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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1899-5-18, Page 7THE LIBERAL SPLIT. Harcourt's Bitter Personal Attack on Lord Salisbury. WHAT THE EX -PREMIER MEANT. It Is Asserted That Lord Roseb-wy Did Nat Mess to Drop Home nolo- The Ltheral Papers Take Up the Cudgels Against Sir William Vernon ilarcourt-Cahle News. London, May 15. -Lord Reeelseryei ime.ech before the London Liberal Club on May 5, in the course of which be ex- pressed a wish for the revival of the old Liberal spirib, bas proved an oratorical apple of discord of the first order. It has elicited a virulent reply frem Sir WIlliam 'Vernon Harcourt in a speech Were the Devonshire Club, which bas been, the political sensation of the week. Sir Wile jamSneeell bOl'n witness to the bitter- ness of the duel for tbe leadership of the Liberal party between himself and. Lord Rosebery and to the pent-up personal feeling of the speaker against Lord Rose- bery. who was responsible for his tRInpar- 47 effacement. • Its the ceerse efSir Wil. Vernea llercourt's, speeoh, he declared that lord RessberVo words were tantamount to the advice, "take a "pelage and wipe out the glorious inherit - ;ince whiala Mr. Gladstone left the party before his ashes are cold." The Liberals have taken up the eudgels in behalf of Lord Itosebezy teed talk to Harcourt very sexaight. ne Speaker cells bis luterpres tstioe of Lord Roeeboxyge worde "a meet abeurd and xnalielone falsifIcatiotec4 bis meaning, and the worst exenaple in re - oat years a downright naisrepresenta- time." The British, Weekly says; court's attrok WAS grossly unjust and elauderoue, and only to be amounted for by a rancor a hatred amounting alio to madness." Otber moutbnieees a the Liberal party ineist that Lord, Roeeberee in 'Urging a Tama to the Liberalino of 1880, did rxet BIWA o obange ot PrOgralni lelt a return to the party diseipline and cohesion that. exieted in the haleyon days of Liberalism. Sir William 'Vernon Harcourtyesterday announced that be will speak to his eon- stituents on May 24. His utterances are awaited with the keenest interest, and another speech In his best fighting style Is expected, Meanwhile the Conservative ssress interprets Rosebery as Harcourt sloes, and In some qtutriers the opinion is expresso' 4,1 that Reseher,y's utterances are nothing less than a direet bid far Mr. Joseph Chamberlain and a proludo to Rosebery IdentifyIng bizuseit with the 14brral-Thalonists. The Sun says that Lord Ilosebery's abandonment anti hes explielt acceptance of the Liberia:Unionist progrem MOO, In tbe event of a Couservativo victory at the next electione, possible. be :narked by the offer and his acceptance a Cabinet rank. mr...slums AGAINST JEWS. 'eche Russian Government Order' Thom out of St. Petersburg. Lotiden, May- 15. -The Russian Gov. ornate:A has deohled upon exceptional measures against the Jews, doubtless ow- ing to the intense feeling atrainst them prevailing in many parts of Russia at the present time. The first ant -Jewish measure was pro- mulgated on Saturday. under which the stay of all -even foreign -Jews is pro- hibited In St. Petersburg. No exemption will be snatle, oven in the case of French Jews. There have been serious outbreaks against tho Jews at Nicolaleff in connec- tion with the Raster festivities of the Greek Church. The Jews there number 80,000, out of a total population of 100,s 000. The rioters, who Weill mostly labor- ers, numbered 5,000. They wrecked hun- dreds of jewleh houses and shops, dese- eraled Jewish graVeS and killed and in- jured a large number. .About 400 of the rioters were arrested after several furious <millets with Cossacks. several of whom, it is reported, were stoned or beaten to •death with heavily -weighted slings, with -which the roiters attacked the police. The Frince Going to Dublin. Dublin, May 15. -The Prince of Wales eats accented the invitation of the Earl of 'Cadogan. Lord -Lieutenant of Ireland, to 'visit this city during the progess of the Horse Show in August next. The Princess .of Wales will accompany His Royal Highness, and their visit will last about a week. Filipinos Attacked Spaniards. Madrid, May 15. -An official despatch Irons Manila says the insurgents attacked the Spaniards at Zamboanga, on the Island of Mindanao, but were repulsed Two Spanish officers and three men were wounded and one man was killed. The insurgents out the water supply at Zam- boanga. A Noiseless, Smolt. lees Gun. London, May 15. -The 'Daily Mail yes- terday morning says the Admiralty has ,offered 475,000 for an electric gun invent- ed by the son of a Portland grocer. The gun throws an explosive shot a distance of 5% miles with a velocity of tvro sec- onds. It is noiseless and smokeless. NINE LIVES LOST. <Gerd Schooner Foutudered In Lake Superior -Only the Captain Saved, Sault Ste. Marie, May 15. -The achoonur Nelson. deeply laden with a 'cargo of coal, foundered in Lake euper- ion off Grand Maris, on Saturday night. So far as known here no one escaped .except the captain. The crew consisted of the following: .Captain Andrew Haghnoy of Toledo, the .oaptain's wife and 2 -year-old child, Fred. lamas, sailor, residence unknown; six rsailors, names unknown. Where she sank there is 800 feet of water. She went down Snead lint. Port Dalhousie Votes Min Money. Port Dalhousie, Ont., May, 15. -The lby.law granting $6,500 to the Toronto Rubber Shoe Company was carried on Saturday. Only one vote against and one spoiled ballot out of a total of 120 votes :polled. Rev. Dr. Briggs Ordained. New York, May 15. -Rev. Dr. Charles A. Briggs, who was found iitullty of heresy by the Presbyterian Assembly, Was yesterday morning ordained ar priest 411 tbe Episeorial Olturob. HAGUE HOTELS FULL The Russian Delegates to the Czar'e Rear* Convention Rave Arrived -The Dele- gates Pledged to Secrecy. The Hague, May 15. -Every available inch of space at the leading hotels here has been taken up by the delegates to the peace confere,nee and their staffs. The conference promises to be a, more strik- ingly remarkable gathering than it was fiest expected. Some of the delegates have aerenely arrived. ease ItlAsSidd PelagareS, Baron de Steal and the other Ruesian delegates to the international disarma- ment congress arrived bore Saturday night, being the first a the official repre- sentatives to ressch the city. About 120 delegates will be entitled to vote. Extraordinary precautions have been taken to prevent unauthorized persons from gainiug adraiesion to the Reis Ten Bosche, where the sessions of the confers ewe will be laeld, Count Munster wilt Open. There is a general agreement among the eiplonaatie corps at The Hague that Count ethester will call the delegates to order atm will none's -see M. de Beaufort the Dutch Minister us Isoreign Affairs, as honorary president. Baron de Steal will eu be eleeted chairman, and the Rust elan program will be produced, This is tbe logical order of procedure, since tbe congress is the Czar's project, end the delegates of 26 restions have been, brought togetber on Russia's initiative, A ForeeaSt. Loudon, May 15. -As the time arr ?roaches for the assembling of the Czar s disarmament conference the expectatione of a 'practical outcome of any importence coetinue to diminish, A very simple bet decisive fact justifies thie view. The ID'. Strilet10113 which the delegates of all the greet Powers, With the exception of Russia, cart's' to The Hague, while, of course, se,ret in all details, embody a virtual prohibition against the acceptence of ally radical Fainted for chenging the Present intereetional relationship. The policy at diplomatic: machinery will re- main mariltered, and the game of beggar aur neighbor between European natioes will probebly not meets() any serous b eek. he general impression in diplomatia circlesIs that the practical work of the conference will be limited to a revision at the Geneva convention, and within these 113ITOW MMUS 11105t et the delegates will probsblylte glad to discuss proposals u further eliminate the tilineeniSarY eillee of wan Nothing whatever is low beard of the talk of a general (Us, =RIM ell L. A SLAP A.T TUI' 'TRUSTS. YtostooElevated steitsvay Sieved money by Ihtying In England. Boston, Mass., May 15.-A consign- xnene a 300 tons of steel geesel rails has just arrived from London, to be used by the Boston Elevated Railroad in its con - :erection woric. The purchase was mud° last March. Gen. Bancroft, vice-prosieent and gen- era manager, said that everything bad beau clone by him to place the order with seine firm in Ole eountry, but when he went into the market ho found that the competitlen in them particular rails had been eliminated and that he would have to pay the price e.stablieheil by tho trust produeing them If he was to uso Ameri- can-made goods. Tels price he considered exorbitant, and invited quotatious from English makers. As a result, the contract was given to a Landon firm at it price consid- erably under that made by the doniestio mine and which admits of rails being landed here, duty paid, at a saving of 33 per cent. over the price insisted upon by tlisi consolidated concerns. TOBACCO seen GLL its suNriesteion. They Were Tried at Rochester and Were Residents of Hamilton, Out. Rochester, May 15.-9'he Federal grand july bas been in session bora during the past week before .Judge Cox. Ainong the more important anions for the court was the hemeng of .Tohn S. Johnson, Mrs. Mary Oliver and the latter's daughter, Queunie, charged with smugeling leaf tobacco over Suspension Bridge from Canada. Mrs. Oliver pleaded guilty and esraped with a fine of 850. Johnson stood trial. On being brought up for sentence, after the jury had returned a verdict of guilty as charged, Johnson made it state- ment admitting that it was the second time tbat he had been convicted of smug- gling and endeavoring to exculpate the woman, but it was too late, for she had already pleaded guilty and had been sentenced. He was sentenced to two years in Auburn Prison and fined $50. The court dealt leniently with Queenie Oliver on account of her youth and dismissed the indictment against her. All the part- ies are residents of Hamilton, Ont. PORT BURWELL BURNED, Business Portion of the Village Ras Been Destroyed by Fire. Tilsonburg, Ont., May 15. -The busi- ness part of Port Burwell was entirely destroyed by fire on Friday night with the exception of Mr. Emery's store. The fire was first discovered in the rear of D. Zant's store about 10 o'clock. The fire took everything before it on both sides of Main street for two blocks -the post- ofece, telephone office, drug store, G.N.W. telegraph office, hardware store. general stores, to hotels and several other build- ing& Loss about $50,000; probable insur- ance, $25,000. Altogether there were 27 buildings destroyed. BUFFALO STRIKE SETTLED. The Men Are Said to Have Gained All They Demanded. Buffalo, N.Y., May 15. -At 1.30 o'clock yesterday morning it was announced that tho trouble between the grain shovellers ane contractors had been settled and that the men would return to work this inorn- Mg. The men get practically all that they 'struck for. Jail Officials Got a Scare. Winnipeg, May 15.--Gusczak, the con- demned Galician murderer, who is to be hanged a week from Friday next, gave the jail officials it scare yesterday. When tbey went to his cell in the morning it was empty. The murderer had sprung the lock. He was in hiding in the jail building, however, and was soon seoured. The probability is that Czuby, the other Galician murderer, will be reprieved, as he shows signs of lesanity, and is sup- posed to have bean a mere instrument In the bands of the other murderer. KRUGER AND MILNER. The Volksraad Assents to a Conference .Between 'Them. MAY COERCE THE TRANSVAAL Lord Salisinnty Said, to Ile Sounding l'fanee anti Germany-Oom Pant Pre- ilaritk X 'ter fr:e4r,Irr,:elleles-litirgliere Wartied to lie Reads to Take the Field at a Moment.'" Notice. Pretoria, Treeisvatil Republic, May 15.. -The Volissraed has given its approval to the meeting of President Kruger and jr Alfred Milner. .0overrior of Cape Colony and bigh commissioner of South Africa, on neutral ground, at )31reemfon- tens. Tee points of deeision are now be- ing decided, and the general °pied= is that tho IneetIng will .clear the air of most of the. existing troubles. eotindieg Iseence and oerneeny. Paris. lila,y 16. -The Eclair learns that Lord Salisbury is sounding Feessee an Germany with a Vim to .athertaining St they woele abstain from intervention if England found it necessary to Woe active measures against the Transvaal, The Eelair believes that lfrance will gists the required gueematee and that the Kaiser will also proluise esettraltees, pee:eve werituo Properationn' Johannesburg, Transvaal, May 15, - The .woric of fortifying the redoubts and the hilltops at points of strategie -irn- portanee pregressing rapidly, TIE ADAPT TO TAICE XISIP Men% weans -visas percher* Have Received Such. Instruction* Priun Commanders, Loudon, May 16. -The Cape Town cor- respondent of The Daily Mail says; eAt a meeting ref the commandants on the western border of the Transvaal yesterday (Saturday), Instructions were issued to the Burghers to prepare to take the field at it moment's zratice from Pre - "The negotiations are still pending for the proposed meeting, between President Kruger and Sir Alfred Milner (Governor of Cape Colony and British high cote- miselouer for South Africa), MP. Main- berlain, British Colonial Secretary, it is said, will nob assent to the conference unless the Transvaal Executive pledges himself to initiate bona lido reforms," M5IM/IA/3D TO DE LIONIZED. R1 Expeditiou Achieved n Great Jr...t la Cross -Country Travel. Paris, Mier 15.-Patriotio Frenchmen are preparing, to give Major Marehand it reception such as even Napoleon never received on returning from Egypt. Ho will arrive when France is at fever -heat over the Dreyfus case, and there are strone Indications that the military party Is anxious to use tbe commandant as a pawn in their political game. The expedition is reported beelthys It Is it remerkable performance, sine° the French flag Was hauled down at Fasboda, on Dee. 11, to arose the Abyssinian table- land eastward to the coast. In the earlier stages the expedition sensate:aril the gun- boat lsaidherbe and other small boats. It Was an enormous task to drag them over the samileseks and the rapids of the Baro, an :diluent of Sobat, viiih flows into the Nilo Dear leashoclas Leaving the river, the beavy material had to be trans- ported by mules. The IIIISSien Melted Adtlisaba on efareli 31, and mend there. It is expeoted at Jibutil on May 17, where Governor Martineau has made great preteens:eons to .welcorne Major Marchand. The (mese', InAssan has been alt Jibutil slime .April 16, and will convey Major Marchand to Franco. RUSSIA'S DEMAND REFUSED. Chinese Governinelit Declines to Grant the New Railway Concession, Shanghai, May 15. -The Tsung Li Ya, men (Chinese Foreign Office) has replied to the Russian Minister at Pekin, M. de Giers, that the Government is 'unable to accede to the Russian demand, made last Wednesday, for a new railway con- cession, connecting Pekin with Russia's present system in Manchuria. Not since the taking of Port Arthur by Russia have the Chinese been so agitated as over this demand. The concession asked for would ruin the existing northern rail- ways, in which British capital to the amount of £2,000,000 is involved; but there seems to be no alternative route without interfering with plans for rail- way extension which the Chinese have In mind. SAYS nix CURED CONSUMPTION. Italian Scientist claims to Have Invented a Gas That Will Do It. Rome, May 15. -Prof. Cervello, at the Palermo Hospital, has invented what he claims is a cure for consumption. The principal feature of the cure is the inhal- ation of gas produced by a powerful antiseptic called formalina. Cervello says he has tried the method on 20 consump- tives in the third stage of the disease in the Palermo Hospital. Two died from debility before the cure could operate; 13 'recovered within a month, and five are fast recovering their health. A factory for the manufacture of formalina is being erected. Treatinent is expected to cost $10 a day. Prof. Cervello will shortly go to Berlin to lay his discovery before the Berlin Congress on Tuberculosis. Is Title liritain's Scheme? , London, May 15. -Twelve million dol- lars is the sum paid annually in Great Britain for cablegrams to British colonies and America. There is a scheme to con- nect all existing land lines, by which it is thought this outlay could be reduced 75 per cent. By building a Ebert line across Afghanistan a complete land line can be established between London and Bombay at llo a word cost, as against el by cable. Only 850 miles of land line is necessary to connect London with Mel- bourne. Germans Imittiting keHel. London, May 15. -The Birmingham ,Post has received a trustworthy report from Berlin of theformation of it German 'iron and steel trust of oensicterable dimensions. This movement is nesseesitated by late developments, as German 'roe .founders feel that, unless Gerxmin power is more ooneentratedthey will suffer severely from Amerioan competition. FEELING AGAINST GOMEZ, ••••••••-• eithan Soldier* Acouse the General et Deserting Them, Havana, May 13. -The decision of General Gomez to abandon Quinta de Loa Molinas, the old slimmer residence of tee Celestes -General, wbere he has been 111 - Ing, arid to take a house in tit° city. was announced to the members of hi a staff yesterday, who were simultaneously instructed to repair to their homes. The order aroused considerable resentment among anin, all arousing Gomez of de- eerting them, and declaring that they have neither homes, work nor money.. The disagreement is serious, especially as the anti -Gomez papers continue to attack the settlement of the amount tbe Cuban soldiers are to receive. La Discussion and I El iteconcentrado seem determined to Cause trouble. GoOlaZ Rat; 31arty netnIea. New York, May 13. -Among the pas. serigers who came in on the Havana on her resold -breaking krip from Cuba was General Il. 0. Ernest. who bas been in Cuba since January. Ile has been statin - ed in Havana as inspector on general Brooke's staff. General Ernest said thete in his oplus ion, there was no man in Cuba qualified to be engem' President. He said that be did not think Gomez would ever All that position. "Gomez is it good man, but he bas many enemies. Then again, do net believe be is qualified to bold that I fence. Should the seethe:rest tor annexes tion tecrease. 1 believe Gomez would pause the Milted Suites trouble. He keeps quiet as long as they dangle Cuba 11hre before him" miusn,a.siglais Aug -rump, wooy routine Gee, MacArthur to B. Relieved From Geri., Manila, May' 8, via Rengkong, Xoy 18. -The First Regiment Rebraska 1314m. Infantry is taking the unusual step of respectfully petitioning the divi- sion commander, Major.Seneral Mac- Arthur, to temporarily relieve them from duty at the front. The regiment is badly exhausted by the campaign, in which it has taken an active part, and not many more than 400 men a the erganization are at present ao for duty. Sunday last 100 moll of this regiment responded to, slok call. It is added that many et the znen have been unable to have their clothing washed for months past, having been eompelled during all that time to sleep in their uniforms, to be in readiness for lighting. Since Feb. 2 the regiment Jas .ost 225 men In killed and wounded, and. 59 since the bete() of nlaloloa. Offi- cers of the regiment said to the corre- spondent of the Assoolattel Press bare yesterday thet they thought that the men bad been worked, beyond endurance and should be given it rest, and some of the regular regiments, wifich aro now guard- ing the city, sent to the front, Utah Soldier* In Hospital. Five volunteer regiments and the lItah Battery of Artillery are at San Fernando. Tim muster in all about 2,500 mon. Many of the soltliers are in boapitals suffering from heat or other causo. The wounded were all suffering acutely and showed tho effects of exposure to the sun when they arrived. Three days' rest haa ; already worked wonders. Filipino Congress sittine.. London, May 13.--A special despatch received heia yesterday from Manila say! that the Filipino Congress, now sitting at San Isidro, is composed of 56 mem.e, bers, of whom 20 favor peace and an; equal number are irreconcilables. The others, holding the balance of power, are ready to admit that absolute indepond. ence is hopeless of attainment, but de. mend better terms at the hands of the United States. SYRIANS IYANT INDEPENDENCE. 25,000 of Them in the United States Willing to Fight Turkey, New York, May 13, -"Syria was Pro- claimed a free and independent State yesterday by a revolutionary party, which, for three years, bus been secretly at work throughout the world," says The Herald. "Iiiimecgraph copies of a call to arms were issued by the thousand from the headquarters of the secret council or junta not far from the Syria colony in Washington street, this city. This revolu- tionary party has on its rolls 25,000 men in this country alone, who are willing to fight to free Syria from the rule of the Sultan of Turkeys "Young Syria, as the society is called, Is the result of gradual growth. The suo- cess of the Cubans has inspired it to take a bold stand. The members say there will be it very 'sick man' in Europe before long, for they assert they will have the funds to equip armies and vessels of war." NOW IT IS ACCEPTED LAW. Niger -Nile Convention Between Britain and Franca Accepted. Paris, May 13. -The Chamber of De- puties yesterday approved the Anglo- French Niger -Nile convention. This agreement between Great Britain and France disposes of hundreds of thousands of square miles of African territory and leaves only four recognized independent states throughout the continent -Moroc- co, Abyssinia, Liberia and the Orange Free State. St. Regis Indians ArrnIgened. Beauharnois, ,Que., May 12. -Louis Davis, Jacob Fire, Joseph 'Thompson, Mitchell Day end Louis Leaf were to -day arraigned in connection with the resent testae° at St. Regis, and committed for trial for lack af suttieent bale jamalea and Reciprocity. Kingston, Jamaica, May 13.-Repree eentatives yesterday interpellated the Government as to whether it intended to take stops to urge upon the Imperial Government the necessity for securing American reciprocity before it should be too late. The reply was that the Governor would do so. After the Council adjourned the representatives in a body interviewed the Governor, representleg the gravity of the situation and the popular demand for prompt and effective action to avert ..41nerican retaliation. ' Profits B1,350,582.65 in One Year. Montreal, May 13. -The annuni state. nient of the Bank of Montreal was out yesteVday, showing profits for the year after deducting all charges at $1,350,- 582.65, against $1,265,300 a year ago, and it balance of profit and loss carried for- ward of 21,102,71)2.72, against $952,210.07. The statement la a highly favorable mu itt .very MARKET REPORTS. Chicago Fell Back Another Cent on Satur- day -.Liverpool Changed Little - The Lare$t Quotations, Inverpool, May 15. -Wheat futures held steady on Saturday, closing 301. per costal below leriday's final figures. Ohicago, May 15. -Wheat futures dropped took another, cent on Saturday and failed to recover more than a guars ter of the loss. Leading Wheat Market*, Following were the closing prices at imports:am centres Saturday; Cash. May, July, Sept, Weep- .$ $ 68% $ 70 $ 604 New Yorks_ .. 70% 74% 73% Milwaukee .. 72% _ St. Louis 73% 69% 69% Toledo 7232 7232 123 7132 Detroie o 7232 7332 7232 Duluth, No. 1 Northern „ 7032 7032 7132 .. Duluth, No, 1 bard. 7832 , Minneapolis. , 6832 6432 6732 Toronto. red. 6834 'reroute, No. 1 hard (new) 80 „. . Toronto St. Lawrence Market. Toronto, May 15.-Recelpts of farm produce were light, mile- one Mad of wheat and two of oats; no hay or straw. Better pleetitul, with prices fairly teatly et 14e to 17e per pound and 18e for choice dairy, to speelal custoenere, lesege pleutiful, at 110 to 140 per dozen. Sebiekees sold at 40e to 75e and 130c per pair. GRAIN. Wheat, white, bu...,...$0 7134 Wheat, red, bu,„ „ 71 le1 IV,1; gFresnr olosbuing bit. ;., 670034 Barley, bit 4514 Pens, bit 62% Gene Me 67 1311yuce.lswbh"ea-t..50 . bu... 68 &REDS, Re4 clover, bit..83 00 to Witite clover, seed. bit , 5 00 Alsike, choice to faucy, 3 80 Alsike, good, No. 2., 3 50 AI:Lends° yg,00bd,u. 31 2000 Beaus, white. bu80 RA e AND STRAW. Ray, timothy, per ton.$11 00 liay, elover, per ton8 00 Straw, sheaf, per ton- 7 00 Straw, loose, per ton„ 4,00 to $ • t 69 • 03 58 • $350 8 0e 20 8 60 8 90 1 85 93 DAIRY PRODUCTS. Butter, lb. rolls. $0 14 to $ Butter, large „„ 13 Eggs, new 11 POULTRY, Chickens, per pair .$0 40 to Turkeys, per lb..... . 12 FIOTITS AND Vgaregenees. Apples, per brl 12 50 to $4 00 Potatoes, per bag.. „ 80 90 Emit Buffalo Cattle, Market. 17 14 13 $0 75 15 Cat tie, ehoice to extra, ,e5 Cattle, good to choice... 4 Calves 8 etbeep, choice to extra,5 Sheep, good to ehoice4 Lambs, choice to extra,6 Inoubs, good to choice 6 Lenses, minuseu to fair5 Hoesenedium and limey 4 Hogs, Yorkers . ,4 Piszi 8 25 to $5 35 00 515 50 675 25 540 75 525 40 650 00 640 50 600 10 415 05 41b 00 405 Liverpool Markets. Liverpool, May 15. -Prices on Satur- day closed at these figures: Spot wheat steady; No. 1 Cal., es 3c1 to 6s 4d; rod winter, 5s 10d; No. 1 Northern, es 3d. Wheat futures steady; red winter, 5s Seed; May, 5s Geed; July Ss eted. Maize, steady; now, Bs eled; old, Bs 53ed; futures quiet, 3s ed lor May, 35 5eed for July, Bs eeeel. for September. Flour, 17s ed. Dangerous to Ilimself and Others. Kingston, Ont., May 15. - 'William Philips, a desperate man, somewhat demented, attempted suicide in the police cells on Saturday night. He slit his throat with a nail or piece of glass. Ho is in tbr hospital and will recover. He broke it lad's arm on one occasion, and when the lad's father interfered Philips Say- ag,..ly bit the man's hand. He is about 20 years of age. TELEanArruc nnums. John Inglis of Toronto who died on Feb. 4, left an estate worlh $45,451. M. Henri Becque, the French dramatist author, is dead at Paris, aged 62 years. The death of General Viscount Kawa- kami, chief of the headquarters staff of the Imperial army of Japan, is an- nounced. Edward Smith, colored, was hanged at Washington on Friday. Smith murdered a colored woman named Edmonia Jack. son in this city on Nov. 15, 1897. The Canadian Pacific Railway officials are considering the advisability of con- structing a double track from Montreal to Vaudrouil, Que. The distance is 68 miles. On Friday morning fire badly gutted the house occupied by Mr. Clancy., an insurance agent, at Owen Sound. A lamp left burning exploded. The contents were a 1 lAb udrensepda. toh has been received at the 1Prench Colonial Office from the Governor of Jibutil, saying that there is no found- ation for the alarmist rumors concerning Major Marohand. Friday saw an end of the brioklayers' strike in Toronto. The agreement arrived at is praetically a victory for the strikers, who stayed out for nearly two weeks. Tbey will now get 3732 cents per hour. John F. Gerrard, Toronto, husbaxid of Rose Gerrard, who attempted to take her life two weeks ago, and who bad com- pelled her to lead an immoral life was on Friday given six months in tht rep- traa Prison. The local police have furnished Chicago with a description of three men suspected In connection with the robbery. at Dres- den of the Canadian Rank of Commerce of 87,000. Their arrest may take place any moment. Four men were instantly killed Friday by it slide of it portion of a large °elm bank at Centralia, Pa. Several were badly injured The four bodies recovered Wore eo badly disfigured that it Wee diffi- cult to•identify them. Charles Stewart, a wealthy broker and yachtsman, with offices in New York and it residence at Passaic, N.J., is dead as the result of a stroke of apoplexy induood by the wearing of oorsets in * tonal* part in an amateur play, BURGLARSGOT$11,000 The Standard Bank at Bowman- ville Successfully Robbed. NITRO-GLYCERINE WAS USED. The Town Constable Was Secnred sad clogged Vault and it Safe Were Wrecked to Secure Their Peaty -.Guards Posted to Shoot A,ny Wbo Interfered -B5,000 ward Offered. 13=10a:wills, May 15. -The Standard. Bank, on the corner of King and Temper- ance streets, the busSness ceuter of the towe, was burglarized on Saturday retun- ing between 2 and 3 o'clock, and all the money in the vault, excepting the Pop- pers, was stolen, with a number of valu- able papers. Ileary Metcalf, the nightwatchman employed by the Town Couucil to patrol the business street; had just finished teeing his lunch In tbe police office in the Towe Hall block, only about 50 yards trona the bank corner, when Jae heard footstep a on the sidewalk, and went to the door to see who was Paesieg- be stepped from the pelice office door to the street. he was seized by two masked men, Olin on each side of bint, and tisc arms reined from bis eidea to prevent blit reaching his ptselset fox. isle revolver,. He was puseed back into tbe office aud the baton wrested front Iles lined by a. blow frein 601130 InStrilffient that Inflicted* gash ou the back of the head, now badly ewollere Meteelf was thee blindfolded tee tbirol party with an ordinary white linen handkerohlef, end gagged by an. other similar handkerchief. - When his arms were first seized tWa other rnen stood, one 011 eaeh side Of him, with revolvers pointed to bis bead, end be was told that "it you open yonr peep we will shoot you," They took front - his pocket a pair of handcuffs, alla, Vas- ing his bands behind him, handcuffed him, and ha Was then marched by the two men toWartie the bank. Before be was gagged Metcalf said; "Boys, is this a gamer" thinking it might be theta local sports playing a trick on him. One promptly answered, "NO, It's business; we are going through thebank,." Re Waa taken a few steps south of King street, beside the bank, and his legs tied with *, piece of rape that apparently bad been part of a clothes line. One znan stood by bim as be sat on the eidowelk with Metcalf's revolver, which they had Taken from Linn in band, While the others, at least five in number, proceeded to do the jab. A large pane of glass was crit with a ale from a west window rend an entry mitered to the manager's office. The front door was pried open. Very soon he heard an ex- plosion, tho men baying run OD to the street by the front door. They immedi- ately returned to the building and in h. few minutes there was another explosion. The burglars bad now secured entrateer to the inside vault, where they rifled tbe contents of several boxes, some belonging to the resmager and others to customers who had placed them there for safe keep- ing. Before the third explosion, whick blew open the massive safe, Metcalf was moved a Yew yards farther south so as to be away. from danger should the twills be blown crut. This explosion, like the others, was very successful, and it was the work of only a few minutes th secure tbe contents. The amount of money stolen Is over $11,000 belonging to tee bank, and $90 to the Canada Life Insurance Company, for which Mr. W. Jones, the manager, Is agent; 8110 belonging to the Queen Fire Insurance Company, both of which, were in a private pouoh. Many valuable. papers are also missing„ receipts, drafts, etc. When the burglars got through with the Joh, which lasted only about 30 min- utes, two of them carried M4tcalf into the bank, laid him on the matting on the - floor, and left him there gagged and bound. Ho soon began shouting, but not till about 5 o'clock was he discovered by Frank 5. Garrett. Chief Richard Jarvis was soon on the spot and removed the handcuffs, and Mr. Metcalf was once more at liberty. The bank robbery has been discussed on all sides and many theories advanced. Some think the safe-crackers had an ac- complice staying here for some time. Others think they have spent a night or two in the town in the guise of tramps. Certain it is that their movements show evidence of the familiarity with police regulations and how to carry their scheme to a successful issue with the least disturbance. A J. & .7. Taylor safe was ordereds shipped and placed in the Standard Bank vault on Saturday. When the new safe was being removed from the station tbe wagon was crushed by the weight, and William Rowe had one foot badly crushed. Govermnent Detective Rogers returned home to Toronto late Saturday, and con- fessed that he could not find the slight- est clue to work on. A reward of 32,500 will be paid for tha recovery of the money, and $2,500 for the, arrest and conviction of the thieves. Two Men Lost Their Lives. Trenton, Ont., May 15. -Four men named Elias Weeks, Edward Chase, John Fitzgerald and Gilbert Bonter were cross- ing in a sailboat from Weller's Bay, near Consecon, to Sneake's Point, near Brigh- ton, yesterday morning, when the boat capsized, throwing the four men into the water. Fitzgerald and Renter were both drowned. Weeks and Chase were clinging to the boat when found, but Weeks is still unconscious, and there are very little hopes as to his recovery. Chase is alive, but in a very exhausted condition. The accident, took place about seven miles from Trenton. Site Chosen for Buffalo's Big Show, Buffalo, May 15. -Final action was taken on Saturday regarding the sole:Men of a site for the Pan-Ainerican exposition, when the directors unanimously soleetee whist is celled the Rumsey site. It is in the northern part of tbe city and takes in a portion of Delaware Park. The Rite, is an inland one, being a mile frous these Niagara River. Lady Dlinte's Trip. Montreal, May 15. -Lady Minixoand party reached here on Saturday from. Quebec and left Ittst evening for King - sten. His lexcellency, with Ledy Mints) and family, will occupy Lord Strath., coua's r.esideeoe here during the Quettn'a. Birthday celebration 20 this city