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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1906-3-8, Page 6ib TEoals.aY, Dfareb ` d, 19( 6 LIBERAL VICTORIES T.mpl.m.n's the Groatost in the History of Victoria. B. C. ' ONLY A SMALL VOTE POLLED People Leaked en Contest as a Fore- gone Conclusion -Tho New Minister of inland ' R Emphatically Endorsed by the Capital City of British Columbia - Two Other Liberal Vieteries Elcewhore. Victoria, B. C., March 7. -The vote yesterday afternoon was: -Temp ran (Liberal), 1,553; Marcor (Socialist), 306; Beckwith (Conservative), 857. This gives Mr. Templeman about 700 plurality, the largest Liberal majority .ever given in the history of the city. Voting for the bye -election passed of quietly yesterday. About 2,600 votes were cast. The remelt was taken as a foregone conclusion, hence the vote *was not heavy. Liberals Rejoice. The Liberal committee -rooms were the Centre of a jubilant throng of HON. MR. TEMPLEMAN. voters last night, being attended by a great, Cheering crowd, which was by no means limited to Liberals, there be- lng a largenumber of prominent Con- servatives, who supported Mr. Tern- pleman throughout. For the first time lathe history of the city the Liberals, ranged up solidly behind the candidate, were augmented by the business men of the community, irrespective of party. Towards the last the campaign became very fierce, engineered largely by Chief Commissioner Greet) of the Local Government, who was anxious to wipe out a score with Mr. Temple - man's paper, The Times, owing to its aggressive attitude towards him on the Kalen Island •matter. Features of the Campaign. Mr. Templeman held few meetings, just sumclent to acquaint the electors with the issues, but contended through- out that the Government was not on trial, as the result couidd not effect the fate of the Laurier Ad`thtnistratlon, and that It was merely a question whether the west was prepared to reject the proffered portfolio. He, bad the aasist- ancp of nearly all the Federal Liberal members at different times, and of his staunch friend, Ralph Smith, through- out the campaign. Mr. Smith left for Ottawa last night, and the new Minis- ter will follow in a few days. The Opposition Attacks. The campaign, so far ai the Oppoel. tion was concerned, was remarkable for the virulence shown by the Beck- with speakers, who turned the disaster to the Valencia into a campaign Issue, fiercely attacking the Government for alleged neglect to provide aids to navigation and lifeboat appliances. Captain Woolley, poet -pugilist, also made much of the alleged "looking to Washington" on the part of the Liber- als. and quoted Sir Wilfrid Laurier as anti-British and disloyal. A Great Procession. The election wound up with a torch- light procession, In which Mr. Temple- man, accompanied by Messrs, J. A. Macdonald, leader of the Opposition: Ralph Smith and John' Oliver, were drawn through the streets In carriages by enthuslaaue supporters. Behind them came a long procession of car- riages filled with workers, while the whole was preceded by a band and a brigade of torchbearers. A stop was made in front of The Times office, and finally at the committee room, where the candidate was loudly cheered In nrknowledging the support of his hear. era. ANOTHER LIBERAL VICTORY. Annapolis County Had Choice of Tw• Temperance Candidates. Hallfyx Match 7. -In the local bye- rlection held yesterday in. Annapolis ''aunty to fill the vacancy caused b/ the elevation of Attorney -General Longley to the benit, O. T. Daniels, Liberal, was elected by over six hun- dred majority. He was opposed by Rev. Mr. Gaeta, a retired Methodist clergyman, the oan- ,:Idate of the temperance alliance. The Conservatives did not put up a ' andldate. Daniels has been a life-long advo-' mate of temperance, and a Prominent member of the Sons of Temperance. ';meta ran as an out and out prohibi- ' ,01st. He was nominated by the 'I'emperonce Alliance, and was subse- 'g11ently endorsed by the Conservative •,.nventiott, The local elections for the province *Ili be held this year. Liberal In Peace River. Winn leg, Mardi 7. -The bye-elec- 1 ion In Peace River for the Alberta leg- Isture resulted in the return of J. Itrech, Liberal, by II majority. Two Children Choke to Death. Montreal, March 6. -One child swal- 'neing a whistle and another a button .awed death in both cases In this city )thin the past twenty-four hours. An * year-old girl named Tremblay, resid- ing at Lachine, swallowed the whistle. ..ted Alphonse Corney, residing on Dsrs e'•nsow. street, 1 1.3 yenta old, swallow - 'sI ,a button - Banteelle Remanded Per a Week. Toronto, March 6. -Edwin at. G. Ban - Well and his wife were In the Pollee Irt yesterday. and by an understand - Mt between Crown Attorney and Mr. at Veenet were remanded for a week. anwet went back to jail, and Mrs. TH(� SiGNAL: CODERICH ONTARIO t, THE GODERICH HOCKEY TEAM RUNNERS-UP FOR ,THE O. H. A. INTERMEDIATE CHAMPIONSHIP, 2905-6 The institutions of the National Sanitarium Association, including the Muskoka Cottage Sanatorium and the Muskoka Free Hos- pital for Consumptives, are ,under the distinguished patronage of His Excellency Earl Grey, Governor-General of Canada, and Countess Grey. 9 Readers of this announcement will be glad to know that there has been an encouraging response to our request for help for the - 0 Muskoka Free Hospital for Coilsumptives D. Thompson, Manager. Alex. Mclvor. Sec.-Treas. W. E. Kelly. President.) Dtfn. McDonald, Left Wing. Hy. McGaw, Raver. Norval Davit, Past President. J. Wiggins, Center. Alex. Mclvor, Right Wing. R. Cu( Hairs, Cover Point, Donald Mclvor, Goal. John Campbell (Capt.), Point. V4'e should have likes) to print a picture of the IN,ys with thi• ehaunpionship trophy in ftvnl of diem : het we'll II have to ilia without I lw silverWare this year. The Sailors have had a remarkably emcee:o fal tiatsun, 111•spfle their fatiltier in the Halals, awl they doa:•rve the pr lite it,ttl congratulations of tlu• whole town for their teNal work. A g,a'.I hockey -seven is a great advertisemaenl for the town. and the iitifors have sprelii the name and Dune of Godorich fat' and wide this year, It i- worthy of remark that every ail •,iilwr of the trait is a bona II let ra.id_•nt of the town, an I with only one excepti they at re all flativia of Gimlet -kit or lot%e livral hide twat Is all their lives. Nit many teams Can. tepid' this. IN HER LUXURIANT HAIR. Russian Woman's Attempt on Moscow Governor's..Life Frustrated. Moscow. \larch 6.-A baldly .plan- ned attempt on the life oPVlce-Admir- Aged Farmer Beats Aged Wife's al Doubassoff, tiovernur(ieneral of Head to Pulp. Moscow•, and member of the council of the F)mp're. was frustrated yester- - --- lay Th d br easa/ ABM KLEINGBEIL'S CRIME e woul assassin ass a wo- man, and her method was practical.y the same as that of the woman who at tempted, the life of Vice -Admiral ('houknin on Feb. 1. Representing that she came from personal friends of - the tiovernor-General. she gained admit- tance to the chancellery, but her agi- tation attracted the attention of an aide, who noticed particularly the luxu- riance of the woman's hair, which was miffed high upon her head. When she was interrogated she attempted to Are: but was seized and searched, and a small bomb was diecovere,l concealed In her tresses. The identity of the wo- man has not been established Russian Elections Begin April a St. Petersburg, March 6. -An Imper- ial ukase. Issued yesterday, orders the elections to the National Assembly In begin April 6, In 2$ provinces of Cen- tral. Russia, to commence April 27 In 17 other provinees of Central Russia, and the 'Don regions, and In two other province' on May S. The primary elections of the I.easaat Maar, of which there are four degrees. are In progress The returns thus far Indicate that the voice of the peasant,. In the provincial congresses will, he conservative. But no charge has been raised thus far that the Government has exercised undue Intoe -nee MR. R. L. BORDEN'S IDEA. Opposition Leader's Method to Help Shorten, the Session. Ottawa, March 6.-1 Globe Special). - Mr. R. L. Borden, leader of the Oppo- sition, has sent a typewritten letter to several Deputy Ministers, in which he says: -"Having regard to the favi' date at which the approaching session is to 1 begin, I have asked the members of the Opposition to send to me In ad- vance an Intimation of any information which they may desire for the pnrlosen of the session. By giving to each de- partment to P advance an idea of what will be asked for or moved for, in the first Instance, it I. thought that some time may be saved, and that the dura- tion of the session may be less protract- ed than would otherwise be the case. A copy of the enclosed has been filed with the Clerk of the House and will a(pear upon the order paper when the House opens. I am sending you a copy in order that the reply may be ex• pedited-" LIVED TOGETHER 50 YEARS Murderer Was Captured In Bed With the Dying Woman -An Awful Sight -Woman's Wounds Thought to Have Been Successive From Sat- urday Till Monday Nigh: -How Fatal Quartet Began. Belleville. March 7. -Th.- murder ut Ms wife by old Ferdinand Kleingbell )fonday evening Is the topic of eon- versatlon. Yesterday a corn net's jury, with the town Attorney, and others visited the scene. No neighbor's live within a mile of the place. Kleingbell Is a farmer, with 100 acres, and as prosperous. Ti,,. hired man after doing the chores came tv theltouke and opening the door. saw a woman lying on the poor with her face covered with blood. Ile carte to the city and notified the police, t 'unstable Dumn went out and arrested Kleinglo•II at 1030 o'clock. He was then In bed with the dying wo- man. Mr., KleingtNril ams nut deal when the offl,ers artived, and t)r. Yu-.naans nis called, 'Ti,. -' woman's hear) had been .pounded Into a pulp. dtotll eye were closed. her nose broken and th body from head to waist. one blaeit blue mass. tttie did not regain eon ae'L-usn,-ss and gleed a' 6 ..'clock 'rester day motnini. Klein/diet: say, h.. used n.." ;1." Sc. his fists, but it I-, surmised aome.h.r 1. blunt Instrument w,. used. A Piticble Sight. The rem.;lns pre:.. ntea an an fit sight. The face being dreadfully Ku o! -- am anal disfigured. The neck and ch. 1:• were also sat ellen un -i Mark. Th p..-t- mori,m sass head ye terday by Drs. Yeomans and Itoyee oast. -raring at 7.30 the aaking of et;,b•n •' Was rata . t III ,•,. II 1 P 11 1 b f r, the rte yr 1 nP il( r T itnpr,ssl.n tarot -ails that Kleinghelt not Inflict all the Injuries Monday. bu'. that he hail been ehustnz the wawa to since his return from the'clty on Si', ur,lay evening last. Thi. view 1: Mar out by the fact that the discnloration- on parts of the woman's vilest and n••.' appear 10 be' deep and not aup:•rllrla:. Before Pollee Magistrate Plat ye.. torday n , charge was preferred. and he was remanded to jail •fat• one w, , Tl. (luso Porter• M. P.. will defend haat Klelgnbeil remarked to c'on*table Du( in that he would sacun have to die ati. - toa', and that it did net matter mu,•', ow' ao,m death came. '' Mrs. Malcolm Dunnage. of this city. a a daughter of Kleinebell'a and was t her mother's bedside when she die,' eeterday morning. The dead woman. according to her aughter's statement, regained eon- clousneas during the night and said: \yell, he cannot get married again." How Quarrel Began. Old man Klcinghell Is said to be of very quarrelsome disposition. and it was through the quarretsnme nature of Is father that the son, Herman, left time. Kleingbell, especially when un- er the Influence -Of liquor, would taunt Is wife with the remark that Herman as not his son and would derhand to now whose boy he was. This always fought on a quarrel, and the old man mita that this w'am the cause of the rouble Monday. Both the murderer and his wife were born In Germany, both being In their 70th year. They were married when 20 years Of age and MQ Heed tngeth'-r IN years. Kleingbee `•y a 5eld4er In the Prussian army at,o aught In the ' war between Prussia and Austria. Ifs distinguished himself at the battle of Koennlgrats and was decorated wl:n the Iron Cross by King Frederiel. }le waw alae a veteran of the America!' civil war True Bill For Metier, '' Wmedstnck, March 7.--.A. true biil ter the murder of Isaiah Wright of In- rerell was yesterday returned by the (hand Jury against Swart Bell, George Ms, George Bogan and Wal. WII- COST A SINGLE LIFE. That Cyclone In Oceania Not So De- h vastating As Reported. Paris, March 6. -Minister of Colon- les Clemente) has received a cable " message confirming the press reports ' to the effect that. the French establish- ment in Oceania was devastated by a Il cyclone and tidal wave Feb. 7 and $. " Tahiti was particularly affected. Three hundred and twenty-sevhn houses at Papeete were destroyed. Two relief *Alpe sent to the scene of the a disaster from the Tuamuto Islands have not returned. The governor of. h the colony has asked for aid. One life was lost. ad PRESIDENT LT. -COL. M'GILLIVRAY Industrial Exhibition Board Meets and Elects Its Of oers. Toronto. March 5. -At the first meet- ing of the exhibition board after the elections last week, the following oRl- cers were elected: Hon. president, W. K. McNaught, M. P. P.; president, Lt. - Col. McGillivray: first vice-president, W. 1[. George; second vice-president, George H. Gooderham; members of the executive, H. R. Frankland and B. E. Briggs. Old Time Publisher Deed. New York, March 6 -Patrick O'Brien, the Nestor of the rethnllr publishers In America, is deal et his home In Bum. mit. N. J.. In -his 74th year. having been horn March l j, 1562, in Kilkenny. Ire - 1 armoire bail of 85,eel was mewed. land.I Don on of nary -,-aa' '1 m• cerin' soil ,%11!.•,1tuber HERS, OIEIZER SHOOTS HIMSELF. the I,le aro charged occurred List a,c- Woman Pleads Guilty. New York, March-Bertl•a Clalchc, the young Frenrhwon,tu, who has hcen onrial In the Supreme Court for sever- l bays on a charge of murder, ycsterd: t• withdrew her plea of not guilty and c tered a taloa of man. slaughter In the frac tivgree. S. titmice will he pronouncedMarcia 20. WHOLESALE BOMB FACTORY. Druggist's Lodgings Found to Be Full of Exp'osives. St. Petersburg, tiarch 7.--+\ whole- sale bomb factory was raptorial by the police ye. terday at the labtin„ of a druggist. On: inaadred end t enty loaded bombs vele seized. The apartments barn been the r. d.'zv(nts of students and revotutionia 20 of whom were captured. .Another terrorist who -was arrested In the street hail a bomb (n his pocket. Capon Asks Inquiry. Father Capon, in an open letter yes- terday. denounces Father Gregor) PeIroff as a traiter-and a tool of the Sor•iol Democrats, Wit°, he says, are fighting against the true interests of the workingmen. Fath, r , Calor nl::o proposes a plan for a t'onlpletc Investigation °tilts or• gauizatsrn by r.-p:esentatives of the c::sous pa rt la it. WATER DIVERSION AT NIAGARA International Commi-sion Takes Up the Question at Once. Toronto, Minch 7.-- The Intern:Glom% Commission on Wal,•rwgvs held a cc, - slow at the Xing Eduard Hui, I yes- terday. The whole twirling was spent In the dlacn+aeon of the sues:len of regulating the quantity ..f water to be taken from the Niagara River for pow •r purposes. Thr numbers of the Canadian and t'nitrd States ,e, -tions are a unit upon the desirability of preserving the hats as one Of the great wonders of the world. The chi f difficulty In the way of arriving at an agreement upon the regulations to be a,l,Tted Is the diver- geney between the engtn•er., reports as to the quantity ..f water that may be safely abstracted from the river with- out Repairing the scenic beauty of the groat waterfall. The commMslonern ore d.-vutIna themselves to the task of retonellln•i these differences and arriving :at th • actual facts. When this has boon ac- complished. it is ant lei pa ted that the guiding princir a. to be oh'erved in framing the restricting regulallms will be speedily' agr,ed upon. land the draft - Ing of the regulations till) be a In•re platter of routine. it it hoped than a conclusion will 'be reached at to -day's session. The regulation of the. quantity .of water to be diverted fr m the Bt. Mary's River for power purposes at Sault Ste. Marie and the preserve:Ion of Ni. Iev:•t of Lake Superior till probably be taken up when the N'agara question is dis- posed of The Canadian secllnn ..f the cOmmis- sidn Is comp ,sed of ,ttr. George C. Gib- bons, K. e.. London. chairman: 'Air. Louts l'o,te, Public Works Department, and Mr. W. F. King. chief astronottfer. Ottawa: secretary. Mr. Thomas Cote. The 1'nitiai States seetinn I" enmposed of Gen. O. rt. Ernst, Washington. D. C.; lien to o. Clinton. Ituffaln, N. Y.: Hon, Geo. Y. Wisner. Delrnit. Mich., and S. C. Sabin. Buffalo, secretary. Less of Life, 50. Trondhjem, Norway, March sldes eleven fishing boats already re ported missing as a result of the re- cent storm, five others are unarcottnted for. The total loss of Ilfe la estimated at fifty. Carried a Block on An Engine. Niagara Falls, March 6. --The Michi- gan Central stub treln, running be- tween Welland and Niagara Fall", N. T. whets passing over Morrison street moaning. tens city, at fifteen miles per hour, struck a canvas -lop milk w•agnn squarely between the wheels. Gordon Mltehell and the ,meshed wagon were Parried down a full block to Huron street nn the front of the engine. Roth the horse and young Mitchell escaped lajrry, Suicide Discharges Gun by Means of String Tied to Trigger. Halifax. N. 5., March 7.-A Tragic suicide was discovered Monday even- ing In the woods, about 300 yards hack of C. P. Mitt•hell's house.. on Redford road, the dead man being II,fbert Geiger, caretaker '•f Mr. Mitchell's property. H•• Was only 22 years std, unmarried. and tin reason can be as- signed for the art., From the position of the dead man. It was concluded that he had taken a string and making a hoop at one end of It. In which he placed his tut, had lied the other end to the trigger of a gun, then placing the Munn. close b, his Springtime Brings head he had only to stretch out. his leg to cause the weapon t:, be discharged. When he tired he was In a sitting position and received the discharge in his head, the top of which was com- pletely blown off. . FREE HOSPITAL '''• FOR CONSUMPTIVE MI .4 , C wwt.N �y,t .'•_ or mss, 9 Since this institution was opened, a little more than three years ago, 560 patients have been cared for. Over 2,000 patients have been treated in our two Muskoka homes within the past seven years. )plot a single applicant has ever -been refused admission to the Muskoka Free Hospital for Con- sumptives because of his or -r-her poverty. o ' ° ' tij Our plea for help is that the Muskoka Free Hospital for Consumptives cares for patients that all other hospitals refuse. If the needed money is forthcoming, this dread disease might be stamped out. Ronners, an eminent physician of Mnntr al,. ex•priasident of the Canadian Medical Asaociat' , and ex-firesia)eat of the British Medical Association, stated at. 'a meet itiof the Montreal League for the Prevention of Ttds•rcial.e a, his Ken belief Haat in twenty -tis -e Fears, e provided pro) r means are adopted, at case of consumption would he a curibeity. q Within the month the accommodation has been increased by twenty-five beds; adding to the burdens of maintenance, but in the faith that a generous public will come to the aid, of the trustees. • v Contributions may be sent to Sot Wale R, Mrarntrtt, Kt., Osgcselcllall, Toronto, or IV. J. (;,int, EMI., 54 }'tont St. W, YHE MOROCCAN CONFERENCE. Reported From St. Petersburg That Germany Accepts Russian View. Algeciras, Spain, March 7. -Reports tyre in circulation last night relative to further developments in the police Iuestlon bore the conference on Moroccan 're forms. Austria, it is un- ierstoal has 'prepared a proposition atvorfng the German view. It is, how- ever, possible that this will not be pre - tented at the conf re•nce, the German iclegates pressing t e opinion that it toes not snAlcientlsupport theft Contentions Germany Accepts? St. Petersburg, March ,-A special despatch from Algeciras \ esterday tats that Germany halt accepted the ittsaliatl (imposition that the control at the force for policing Morot+('o he entrusted to France and Spain jointly is a basis for an agreement. ONE CONTRACT DISCHARGED. Magistrate Deni•aon Reforms Mrs. Dick - son's Contract Out of Existence. Toronto, March 7. --Magistrate I)eni- sonen i. t ti1t Y y began the work of rw forming the high interest loans made by the companies which Crown Attor- ney Curry has been prosecuting. The defendant was Robert McHarrle, mana- ger for Anderson & Co. In most cases the witnesses did not appear, in others they said they were satisfied to pay what they had signed to pay, and In a few they re- pudiatepl the contracts. • One lea-!, that of Mrs. Emma Dick- son, on which two payments at the rate of 125 per cent. of $5.90 each remained to be made, wait discharged, and in another, where $711.15 had been paid for $144.7,o, his Worship reserved his decision Swept Over the Dam. Montreal, March 7 -Joseph Trem- blay. an employe of the Montreal high'. Heat & Power Co., lost hi" life at t'hambly Falls Monday. Floating Ice. which had come down the river, was jammed on top of the dam and Trent - Inlay went out on this ice to the middle. When other employes In the power house caught sight of him the lee was being swept over the t.''p of the dam and Tremblay went with It. Into the whirling rapids below. A. ottani/ter of men Immediatody went to his rescue. but despite most heroic ,efforts, they were unable to reach hire. The body wan tossed shout for a fat(• moments In the seething water anti then wax car- ried down stream and dl"tippeared. Boboaygeon Man Suicides. Vancouver. 11. c'., March 7. -Guy Kimble of Bnrraygrnn, .that., commit- ted ,ulclde Monday by cutting his throat with a rasor. He had been drinking. Carnegie Glees $30,000, Halifax, March' 7.•-.A de"pat'h from Woltvllle yt'kterday elates , Ibat at (:hepel service President. Trotter an• nonneed that on Friday last he had re- newed from Andrew Carnegie of New York. the written premise of a gift of thirty thousand dollars, for . a new science building for Arcadia, Also some dangers • and some needs. If pier lungs ate weak tone tip with of Joy' /v ,-' Medical Herb Tea still selling at Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil with Hypophosphites. None better and only go cents. \\'r would like to supply seine spring needs for Disinfectants, Furniture Polish, Pipe Varnish, Dyes, etc. \t i" ll try hard to suit you if you call. W. C. GOODE Chemist The Red -Cross Drug Store, Bedford Blocb. ' it.'d-('i-iass'unlity is always the highest. ' 15 cents or 2 for 25 cents. Worth 26 cents each. Only at few left. I FENCE! FENCE! FENCE! EARLY spring means early fencing. We have what you want in all No. 9 Fence with hinge joint uprights. This upright will stand a ainst any w l yht of snow, climbing, sudden pressure and other strains. You can bend it as often as you like and it will not break like other one-piece stiff' uprights : therefore the life of the fence - is indefinite, It is made illbars 3o inches high up to io bars 6o inches high. This tense is manufactured by the Canadian Steel S Wire Co., manufacttirel:s of the American Field and Hog Fence, which we have )fi(l)ed fir past years. We still stock their 7 bar 26 inches high Hog Fence at 25c per rod 6 bar 35 inches high Field Pence at 25c per rod if you have not already received a :;atalogue and reading matter call at the store ante get one and see sample and have it explained to you. Chas. G. Lee Hardware and Stoves. Plumbing, Heating and Tin- smithing given special attention. Mose 'Phone 112 Store 'Phone 't Good Pr'inI-ig Always and All Ways at The Signal