd. Thirty-four tillage of the eouu- tr•, rurreueding ti111uuaka none eu(- 14 rtti1. 'reedit tu the tureen. of ttie n. igh- )orhocxt, n volcano near the village .,1 Mnr(lsy to the eastward of Slta,n_ •ke her broken out into active . ruption. A great crevasu nus ape peared, whence Immense /lames and etreatne of lava are being thrown Ont. The eonrse of the river aeon- /et/44e Isere been alteret In eonan- ')IIPtrle ut lis bed beteg dentinal with earth which hag been diel.Hlgie by he earthquake. Battalions of guard■ and dr•tach- tneuty of rappers, with tante, have been despatched to $4oi'unkti to aid In the work of reroute 'rite lied Croes Society l.v active In alleveting def - test's. Brier Emissary ho the 1'. S. New York, Feb. 17.-1t hats been an- nounced that Ur Mueller, the former Causal of the Orange Free dtitte to Thu Ilague, war one of the passim - tore on the eteamehlp $t. Pttul, which errlve.l here yerterdny. 1t was olid that fir. Mueller war railing under the mine. of "F'. Cnetbere," 00 that hie depetrture (rem Europe might be kept a secret, Inquiry was male of John V. L. ['rum eoaceruing the that of Dr. Mueller. Mr. Preen Bahl: "lfenry Mueller, thr rmirr;try, hes been In title country' for a month He hay been travetiing hrough the western part of the State. I think be is at Albany at present, lie will come to they city very soon -Just when, 1 .lo not kuuw,'o . rueste Troubles Over. Trieste, Austria-Hungary, Fe 17. -The etrkers here resumed work to - any, tittle demands healig Lela o ceded. ROASTED BABY SISTER: COUNT TOLSTOI IfrIPROVES E firemen Risk Lives Saving Dis- secting Room Subjects. (;anal of a Man Who Weighed 700 Pounds Twelve Bearers Carried the Loftin ---Want Had Been Considerate and ,bade Burled a asy"— Danish Minster of Pu►lk Works Valls a Vial* to Cancer. Hammond, ,tai„ Feb. me -Wells= groped their wa Nowak, the 3 -year-old .on of Mr. smt'ks tai dna y through (Ire le. u.? Mrs. John Nowak, of this ally, ggrt. rix dead bodies tato the street fn m He•turett Hov- '• .akl to have deliberately wet fire to tbo clothing of lilt baby sister, c.n.l watched her burn to death. At tbo inquest over the body of the chtW, it developed that after the father lsf the children, who la a hyenas, had goats to Its work, the ,notlwr reprimanded the boy fur some •rlfilag,fault, and Rocked both chit= 'irea la the kitchen while rhe went to a'Srocery store. Io one eurnerof (be kitchen was n CuplxoarJ, vuth0 )12.•1( of which were &toted matcher TMs mother war" abeeut about 15 minutes. When she returned sed opened. he kitchen door tb0 rick - rum: ...dor of burning fleet' almost overpowered her. Oa the floor lay • the 111 -)moths' -old girl, writhing In pin gad burner aluust beyond recognlie . iltltlenbrotherawatchi gnear r why 1 • sees, winch had t ' the begun to eat Into ho pane flodr of the room. The boy, who is precocious anti talkative. meld at the inquest that he had lighted the twabeet Clothes" )10 exhibited nu grief upon being .-lbuwn the charred-bo,ly. Tone., Ist(prua r,.. "- Ynit;•, Crimea, Feb. 15. -Count Tol- see* le 0l',n('what Improved to -day. Him pal,* it 90, and lila temperature • • es t•ath,faotory. The change fur the it•otte in iia 00811(00 which occurred Ye'stetday evening wan c;turrd by a •prma- of to f the the right1lung. rThef Infiam- 0netton le beginning t I unbullo. • .,ed 1)Imeretlntt Room \nhfr.•i.. i'hlcago, Feb. 13, -Firemen wit , p[sal, at lila and Iultoa streets, late teal night, eurried on their her le } labor In the brtlef that they weer rescuing tearoom "rho bad been as= phyxlatel. end hot until the (Eines h(ul b •111 sub,lued tial thug !earn that they bad been In the JWwecling root of B(•n,e•tt llndlral•C1llr•go, end the, the rescued bodies were from tie el -quoting table .4 the 'eh'eol. yet. oral of them were nettled, bailee been brought to the school to that rorwlltlnn. The dleseetlng room and laborntery of the college were de- stroyed, entailing a lime of *.5,000. A soon" • f patients In the hoepital were b•Wle frightened, but moue w'.re Inbred. The firemen ]tad mpp*:ed that the building was need exoin- ettely for hospital purposes. Iturvieg 8 toes) flan. , New fork, Feb. 15. -It required twelve men to carry to the grave the coffin t'nntaining the remain. bf Dennis Leahy, whose funeral line 41rt been hell. The dead no/tn W4lgttieti 700 pounds. Ille o ind been "Required wittiin 111,, 18« f t ten years When he turned the ;;00 {tonne mark two years ago, a physician pronounce nl tale inert -nee In mise due to tatty degeneration of the heart, arta told Leahy 111.. (heath was may a totes - lion of time. Appreciathe uble hie Inter menti mlgtttnccame len friends. Leahy hunted up A place of reel lance close to a crap tery, and It war necessary to entry the mirth only n snort die tone". 1)a111.1. )Ilnlsler Onset. Copenhagen. Feb. 14. -Herr Hoe rup. the lllnleter of Public. Works. who had been suffering from enncer, Ie dead. UUOW THE GENiI E BOERS MALTREATED A CANADIAN \,,rt11 Bay, Feb 17. -john inane, reef teed the following letter from t x 9 Inclos aoT flim: ?--re Wttpoortje, Jan. 1, 1102. ;a' 1r Father -Vteu will be saltprtleel 11 1 heseen ou get ltuuaccount u1 the if Ilr In the misses ere now. t went Y''atellay, /theta n milts nn.1 a from en Mil etch torp. Boa n cued trlrerser name) Midway. We onae"• 'r Rotes nppronchtng and we lav eewn end let erre sorra no when wee reel and shot one dent(. Then In tetra fee that l awn tell It we were Naur" ''n•led b nbt 800 Boers'. _They 'to 'toted "'lands nulands up 1" but we said fs, fl we wrn111 din go me. It 'Vim n t thing for us to do, as we het only 50 roiled'. of rertrldgee. We fired nt them at ',bout 50 yards' ei"tance avid hod u•) aloes nt chat11101' had Mogver pl"•teie, and Midtwny reeelved a In111nt in the face and neether le the leg. Corp Bionn wee .'hot In (lin breo.t nnl ht the neck. 'rite Meer. N•v•r Quit 'grills, `'nd 8)n kept right on Men. i had m -o18 up my mind not to (Yell or to 'Inti up my heretic when Won ex - 'lettere!. ,. My GMs, Ingle., hock .nt rhrht belend e. !'• They ware reining on the fell gallop. We turned on the neweetnern nn 1 they retr,.ntet ehonfought. ny (hie time 1 hod the one fan of peeing three klhp,l, enol, no 1 tlr(.lght, ono Tronrulell, hitt too owe 1 ft without it diet or Cnrtrllgs, MO hat) my rifle dowel nt ,pfd heed end for flat ten the grouter The. ntiv•r M'M'e were "trot ell over 1.y thin time. Rfon't was tOonhing ttklway'e lit't'le h1itaetMI ewe to Nome of the Bnera "i eoebl nitl'>•vt hove-wpnken riotWith them and they ^r.al,1 Mt Ire N(.rnehow.. N'rlt Bullets Near Nim. Well, :liter we stolsped firing they kept at It For abiut -five minute*-, I felt Iota of tine bullet," entering the ground under me; they would throw up the ground ngatn.t my ribs. I began to think of my moth- er, nod the next moment onn nfhr Boers lilt oro on the heed with his rifle. i got rip and be gratltea my rifle, hat and tenet. When my shirt crime off it young Ind etwut 10 years of ago, not more than telt fret away, fired nt me, the hullo entering my shoulder. it dill 11.1 strike (idy bone, but tore all the flesh oft. Then theytookoff my Moots; my eocke were knitted 6118/ end In trying to pill them off they bromine fast on my heat, end they dragged me over the reek', until (hey enure off. -They nine took my pante, In the pockets', of which 1 hnd 12 shillinge. I stood In the Itot .un for 20 minutes, the Boers In the meantime Hlffing Nr With 'their %hip nett Molt rgp. of their rifle. (crow- ing wpnk freta the hem of blood, ! hnd to lin down, Mot they hit me over rind over again unfit 1 wart nlrllgm(1 to get up. Hy (lite time Corp Sloan was dying, and to the Itht h. kept erying "Ingles. Ingle., Ingleel" My blood turned en111 when n big fel- low mine tit to her end told me they were reit* to otioot tee. I .eav throe loading their tithe.; two leen 111.0111 18 yeare of nee, were going to put nn end to 111e. eget ne 1 lhoterlit my lain moment Iced comp, .OMP men tint* Inng whi.k,•rpi temp rip 1111(1 41)1.1 mm to gn to enmp and 0end n Morin? nod nmtwlnnse: Mor feet nen* Needing end mit 'ego blot, rewd, nn.1 1 voted net rentin my '1'17 Lest. When I putt n little t 1t surprises me how 1 have been cheered over and over egaln be other troops for not surrendering. "Cuttada For Ever," was painted on nay lett. 1 *Aw my pante go uvur the hill, the by the tuetuett to a Boer riati- dle. I must nut forget to tell you (het when 1 mune in SO men "mut out and were ales trapped and etrlpped, Cap- tain and all. Roseate yesterday: On our 01118, :; dead and 7 wounded; Moore, I) dead and 19 wounded. Cele talo rhea Y dead out of 8 that took ldm. I-Ighteuberg was the Boer Oen• oral. MOUNTED MEN TRAPPED 11 KILLED, 40 WOUNDED. They Were Raw Recruits From Home and Easily Fooled. THE WAR IS PETERING OUT. Herman Libels Denounced by Germans ---hoer Laager Captured Charge of tier Horsemen—Kilt-zinger's Case In Parliament- --May. UrYY'rt Would Rather See tier Husband Killed Than Captured ---Two (lore Canadians 111. London, Feb. 10. -Oen. Kitchener ' German press at home. Most of reports to the War Office that a he speeches were in Oerwau. The force of Mounted lefantry, while re- sstateteaerament• descrlbed the nawrpapsr connultrin nr iorrible libels 8)d g on Feb. 12th In the detilleh hes. They cited evidence Zukerbilwiola Rawl, became engager! + to prove that the charges were Ink ' it court loraWo number of Bo false, nod paid tribute* to the Brft- a be bloc loot 1 t kilted and 40 wounded 0 they reached the cover of the )t(41)ea The espatch add./ tiat a party ..f Curate nary frame ii'aterval River were r . died by a Boer tree on 1'eb. 10th, with lows. A deopa - troth • Pretoria gives these add(tl ,al details: One hundred pd fifty Mounted In- fantrymen, wh: • patrolling the Kilp River, south of Jo oneeburg, on Feb. u (or their good treatment of the Germane here. They declared that al- though they loved their Fatherland, they honored the British (or their attitude In the war, and condemned the coasplracy agtunet them which was meeting with support in the German press. hoer l.aag.r Taken. • Tn''k8etad, Cape Colony, t'eli. 16 - Colonel Trice 'attached Weenie' end Bester's oonsmaod nt ilaarfontetn, 25 mem to the northwest of rids piece, early on the ;JOth Inst. The -I'HE LATE MR. JUSTICE LISTER Born at Belleville, June 21, 4$43 --Died at Toronto, Feb. 9, 1902, 12th, aiei'rounden a fnrm.b'•u.e, where they suspected Boers.were L0 hiding. A "Angle Boer broko away from the house, and tin British )4tarted to pursue him. The Boer cllubal a kupJe, the UtltI.b fallowing. Domain mealy a heavy tiro was opened up.,11 •11CM from tJgir,.o aide. The Brtllsh found thcm.tfPee lis a•trap, ao(1 In a {o.,l,tuu w o they were umubl , to crake tiny tlefe:,oe. Eight of the Bell• (eh office it made u gnhant eft„rt and .dtfe ded the ridge with carbines and re* vete milli they were even,' eon"er The British litut two bid--, 1-81-0 1 nine men killed and sev"•nr) offlc a and feet).,ni n wounded be. fore the fermi wad able to fait back n , ', corer 'K- a- blockhouse. courting Al a sleet al •losg,atch .m I'retorta, tine Mounted Infantry - en who were trapped at K)ip River vera all fresh from it nue and emoted is/ Dans ;idler, 'Thu bulk or the casil,ilttee occurred during” In- r'e: .real of the 0rltb,h. T110 klliral In- cluded MnJ'r 1h,w•eil, the commander of oho force, 1'reaehh,g for I'rn.,', Lorston, F'cb, 18.-Hiehop Hartsell, mourning to the latest mall84141ces front the Cape, has been preaching with great force to lhitclt end Eng - 1,11 congregations in Cope Colony on the moral aspect& of the war, taking the British side with almost paesioneto carneetness, and appenl- lng to the Boer «ulster., after their h.'rote renletanee, to be brave en- ough to Iteknowl.dge defeat and de - riot front warfare which could not be Jeellfi'(1 no the groumle of expedi- ency or umee«Ity. "The American blshop neer, boldly prevlk•ted the re- ensxt of the warring ',nee& In South 1frMA, nlniort e. eieeelily as the North 011.1 Month had drown to- gether After the Civil Wnr, Ilor, Ible tonean Libel. thirtieth ?Intal, Feb. I*. -,t largely- ett.mlal rhepting.oi ()ermnne was held to -day In the new (termnn Net - ferment. An indignant • protest well Nlgeed, temente on pertinent know• l.lge the glanders on the frltieh memo that have appeitred la the enemy promptly retired, limiting their laager tu our bands. tennmandant iausyl was killed and two rebels and 81 horses captured. Our casualties were all , • , Boer Cavalry Charge. Cape Town, Feb, ]6. -While our troop/. were engaging a party of GO Burrs near the Junction of Wlige /liver and Leeuwepralt, 100 men of Weasels' commando crossed the attire lower down, add rushed and drove le the Light horse rearguard. -7tMoat molting tnotdent then oc- eorrert. Seventy ftoere, wearing Brit- ish cnvnlry clunk@, In the rain, 1) (1 under elver of the lire o(n numiser of Doer. who were In it kraal on n hitk b'.k((y cheesed the l•ltent (terse )w.sltlon, evidently with the object of enpturing the light Moran porn -Powe The enertly fired from their harem. whit(' ch rging the hill, tett received n heavy fire from the Light ((orae iteteerther thio. INrr111x►rn, whbh err - vended nil its nmmurdtion. The enemy came within 5(X) yards, ami then Hrtent end flee, the New Ze(tlnmlere' MuxJat and pone -pout belplpg,to seat - (87 them. Four Boers were k11IiYl end army wounded. Nri$,I,,ger•. (•.o,. iwlnd04), Feb.' 15.-7he Wnr SOTO- tory, Mr" Br•heek, Informed lure_ tIonern 1n the 1101140 of Comptons, yeeterdny that he could not mutat bike to give the acmes en opeer- tnnity to dinning; the matter, should the (tenth *entente' be patine.) neon Commandant Kritsinger, who W;1 11 08(1(41704 hy (ten. French loot De. coinneemrte. r, before the mentence wan canoed out, Ile could not Interfere With the dl0cretlOn of Lord iCitrh- le ard to a. (lrodrk:k meld thererwna re otl.bjre tion to her leaving math Afriea, Mut mho would' not he nllowe.l to re- cede in (ripe Colony. 112 V.rr'1 'ollowrra, Details of that Ines of Cbl, (reline'e whilch v r wee m Rhowm otnble t1•,011rnnlo ti0 OO 1-07 dl.'clnlp' n Inrgor floor 11,18- nnmher M "(.mmlttslu ere: 'I'nrn•,tn, (teas then the earlier despaleheea,)- 1:N. f.rvndon, SHE, Fort William, 7:1; Mattel, bet otherwise there het whit^ the Increases were, nt O'tawa, been no Braise nitsliap is a bas 240 ; Sudbury, 40; Woodstoek, 83; r" period, DeWet'r force, originally ea- Seddon sant New Zealanders cloyed by Inter der)attchee to 0110 Ululated at ::,000 ten, had beou re- , eulved W unetat lu ta rillging the wet' to nu end, aisfl If it its outlet h cult - quarter of that number, and (teener tingnut were require u cheerfully. Sign t1 the star's F.LU. g ven for the roan:lining burghers 1 the Orange Free State are &quell t'lustic Oen. Kitchener Is ('oneen truting his efforts teem he eaptur of this force, with D,•Wet tied Step' lir the tihort eat and 141001 ef(octly 8)01120(1 of ending the r*r. Hoer I►rteaalr., !Amnion. Fab. 17. 6 u• en-:ti;cord- lug to the Aneterekam eorrerpu(Wunt of the Deify Mall, Boer delegates Wolmrtriter and W0rwele have been encouraged to leave for the United .4tates by the statements of Mr. Wand thi J. Bryan and reueut notiun In lie Colorado Senate In favor of (:un rear taking at tion. They [a- lign' exploit the diplomatic) tils- elo.uror respecting whit they term Brltaln'r duplicity ut the titan of the 19pst)dgh-Ancr1can war, while they place considerable hopes/ on Mr.eDutch Roosevelt'', decent front rtoh or- igin. 11 e London, Feb. 14. -Tito army nal- . ! mutes dlselore 11 rawlutel0) of thirty e 1 thomend eau on the pay roll', le 8t)plh Africa, and a materiel reluc- tlun In the general (meet of the mer- Tlibs is an th t the Boer op eraofficial operations, t nrregar/l- eel lie well-nigh at as en•i, Nen' %rnl..ners 11,ur.1. Wellington, N. Z•, Feb. 16. - With the departure of the ninth corals'. cent front Auckland to -flay, New! Zreilatsd has sent 3,0(Xt) men to the front, a number wbleh, un u pope - lathy' basis, was equal to 38,0o0, from Canada, 1:4,000 from Austral-' la, and 271,000 trout the Unit,vt KI agile n. 111 a1Alrtwlng the mon, Premier 1►rt'set's A lir, iurbiu, Feb. 18-11re. De Wet, in as tutertlow held at the Marttxburg conenutrut,oa cum p, 1x111 that two of her aunts were mull flgltugg with tittle father. She regretted that the lioterumeut had not permitted her to ecmmunkato with her husband, and mod s110 war ecrtaiu that be would never surrender. ]ler, De '1'1,.t demised she would rather wee iter hustittuJ ilio than submit. I loo l'aaedlanw 1)1 1tIt1, Fever. Ottawa, Feb. 111. -Thus Governor- General receive.' a cable utersage to- day antounciug the •taugerour 111. 041)4► of Trooper Martin A. Conway, of (ho 13. A. C., front enteric fever, at Ilebleiberg. /lie brother, W. J. Conway, of Kingston, le next of kin. Also of Trooper Wm. Downing, ut Vet River, from entero fever. Ill,. slater ie Miss M. Ilowutng, 50 Bta0ley )4treee, St. John, ' DR. I EYDS TALKS OF BOER MISSION 10 AMERICA. Paris, Feb. 17. -Dr. Leydo, the cetera. In other quarters. however. European Agent of U,e Boers, who' the imireeeton obtains that the )our- ia now In, this city, was questieneil Ivey la prompted by the developments by the Aseocp,te,l Preen Correepon,l- cot to■lay rtl;ordiug the object of the miwalon to rho United Stater of the Boer delegates. Afovars. M'eseele soft Wolmaranr, who Netted for New York from Boulogne, Feb. 1l, on the ettompr Rotterdam. ire r.•p,l••,l that they were merely going to America heti sponse to luvltations front Amer- man pro-Boere, with the view Of relching an arrangbmeut for the thin trlbutlen of funds and other assist Ansh.(;ermnn controversy nit O. the attitude of the powers pre- %loue to the Spivtd4h-1uvrican War, wl.k'h tin members of the Boer dege•- teetlon brilevr, haspraluce) a change of Ie•hltment In Ilse United Stn ter lo - ward's Great Ilrituln, on ae4e11nt of tin• pro-SpenlNh action attributed to Lord P0uncefete, the British Anne, - weber at Wa.hlrgrton, In April, 'M'J't, The Boers hope to utilise this rule Pratte revulsion of feeling In an en - encu eontrlbnted by the people. of the' eminent oto modlfyet the nlletaStatee ttitudeCtto- Unitetl States towards the Boer + w::r,ls metlatlon. - NEW GUINEA HORROR: A MISSION .MASSACRED. Cannibals Treacherously Attack During the Night d Party of French Scientists, Killing Twenty-five and Wounding Thirty-three A Survivor fells the Story. Parte, Feb. I6. -Let Petrie today I number, j received a blow on the puWleben a letter, received from Ur! bead from a club 08(1 fainted. When correspondent, el. Rouyer, n sur- 1 rec0varo't Conelclounnesr, it ref: elver of a maneacre of a French u th,ek in tlw mor i foo 1 found iur- self tial hand and toot, t+qd rtur- acienUfie Weston, by cannibals, at ' rounded by tatvegee, who, believing 4lleraka, New Guinea, Jan. lat. 'M. ' Eno to 1503 deed, were keeping me for Rouyer relates that the yacht Pal- tletnscices. anttl, with the misrlan en board, '1 raw tits hotly of Duron Yitlars Isnd anchored off the coast of New near 1141, tO0itd to u tree, Ill. -baby ia Guinea, and that a ctuniber Of the ? aper'. 1 tet iiyerrluw.3 be.', googhead had ol out explorer's landed, ,after an appar- eud hir grow aur horribly tuutllal(xl. ('nay friendly reception from the ria. i Tlw taunt da tiaint Re1uy uuJ twexi tines, the latter tronclierool decapitated. and hie beat stuck oa S" at- j the eel of a spear as a ftropny tacked theta during the night, nor- I Y' Ilagculxrk was sp;tt0et utt n eiertflg 23 of - t e_ptrtyi._Fne+a,)iig t-tttsrr. Thea_sa+J% 11 were elx ut tuuual Ikarus 'V4iIare, Count do tlitint Remy hire up. T wattel my fate. I was and MAf. Hogenbeek awl Frier, and afraid to move. My haul hurt dread - wounding 33, Including the writer fully. All around n)o tho gronmi oft the letter, M. ILonYer, the elite) _was etre tttt''''n with corpse,t 'Suddelc' a grant clamor wro1)7 of the mission, and another French-. followed by a fesd.do" I opened my man, named Reimer, eyes and saw 1)r. Forster a -el the M. Weever writer: "We were all remnlader di (ho mlerion from the sleeping peacefully, when there war yacht firing on Clio atmnl).ale. I a gent uproar, .111(1 we were ut shouted, and the reneuere ran to nu' reeked by hundred.. of netts -ere cer- en.l eut oor•.lr which bound me to felledine foci the greeted wt•thi elute, 32 dead. late e. Nevern1 of UM were LIM tree. The eclott stem of M. leaving leets Il:ttcltets and elw•ers. Others were : wore found, hat hie booty wan mise- utprpunvered, carried away and leg. fie had evidently twee devour. 1101111)1 to trees, 1 wets among (111, 81 during the night, RECOVERED 300 BODIES FROM SNAMAKA'S RUINS. Till) r.Rue•l, t Traueeaoasla, F''b.15.- Two hundred les of victims of the earthquake, w h destroyed the town of Sham, , .heti been rac.w- era! up to last ening. It appears certain that'leveret hue- 1 droll bodies are bur d in the (1. - sores and debris ca'gaed by the shook.', Tho quakes continue at in- tervgls, And the work of excavating In search of the victim& therefore (thenad ere tunny ein with owoumen y who at the the time of the prim:mei 'Mock, were eon- glcgatee ie• the variety bath bouees- St . Petersburg, Fob. 15. -The latch news received Lore from Slinmak:t confirms the appalling character of the earthquake at the place, anti I mita that 301> corps,'" have alrendy been taken out of the ruins. The pile', of wreckage are too vert that the search 1e neeesearlly slow. Most of tho victim" were M(laouimano. The miuvlvors aro encamped outdid() the ruins of the alt y. TROOPS OVER WE MOB IN STRE S OF TRIES TE. Trust('. ,tnetrla, Feb. 1:5, -Crowle thr(.need the Ntrenl. th1ss morning, tete . wrtiKnrw'-preterdie !corn .l; lkmra and public generally circulating. All the .quare./ and public building. nro rtrmtptert by-.oMtere wed inrre t.n- eingente el NM"set4Jiasy. forces :aro 111 ' rendln aline for Imme.liute motion. Nettie Is Ntle)Iendeeb A numb' of those who were wOun'1- e Lae Grande flrert rekIslny InL 111 sane yesterday a(te tease, killing .Lt and • tweet), pyre's., have died. OUR JAIL POPULAfiON, tlhnit Ste, Mnrte, 38. 11'Imutnn, '24. laytui[n, 2G, Tin cs'mmlttnls Yr Figures About It reeler. tit.• crimes agnlnet the perm. we're 656 •M•lnr h 11bHl 0111el.t1 itrpurt. The revert et the Inspector of pri- RIMY an.l reformatories of the pro- vince 8)1111 111 1. 1111 the table of the Leghbaturn )'e.+ter.lny, It .hese'. that tho remmltt:,It during the peer were 8,548, 1411 loos than le 1900. Thin 44 t he 1019(vat nnmlwr of prlRnn- er-, wl,h rhe exception of two yearn, einem 1873, when the committ,IR reached the high 4bgure of 1:1,500. 'Ilse cnmtnittaln of men. over «lateen yore of ng", were ale, lege. The enmmitnit of boys, under wixteen years of erre, were loon by 34: of girt.. anter sixteen veer, of Rg.r, the IBM by 4- In i rind the lotveet 111 f li ' pant twenty-fi8r yeare. The committals for crimes (delimit pblle mr.rnln tend decency were levy by 58. ('ominittele ((15141141 ''1,5' nett ps•aee were lean by 89. A11 other crime. for whlh e(.$mittnln wer. mode, bete by 24. C•,mmItt.tle 1,4 drunkenness worn In cleans' of last year by 14.5, Thls Inerenen wan In the hail, nt Ottew•n nal Mnr,lt".11in Island, while there were. deereneno In the rn(mher( at Tornt o an Thomas, 1'Inton, Brantford, IJrelph, Fort Wihllnm and 8•uryrron Ville. The oast • f meint(•nnnee of the pet.. In plinth. dur,nrf the peat yens writ $1f17,348"43, hong rl•Rhlle 1800 th'►n trm►rr the re -rehire yen r. The trot il tiers' 1tnv Of prisoner, In tit" 3 11. wive 207,0*3 , there were 7,514 mile p(wrIenters Add 1,•282 I' ,1., erne:nor., Tw(.thlrrle o1 title nmmlw•r were in- grruttr, ant) one-third nest.) not read Dor write. X-RAY Dr. Cummings, of Hamilton, Has a Successful Case. MR, BETHUNE THI: LUCKY MAN. The days of miracles, ars supposed to ibe past, but the next tieing to ttyylwithin8)the Iart [ wum ntths, anti tai Qufotly and unostentatiously that but few people know of It About three years ago Mr. Edward Bethune, who le a wehI-ku.,wn rwWont of rite city, hating lived hero for forty- eight yearn, war stricken with an ufflcttou on the face In the furor of it caueor. it started under his eye tend spread very rapidly. As It was the cause of Miro dirftguremeut, lir. Bethune committed several doctors, who prro1ounced the trouble that form i -t maltttf(uaat ulcer to whicbeh la reeogn,u,d by the profeot'on as cancer. Theyy advised un operation, bel as Mr. Bethune is a man ad- vanced hu yatra ho tad not like the Idea of taking chl•roform• For months he tuck all kh501r 01 medl- clue for 111* blood, but the lnrl)lous disease crept on and attacked his name, and Air. Bethune felt that Ise was in danger of 1.'aing thin sight. Being one day In Dr. t'umnlings' the doctor puestloned him about the trouble, anti dingn.wed It as cancer. Fie nlggested that Mr. Bethune sub- mit himself to X-ray traetment, anti Mr. Bethune eagerly embraced the opportunity, tor, as he himself etatee, he felt that he wag In dire straits. Dr. Cummluge begat) the treatment in July and a complete cure has been effected. To -day Mr. I3etltune Is in the beet of health, his 'Ale la bright and clear, and there L noth- ing on It10 (see to show that it hnd puce beer unsightly from the effects of a m*Jlgnttl,t disease. 8e !r anxbrne •tltnt everybody should kno'tr what has been done for ham. in order that others afflicted with tb1Y dreatlfes diem*. may be cared. He eves at No 80 John street north. ilanlllton• Illy. Het Ilene Attlee that bo telt n.l pun from the treat- ment, and from the. very first there was n !narked improv (•m••nt 1 hir conditlen, Mr. Bethune assure us that widle treating with the doe or ho rum several other casette( cane 'talented in different parte of th body from lila own winch to his cer- tain knowledge were cured, and that other patents afflicted with a dreadful disease called Lnpus, or Con- Nnmptbn of the skin, wero com- pletely ('erred to n very short time. 111.. friends nay that he wise suffeeing from cancer, end that lie tram undoubtedly' terribly under Ins power before treated with X-rays, Dr. Cummings was seen in refer - whatever rho case, but expre.wed a strong dlaike to eayfmg scything whatever feu ),uellceitlose ANOTHER MRN DEWS. Customs Officer at Bridgeburg Said to be Short. WHAT INVESTIGATION SHOWED. Buah.l). Feb. 17.-tlapreatet-tete. W, Lewis, who for 28 years was em- ployet' by the Caatulbtu Gutern:ncat In flue customs-houso at Brl)geb: ug, Ort., has been suspended and his dlemiosal from the service Is x11.1 to lax but a que0tioo of 1 few days, Juneet Lawmen, collector of cutsto:ne for the port of I3rhdgecintrg, rays Lewis stole *1.1100 in 11101, alai that hu lute probably boon mie(tpproprl. at tn1 neo ey at that rate for 120 yearn, Lewis was suspended about Febru- ary let, nt the Instigation of a Government inspector (rein Toronto. At that time it tamely that hie books were not in the con- dition they r11ould be. Suboequeut ln- vc•ett re t:n 'moan the big ehlppers of thin city by b'auadian Inspectors rovenh,d the stats of affairs to a certain eXtent. It wen learned that Lewis had been stenting from the Government indefinitely. HAN VOW - t)(}11 !n t1500 Dridgoburg custom&-h)uee wan acxt to Impurta8co to that of eollrotor. Ifo handled all the money and wee practically deputy oo;leetor of the port, ns well ae cashier, Mr. Ln.wetrn said yeeter.lay that he had had Implicit tnith in Lewitt. The en- tire community thought well of 5lm and tho rumor of. his defalcation was a 0ltopk to the people of Bridgeburg and Fort Erwr, t:ollector Lawson explained to n reporter yesterday the manner In which Lewis' doubtless nec'omp)lahnd him entered embezzlement. He Nall moot of the Buffalo @hipper.' hod their rfrelght ele,tred at Bridge - burg in the Interests of expedi- ency,'11,e duty ens bald et Bridge- Irltrg the freight wn■ relenmel and the Comedian Government had no more to do With 11. Mr. letweon said Lewis' meet have destroyed the re- port, Itmnlfp1t, Invoice and entry after he clenred n ehipmnnt tine ee there 8)n.' nbNOlutrly no trate. 44 11 left In the Of(1Ce, if "ha)mmntm (leered to that way were recorded in any of the b'yk. In the office, the bottle' have dl1appenre4. The atpp,nitlon, therefore, Is that Lewis @Reply p00keted the money pub! 011 many of tion Mg ehtpmentn '11111,11@00the , I:menet:ent was never the It IN stld In Bridgeburg, although it cold.) not be verified ye0torday, flint the aninninty company her re*. from Iwwh Ile home. wh:rh IN mldwuy between Fort Erie and ftrtrue a - r •lustere ler n• con 4 he RA were skyey" exemplary. 10 hal► fil buil\rfmirinn n.V.U.W • Hrndlustrle'etf o1 Itstes Wel be 11,' Chief Tapir I)lmrussed, Toronto, Feb. 12. -Tee reedju,t• meet tto1'Ie thatwillcome befll be ore the A.0 U W. ('onventlon for Ontario, to be held In Amsrx'Intlnn Hall next week. Tilt will be the 2lth annual gather - leg. and between 1013 and 00e (tete- atee ern expectM to he present. There will be n meeting of thin lxecn• tlye nR 8 p m. ,st Monday next in the office" of the Order. Confederation Lae Building, nod the grand Lodge wtll.open Itn seselon at 9 a m. in Aiww't,ttlon 111111 nn the iVednpp,lny (ollnwtr,R. The convention w111 pre" iwhly Io0 two day 0. The 454 edges" In ntarkl ttnve a mefnberrhip of over 42. permons in g co(1 attire' Ing, rpprent" tint about *70,000.000 of Snonranee.`7'. 11. Cornett. of Oen annalist, „40 Ile -Mester Wnrk8Rn Amine high-iou,, Ung nems& entry more weight on vlhtting nur(ls than Oil abegaea, 1 •