HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1902-3-20, Page 7FO NATE ESCAPE
OF PASSENGER TRAIN.
I;soil ng Falls Across a Railway
as it Passes.
elieeee ti' Last Coach by About Two Seconds --Arrest of a Negro Sup-
pose Ito be the Murderer of John they Foster --Twenty-five ehltagu
1 emetics Turnrd Out in the Sturm by Fire --A Nebraska Youth Al•
tempt t Blackmail and 1, Shot by Wunld-be Cantors.
l4.ltlwure, 11'1., March 17. -Ten wen
mere iteprieoniel by au exploelou ih
a mune at Fairmount, W. Wit. AU the
,unu rm uatatpa without injury. The
l,r.eoerty loot war slight.
A Narrow Escape.
'Fuleetb, O., Morel' 17. -The big plant
.f the Toledo Metal Wheel Cuiupuny,
employing nearly 800 Igen, Ahlch
stood along the Lake \more Railway.
col Nipped, Just ad a west bowie pee -
..Iger train trammel the building. It
fell access the track and barely tales -
the rear couch. lied the'collap.e
,.,.,.,erred two sccoadu earlier every
. weep:int of the coach would env,.
. en killed. lied it occurred tiering
the week it W believed hundred.' of
ves would have been lost. It is
...wooed that the continued peasuge
..f tonins enured the weed to week-
• u untU they collapsed:
1ttrut)-four lesmillen Ousted.
rldeago, March 17. -Twenty-four
Le:uieer occupying the St. Cattier-
Date,
'atlutr-
fI te, at 40th tarsen unit Grand
e,„eeeerd, were driven from the
bedding by fire r idly todity. A
.frevel wind was Mowing mud the
firemen had to work hard to con-
e .,• the flumes to tho St. Cnthnr-
. The temente had barely time
to except', azul dtivered In their
night clothes until the netgltburr
were uruueel and gave them shel-
ter.
\Vw. tluanlun, a pullbetnan, fell
from a third etory window and
broke olio of his lege. George Pat-
ton, one of the tenants. rteecued three
w .men who wore pelmet In on the
third floor. He need° it rope of bed
sheets itud let the women ,own the.
elevator shaft by memo of it. He
then fuetened It and attempted to
rlble down - after them. The rope
gave way, however, ant he sustalnexl
a broken ankle. Firemen rosette! him.
The total lura was 880,000.
A at ur Ierer Arrebird.
Baron Rouge, Lit.. March 17.-A
negro. Answering the deiertptluu of
Prince\Edwards. charged with the
whetter of young Soho Gray roo-
ter. nen Shreveport, Le.. Cart year,
her been netted and le In Jell at
i tutu An n, Mexico. Governor
Heart hay t plied for hid e xtradl-
(bn.
lllark$*allrr 51, 1.
Beatrice, Neb.,\Marc11 17.-Willarl
Smith, .0 years 04.1. who sought to
binekmnU a tuere 41 pert of the town
,d Tilli, wits shotaol killed Into
lost night by one of
Men sent to entrails
Ile wrote tui iultony d, • at letter ele-
mntetbng money, which a went to
secure, and, reI.tittg cu are, was
killed.
a
partyfIR four
MET\IIUEN'S STORY;
A HEROIC FIGHT
I ‘ ery Gunner Shot Down Before
Surrender Occurred. .
luiantry Foutht Nell -- flet'
three (tours-- the Flight o1 1
t'.tee etethuen Was Well
en, With a iiem eel e1 Men, Fought lar
Mounted Men Left the Boni, Lorre-
rated --Two Canadians
%% list About are
Jd,rp to Confer N Ith Beer Leaders.
l: won, March 18. -The War Office
haw received the following commit -
niceties' from Lord Kitchener, at
Orrt'•rie: "Lord Methuen lute snit
rue a eta' officer with to 'dictated
/.pitche from which it appear- teat
certain particulars previously given
nee innccnrate. The rear screen of
in,: anted troupe was readied and over-
' imel nt dawn. There was a
of a mile between the ox and
btu- mule convoys. The mounted
'-'pert'., to the rear of the screen.
satin ten. Methuen. Immediately re-
infer•o•1 by all the available retrained
(beepe reo l at section of the f18t11 bat -
maintained themeelvex for an
t.. r. 'luring which the convoys
...sing up without disorder..
*1,-i hurn kept 111* lIe.d.
I.. the nieanwhUe, two hundred in-
-tie were bang dl.ayoeed by Leri
11 Chuen to resent the Boer attack.
which wad outflanking the left of
--therenr guard. The Boers preeeeel
tett attack hard, and the motuted
seep-, uttempeed to fall back on the
toe. ,try, and got completely out of
earreing away with them in
tee rout, the bulk of the mounted
gip.
"load guts of the 38th Battery
" ra thee left 0npr 1trcted, but con-
t'. u',1 In actio\\, until every man,
with flee excrptIon of Lieut. Neidtnw,
Kan lit. Lieut. Nehhuw was called
on le, a errender, and, upon refusing to
de. .r, wait killed.
"Lord Methuen, with two hundred
M lee Northuwlw'rbrkl Feebler,' tine
len guns of the Fourth Battery, then
found llntself Isolated, but ht 1.1
on for three hours Dirtier this pev'lal
the remaining Infantry. viz.. l0J of
the Lnneashlree, will' Nome 4(1
mamtel mend mealy (.ape p0 ice, who
lad (N•ruplal the kraal mete the
wngtmn, 8110 contlnned to 11011 out
•egalest the repeated attack of the
when the safety of Colouel Oreufell'i
column W assured.
t•unvu)•• ('opturr,l In teeter 4 oluny.
The Cape Tuwu correspondent of
Tho Pally Will writers that the Brl-
tlslt campaign In the nurthweet of
Cape Colony her oullupsel, and grave
emberrttsswent has been caused by
theoapture of two convoy/ In that
direction. Nothing had been hoard of
this matter from official sources.
Mere New Zealanders to right.
Wellington, N. Z., March 16. -The
New Zealand Cabinet ham resolved to
sand) a tenter eoutlugeut of 1,000 men
to South Afrtoa.
Burr ( emtm.andsel Captured.
Loltdon, March 1t1. -A doayatch from
1'retorta *aim that Cumwaudatit t:el-
Ik•re, of the Kroonrteul commendo of
Boere, was arming the prteo Iers cap-
tured by the British recently le the
Hullbron dlstriet.
CONVI:ItEhtel: N'trit IlUF.HD'l
--
Kitchener Suet to be Vu flout'. to
Kledk*Aurp.
London. Marolt 18.-A report hi cur-
rent in Dowutng street that Jlord
Ki'tehi mer bad gone to Klerkoalorp. to
have" it talk a lab Iortt Methuen, wet
this, is probably true, ns Lord Ktteh-
euer lei haeurally 'melee. to obtelu
the flatfeet tuformatloo of the receut
disastor. He wine' also want to
hear what CumtoanJunt Diiarey had
to ray to his dlatltgulbbt.l prize.:er
during tee week thee 1,,rd Metllue 1
remained In the hat es of the Boers.
The tmpretaeuon caused in this cone -
try by tate ob•valrods magnnmimlty of
Lomuuur.Ltnt 1elarey ire rclesueing 0
J:rlirh general w'bum he might have
excbanegtl with itdvantage is remark-
ably deep awl widespread, send is, ac-
cording to all at•pearanoese detainee
to have practical 'result.; of (bo high-
est importunes The b•Ilef prevails in
rc.g,uu.able quarters that Command-
ant ',emery cotumunleatel fully to
Lord Methuen the views, ueplratlonm
and demand,. (4 the hoer ',eiders in
the' field, aal tat they are metier -
that Lori Kitchener wilt athlete that
tits liritlak Government accept them.
Wtull'rtt el 14 'lent uetfl %/ale vin
It woul t cot bo r;urpristug, record-
ing to the itatemoute current here
tteday, if Ielarey. liotha an,l DeWet
Mimed come to hl_rkstiorp and bulk
over the *roue taw with Lord Kitch-
ener.
It w as ctpcn secret that these
three leaden' aro new together.
Peace. Il it dotes grow out' of the pres-
ent rituttlon, will have Its inceptioti
to a great extent ret Delarey's mag-
nanimity In reIetudu;t lord elothuen.
Any prolowtiuu that be mlgkt'nuke
at the prevent moment would receive
the must friendly consideration from
the British Government and people.
ie waa pul.tb ally opposed to Kruger,
S ons tega.uet the policy w hleel lid
to the ',reagent %var. Ile is a sound
'stnan, ad well us it great com-
er. Ila wast reul,se teat now is
portuaity to obtain the beet
tonne for his countrymen ;
a rcuronable deduction,
direct reports oo tbe sub-
s e will not allow this op-
\!
o wawa creation to pabs
ore of IL Ill.• pro.
are now in the hoods
verllmellt, shuul.l be
n few days
Anal her !\t[ay .
Loudon, Marsh 17. - A dew-
pntch to he Dat!y Mitil, stated
Kierkr Iterp, Mantle 1=t1,1,. via lhe-
Surrendered nt 0.30.
"it; thin time, Lord Methuen teas
wounded and the casualties were et-
cettiugly heavy auxwget IItM men
T1irTr ammunition wee maedi% e'
pend d. en.] the surrender wee model
at about 9.80 111 the morning.
"filo party to the kraal ,,til 114441
• tttti -Tint gide In until toil
to and a porn prim were• brought to
r upon ttirm at atrunt 10 o'clock,
leg their position untenable.
"I is confirmed that most of the
Roerst wore our - khaki nnlformn.
Mary Iso wore our hareter. Esse
nt Hee. unrtern they could not he
deeleguhel 1 froth oar own men.
'It trickle t it I
lea f l infantry n n fought well
f tr f a l
anti v
R
]the
art! ' ti
1 r,r kept up the train
tltJfftf of their regiment. In addition
lit the forty ittemlw•re of the envie
irMle.• already meniktnns rt few par
Iles of imperk,l Yelomnnry ane Cape
pnll'e ...mongrel to hold their greeted
after the prink had swept the lerlk
of the mounted troop* orf the 11411."
•
Il.,w tlrlhece Wail.. Mounded.
d'rnnl other itte.patehes It eppenre
- that (ern. Methuen watt shot while
'siting to bring im the mounted
Orn , rine that h1. horny wnP
(iter the ,itrrnnrl.r (len. fvelerny
rale i)p end troattn Oen. Methuen
with the greatest eewrrteay and eon-
•Hg,tert 11e 'weenie his return to
klerk,etr,rp ,sneer the nitre of him own
d"f'ilrw heal n m neetel officer.
toria, March
et Gen. Methtw
that the perm -pout
grew. ani itcaou'nt
's idea st1 r. 1t ea)s
and field gun
that the Barrs brae
the kraal occupied h none; of the
British ,vete thiw0 capt ,'.l from Cot.
von IN:Itop'r column. o potu-tow
sunt in 7tel stud.'. The lira eh infan-
try were outnuwbert'l te to one.
411 pxcepttounlly gallant defe re one
mode. Men and officers fell rou d the
garb. Two officers who fell ree one
the limiters were remove1 and t n
the firing continued. Grn, yfrthue.
mnnute.l hl. Lore. to go and breng
up the mienite l .troop+, who had
11rel.for wino dletauter. He was then
Int in the thigh and ble horse ole
killed. .after lav .urrerlder, Mien. 1)e-
tarey nide up and treated him with
every ernrhteratlun end courtesy.
Ile ordered Gen. Mel.huens return to
Klerkolorp under the care of his own
nephew, with Col. Towwrcu.l,w110
wan 'roundel l In three place.. Many
of tea burghora btItarbr
relemee of Gen. Methuen, awl a party
wits neat to bring him back. Gen. 1e•-
lurey, h'rwever, Malmo,' upon his be-
ing eat free nuI carried the day. He
place) ton of lila own wagons at the
disposal of aim, Methuen sine Col.
Tuts ItsetkL
Thn cornet/pendent in it Inter ilea -
patch eprvakd highly of lien. IN'Inrey,
seeing that Ito dime: yet all the old-
time gitivttiry which eletractetisel hi.
Huguenot meteors. r
lit to bitIT 011
up
ata
man
the
peasibl
ctrl it
/salt' fr
joist, the
pentenity
weletna4-seek
i; reale, it they
of the British
mettle knuwu t
e
Kind Nerds
New Yurk, aLtrcli
urretpoteleutf tete
1t:truard, let 1114 ) ,t' la
thee. a cuauge ut\touo
.
J.uruals tetcuebag Lord
runt Purls.
18. -Tho Paris
Trak/tine, Mr.
1
pipe ten, no -
Parisian
Methuetes
must without •exception t1
watts of the French pa't'es u
Methuen's \,baste r nee noupl.
nitawlOne 14. 'Lhie t• ilva Iron. ell.
with w•In.•!1 that Eritieh general
homage to the memory of Coe.
tie NI( 71tct,u.e-IL reuil• 40. whole 11
raleaJ a luuuumaut jut Ilushuf.. Tee
Figaro goes a step further, and in a
ii -a' lug vdKw hal ,ells attention to
'the /Mole res.luttuu' of Britain,
whack under some cruel circumn-
btaareit beano; b tinier than etc/,
nu.l prosecute to the world a 'mag-
nificent sin'ctacl',' and concluded
with the quit: tent, 'If thin is not
worthy of a'ttulr.,t)u)t, how, thea
ran the nation :prove its greatItere T
in the Journal, Kimmel tie Mulins
pre.11'ts that in fifty years the An-
gie -Sateen meet will hate eetabllsitel
ltd overwhelming prtltottdeiran0e in
South Africa.'The :Steele Continues
O'ruppo.rt England al, strongly no
r. er, iin.1 'as:these are the only ex -
shier of opetion favorable to
-it•: that have been noticed.
e the Trausvane war hegau
nt worth recording.
taays that General los
riding tool Met!luen luta
r most import) netktn of
aN revealel himself not
Idler, but n master•
der tiaittffete
outect followial
coal -
Lord
with
t v'
d
el
ILLED RN
INSANE MAN
Who Fancied Himself t
God Almighty.
be
WAS STRUCK WITH AN AXE
As 11e fried to Matra seek atmama'.
Roost to Faterclre 111.. Ileallea
touch -Was Shot Al.0 Arrest*
to be Miele.
Parry Sound, Ont., Martel 15.-A re-
port of a serious affair which occur-
red near Seguin Falls' Port -office a
few days ngo had Just reached here
us follows:
Samuel Cooper, a lumbrrmau, who
had been working utter Seguin Valle,
during the winter, Route time ago
showed signs of being demented. He
wits cousldond'mewled. however. A
few clay'. ego after walking around
all night he went to the house of
one Thomas Hooper, with whom It id
wild he hail had some little troubled
before, awl It Is alleged attempted
to go upstairs. Hooper told him bis
wife was Cil and wlrhed glut to go
out orf the house.
Cooper then bake he was flat AI -
mighty, and If lie but eoueluel the
woman she would r000vor, and per,-
slating
er,stating In his effort■ to get up-
s/Wird, It is said, Hooper Hereupon
attacked him with an axe. Two other
men who were present, and whose
names are given as Clair and Ilanls-
ter, took part. in the fleet. it Is mail
that six or seven wounds were In-
flicted on Cooper, and that he was
also shot in the leg.
On the following day 11" was (,ek-
en to the hospital itt Iiut,tstille,
where he died yrwterday.
Dirtrket Constable Hanna, at the
thirteen) of Crown .attorney II eget,
hes been deepatchal to Seguin Fulls
to arrest Hooper alel the others
who took part In tho effulr. An In-
quest is being held at lluntsvlllo to-
day.
erday.
pr.
_Eng
late
the,)•
"The D
lerey In r
'offprints'
Ids life. nine
only n 'Lritlinn
'taieemnn.
who has from t
Mel linen's t'a son I l 1r..
London, March 18. -Tho War Office
f,uhllshe
r n Ilst of nd'lltnnal renal -
:titles to Oen. Lord Methuen's foroe
In the fight with Oen. Delnrey. The.
lint greet the n•tmed of ten other
uton of the imperial Yeomanry bit)-
el and :13 wounded. The first lilt
gave the names of four officers; aril
e8 men killed anti 72 men wounded.
In addition to a number of officers.
1 we comertlnen heed.
attain', Dfa eh 18. -The Cnnualty
Department tut Cape Town cable,,
the (ioternor-(icnerel th.' following
r•atenwitioe le -tltw Ossetia Afrhi•,n IkeL-
etrtitulary:
1)841(h.. from enteric fever:
Tmm�e George" Stephenson, father,
Mr. Btephunsou. of J1oreweteer. Ont.
1'elwnrl Charles Baker, Ishii'\',
John 1). Rinker, Oak Lake, Manitoba.
Dange'a1Mly 111 from 4- terie:
Willt.nn Pell, elster Nies Lntay
Pell, 301 Hargrave etroet, Winni-
peg.
John Ih'ncen May. tallier, F'. May,
Fsto nr
r wail, Mai Ottani Il
Morgan T. litemee, mister. Mil
Mutwl• Ilisim'R, itrekv'IIIe, Ont.
M gee'• I. 1 .8 (.reaf.•tl 7
Lemke.. M,relt 18.- There IM ttlll
Penne nnvll•ty Pte to the pndtiotre f
Cnl. (irI•nfell. Ile line not been heard
,f '/lace the defeat. when ion wan
known to ise twenty-five mile.. nnrih-
west or Twrelwtneh. Mult:wry mon
,1snn10^ that Orn. (irenh•II has .'tlh•-r
twnn etrr.ngly reinforcenor{ etl-
re-
tiree "u Lichtenberg r
ttnrm. end (bey fnret'it t, the ernt-
eentretien of the Ilrllwh firers. in
the o e., ern Trn neveal. Mere the
presence of :' strong (Dieing column
in 1'n Imager regnireil In the former
'Inning ground of I)nWet end St t
n.
liethe envier nhvInerly nnppre
etes
de Ile of this kiwi. there will he R
resells' of relief among military men
0
the Transvaal war with itudiont at
tentlon. trent"' out int Lord DA•th-
urn t ncoenterei with young, nn•
trained mounttvl Yee ne ry n force
of -reternitrolesel- by-,ntc' . the - must
oxperlence'1 commander's re lir lige.'
1 herr.. for held/, )•.
(:1.,l.gow. March 18.-1n the
of an addreste to a large gather
of Irishuten here. Mr, John Uillo
NI. P., said that bort' Rusebery had
joined the chorus of ruffianism
ngaltiet Sir Henry Cntuphell-Bete
n. rntt, 11, 1!'i' Idhrrul Leone's. lie a d.
ed MAT "'Feed'lioaeTiery Wenn in the
same hoot with the Ouv.•rnutent.
He called for a ringlug cheer for
Gen. Del:trey. and hie au•ilence re-
'spooled . with prolonged cheering.
roe
PRO -BOER MAKES ESCAPE,
Bitter Feeling Around Col-
borne at Shooting Case.
WIFE DEFENDS KR HUSBAND.
Colborne, Out., March 18. -The ex-
citement over the shooting of Carper
Wilbert, Friday afternoon, has be-
come intensified owing to the fact
that Henry L. Merrick, the ex-tutnle-
ter and pro -Boer, who w aeausel of
firing on Wilbert from ambu.h, has
f the
autborities, and, It 1s believed, has
sought safety uoroes the border.
M rr. \Irrrlrk'e 5ie.lrntrut.
When the corert.ondent called at
the Merrick li0Usp nod 'Ante,' his mir-
alon-le was cordially received by Mrs.
Mt•rr.ek, who readily coneentcd to
\elk about the affair. Mrs. Merrick It
a ivuel.+us and intelligent woman of
t •ill years of ago, She has a de -
THIS IS VERY FUNNY.
.► Chicago Paper Vern About 1'ru-
Ilurr Clark.
Chicago, March 15. -Tho later
Ocean tells of a meeting between
Dr. t. D. Clark, a• former member of
the British Parliament tied a 'strung
peace party wan, whet la In Chicago,
suppoeetlly ou b senees, and the Luer
euvoys, C. 11. Wesel/, A. D. W. Woe
murales, and Montagu White, at te
small diuuer given by F'eter Vuu
Vlieslugeu, in it private room ant the
Chicago Atbletlo Club.
The osioyr arrived lu Chicago from
Washington yesterday. Dr. Clark
reached here Thuredity. Ur, Clark's
visit and the motive therefore u'-
eortling to the Inter Ocoee W veiled
W mystery. and 1t Maio alleges that
It wee against hid wisher that his
ceremony° in the city at this time be-
at nieeknowe to any retie outside of
the offluen. of thu TrunlivaalLeague.
Ur. Clark W known to be one of
the *trumpet opponents the llrltHIb
war party had today.
Until two month/ ago he left no
'stone unturned In the ltouro of Com-
mons In his efforts to have the war
brongitt to a close. Ile Id now one
of the a(knowlelged leaders of the
pence party in England. In his opin-
ion the Boers should roeeive liberty.
His telsrion to this country, it Ir
sold, hoot been kept a secret, and
none of the Boer envoys or Trans-
vaal League officials will say .mneb
of Lt.
The dinner was behind closet moors.
and are One sieve the host and lee
five guebttt heard what wax dei-
cea.-ed. Those present were the
three epect:tl envoy.. 1)r. Clark, S.
A. Calhoun. a tnember of the Cldengo
Transvaal League and Mr. Van Vlis-
singen.
A
C•d''dGerman accent, and °ccaaion-
ally when ehe" waxed eloquent over a
recital of the nilege.i injuetleo done
her husistne, ehe dropped the Eng -
hell language and (sotn•er.e 1 In .ale
i,erm:ln tongue. She indignantly tie
Heal that her hatband knew nue thine
about the .bootee:. and mull that he
never kept firearms about the house
111e oleo maid that her husband had
Telt for Coburg an hour before the
oiwotifg took pl.tct, $bo rigid dile
heard tbo *hot Bred and immeuintely
locked the doors, an rhe feared that
sumo enemy of her bw,bund was
uncut to eo them violence.
'The Indignities we b.eve endured,"
ehe meld, "on account et my henbane a
expra0eel ()peewee have been hard to
b',tr. 1'or the Asst month we hate
Lew, OolstunUy dubJex tial le Opal ,
awl �he rowdy.em that culmiunted In
the brutal n.eiolt has been rnmpnut
:ti Utes vletult), fur week*. No wutaler
the British ere criticized when Brit -
Joh 1ubjc'cte lire so inlolerant.uf free
epecah anti independent thought. Phot
the past month we were hourly 1n
fear of violenoe, and were preparing
to leave the country, tia my husband
cold do mu buseiebe hero. Ile would
bo hooted at as ho went along the
roate aatd often inmates were hurleJ
egaiust the house at night. ,
.\a :►doeeti.l tlluleler.
NORTHWEST LAND DEAL.
Syndicate Buys Nearly Half a
Million Acre's,
11,1)'n hrlrnd*hip.
Home, -Mance --lie-In tete Chamber
of Lkpntem to -day Signor Prinet' 1,
the Mistletoe of Foreign Affairs, re-
plying, to quemion, maid the Gov-
ernment of Italy declined) to take
the Initiative In proposing European
alternation m mute aid's\e tar was
glad of the opportunity to say that
the relations between Italy and
stria' isrt(itin were uccer snore cos
real -nitre intlmnleen-Neeee es ..../.meat.
Mn'neh Anihola'.re for Ibot-
Perla, March 15. -Vicomte Lltrtet-
Ian dr VIltebote de Mereu,l, n broth-
ers" of the hero of Buuhof. South Af-
rica. hat' written t0 the Briti.'h
etln erints on
e r ser e1
li YP I' .nt. P
n t m eq R
to tike et French arnbuhutce to the
Boers. Ho says the ntfMtlnnce le
reedy to mtn\'for South Africa Im-
mediately, ifF -alike Brltatn g:vee
the neceeserV enthorizetion. The
t'Ienmte wfrttld have made the re-
quest \.horn, lent wain deterred from
,er tieing by the Betiah refusal to
eliow other nlnbnlnne'e*. to go to
the Boone New, howerer'slnne Bend
Detarry''t release. of Oen. Methuen.
the, Vicomte thinks/ the British Gov
arrime'nt y consent to the Franc!
enemintwee going to the Boater.
- The girl of Perth and Me'Ifnrt. the
oldeet peer of the realm. In dead.
He live.' in flee reeves. He wan born
in !Auden in Mor, 1807. and her!
Bret) In retirement for many yearn.
p'• is tneer"b•d by eiwinint :4trnth
*1105.
ST. PATRICK'S DAY
IN OLI) LONDON.
King Edward Not to Go Abroad
1 his Season.
Prince henry Keaihes Plymouth and Sets Out Again lar Cherbourg -The
Kaiser to Meet trim at , uxhaven -Prince henry Will lie Ashur. en
the Cruiser dela From the UeutsehlanJ-A Baud to Welcome IlIm-
Will Uo to Kiel un Kai-er Wilhelm.
Cobden, March 17.--$t. I'ntrek's
Day was celebrated today more gen-
erally then usual. The Irish flag wee
flying from many pulite: l ultding«,
rg•clni monk -oil were hell lu thu
(esthetic ehurchese and the sham-
rock, or eeemethityt reprs.enteig it,
wua seen everywhere. Tho Irish
troop' at the various garrisons were.
.;even m .hay'* leave. Following the
lest
at large quantity of e.hamrccby
eh oh were dlstrlbite.l to the men at
Parade this morning.
Nlrt /IuNdet a1 Hume.
London, March 17.-1t waa uffi-
oiull?' unntuucet to -day that King
tetwnril will not go abroad the, year.
lie will cruise ire Brbtleh water. wt
hoar.' the royal yacht, Victoria and
Albert.
Prince Henry at 1,1) 11
Ple mouth, rage March 17 -Thr
cmete I a.
precedent t.( Queen Victoria, Queen
-Uexateira sent rho liattabun of Irish
guards on duty et the Tower of Lon -
I 11 nil arrived here at 1_: )O p
nl. and prootunlod for Cherbourg tied
Homburg at L15 p. nt•
Primo Henry, whd suis brow led,
hardy Id'tekhg, and oom�tletely /toted
j after tour runt to the I nidi\( $fates,
a /pont most of hitt time on the bridge,
I with the captain els newt officer of
t thostatmor. •,
Keiser to Meet Alm.
Berlin, Mnrelt 17. -Emperor William
passed Suudny with the\ Empress at.
the• 'Kiel SuWosr. Thur morning Hts
Majesty \gonial the" tuattlorhip
eer Wilhelm 11., awl will traverse
the canal to Cuxhaven. where he
will await the arrival of the Deutsch-
lan'4 hitting on board Admiral Prince
Henry of F'reemie..telmiral Von Thom-
son, and other high naval and mili-
tary officers will partieepate in the
reception of tete Prince. The Fourth
Marine .artillery aisl the Mariam
Bowl have been ordered to bo pro-
Neut. The cruiser Heel will take
Prince Henry' ashore after the
Deutschland anchor/ before Cux-
hav ere Then Emperor William, Prlaoe
Henry, and the tatter's suite will
Itonrdi the Kaiser Wilhelm I(., which
will ituhue,llatcly sail for KIeI.. .
WILL PAY ABOUT $1,500,000
'Gaoling, Mar. 17. -One of the big-
g.e.t daulr its real estate thst ban.
boon conwumwatetf In recent years lb
tura nttuut completed. It will Involve
the tr:irsder of the titles of nearly
half n m•Won acres, and it Ir under-
stood a sum In cash of about a mil-
lion and a half dobara The purchaser
of this vast mei is tee Dominion
Land and Colonisation Cnnpnnee
wh•Cb is Wylie; nearly ail the unsold
uuwlian [nettle Railway lundr in
Southeastern Altai nflola and port of
:southwest ern Manitols.. The com-
nauy W largely °tempode .ot SL l'aul
tn.f Mtuneapolia capitalists. They
have it capital stock u' $2,000,0, se
and their Interests have been looked
after hero by U. A. iterbertson, who
has coed uet(el all negotiations. Next
Wednesday will see the deal oom-
plute'. . .
Tt_ Canadian l'acific officials are
:•i'ry reticent, F. T. Griffin, land com-
miesaloner of the Canadian I'aelfic
ItaUway Company here. Intl'\, bows
ever. that Robertson bail about com-
pleted negotiatiotw for the purchase
from his cowpony of 4011,001 acre'.
n eieutheasl .taruifboln, lying next to
the international boundary. Tbo Ian I
ie convenient to the Soo line, and the
cunnect.one north, noel on teat nc-
re. Merrick was reticent regard.
in her hu,baud'm former career, and
sus ed eeigmaticelly any gum'.
110011 ii'Ma euldect.. Sinn admitted,
howete that her husband was at.
Adventle ml.,titer, and Bald he had
door evaug elastic work In the Cullen
Steles and nada. Previous to cone.
Ing here, she hl, they land lived In
Benton Harbor, Miele She also meld
that .he wan on of the h41rd to 0
vast fortune in many, that had
been '01.1 Li trust for n Winered
years; and that Chau coy M. Depew,
whose young wife is et ne '/beds
•0 the millions, was' I klug after
her Inteteeeee She Male ' that her
hnsbnntl wait not entlen` 'r imW t'
elude arrest, bet wraith' ret rn at
the proper time reel face the c urge
agalnet him.
It has been lenrne9 tlrtt M
did not v1 -It the law firm re Ker
& Kerr on lenturdleay, ns slated by hes
wife.
',tote Irene to Few Merrick.
Thorn I. much talk over the n11'1Ir,
tee very little ham been 'tone toward
,•fNiP.aOrl: R to nrl
iarehend the ex•
v
minlstor. Se far the matter has not
b'eu brought to the attention of the
proper authorities, Mut the local
potter. are dotter, their beet.
W,Iberter woune 1w a ellght one, 1ls
Is Sot vary nexioen to prosecute
Merrick, not Prem+ to fear protecu-
,Lon himself. For the past ole menthe
he hat been working for a farmer In
Crnm:the town.hp'. Yestetvtey he re-
turned to hie hem. near Corhyv111e.
\\'h le pall,- feeling I. earwig ag'hat
Morrl.t, mach sympathy le expre•med
for Mrs. Merrick, who IR Pell to he
an satimthln *mann.
mal.• ( 1 .
!'rum other sources It was learner
that the lands involved are in ranges
:O tae 31, inofuelve, wort of the first
meridian, and ranges one and two
west of the second meridian, In town -
seeps one nntl two, tine ranges three
tor fourteen went of the *mond in
ton'ueltipe ono to six, The Intentloa
of the new company Is to colonise
the Inst, anti they will e.etlle the
greater part oe •it durintr thn eomieg
semen).
1
U I ill NUT YET I] ER
Boston Strike May Break Out
Apin.
VOLCANO 1N ALASKA
CAUSES TIDAL WAVES.
Explosion in fireworks . Factory
Kills One, Injures Seven.
Chicago's tell Buildings :told to be in Danger From Corrosion el the Steel
Skeletons--- Elevated Reads Also Deteriorating-Wes(thy Tsxaa
ticrchant Sent to Penitentiary fur Ten Year. tor 'theft -Lake Tug.
men's 'troubles Settled. -
MEN VERY. MUCH DISSATISFIED.
Phaeton, Maass., Marcia 16.e-Unlrb
the' freight handlers and lougshore-
nuen /Mollie change their minds. before
T o'clock to -morrow morning the
grrett strtke whtcfr . threatened to
cripple the Mistimes of' the city mere
ouely for a time, at leant, 1, at all/
end. The freight handlers. hove
voted to give in and to accept such
as err now vacant hi ora varl-
et' a edit lend the longdli irtenct titre
taken like action.
In followleg the wishes of the etrlke
leader., the men have admitted that
they Lown been given a crushing db -
feat and that their unionestinennt to
nuthine. Instrnd of being given re-
gular employment at regular waged,
thu greater part ret the men who
.truck at the freight nheils of the
New ll:tven Ilene a week ago Inot
night new Thee threetelliief are -With -
eat work, anti, In their auger, they
here turned against the ()tricorn of
the anion n nil denounce them one and
all fur bringing about this !tate of
atffnlrs.
One freight handler said to -night
that hll),onlon wen detrupte'1 by the
turn of elf, re, that the men had
ell lost confidence In the organiza-
tion, end he doubted If orgnnlzwl
Inln,r would recover for many entre
from thin blow.
e'44.--4*44* lreee-enesa.ttit.dental- -fur
the union men," meld he, "and it
will be Noun; thee before the labor -
Seattle, \\'n., March 1'.-A special •
from Juneau,' Alaska, Nays that a
letter has been receives there from
the Greek priest at Kenai, on Cook
Inlet, telling of a terrific volcanic
about Jan.
1st. - The whole ride of an unnamed
mountain seemed to be split open and ,
fire and lava were peering from It.,
The village of Kenai was covere't 1
with ashes rind the earthquake which
accompanied the eruption, caused
several tidal waves, doing much dam-
age.
Leelosien le 4 levels sd.
Cleveland, Dlarch 15. -As tho result •
the steel frame work of 'buss of the
sky scrapers is In the condition
etut0l is nothing short of a public
outrage.
The speaker explained that his
statements were based on personal
observation and investigations.
work Imbedded In
of a terrific explosion In the plant
of the Fairmount Mfg. Co., at No.
2,294 Euclid avenue, early to -day.
one -girl employee id dead, while
seven others are probably fatally in-
jured. The cele any manufactured
fire crackers, tcrrp,'ttooe. etc.
Thr- dead Anila Frits. 17 years 01'1.
The injured: Dime Christine Snet-
zer, probably fatally burned ; Miss
Kittle Howard, wail probably die ,
Frank Grich, arm broken and holy
bruisers.' ami I.urne.l ; Miee AUKuetit
AI len, hurtled Band injured by jumpitrg
Irina w-cond 'tory window ; Lena
Kurt. beck injure) In jumping from
*.cued story window ; Mire Liza l ot-
tell, bruised; Miss Helen Carey, Jump-
etl_lruat_tlap(i'L story window, !nick
injured.
eke. :eernprle In Daher,.
Chicago, March 13. -"Tho steel
frame work In many of the big bull.: -
lug's in the Imminent, dletrlet of Che-
raw* le eetrrexlleg, making them very
dautgeront. It 1m only it question ref.
it few years when these bulldingd will
fall to the groutkl."
This statement wan made by Oen-
eral Wm. S'teyo Snaith nt the thirty-
fifth annual dinner of the Chicago
Itottl Eaglet' Board, He added "That
A despatch .to ohm TIM all from
('ekln n that Runde, !gelding to
China'n prtMd.er'ne.% now talertnke,
to wlthdrnw from 1811nehhrtn within
eighteen W100t hp. Chine 'stilt tweets
that she do en wlVtln w poor.
Ing (t t if' of the; eity recover from
Its mural aftsnta."
"Where Iv Air. ('ox, President of
the Alllrsl freight 1reilee reeinc'li'i"
wee new of nnother.utrlker'
Where In ho ? ile la all right, he
In New York. and he hod better
etay here If he known what It
beet ft 'lid."
Grnrt
Manager (
tnmtrrln M
. of
the New avert road, Rail tonight
that he db not Aare to way that
the men had een given a hard de -
fent.
"That Is rat' , n harsh term to
nee, end wetter! g . the idea that
ran ,ire•walking nr fel with n chip
vee our •hooiderree da he. ''To -mor•
new morning ehnet 27 of 011r nM
hand* will he given wrirk, mtendy
employment. nm they fortd.erly lui'I.
ellen nhowl\ fin morn will telt taken
nn for n taw hour' each rbtYewhen
the eru.h of hiten'tN I. the !timel-
iest. end they will have perm:wept
Micron no norm no the npprn'teulty
effere."
concrete will last two °Meana
years." Ire said, "But the steel
frame work in many of the big
building.' Is left free to the action
of the air find gutted which circu-
late through the space about the
steel. The owners of these struc-
tures have the steel painted with
oil. This o11 will wirthstand the cor-
roding pieces., about throe years.
'then begins the corroding of the
steel, and within it few years your
Mky scraper will fail."
lite erpoaker said that the elevat-
ed amid dtructuro would not with --
attend the corrosion. He asserted
that within ten years they will be
dangerous and within twenty years
out of service. The corrosion of (tnr-
tiftt1 of the the"knode of the" steel
frame works of the structures, he
said: will render them Incapable of
bearing their own weight.
Vee.eI Men 110 pp).
Cleveland, Ohio, Match 15.-Preel-
dent' Newman, of the Great Laked
Towlug Company, received word
yesterday that the trust has come
to un ttgreeiuent with representa-
\fins of the Lketnsetl 'Derma Pro-
t.c'tive Aetoclatlon, w•ltich will en-
able them to begin work ns noon
Cee the officer@ see fit. A dispute
, has been qn for two months over
wngen.
at eolith% Merchant n I'hlrf.
San Antonio, Terns, Martel' 15. -
Marco Dengue, rt merchant of con-
: sLlerable wealth, has been convicted
of receiving stolen property and giv-
en ten yenta in the penitentiary.
!trilgna wan cnnaeS.I with thn or-
ganized gang, wheel lute been pilfer-
- lug s'ntthwest Texan towns for some
years, and which was recently brok-
en up.
FOUND HER QUARRY:
FOUND SKIP CHEW BONE.
WrewraeA W :u. 1'auars Husband 1
Arron !feu■. -----
Buffalo, March 15. -Morris• Bern-
stein, it letkemlth Ao1Og business nt
No 80 William atroot, win/ held to
the Grand Jury. by Justice Brogan it
1'ol•oe l curl yesterday on n charge
ret bigamy. It wee the culmination ret
the hope,. of Mentos tortnyn, of
krt.tretmlt, 1lungery, who Mays he dr -
A company with n capitol el'!_10.-
noo,fion. " in being formed *t • lMw
York to pernente the 3.ferc0111 systiee
of ',Iroise* t.I.gr&pby.
nertnt•trer tlower ohs years meet minae
the *emu periol of dumeetlo life, and
who traced hint to Buffalo and foetid
hue mfirrled to npother woman.
Ilenestei.i-•woe Ito,. la Uttoraa...Myr,
rim 0ay'n they were married nn t that
*oto I.vrvl itaskipp y with him nmd *bait
.two g.rlt nisi u boy Dame' to grate,'
their Wiwi. "111 1896 mho deeelarrm he
0.tmn to the tented Mtntwt with the
premise of it ii.fing 101' her. The prom -
Woe w•aN Ilet'•t• kept, and she came her-
tr•Ifhrn
0410 0t4 finntwielly able to
w
fellow.. IIIw.
. A gather of Benedetti in
Nrrm,kly'n gave her has ruldrese, and
stir came" to Hen rill' one fattest Cahn.
it.•rlwetein nays he married ('lora
Wrwtfel.1 in `•t. isatin In 1809, end
hat lived with bee Anna ill' wenn a
having been Intlmntn with•the;ern
-
Idninll.g w•Itn.ws, Inst dill hn hndl
never married her Th' (net that elle
11a.1 trnotsl him are far niter Ruch it
period of time 0nus4'1 .justice iteogen
Lai doubt Ileenwtn!n'n deulnh nod af-
ter ehaenixing the charge on the wnr-
hint (nen failure to eatpp,rt to bite -
erne, he etnnouneel that the prisoner
.t
...eel hit heel to nevelt Hee ectt'n of
the gratin Jury. ,
• )11'4 Bnlan.I Reck, M !Melia renter'
wall 11 \noted for the I,t it'1slnreISO
ISO Iendepte et HaldlmaDd.
Steamer. fiber Found Sunk
Near Canso, N. S.
Halifax, N. 8., March 18.-i dein
Pete,' from Canso late yesterday af-
ternoon nnnonnuen that the wreck of
the Iromitddn Coal Company's steam-
er, Tibor, tine town forted era White
Polio Ledges, five miles went of Con-
nie The men; was brought to Canso
by loleeter fbhennen.
TIte 'teenier s he'Pero the water,
and pious of wood and other wreck-
age floating about led to the discov-
ery. The wrecked steamer Ie a 0011-
sllornble,l!'rtnnee from the shore. No
trace of the crew lien been feline!,
and it in thought that they all per -
Wyk I.
er-1aha1.
r
The steamer left h cls
hae•R• C. 1*
t i
tmF'eh.l:8th,vvlthnrvtrgoof 1,K)f
tune of eonl for Halifax. Nothing
more way hear.' of her until March
Sed, when t one wreckage nee life
hneyt froru the ttenrorr were f oiled
1n the •trinity of White Head.
The Tiber wan seem:nanel.rl by Capt.
Henry iemboger, of Quebec, and
en riled a craw td 20 well. ib le pro -
eaten that n wreckage 'steamer and
;livers will be Rent berm Halite: to
the wen,• ret' the .Leinster to l orer-
tele If thorn are any towline In the
w1 ra
new.
It M enppeee.l tient the Tibor itnuk
art the Ie.hgew nn Annuli's night, Marv'
3n•t, mart then foie off and oink In
.I. 1, water. There wen a violent
' 'storm nn (het night, an. It would
. harm been Impossible for any of the
e.rew to m•tkn n Iaolllg on the rocky
eos,t.