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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1902-5-1, Page 7BE PEACE i MAY BE WAR. time Men and Material ire Being Sent Out. E NEW ZEALANDERS. ,u to sell oat Hey 6--1 he Sum- , to lMIIYdlars /trtL(t- ilting lis W(et- *90a 1'1's dicill Men t l'u„lrlbullur-pwllery I manes "* 111 1i0. toe..%mil e5. -Speaking In Lou- t -eight, Kr' Brodrick. the Bee- r for ll'aar, rail: "We are por- n. right of peace. but in the In- we are wading out men and ial to carry on the war for sr year ua two. if neceesury, being the „Illy spirit wherein overuel et sun Interpret the L floe meson amt approach tate gement. for the conalurlon of r• I'rat'e l'rlu Heath. ,ton. Apr11 25.-A purluautcuture was tsauei by the Government y dealing with operation.. 1n 1of f Inst y' It thea l viten litters have eyed farms la 21 dtrtrlCte of Colony and Natal. official Loudon Gazette pub- o teepotrh (ruin Lord Kltch- luailed true Pretoria, lu March, wing the operations since Fele IL adds !lulu to what has al- a been piteirbed. 11 desertion sweeping movementsrtt the s Rive ' t i ~n. Deip lWet'rlrpartial lYtlrt , ,sd& br. ak through on Feb. 28, 1 Cul. G:trratt's New Zealand i had 5e casualtler. The dev- il says that their conduct re - e1 the hlgu/ret crept, and noth- %mkt he fluor tttuu their be- te Lord 61tch,•uer mentions 90 yrs and 1:,5 nun-commlrriooed • ars! 14011 for coabpicuour gal- M,tis, of the latter are y. men wall be taken on the strength, and !towered's rescue] In title respect is itot surpassed in Canada, popula- t.bu oonsldered. --- tut tie its Viols Kruger. • liege,. pril . -Tbu rrpurt riled in let that 31r. Step', ex - „hut .'1 11m )range Free State, K►WC to Lura c to ctalrult with vrui, r. is) noir y without foun- 40 uu tic)' oilier awl It lea true the IL,.r :agents i America arc Ming ever entreat ' that Mr. teat the United /Iter next Ile ' 'I perudbly co ply with r.'q ll s:a if xufftdent pr *sure 1s cw..l.:dth.'ugn ho has oft pow - ;pr. ret.! his .IIs1 kc of this' Flan. l rn..dl..n Ibngrruu.ly 111, t:taa..tpt-A 25. -Carp T. S. MCL, Sri!. of tf11utre:1e is dangerously newly ctinnbot wound received at F.Ighteree I)raa•,00n (lay Toronto, April 26. -Thu lung and eagerly looked fur perwlrelou to enlist a certain number uf the Dre- gooDe at Bteuley Barracks for ac- tive rervle war reoelvud yesterday morning. Tho orders are for eighteen wen of titii bruuoli of the permanent corps to be rent from here, to he, sulwted with a view to their appoiut- tueul ear uuutwmmiseioned uiflcerr. Ten of thews 111011 have already gone to Halifax In various capacitive, MU that but eight mere rewaiu to be c110Wa here. The eight mien will be picked at *Manley 1arrsukr tiler meriting from Ouse who have volunteered. Llleul.- Col. Nattrew, modkwl examiner for this district, will bo on hard to in- spect the men. Cuusldortablu titter - mit it maulfeeted among 1110 men ad to their prospects of being selected. Ottawa, April 27.-Sla}.,r Maude, tutlltary seurotary to 1101 Excellency the Governor-General, ham nrelved the fullowing answer to n cable seat by Wm eu April Deli, enquiring ass to the condition of the danger- ously wounded at Hart's. River, Murch Met: 'Cape Town, April 27.-lteferring to your telegram of April lett', Far- rier 8ergt. Mcfugo ►s c,nvalemeut Corp. •N Miami/on ham lust his right eye and half right foes -arm; olutug well. Both up and about at getters' hospital ut teuu.lsfuatem. Pte. J. Tetsiuut tm int general tempest LI, Johannesburg, condition utielanget! rtlaou udwtrsiou , rig! t somewhat im- paired. ("Seemed) Cuoalty." Furrier 8ergt. y4.11ugu ehleael at Iturrkalwl, 0.41(1 cam dangerously wounded iu tlw left client. Hit mother br Mrs. John Mw+kull, Curtum House, Loudon, Cert. Corp. 4 rllilw,sou enhrted lutiuelph. Flu wear w.,utah.l la the lave and right furrarw. Iles mother le Mrr. Cathanaw it . lane, ,Clyde, Ont. Pte. J. Teilleust eulbled at Monc- ton, N. 11. 110 *1111 wuusd011 to 1110 head. lite father Ir Jams. Tennant, 1 reder(et...u, N. M WAS JAMES QUIRK'S DEATH ACCIDENTAL? Vote. 01 sailing,. Ottawn, April 27.-A cltung. liar Won mute in the dates of delete/ties of the transports' fur guuth Africa. Instead of salltug 'un_ May 5t14 and 12t1. the Ceatrinn and WluitrFdlau will leave on the Sib :u.d 15th rwepec- tively, The reason for making the change is that the dutiee first re - levied would have Involved working on Sunday, and 1-110 Mluloter of Mili- tia wtah.'l to ateld thi'.. All the men required for the four regiments have been retested. and recruiting was stopped yesterday. The w'lectl nu of officers fur the regiment to be com- manded br Lieut. -C'4 MacDonell has not yet teen completed, but some 01 the appointments have been mode. Maier H4,mer, of the Mounted ittfles, WiuuIpCg, will bo second lin command. Capt. E. F. Macki,e of the 90th Bat- talion, and Lluat. A. W. Strange, boib of whom served In StratliClasa Horse, have been offered ur:d lute„ accepted crmmlrrlons. ti.tpt. Mackie may bo adjutant of the reg,meet. Delarey's Mot resent., London, April 28 -Cabling from Johanneutiurg, under dal- :f Frklay, April 2511., the c,ne.pondelt of the Daily Telegraph says that Genbe- rey. wilt his staff, arrlv,rl at erksdorp, Transvaal. yesterd.'ay. A The family Physician firmly Believes a Fall Caused it. Brantford derpetch. - '!`lie Quirk than produced by blows, 1 thit.k, most decidedly," Dr. F'rtuk Marrs. A meollcal ut.Intoti decidedly at vari- ance with tits was given by Dr. Harry It. Frank, tiro pltyrh:luu who made the autopsy. " 1 do nut think," Ito said, "that the wounds could have been catered by n full." "Do you believe it 1M), Bible that the deceased oould h.tte fallen through an aperture and there wounds bo caused ?" A. -No. The/ wltnere was quertluned its to what !retirement might have can+ai Zhu wounds, and replied tient they were probably centred by a heavy triangular, not a sharp, Instrument. A square bar with an angular (Age would have caused the wounds. Night of the 'rru,trdy. A further deecrlptlon of theevents In the Commercial Hotel on the Sunday night of the tragedy was given by Mr. George Taylor. a boarder in the hotel. When tile wit - new ran out to the barn on hearing ties xlistutbasu'e he raid to Toole, who welt out with litm, that Quirk must have fallen off the ladder lead - Ing up to the chicken coup. Toole said, 'Yee, 1 did not want hitt to han- dle theme' Toole then felt into ono of tin pocket'. of the dead man. and, taking out mule blue and slier, and a knife, handed thew to Taylor, in- structing the latter to give them to Mrs. Quirk, which he slid. lit con- ceratlwn with Toole sines/ ..the latter had expressed the opinion that the death war not the result of an accident. Tho last witness called, Andrew Doyle, threw• very little light untie/ myktenrp• Doyle le a mechanic, and,- m.reollr, a chicken fancier, and had often assisted the dead man, Q'trrk, In the care of his game fowl. He had met Quirk for a few minutes on fbe night of his death, but that was all. About noon on that Sunday, however, be had gone into Quirk's chicken loft to feed the birds. There were at the time four or five hens setting, bat none were to come out that night. Tho Crown Attorney questioned the witness as to whether there was nay t•overing over the window of the harness room, and Doyle said he arae Pure there wax not, as in that cavo the mom woul l hate been .:ark. Hl.od 1n tl,e I...ft. Inquest, which has now beau twice adjourned, was reruwed to -night baton Coroner F'tsette, Chief 111. rp4x:tor Murray, who liar been week - lug cm the case, war torment during the proceedings.. The lint evidence taken war that of the met110u1 man, Dr. J. W. Dig- by, the phyrleluti of Mr. and Mrs. Qula'k. He told of u telepbone we* rage he had receival calling hint to the hotel, and the finding of Janice Quirk dead on the floor of the harness room in the ba:•u. When he reecho:I there Ito war l0W by John 'Foote, Quirkelopartuer, thut Quirk haul fallen down uud killed himself. After the arrival of the pollee the booty was removed on rough boards to the hetet. lit a further couvereatlon with 'route the Satter vreuture.l the remark to the 0ltucau that 'Quirk had falleu down the ladder which leads to the classiest' tuft. Dr. Digby was one of Zhu physicians; who true present ut the autopsy, and read the port• wurlem report. There were alto- gether five wuutklr lu the head to- wnrdr the left ride, the flrrt ono being }urs over the left eyo, colo MAI a half inches (u length. and three,-qu:artery of an inch in width, a Jagged wound of a trtauweetar shape. Above thir was another wound about half tie inch in length, extending rain farther backwards on the Mull, an.1 toward. the rear were three other wound* the west ecrlous about the centre uf the skull, 'about,, two 11114 three-quarter lecher in length, cutt.ug through the dtull and calming three frac- tures. This. war .e clean. rtruight cut, trod int the opinion of lir. Digby was the Immediate enure uf death. The w0uIIID appeared to have been made with fairly sharp iurtrumentr. What Caused the ounits:' Asked for an opinion am to what might have c.u,oed the wouud44, Dr. Digby te.rtitIed that they oould have been caused by a fall on such thing's as the core cutter and elelel rus- hers, which were reprewonte( a11 lying on the floor, "Can vim imagine, doctor,' ttsk,•t1 Crown Attorney' 11'ilktw, -' anything that could lie on tho furor ht such a Next morning. after the death of position as would fit the head and Quirk, he went Into the chicken loft cause taoro five unmade Se egad in company with the constable, "1f a mti,_fell down•among -n lot but saw 110 change In it since the of debris It Ix quite poi:Able. I saw a 'presiotlr day, exec -pt that a couple lot of rubbish about there, and Mr. of the binds had been changed In Todd told me he had removed route the coop. While ibe was there Mr. of It.".Fred, Westbrook, of Toronto, a Dr. Digby wee firm In Ills opiniobrother-in-law of the den.! )n'an, that n!,-i4.nt from falling from the came into the loft with a lantern ladder lending to the lett' might levee and peleted out Dome tatting of blood mum*, all the (Ive wounds. teeth the In the loft to the left.ofthe ladder. exceptbn of the wound in the centre Tho w•itttees had also noticed finger of the head, that was"the cause oT marks of blood on the bottom of tho tbontle they were all scalp wounds. lander aatd on the corn cutter. The Crown Attorney asked him for At the conclusion of thin testimony a definite ophlloe on the point, and Crown Attorney Wilkes asked foran Dr. f)iteby paid: " My (Hanlon I; that adj•,urnment for two weeks In or - these wonsd* could have beet pro- der thnt n further Investigation duced b7 falling down the I:ubh•r, awl might be made, and the coroner 1J' I - arehlentnl erenteI nn -adjournment tilt Wo, e.' FORTY LIVES IN JEOPARDYS Attempt to Blow Up a lgnnel at ,Niagara Falls ON THE CANADIAN SIDE. rower Shaft w rr 111 Peril - tt Ire nod p to Dynamite - ( heel Moho. Investigating the Adair 11 tine Have Ilern rn 1)utelder'e l'ork - Contraclor Thinks It Was is .Joke. Niagara Falls, N. 1'., April 27. - An attempt to Wow up the tunnel of the Canadian Niagara Power Com- pany with dynamite hue been dig covered. aud the Ontario Pollee and detectives are trying to find the persons engaged in It. The fennel 1e for the developweut of the power of lborserhuo Full. It is being bulit in Victoria Park, on the Canadian bide, sad Milli north and *oath from u ,haft 1(1(1 feet below tit., 'surface. Night and day blithe are employed. Betwecu there 14111111/ ruwebu44y retired the wire leading from au electric battery tired is d,rcharglug blurts, uud 0 ount'otlad tile cu.l w,11 the cup of the dynamite cartridge that had been placed betwecu two boxer omitaluing 7., pound, of dyua- utile. Mood the attempt been 100:4114* but, the tu1W101 would have been de .tloysd and from 20 'to 40 lives lost. The 7.1 pounds 01 dyuramlte'War int a uaturul porithou w the tunnel, where it war customary to place dynamite uwultlug urs. Tile dusootery was ttit to by a ttegru, who ut 01100 t1011- inA the loremuu. 'theories es to the Attempt. Niagara Faille; April _7. -Tile pilot to kill :.fl m1:u uud 1.10 thoumautlr ul fluttere eamago by putting blurt wirer to 75 pounds of uy'Bauxite lu the Cunadhau Niagara Power Commpauy'it tunnel vu 1 relay utyht. ►r still u num tta'y. Coutructor Douglas inclines to the tx 11eJ tout "Nipper" Clark, a negro employee, slid it for u joke tied in urger tc make himself is guod fellow, dirouve1ed it. Clark war We Brat to rut eel the plot. -" Chief Marts has been examining the mete o11 the work ali day. TO shutter Douglas' theory, Chief Manns points out that tiro fueling of Om cutin ctlua of the eaplod►ug cur- rent with dynamite was quite a for- tuitous affair, tho blasters discover- ing that they needed an extra stick at the lust moment, and so rending t lark. The men in the darkness of the tun- nel, all dressed alike -in a suit 111 rubber oluthes, are mostly eontnwel. The other theory-thut It wag the work of an outride hand -Implies that a man similarly dressed Inuit 11:41'0 entered the tunnel and left it between 6 and 7 o'clock. No one wan ween to have done ro. The day ehlft might contain the man, but this is net generally believed. Some therp detective work is ex- pected within the next few .teye.l:au- tn la lbllors a dynamiter, as throe men ii. Kingston prison can testify. ITALY CHECKS BRITISH PLOT. Mutruselal to Ella 141 a Protector- ate Over 1 . 1pu111..o illeolerlrud. London, AprM 0. -Tib myeterlous puha,' muvewentr which here been so pereloteutly amerced ant denied tie dlrmtel ass -sleet Tripoli are now explettred 111 derpetoher from !tome. They have boeu due to the dkaovery of what le praotloally a plot, It 1s rakl, tp proolal n a Britten protector- ate over the Trleolltau hinterland. Purtralto of Klug Edward sod small Brltleh flags. were, It it alleg- ed, dietrlbuted by wttolosale (u towns. awl villager all through the blater- land and negotiations were opened by the British agents with the saint- ly Seevesb, whims Influence le so groat over the Afrtoau Modiamwelaar that the [Sultan would pay a good deal even in these hard times, for tits holy head. When Italy remonstrated against there uubrutherly proeeedlugr the British thrvorltmeut so the story goes, pltused thous to the credit of their over &minor &gems. in Egypt,, and entirely repudiated the latter. The incident Is obeyed, but it hart lett oottsldertable uneeriners, both In Monte and Constantinople, whieb France le doing its best to lnoreaee. CURLER DROWNED. &si noel Ilarsluae Victim of lta.hllttg Accident at Winnipeg. Winnipeg. Mao., April 27. -The rteuw launch, Oracle B., owned by C. F. Bunnell. proprietor of the Claren don Hotel, left here early yesterday morning .wltb a party of fifteen on board. Ilam Harstooe, au employee of the hotel, was one of the number.. At Lower,F'ort Barry, where the current le v strong. the yacht'r hh-rk 4'rp. it...tutted -le Date. 1;0%11..lprel 2e.- 11 has tteen ur- 1..1 that atm tee/trine, with 750 to Muuuto.l Milos, sua11 ell from lets uu Buy 5th. The Wtuifrediate an equal number, o 111 lease ,ai 11:t11..1. soon afterwards an can rra,.K..1 the Corinthian a111 etc -r ours.. for tape '(ow n w 1111 the re - ling 5111) soldiero. Lieut.{o1. Mao- rle who how breu relented for the utatsl of the wawtern regiment, 'm in the city lir attcru..on Itud had an interview with the Miele - 0i lltLU1 aad_tleueral O'Grade- t. 1'p to date 1,324. Including 1110 01 the permtun'ut corps. hate. 1 eulwt.dL1 (titterer an -1 the east - Presumes., out of a total number !J: 2 r.1ulr.d. This leaavo. Al6to raiewd In the west: Recruiting he %sot started yesterday, s(113 recut that 276 m'D were en - •I er:ilslr Cohimbla oontrdbut:xt the Territories t"J and Manitoba ---Thr - thontaard and old re - 1s 1n the east were ate Irl nt the following points: sen. -Ott -even 180, Toronto 158, don 72, Hamilton 61, Oueloh 62, Piton.? 51, fort Hope 28, Resat - I Lee. Kingeton TI, Windsor 18, Ca t Fel ran if.. 10, total 6$0. Quebec not real 125, Qaelsec 01, Hier - Ike 16 total 171. Ne'v Ilrunswi'k , John R7, Newt we Ir 21, Mohc- ere rreteriettm 11, Woodot,'ck Iot1b 134 N.va Scotia -Halifax 'krrtnghttt 'B9, ax\(laey 29, Kent -- !It, Truett .11., en:-!.1.L-Tr'uro11, Yarmouth 2. Mid - oil (1, total 179. Prince Edward _nd-87. Pr ' 1* shows' nkat Do larey eat ben In rultatlen with bis camtu:tndo two * previously, and .Mont the oilier B r hollers are still moving about con 'Ung with the burghers. Erten this t Is inferred that the ie ..pects fo peace are Improving. Meows. Rei and Jacobs, two-- of the Boor panes delegates!. have .re- turned from Bal oral rind gone to Plelershorg to In rtlrw Command- ant 'Beyer... .11 N Iretpea. iprq, April 25. -About forty 1,10501 recruits Were added to Dr• t'all.teil for Heath Africa to - There were Men additions at ny tsdute In tho west, but at ser - i r'rrnittng tta(boa., namely, Vir- ('arman and Brandon, none elite e offered, nod recruiting was de - re* rtn:e,l. Thr Virden correspond - of the Free Press stereo that the ,ntry Is In too prosper ue a con- n for mon to enllet, and none e t o lento It. Among the vlrlters the immigration department to- t trees two young Bootchmer, who so to ('.vnada n few months ago. rf wnni.,1 th' dcpnrtment to tep- enl,s flatlet Lar them, th"y being MeettessitieWm hereto. They are hent at Meese; been accepted In ' four! h ront Ingest. They are Path bravo Canada, but aro tempted I)y elect. of military etskiesture. I Io.ed al Mert it 'anion!, April 25. -Hive Ring for fenri11 contingent, AN fir e`o !lent- il Is concerned, Is finished. One were and twenty-five In all have en sworn in here. The last Mitch 11 ',ace for Halifax at noon en relay. IL*Itery Nen In tin.-' FRENCH CABINET EATEN. Not a Single Ministers Elected in Paris. 1st AN UNPARAIELLED DEFEAT. testis. April 57. -Puri hoar tent elected it single Midisterlullet to the Chamber of Deputise Eight Nu' tionnlist'. six - anti-Manisterinlht So- cialites. four ant:-Mlalstertnhet Re- publican... and three Conservatives were returned. It wag the worst dee felt the. Oovernlnent has iseve ems tninel in Parity. The 1llnisterutliets lost four •ten L'. and /knottier new constilu,mwy war won by the NetlonalivtS. It,•bnllul• in will occur in' 29 district'.. The T'ntlo:ualists, however, suffered n oevere ehe'k int Algiers. where. M. Drumunt, the notorious nnti•SPtn:te, was turned out by a majority of 900. • The polling began at 8 o'clock this morning and chimed at 6 ocloce thin evening. The total number of tato` didatce wall 2,515. Of this another 358 stood In the Depnetinent of the Seine. A drenching rain in Paris did not present tho voters from going to the [teethe The voto met overt' where was about 20 per cent. he.ty- ler than the East elections. Tho rain emend 1n the evening. and immense crowde gathered on the boulevnrau in front of the new.p:lp"roffices. where, nntwltheta cling the bitlon of the police, ilhundnnt)''1 /sheets were diepi'Iyed upon which thn remit" of the elections were flashed immediately they were re. celvlxf, No cf.t,il bnncn worth' Tltr')tttv+rt w}l .recurred anywhere in the city. Dur - Ing the day the nnthoriti''N took stringent precrutionx to cope with poweible dleordnrs, nett-wtr'ong )Na- tes of police kept the crowd'. in mo Oen. The wits quartered r In tholiGuard public hui Ird- 1 s. Dense, erode, rnrtlpo*tel chiefly el NationellMI, neeemblel in front of the offices of the 1.Ibee Parole and the grtiliaeeted idthe tfirstEcho eleetIonrn11)N nn] Rs. n(wlncrmrnt's. which Inclu.bsl thrnp ilntlotnitet viCtnrbPn In Parin with trMnendots cheering. report,. ?Mowing are the latest rep from the mistime 4tetriets : Slin[rtrr lathes, 16:5; anti-Minieterlalin'14 125; rebaliots, Kingston, April 25. -Eighteen mem- •rs Of A enc% B BMteriel', R. C. F. , who volunteered for eerv1n In o Third Mounted Ririe*, have boon s'epte.l, and were •worn In thla al - Teton. They leave on 84n(lay inton- e he Halifax. More of the battery rn ma7 he accepted later. The ernitllg officer, at Kingston were Het, and that aconnnt1 for the eetrorntively small number of re- •e,ts from til• district. tire F'r"n, t4.,441.4ud. 11n41*101rM, R. C, April 23.- Thirty - air men brief. brPn ,warn in herr • if. -opera le the CenaAlan Mellot- t Rifle* fnerth rv.es�1want, now being teed her 8.uth Insane About forty A T00 EXCITING REVIVAL One Convert is Dead and Another insane. A QUEER STYLE OF PREACHING. Ness Turk, April LB. -Ramsey. N. J., war .truck about four weeks ago with what ought be culled a retinal e)Ck*tc. The town never had any - thing like 1t before, and as to the advlsaWdty of having it agate, there 'tunic 01* Ision of sent .mellt. One p r died lust Monday in Morrie Pia , - asylum, uhu took an active part ht ,th0 revival -*cork and to'.t ins ren4mu been after the revivalist left. Autither person, a woman 21 years of rls l'lalnp raving 1111111 one of the, ni the revival. The tint tittle toil L'anntaler, w had befit the piste Church in Kenney ant was very nitwit re --meted azul beloied'in the, com- munity, Irresp.'vtl'0 of r''lIgiuu'. e•rre.t, The Roond victim was "l los Grace Montrose, the (laughter of Mr'. Wl1ifisn •, M,,tttross, in It:ameey. Miss'.Mnnt- rool Was wrought up to n htgll •pitch of sxeltemeut during the ten days the revival meethtge were gteng 418 Un the euntley after the vestige. Inst left, Stiles Montrose, then clear- ly demented, etnrted out on her selyat101t miwAon. Bite went to one of the village hotels anti battered on the door to the early 9taornifg. When the door was opened to her she told the hotel proprietor that she had two sermons to preach that day 11.1111 that ono of them she intend- ed to deNwer in his hotel. Site was with difficulty Induced to go home. From that day on she went from bad to worm/ ufrtf tet week it •wsw decided that there was nothing left to do with her tstve take her to the Morrie 19nlnw Amylum. The revivalbwt who shook logo the Rev. up the- allllagr of HangerY_ W. Ek'helberger, r,f ire as ,'1Tf. 111s language was replete with '.Inn* and leo manner often of the rudeist. Ile affected the Sam Jones - Karn Small il)lc'((7 ptipit" tn'atory. He ronrr.l at people to "move tee' and "to stand up" and if they didn't reep.ond lie would shout to them: "Oct, out of the hall, than I can't do aifythbn0 for yon." On one orea'slon Paul Moffatt re- oented thee style of (wengil'sation. lie peeled aft hie ooett right in meet - lug end offered then and there to glee the evntageltst a mend thrash - leg. Mr. Moffett'• proposal was not accepted, and he was finally appeas- e!, but Ire did not yield to Kr. 1bhel- herKrr's evangelloal metbodle ge, was Luken to Hos- es lune yesterday noon n to She, too, had been st exctte.t workers in wag 'the Her. Carte- 0 arieo for ten years of the Lutheran Larne 1r1Ph F:r01pr...Ion 1.oesion, April Z7. -Emigration from the West of Ireland to lAnnl ales aNPnminK ss hist 111 rming pretentious.' During the Inst fort- night hundred' of Pnilgrent4 lusts.' pastel through Limerick en thrlr nay to fork Two special trnln* from Porteriington energise' nearly * persons of •Imir'ntr, mostly ,Vann* pes of both poxes. whiles olhere on parlevties tho -2m Or more hail Rnn ste•fnele TORONTO PRIti1ERS' - WAGES. ' s 1 moo 11 rnts('usesp tsltora' luerce 1.lieotyperee Itedueed. Toronto. April 28. -Tho Toronto branch of the Typographical Cuion tuts made a demand ulxes die several newspapers of this city for :� new scale of wager for the oprratloro of linotype mnct:inter and conip.iisltors. Fur the printers engaged in night work a flit rate of $.-1 per week is asked. That will affect the men working on the morning paper.. Gpmpowtturs, the men who set type by hand, engaged on Ole morning papers now receive n mil.lmum wage of 915 per week. The Linotype men, who operate typesetting machines, receive a minimum wage of $15 per week and n bonus of 8 cents per 1,000 emit for everything over 28,000 emit per night. At this rata the machine men average 925 per week each, some mak:ng n.. high as $:1O per week. It is, therefore. proposed 10 reduce Ute machine men to $21 per week ani ;lice the c••mposltors oe an even fooling with th^m. For the dny men, comprishig the printers who work on the evening papers, a flat rate of 918 io d,•m',nded. The men art/ 11nty to reeetpt --of -n Minimum Wage rain of $1a per week, with rho nxunl bones to the linotyls•re. On Saturiny 'night the Typograph- ical Union decided to present an ulti- matum to the newspaper c)mpaidee, • which etnto.r ttmt wv for os- the mem- bers of the anion are concerned the new scale win go Into effect on May soh.-- __-- rs 'UNDER CRIMES ACT. `Yroprlrlr. as and F:dlaor 01 Waterford Star 1's.., seceded les 'rebind. se.. ler. Nearly 1.1s150. St. John, Nfld. .tprii 27.-A party of 22 men belonging to the Realer (Cite left her In en len floe riff the r14'rlhern ('(4101, Odle talo* short of prntisions T.nly two 1) nilleM, having np' of bren'i api•rr. They were freer 'lay* nrnl nbghtn rat the wns. Nome of the party broke down from weakneen and other.. unite' the Ppttlement nlutost Marvel. Relief wee snot to the weakener.. Appr,'henwlrrn 1* frit for thole safety. entropy war ca and It turned t sank with all 0 managed to sera the exception of ht by the ferry cable tie anti Immediately boar!. Everybody b1e arbor° with redone. whose body haw not been fo nd yet. He war unmarried, but leaver surviving him the following brothers and Aster,: John Harrtulle, Principal igh School. Ltml1117 Leonard hared e, Town Solicitor. St. 11try'e; Mks. Noah Quanee, wife of the principal of the High School. St. Thomas ; Mrs. 0 F'. Thomprnn, wife of Purser on as San Fransclnoo hoer. HarstoDe was one of tho best-known curlers In the Do- minion. MUSSOLINO A5 R HERO. Queer Trial of the Multi - Murderer Brigand. HYPNOTIST IN TROUBLE. HE POSES AND STRUTS .111.1 the People and 1 *eu 111 l- uteri Ofll,lrl. Vivid to 111 to - Ilard 111 (let N inverses -flay F:,uape, r11,1 If So \1111 Likely be Killed. Rome, April 2o,-llussolilao, Ole Italian brigand, the story of wlwal. long defktuoe of the entire force of the Ooverumcnt and the pollee auth- orities has been followed lu these despatohee, le still riveting the attentkn of all has countrymen. Hte trial, which began at Lucca tart week, it asmumiug a oltaraeter which at one Dare Ir 'sensational and at others ridiculous. It is always thea- trical. Every n0wepaper in Italy prints bong reports of the trial, and the papery have etrtermous sale. The excitement extendd from the royal court to tete toweet cottage. There is an almost universal belief that Mu.*-41uo will not have to watt to be oondemursl, but will ewcape through the conoivatloe of sympath- isers. The fact that It is knowu that Ito trade thirteen attempts to com- mit murder, most of wltkah were sue- twssful, doer not excite any horror among the people. Ile declarer In Imparsiomed rhetoric that he has ex- amined We sacred right of avenging himself on his enemies. In the treat In the court at Lucca, Slutuoeno berets hiuwmlf as the mas- ter of the occlusion. The Judge, the jury the oarbineere, the lawyers, and journaalrts bow down to titin 411(1 accept hie caprices with the greatest readiness. At first he refused to speak ; new he eoostantly interrupts, mod lv immediately lirtotted to In dealertike silence, and his remark* are followed whit thunderous ap- plauseeand sometimes by hystorical l'uts a K hole Moonily to elects, but Fall% to Arou.e Them. La Belle, Ind., April 28. -Absentee by the unusual quiet at the home of Rudolph Burtug, in the village of Tlcoma, near this city, a 0O40- ntlttee of neighbor'. forced :in ,.n trance and found Bartag, his wife aid five children all ixt a comatose condition. Efforts to arouse t110111 were futile. Leo Longer. a youthful amateur hypnotist, confessed that bo had put the family "to sleep" with their consent four days ergo end had been unable to revive then.. Ile said he had visited the house tinily Itnd tried to 'trout.° them. but without success. Toet11y he managed to awaken two, of tin children. Brooding over 11144 predicament has brought him to the verge of nervous prostration, but he promisee that ho will arouse ail the reit oaf tho Gamily as *nom las bo regains his nerve. The viling- ern will not permit physician* to In- terfere. ASSAULTED A -PRIEST. Vernier of Sandwic- h West 1s De- flated lu be 1Winne. Wlndeor, April 26. -Abraham Theo - ret, farmer, of Sanuwich West, was taken into custody yesterday by De- tectives Mahoney and Campeau, and lodged in Sandwich jail. On Sunday last, Theoret pttieufed St. Joseph's Romana Catholic Church at River Canary!, and announced that ho was Christ. Wbat Father Marseille, the venerable priest, aged 78, who has officiated at 8t. Joetph's since 1861, refused to recognise Theoret in his assumed character, the latter assaulted the rev. tattier. Theoret wan pilled off before ho had time to .:u any harm. Theoret war taken to his home, and, a day or so later, was found In the Biter Cauure Ceme- tery, Jigging a grave. He weld that he war tired of life, and intended to kill himself. Coroner Bell, of Windsor, examined the nlan yester- day, wed pronoutloeel him violently In - taut". He will be taken t(? the asylum at Loudon. He is a married man, and line n wife and .fit children. Ilbbiln, April 27. -Tice first prose. attloes ander the proclamation, Is.ued'toeently by Earl Cadogan, the Iun1-Lieutenant of Ireland, putting In force three sections of the crimes act In many districts of the country, resulted. Iant evenhig, in the 'sen- tencing of Mrs. O'Mahony, proprle- rertl of the Waterford Star, and H. Lyrham, the editor of that paper. .o sixty (tape Iml'rh,onm''nt each. Mr*. O'Mahony and Lynham were eons heel undor it ch lege of Intlmlda- tk,n. In pretenting tenants from titling their farms. tire OMnhlny wmv erdinettott teriertt'i r ttrer mored C204) 1$1,0001. \ The Intimidation of whir'.( Mrs. O'Mahony lied Lynham were con- el(teM 1* alleged -10 diene-.errtk*te.l of pnhhratlone 1.1 the altar. whirl' tended to prevent the lawful e elt- paldon 01 1.'tnd from which tenants had Wien evicted. DENIES IIS 01:til,INEN1;SS. THREE MEN DROWN. A 1'ertiri Driven Ashore Fear Pula, • Pelee and Wrecked Toronto, April ' ::b. -A ileepateli from Windsor says: Within right of 1a1a1, with the 1110 -citing crew from Point Pelee going to the rescue, rust but a mile away from them, three t'rral.'r of National r.thrary la Parts F:adoe.r. ('s %en 4 hes.4110►. Parte, April 27.-( ureter Iw•11..1 of the Nntlonal Library, stater that he Kt 11 enlr•es Canon Chevalier- optn- len that the Holy rthrond of Turin, wh'oh ROMP clnlm hear* a reprexenta- tlom of the Saviour's holy, in not au- thentic. Canon Chevalier prove.t that the Arend 10044 mese. In the four- teenth century. if de Moly, n allslln- glli..had nrohaeologlst, has written n letter to the Tempo MayIng that hip photoftrnlhet the Arent in the Na- tional Llhrary anti o1R'sIned a nega- tive Aniline to that produeel 1'y photogrnphlne the Tnrin ehroa41 Mr. Jnmew 1'r'rk'A Nash atr1 leer facLory nt ('heitorvllle *1M r` neon ally of lumber were burned. ,ANOTHER TROUPER DEAD. %ppnlulnteut to Office in the Vourtt. .. ('onlleageul, Ottawas, April 28.-(Bpeciu0-It Is now ut8lerst001l that Superintendent Strkckland, of• the Northwnet Mount- ed Pollee. at Prince .Albert, will be adjutant to Col. A. C. MbcDonnell, of` the 6th Regiment of the! 4(11 con- tingent. Quartermaster tigt. Rowan orf the Northwest Mounted Police will be gnnrtermastor with MacDon- nell. The Militia Department has re- ceived a cable from the casualty de- partment. announcing the death from enteric fever of Trooper Joe. Drury, wt telerkaclorp. Drury le•iongrd to Maple Creek, Man. melutetre of the crew of the whoopee krona t',.'erltrblo wont down to wat- ery grutee Saturday afternoon. The stet echo,ner wait lumen' with ental tram Asetubuia to 1St. lguuoo, 111141 PR* mw)) hours 111141 (x'011 battling with the terrific 'southeast (dorppt1 which tilt day was rweepl1g Lakie Iiia elle was in tow of a summer, and the towline broke, leaving the rvhobuer nt the mercy of the waves. see. Lto.tm. walerlugged, struck the-._ bottom. :.tel three hours niter went te pieces, and left her crew strug- gling Int flu: water with nothing i,et- ter than h,Nole covert, line sir:toy lilts tat wreckage to which to cling. t'tpt. Ttrr'mttw Wilson' wort" two of iia men, more deed than olive, were wnshal nation,. Tiley were thrown np ,n the t'.a.oh two miles below Lem - 0.('H orris. and there tricked up bar Lisle. (rmen. Capt. W.b.om tuns unoormeluue. nisi Iiia men wort' a.w) weak (ro)n their 'energies) with the storm to speak. aside tram tlaying that there Were three other. on the wreck. The life-saving crew, 1011105 wan on the irn,, from the end of Point Pelee, oowkl 1301 reach the scene of the wreck. N' DROPPED NINE STORIES. lerlul K.Mrapr 4.4 l'hree Men In • an KIcralor l ao. Buffalos, .April 28.-Miraoudouu *e- motes from death followed the drop- ping of an elevator In the D. 8. Mor- gan billeting shortly before noon yes- terday. Imprlwmo.l in the oar of the broken elevator, three men dropped from the, ninth floor, felting to the stone bodement, and the tact that any of Hie men ourvivel was duty to the partial working of the . mites olutebee, which slackened the speed of 1110 car. One of the passengers escaped with :t broken left, the elevator man was picked up unconscious, and the third Man received only a scratch on the tuukt. In'ett1go11011 began at once to ascertain the cause rad the accident. and ngeute of the Insurance company 31141 nrtginoere 01 the hulkling dlsoov- eret that the ormnterwrlghte balnnc- Ing the elevator had broken loom. Why the .o-oallet safety olutehee failed to work and thus atop the oar 1• n subJeot which will be brenght •to the attention of the elevator people. OFFERED PAY NOT TO WORK. \u,eriwNl window Inas. ( pais)', Method of Killing Ithuni w eeptn Mutate o declared that with the exception Of traitor* he peter k.i.- oil anyone unliwn ullnuked. The °lay w,rbin r ho ever attack"d was ono whd fired twice at hits: Ills explanation of bas treatment of n mall Of the 118m0 of Urea wa*a J typical une. Hu 'mid lees weld tits 110We of hos wberoaboute to the pie lice 4141 had even determined to Moot him. Munsolino continued: "He levelled a gnu at we. l frightened him, seized and took away the gun, took the partridge* out, reloaded tho gun with .411ot. and told him to walk away. When he hail gone a little dletauce I shot him In the legs to give him a In:. NMI. I d1d not like to kill him 110• cruse he erns tho father of a fans - 11y " Such touches a■ this Inst arouv . xyu.pnthy among ilio people in tho court -room and sometimes enthn- elnsm. But now and again tho bruto in him overcomes the hero. There bays -been undignified scu:- flea with gendarme.. in which Mee solino has often line the upper hand, for he IN immensely strong. On Tuesday Inst eight stalwart gen- darmes with difficulty held lam down when In it. moment of fury he had attempted to 'strangle a wo- men witneea who 11 RAI addreseerl hlrn with .11sresper'ltlll worth,. It el n curious fact that although there aro a dozen families who have had some of their members killed or wounded by Musuolino, ono father. a oarbineer. 1s the only une who has Como forward on the prosecu- tion's nide. The others, who nye Catlabrtiuii. regard the case as '1 family vendetta. and it private nf- falr, and refugee to Boll their honor by going to law. But If he enolases they will try to shoot or stab bini lintem he shoots Or stabs first. CORSET CAUSED DEATH. Vonog N ..war's Heart Dlaplaord b) 1ht werme. i..ream, 0., ,lpell 27.-F'rntkln Friend, need 27, of Norfolk, died here Inxt night ender p,•cnibar l irrtim- st;tneee. She gra off n car from ( tete- eine :and IM en me hint nn.l week. Kir 0,e1*1,431 10 Ihr• "n1'Ing room ly Ica women :1141 later event to a ph)- elnian'* u411Cr.. Kir wan ,lend wisp,' pieced 1,11 a vouch. •t p.w.t--mortem rtnnilltntlon (o- des allowed her heart to he entirely rant of place on n.' -,int. of her cornet, whlob was ten wises ern small. juoll,npol144, .tprll 26 --The :Orn t1"haluw Gloss Lompany hap made a lender of $1(3) molt to 811 elow ern and $75 tach 10 till gathrr1'rs now 0,' tin Ir employ who will refuel. to take employment with Independent teetawseeehmi1 g eke euaswar.. Tim of- fer to restrain workmen froom 000u- tLac'ting or taking employment with iu'Irpen.lent t„olorleo it unprecelent- tri, and moans that if' the plan nlwrutd prove successful the trust will hnye to pay not thousands of .Ioldjnrx merely to prevent any of their Mow - era Or gatbcrere from working for nny length of time to any window glop- rectory that Is not In the trust' Thr workmen have not decided what they will do, many of then wonting to be free to work If they (Melons. HUNO ON TO THE WIRE. Occupants of Scow Iorry,Save Them- *e'ves !From Drowning. Kingston, Ont., April 27. --On )tat- urdny evening the scow bridge used between the mainland and Howe Is- lami broke away from one of the wires by which It was propelled. Ono of tho mon, however, grasped the other wire, awl for three hours the party held oei and saved the craft from being helpicssly thrown upon the henry MeaN Finally roper were secured and the scow pulled back to the mainland. In the party were J. Foley and hie three some, mad a friend with a 'toren and wngan. The men',, action un- doubtedly Navel them from drown- ing_ FIVE BURNED TO DEATH. A Terrible 'Tragedy let S1. Norbert, Manitoba. Wlnelpeg, April 27. -Tho bawlse of .fern Bnpti.te Monchem, a French butcher, roelding it St. Norbert s(t- tlement, wan dentroynd by fire !net night, and (ho faintly of five young children, four girls and 0110 boy, burned to death. Another daughter Is dying, and the tither and neither aro In n perlan, condition The bless started while the Inmate- were seleep. 'Iwo Ito) r 1100wnrd. ('arprrJrrs N'au1 I''nht Hour.. Toronto, AprII 28. -The Anteignm- Tied Union and the Brotherhood of ('arpenterw end Joinerx held their finnl meeting before May Int In Vlo- tort* Hull on Mturlity nflenuron The trent orgaiiocttIone Intlnde more than 700 enrpenlrr., moot of whom were present. 11 wan rem,' veld to sl and by 1 he demand whirl' has been mndn foem the hpglnnhlg, name- ly. nn right -hew .lay and an rents nn hrwir. The myr are pnrtleularly rletprminrd M fight for the olght Melba, and It In predicted Ihnl nn ninny la half the enroent ore In the rl.y mine he 1,1(1 off nn Their,dev If they millers to their rewdntkon. Rat Portage, April 27. -Two little boys, aged six and three and • half yerlrr respectively, firma of Rlohard O. Joan, of First street, went out to piny yewterlay and wore spoon after MINIM by their mother. When they noted not be found upon the street !sr at any of the neighbor., the po- llee were notified. It wag awertelnel that the children had been Senn play- ing la an nM boat on the 'bora of the (reek, end the mem began to drug the 'stream. Abort 6 o'clock last everting ono little lad wag hronght to the surface, and about 7 the other was found. Itrltlsh Wheat Imports. The !net year of whitish fairly com- plete stall*flow of the wheat Im- port* of *treat Brltaln are available Is 1900. in that year the imports ware about double the home pro. ductionrind amounted to 08,616.999 cwt. The pyrincipal .oitre«. 0.14740 a* follows : United States, As?,5008,170, Argentina, 18,624.0f10, einarto, 8.- 137,601) . RneMta, 1,421,300; Austrel- n.la, 1,1RR,200 , Overmany, 1,82R- 1100 , Rolston it a, 758 1110 , Turkey. 131,200 ; Inrlle, 9,400 , Chile, 2,500.