The Wingham Advance, 1910-04-21, Page 7BAUMON HIT
BY LIGHTNING
Balloon Smashed and All the Occu-
pants Killed,
Found Lying in the Back Yard of a
Resident of -a Town.
Had Heard Tremendous Crash o
Thunder in the Night,
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17.—The balloon. De
-
lazuli, belonging to the Bitterfela
lalub, wee etick by liglatniog during a
violent stormearly tide morning. Ti
tour occupants were killee. The exact
aircumetances of the catastrophe can
never be know», for the only evide. ncee
UG the wrecked balloon ami. the shet-
tered bodies or the men who met their
fate unseen, without the possibility of
human help,
svas a calm, dear evening when the
Dent=It rose ia the air at 13itterfeld,
and the occupants were enthusiastic over
the perfect conditions for a night trip.
Herr Luft, a Bitterfeldmerehant and an
experieuced amateur belloonist, and
Pilot Luescheuring, an expert imeonaut,
were well qualified to balance and leek
of experience on the part of their cone
paltious, two Liepzig merchants named
Graprter ond lloecker. A moonlight
night of lore beauty and calmness fa,
lowed the fine evening, and nobody fore-
saw the fierce atorm, which gathered
with eatraordinemy suddenness later.
Early this month% a resident ef shelter-
ensachson, about 60 miles from Ritter-
feld, heard, among some peals oS thun-
der, one erash so loud that he believed
lightning had struck a house, but not
hearing anything further to support this
belief, he went to sleep again. Going
out after daylight, he was astonished to
find a wreckea balloon and four distort-
ed bodies of men lying in hie garden.
The bag of the balloon was rippol nd
tattered in an miming fashion. at es as
'It hanging in a tree, through the coughs
of which the mon had es -Mealy fallen.
The smashed car of the balloon was near
bas
From the condition of the bodies and
the deep depressions in the ground it
was evident they had fallen from a
great height. It also became epparent
that the disaster was due to lightning
striking the balloon. Whether it also
killed the occupants is not quite certain,
but there were sufficient indications to
encourage the belief that they were
pared ,the awful experience of falling
alive to death.
Herr' Lueschenring was engaged to
steer the Parseval airship on the pas-
senger route from Munich to Oberam-
utergen, which will be inaugurated
Vlortly.
The disaster, following others that
lave lately happened in Germany, inci-
dentally illustrate the enormous impetus
given to aeronautics in the Empire, ini-
tially due to Count Zeppelin's example,
The Government's thn to lead the world
.a.erostation has infected the country
with flight fever, and riding in the air
lias become a. fashionable craze. Every
large townnow has a balloon club, and
ascents are so constant, that accidents
el,te- are likely henceforth to be as frequent
as automobile disasters.
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BIG tIQUOR SEIZURE
Police Overhauled Party of Church-
Coers Near Ilk Lake;
Found 1,100 Bottles of Whiskey—
Some Deportations.
'Toronto, .April 18.—The Provincial pm
lice have deevlopea a very suspicious
disposition which dave deep offence to a
party of elturclogoers near Elk Lake
yesterday. Incidentally, their enquiring
bature led to the biggest seizure of li-
quor which has ever taken place in Ale
north country. Three wagon loads of
people were ou their way to ehurch on
the Chariton Elk Lake road yesterday,
when a party or Provincial constables
taught up to them end demanded to see
what was in the wagons. Proteste and
recriminetiona on the part of tthe church -
se ere gradually tieing to the point of
beetle liteguage and violence; but the
offieers iedisted and the search accord.
iegly tool. pinee. The result was the
discovery of just eleven hundred bottles
of wiliskey, the biggest seizure ever
made. The party did not go on to
church, but -will instead appear before
the Police Magistrate. The License De
-
pertinent will sell the fire water.
Last week there were fourteen depor-
tations of undesirables from Niagara
Falls and Windsor by the Dominioh au-
thorities, aided by the Provincial police.
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MORE MONEY FOR HOPE.
Heir to Dukedom, Who Divorced May
Yobs, May Sell Heirlooms,
lenden, April 17. --The Court grant-
ed today the application of Lord Frau.
cis Hope for sauetion to sell certain pie -
tures and jewels which are heirloom*,
Lord Franeis, whose first wife Wai; May
Yolie, the singer, whom he divoreed in
1002, is the brother and heir-pretiumps
floe of the Duke of Nevreastle, ra°4 as -
turned the additional name of Hope by
royal Iambi*.
TWO years after his elivorms from,
May ohe, who married Pathan Brad -
he Strang, a eon of the formet Mayor
of New York, he married Olive Muriel
Thornpeon, the daughter of a Melbourne
banker.
Inliie *tition Lord 'Frauds said
that his reeent income, which is obottt
$16,000 a year, is not eufficient for hiui.
self and wife and family, and he des
Minded permissioli to sell twenty of
the pictures, a eaditionel deal on
which had been Made for $128,760.
The Duke of hieweestle, though
iie solititors, opposed the applieetiore
Ile obleatel especially to the propoired
widei the welldettown painting of the
Thecitteis of Newcastle, his aneestreive, by
Sir :mane Reynolds'.
Tire Myatt ossetrided the *Telefon.
Guaranteed Full Weight
44SALADA" Tea is weighed by electric weighing.
machines, The net weight is printed on every
package. We absolutely guarantee it to contain
full weight without the lead covering. Have your
grocer empty It package fitl4, weigh it for you.
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Sealed "SALAD." Pickets guarantee ft111 weight and tea
unequalled for goodness, freshness and One flavour,
MRS. BEST'S BODY
FISHED FROM WATER
Her Brothers Identify the Body --Her Hus-
bond May Now be Again Arrested -
Detroit, Mich., April 18.—Lyipg on a
slate in Wayne County morgue, the bad-
ly decomposed body of Mrs. Alice Ger-
trude Best was identified at 2 o'clock
tide morning by her brothers, Alfred
and Theodore .Frenkfurth, of this city.
The body was brought to Detroit from
Trenton, Mich, by Coroner Burgeta in a
special funeral car, and taken, at once
to the morgue, Mrs. Best disappeared
from the home of her brother Alfred
on the evening of March 12. Ma' went
to the Windsor ferry dock to meet her
husband, Arthur J. Best, a youth nine-
teen yearold, living in Comber, Ont.,
whom she reeently married. That was
the last her relatives saw of her. About
midnigoat the same night Patrolman Van
Nortwick was aartled by hearing cries
coining from the river. He looked. over
the river and was amazed at seeing a
woman floating down the, river on o
cake of ice. Police officers, a fire tug
and ferry and several hundred people
rushee to the foot of Woodward avenue,
.and did everything in their power to
rescue the young woman, but she slipped
from tho ice and was drowned. Every
effort has been since made to find the
body, but it was not discovered until
yesterday afternoon, when. Wm. Lafay-
ette, a fisherman living on Grosse Isle,
saw it floating down iihe river past
Grosse Isle. He summoned Richard
Johnson, who also resides on the island,
and. towed the body ashore. Johnson
notified Marshal Winneo, of Trenton,
and he took the body back to Trenton.
Abrooch, a neck elmin and two gold
rings were found on the body,. but the
woman's gold watch and pocketbook are
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missing. Coroner Burgess hes ordered e.
post-mortem for «Ads morning, and an
inquest 'will be held sifter thefuneral,
which will take place in Comber, Ont.
The young woman's Imaleand, Arthur 3.
Best, was arrested immediately after it
was suspected that his Wife was the wo-
man that was drowned. The local police
were compelled to teleate hull, as at
that title they could not prove Me.
Best was dtown.ed, her body not graving
been recovered. Chief of Detectives Me -
Donne' says this morning that a. thor-
ough investigation would be made, and
if he finds sufficient evidenee Best will
be arrested again. The last he heard of
him he was at the home of his mother
in Harrow. Since kis release he has
made no effort to find Ms wife, and the
police think that very strange.
WILL NOT LIKELY ARREST BEST.
Windsor, Ont., April 18.—It is net
likely that Arthur J. Bost, the young
Comberrnan husband of Mrs. Alice Beta
who was drowned from a cake of ice at
the foot of Woodward avenue at mid-
night, March 10, and whose decomposed
body was found yesterday afternoon,
will ba zesarrested, acootding to Chief
of Detectives itcCondell, of Detroit.
"We continued oar investigations long
after the Woman had disappeared," said
McConnell, this afternoon, "and every-
thing we learned strengthened Best's
story of his movements of the night ef
the drowning. I doubt if there is sue•
ficient evidence to ask for a warrant
frora the Canadian authorities again.
No conference,' however, was held svith
Detroit's prosecutor this morning. Mr.
Frankfurth, brother of the drowned Atm -
man, said that Best Is living; with his
niother in Harrow. "There are some
thing's that Pest should explain," said
the brother of the drowned woman.
THE MINNEHAHA ASHOR
Stuck on Scilly Islands Coast --Ali Passen-
gers Safe—Hamilton People Aboard. a,
Ilughtown, St. Marys, Scilly Islands,
A.pril 18.—The passengere of the Ulan-
titransport line steamship Minnehetha,
which struck on. the submerged rooks
near Bishop Rock at 2 o'clock this morn-
ing, have been removad in safety. The
vessel is badly damaged,
The Minnehaha, Captain Leyland,
from New 'York, for London, was feel-
ing her way cautiously towards the Eng-
lish Channel through a dense fog that
obscured the lighe on 13iehop Rock, and
kd her to approach too near the dan-
gerous coast of the Scilly Island e& which
lie thirty miles to the westward of
Lands' End. When the Minnehetha hit
the rocks she tore a big hole amidships.
mid this morning soe had 20 feet of
water in nor foreholds.
The sixty-six passengers ,rudely awak-
ened, were considerably alarmed for a
tune, but were reassured by the officers
and, so Ter as hats been learned, suffered
no herrn.
Scarcely had the steemer climbed Up-
omthe rooks when urgent wireless mes-
sages were being sent to Lloyds' signal
station at the Lizard, from whieh point
they were passed on to Falmouth. Sig-
nals of distress were also picked up on
the islands and in a short time fisher-
men's boats had put out to the -wreck.
These boats took off the passengers and
landed them at Buller, where they were
made as comfortable as the resoutees
of the little island pernaibted, pending
the arrival of a steamer, whieh has been
mlespeached to take them to Pensance,
on the Cornwall coast, whelice they will
be taken by special train to London.
Coptain Leyland and his erestood
by the vessel, which at daylight'showed
a slight list to port. As soon as the pas-
sengers were sent away the work of
lightetting the eargo was begun. The
weather continued thick and rain fell,
but the sea was fairly moderate. Two
lifehoats were lowered. The live stoat,
which made ur, a large part of the car,
was landed on Sammie% island. Ship-
ments of wax and machinery, which
filled holds one and two were jettisoned
as the Yew' continued to make -water
shoreward. It was thought that the Mins
neltaha might be towed off the rocks at
high water.
An early (lamination of the engines
and boiler rooms appeared to show that
their equipments were 'triad and that
the damage to the vessel was litnited
to the forward hold.
The Minnehaha etruek at ahnoet the
identital meet where 'her namesake was
driven nehore 37 years ago.
The behavior of all on board the Mn
todutha could not have been better. The
lifeboat e were ewung out promptly at
the fire+ ehok end then Captain Ley-
land and the offieers and erew peeled
ornottie"the tatelengers, who lovl prim-
iowsly floated on thole in the clothing
itt whieh they WI slept, quieting their
pasteengere and peretutding them to re-
termel to their eobine mot them th in -
*rive, ter the hip italtem .
The Minnehalut sailed. from New York.
on April 9. She was not built to mako
fast time, but is patronized by many
who prefer a leisurely trans-Atlantic
voyage. She is consideredone of the
staunchest vessels of the liue, and Capt.
Leyland is regarded as a careful and
experienced navigator.
The Itittrieha,hit was- built at Belfast
in 1000 and registered 8.,637 tons net.
She measures 000.7 feetOn length. On
Decembev 26, 1904, she was damaged in
collision with the British steamer John
S. Anderton, off Gravesend, in the
Thames. In January, 1008, she lost one
propeller soon after leaving New York
and made the trip to London with thi.
other propeller, but carried no passeng-
ers. Her last previous, accident was on
April 19, 1909, when she went agound
in Aknew Channel.
This afternoon, the passengers of the
Minnelutha' with their baggage, were
transferredfront Brylir to St. Mary's Is-
land, where they will remain to -night.
To -morrow niorning they will board a
steamer, which will take them to Pen-
zance. aThe party, it is expected, will
arrive in London at 9 o'clock to -morrow
evening. •
Among the passensrs on the Minim-
haha were C. Walters and Miso Blithehe
Wallets, of Toronto Ont., and II. J.
Reining, of Victoria, 13.0., formerly of
FOUND DEAD.
Young London Woman Found Asphyx-
iated ;n Bathroom,
Detroit, Alva, 17.—Mies Maude Tre-
ble, 28 years of age, who lived in Lon-
don, Ont., and came to Detroit to visit
friends, Was fotind asphyxiated /ester -
day afternoon in the bathroom at the
home 'of Mrs. Richmond Hill, 434 Le -
may street, Fumes from a -small gas
heater with which the bath Was equip-
ped lied escaped trom a defeetive
The young woman's body was found lys
ing in the bath, which was half filled
with water.
Miss Treble came to Detroit from Lon-
don last Thursday for a week's visit
with 'Mrs. Hill. A sad feature in minuet -
tion with the ease is found in the fact
filet the dead girl had been engaged to
marry Mr. James Forel, a young man
residing near London, The body was re-
moved to the morgue, and will ptob-
ably be taken to Tendon for interment
kl.LLED BY CAR.
Welland, April 17.---Mre. (Dr.) Hun.
ter Robb was killed last night at
Cleveland, Ohio, in a street car fteei.
dent. She was e. prominent mediael
and hospitol woman, at one time
superintendent ef the johns Hopkins
Hospital at Baltimore.
She vats formerly Miss Addit Hamp-
ton, of Welland. The funeral ,will bo
held her on Tuteday.
USURY CHARGES
A Toronto Office Raided on Saturday
and Arrests Made,
Two Young Women Taken IMO Cus-
tody on Charges of Conspiracy.
Toronto, .Aprii 17.—'Xite peke on Sat
-
melee &mime], all the bootee and deem
melds and took into entirely two young
wianen in the office tf Barnard 4,
room 709 Temple building. The charged
are coespiracy and unary. The accuse,d
are Mary and Frances IsfeQaillan, who
boatel oe, Wilton crescent. The formCr
is the manager of the lova concern,
whiclt the police think is a branch of
Mortimer s Bloom, suite 509, Chamber
of Commerce building, Rochester, N. Y.
The young women were subsequently re-
leaeed on bail of two *unties of $.300
eacle They will appeer In court to -day.
The police raided the placeswhich
hail been under their obserration for
some time, at the instance of Albert
Smith, who alleges he borrowed. $25
for Circe mantle, far which ha was
required to repay in six inatallments of
$5,40 each, fortnightly, at a rate of
intermit exceeecling a fraction over 230
per cent. He signed. au agreement with
the company whereby they had the right
to collect his salary for the next ten
year& and in default el payment within
the time specifiee they reserved the
right to add an additional interest, while
the barroWer would be obliget to settle
solicitors' fees or any other expense in-
curred in connection with the read-
justment of the new basis of paymeut.
The manager of the cotnpany 'when taken
to the City Hall declared the company
did ea lend money, but purcluteed sal-
aries of prospective borrowers who Were
in immediate.need of money.
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GERMAN LOCKOUT.
Believed to be Only Beginning of
Long Struggle;
Berlin, April 18.—The building trades
Lookout,, which already has made a quar-
ter of a million workmen idle, appears
to be the beginning of a long attune
affecting many divisions of the nation-
al industry. The employers have locked
out the men in an effort to put an end
once and for all to what they regard
as the intolerable demands of the latter.
The employers declare that the
workmen have been pursuing for sev-
eral years a polio)* of forcing wages
higher and shorter hours by bringing
about local strikes in various cities, thus
securing eccesional advantages which
they would be unable to obtain ifirotegh
concerted action. They also say that toe
time has come When employers must
stand together to hold their position
against their employees. The General
Em.ployees' Organization, which includes
representatives of everyaGerman indus-
try, is firmly supporting the lockout ard
already has voted. several million aarks
for the aid of the master builders The
organization apparently proposes to sup-
ply the ElliOWS of War so long as t! e
lockout condi:ate&
The labor unions, too, have been
making preparations for the lookout
and planned to support their idle
members. The general members of
the Socialist organizations, width
comprise by far the larger part of the
organized builders, have decided to et -
tempt no assistance for the first two
weeks. Owing to the huge proportions
of the lockout it will be an eatrentely
difficult problem for the labor unions
to secure sufficient contributions to
maintain their members and their fam-
ilies through a prolonged period of idle -
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TORONTO'S BUDGET
The Expenditure, the Income, As-
sessment and Debt For the Year,
Toronto, April 17.—the city's expen-
ditures this year will total $6,768,755,
an increase of $787,223.
The, revenue is estimated at the
same figure, made up of taxes and or-
dinary an special revenue of $4,645,4
eto and $2,223,146 emineetivele.
The Increased expenditures vsiII be
partially met by • $445,841 increased
taxes ami $281,146 ordinary 'revenue, in
crease.
Asseesment has increased by about
$34,000,000, and is now $269,966,219.
Net debt has reaclied $26,649,397, and
the banded debt is now $85,972,988.
The city's own property is valued at
$20,000,600.
City Treasurer's budget shows Toren.
to's growth___—...-.—_ itt various 1.ies of enter-
prise.
THE JORDAN.
French Company Would Supply All
Palestine With Power.
inimammiakams**
London, April 17,—A plan for stip-
plying the whole Of Palestine with
electricity for lighting, heating and
cooking purposes is being entered in-
to by it Prench company, Which has
itaaheadcotartets in Paris.
The power will be supplied by the
falls, oi the joidan, between the Wa-
ters Merom and the Lake of Gali-
lee, where the river descends 700 feet,
A generating plant will be °rooted on
the west bank of the, river, and will
be connected with all the chief towns
of the country. Some *1,000,000 will
be required for the initial expenses.
It is hoped that in five years the
works will be paying well.
'ALLEY'S COMET.
Chicago, April 18.—What ie believed
to be the best photograph yet obtained
of Polley'm cornet ware matirea nb Yerkes
Observatory at William* Bag, WM., swirly
yeetteday. Prof. 'Meet viewed the celese
wsnderer for more than an hour in
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WOLTER'S TRIAL
The Alleged Slayer of Ruth Wheeler
Before the Court, —
New York, April 18.—Within less than
a month after the discovery of the crime
the trial of Albert Wolter, the 18 -year-
old youth, charged with the inrudea of
Ruth Wheeler,,a 15-yeaa-old stenograph-
er, was called to -day in General Sessions
Court here.
On March 24t1a' the girl called at Wol-
ter's apartment, where she had been re-
ferred by a typewritirm school when
Wolter applied for a stenoerrapher. Two
days later her dismembered, and partial-
ly burned body was found in a gunny
sack on a fire escape outside of Walter's
window.
Wolter hod already been placed under
arrest, charged with the girl's abduction,
and on the discovery of the hay he was
charged with murder.
Walter's counsel asserts that he has a
valid defense fot the prisoner.
It has been the youth's cialin right
along that another man, wholit he
thought was his friend, had lured Miss
Wheeler to Isis flat and, there had stran-
gled her to death, and then had attempt-
ebdodty.oconceal the crime by burning the
A CRUELTY CASE.
Guelph Man Fined $20 and Costs in
Dundas on Saturday,
Dundee, April 18.—Mayor L twraeon
uld Lemeene 3, P., dealt pretty se-
serely with a .ase of cruelty to animals
on Saturday emoting. Elijah Devereaux,
an employee of John Hoopoes livery
earn, in Guelph, left the Royal City at
3 o'clock in the moriOng of that day
with' a. team of horses. His destination
oeing Hamilton'and les wells being t,
seam upa gasoline launch
ifrom a boat -
builder itt the latter city. His story is
that he reached Freeiton in time MI
breakfast, where he fed les loam and
•then proceeded for etamilton. After
Leaving his wagon ready to load up the
launch, he took the team to Wilaen'e
avery, where it was fed and anted hem
about 1e.30 to 4 p. in., when it start was
made for Guelph. Arriving in Dundee
between 5 and 0 o'eleek, the Melbourne
was paid a visit. It wee here that it
was first noticed that one of the horses
was sick. Dr, Rasbeny, la S., waa the
first to notice this, and li:s suggestion
was that the team be thiven on, as the
horse would be more likely to overeomt:
the colic while moven than when stand-
ing. The driver atarted off, but when
near R. 3. Burke's store in the west oul
the sick horse showed signs of collapsing,
and to prevent this the driver began
beating the animal. On nearing Fisher's
mills the .horae entirely gave out, end
was unharnessed, and an attempt msdr
to walk it around, but II, suddenly' fe1!
over and expired. Chief Twiss laid a
charge against Devereaux for mu qty
to animars'and he .was summarily tried
by Mayor Lammas= and Reeve ',men
and fined $'20 and 89,75 eosts. The .othei
horee and the load were taken te Bur-
ton's livery, where they remained until
yesterday, when thestivery proprieter
ar-
tk'ed with another horse and prouedea
to Guelph with the load
MAN SUICIDES,
After Shooting and Killing Landlady
and Wife in England.
London, April 17.—Ilert Hunter
triad to be a Canadian horse dealer,
shot a landlord named Chitties Soho -
field end the latter'e wife at Stoke
Newington, last night and afterwards
committed euicide. Schofield is dead
and his wife es badly wounded. It is
stated that Hunter Was the owner of
land in Alberta, where his wife is
now staying. An unlucky speculation
with a legacy turned his head, and
he declared Schofield was the cause
of hie ruin. Before taking his men
life Hunter left a letter for the
Coroner.
4)00 MEN STRIKE.
Pit tsbut April 18. --One ttettema etn
sailers ill i teetin s ?leo/ail-1 Mt a
the Pressed Steel Car Compiny, Seltoon.
erne, etrnek today. and, in a riot whieh
; abotml. ma. ui wee shot in the left
ctent Ana Ceptein Smith. of the cam -
panes pollee, was badly beaten.
YOUNG POET FREE
John Carter to be Freed From Min-
nesota Prison,
St. Paul, April 1$. — The you're
Englishman known as "John Carter,"
who has served half a ten-year sentence
for burglary and whose ease has attract-
ed wide attention because of his poetic
genius, was pardoned by the State Par-
don Board this afternoon. Ile will be
released from the Stillwater Penitenti-
ary an mon as the papers are made out,
which will ba Monday morning, April
18111, his 24th. laethday. Carter was t
pardoned for technical reasons, but the
board ordered a how/mita/on of sen-
tence.
Pleas for Carter's treed= were
made by Judge J. W. Willis and 'the
Rev. L. R. S. Ferguson, of St. Paul.
Telegrams and letters ever° ready be-
fore the board from magazine editors.
Rimy Phillips, director of music at
McAlester College, who bas become
interested in Carter through his play-
ing at the. services in the prison chapel,
and the managing editor of a Minnea-
polis journal also sent letters. Judge
Willis read a letter barn a /nem in Eng.
land who knew of Carter as a boy and
who told of the conditme of his father,
the refinement of the family, and the
reasons for sending the boy to Canada,
The young poet admits thab Carter
is nob his real name, hut says that he
is an Englishman and of good family,
He will not divulge his family name,
He says that his poems, which have
been published in a number of lead-
ing Magazines and have attracted
oonsiderable attention, were written
to kill time and ease his unhappy
thoughts. His poeni "Ballad of Misery
and Iron," won him especial recogni-
tion.
According to a statemenb made be -
fora the Pardon Board by. Judge Wil-
lis, Carter was less than twenty years
old when the crime was committed.
His father was in an asylum, and
john, who had been working in a
bank building, not liking the con-
fanement, was stet to Canada by the
family, whe were In straitened cir-
cumstances. Being enable to mum
steady employment, Carter started to
"beat it" from Winnipeg to St. Paul,
but during the night was put off the
train at Sarlstadt, Minn. Having had
nothing to eat for 36 hours, Carter
broke into the railroad station and
stole $24 and a silver watch. He was
caught, pleaded guilty, and, having
no attorney, was given the maximum
panalty of ton Tears.
During his confinement Carter has
been employed in the prison library
cataloguing books and assisting in
the publishingof the prison Mirror.
He also is a pianist and plays a clar-
ionette in the prison band.
---esseeses--
E. H. FITZHUGH
•10.1.01,••••••••.•
Likely to be Appointed General
Manager of G. T. R,
•
timmmoram••=1*
Montreal, April 18.—It is rumored in
railway circles that the first circular to
be issued by Mr. C. M. Heys, following
upon his recent visit to London, will be
oee appointing Mr. E. II. Fitzhusan, the
first, vice-president of the Grend Trunk,
as general manager of the system. Since
Mr. Hays has become the president, i he
title of general manager has Mien in
abeyance, although Mr. Fitzhugh has
been carrying out the duties.
It is further stated that Mr. William
Mullins, at present general manager of
the Porto Rico Beltway, will return to
the Grand Trunk, to be assistattt to the
geueral manager. Mr. Mullins, who is a
Canadian, was formerly eldef clerk to
Mr. Fitzhugh, in this city, when he -was
superintendent of the Grand Trunk Rail-
way, middle division.
-4 •
TOOK $500 TO DO TO JAIL.
Pleaded Guilty te Untle's Crime—
Now He "Splits."
Lethbtidge, Alta., April 17.--elameph
Alkamitch, a farmer at Raymond and
Taber, is probably in salons diffi.
culties. Priday his nephew, Joseph
Nalwittis, entered itetion to recover
$5,800 wages, and, in doing so, made
the startling declaration that his uncle
had promised him $500 if he would
plead guilty to killing a. ettlf, not his
own, on which charge both Were be-
fore the eourt last year. Eilwittis
did so, and served three months,
while Alkavitch got off. This claim
was oftetwards settled for $350, but
Alkavitch will most probably be or -
rested on the strength of his nephew'e
etatement.
"T pledge you loy lose. 1 pi& dee :sen
41 V heel ti" eritd the f,tvent IA14% Am!
rl:o 1 watch 1.1
buy the engagement ring.
'ONTARIO'S TIMBER
Radical Changes in Policy Announccd,
By .Minister,
Will Tax Unearned Increment or.
Timber Standing idle,
Toronto despatch:, Ontario' e new aim.
leer policy will be both radicaland emit-
preirenowe, aw..ndinj to tIti off.cial an
nonnetalont seszcittly by lion, Frank
eovitralle, ,Nlinister ei Lands,. .11\irestr,
and Xiines. in its evolution the Miuis
ter 1443 been jointly guided by the reeht
the whole Province ta ehere in the
!tomtits from the developitteat and, over.
ibicaollfmt2117.public domain, and thz
obZi-
gation to glee equitable reture to tit.
Twb important innovations oharacter-
ize the new paliey, What David Lloyd -
George eecks to do an a kelp ecale to
unproductive British holdings and es.
tatese Hoe. Mr, Coehrane proposes to do
in metier .form with timber. 1014 low
be:()o
t developing periods. xcie
unletr las174e6titi fi,d
00 neoe
fo.
. Oiled, must share in this unearned incre-
ment of vela*. A. .second important
change fraakly follows the lines adopted
by the Government of Quebec, the deter.
!nitration of a fixed riled of ten years
during which the dues eltall be unchauge
. able. Thisis designee to give stability
to the regulatioet,. confidence to thein
e
o414da atirli Llls, utis i.
-edba•egins rid7t1 lisnastil;
po
nificant that lite two Planner Provtnees.
are closely aligning their timber ant'
Plieutie fp
"rilQidol)4lierioepsoe
' ea (-lenges;
creased a
Annual rev
ppernoxuebnooftelyrovi;e3e001,v0i0110 Oe per
yenr.
Dues On pine sawlogs iecreased from
$1 to $1.50 per 1,000 feet board measure.
Dueson square timber increased. from
$20.0 rtootio$34oropirto1,i0o0oOrecototloidic Itretear; $3 to
perTruliian:ier fees increased front $1 to $3.
Licensees must pay entire cost of fire
protection on their property. At pres-
ent they pay one-half.
Province retains right. to supervise
fire -rangers.
Due and, ground rents shall remain
fixed for ten years.
84*
UNION MAJORITY.
••••••••••••••
Congregationalists Are Voting in
Favor of the Same,
•••••••••••••••••••••••
Toronto, April 17.—Seventy out 01 116
Congregational churches have, so far,
•voted on church union, 56 in favor and
fourteen against.
The Congregational churches, ao far as
heard front, are generally voting strong-
ly in favor of church union by large ma-
jorities. Of fifty-five enurches in On-
tario, thirty-four have been ,heard from
and twenty-eight are for union, to six
against, In Quebec fourteen out of
twentg-one have reported, ten favoring
union and four voting no. Nova Seotia
and New Brunswick, with eighteen
churches, of which fourteen have voted,
report thirteen for and one against un-
ion. .Ordy a very small percentage o1.
the churches in western and northwest-
ern Canada have as yet been heard from,
but these show a majority for union, in
all seventy churebes out of 110 have
voted, of which number fifty-six are for
union and fourteen against. A feature
of the plebiscite is that union is general-
ly favored by the large congregations,
In Toronto the individual vote reeord-
ed up to Saturday was 612 for and forty-
two against.
Tbe feeling is growing that when the
Congregational union of Ontario and
Quebec meets in Cobourg next Jane the
union proposals will carry practically
unanimously.
IP- —II.
WAS. A MODEL.
Death of Hotel Man Who Gave an
Oyster With Every Drink,
Louisville, Ky., April 16.—Harry Gat-
to, who originated the gift of an oyster
with everY drink, and made a 'fortune in
his model Bataan as a result, died last
night of heart disease. teak started as
a bootblack. He would not allow one
man to be introduced to another in his
saloon, would not allow treating and
would not sell to a man who was known
to be intoxicated. He was half owner of
the Louisville Bluebell Club when it von
the pennant in 1890.
THREW WIFE OVER FALLS.
Indian, After Six Years, Driven by
Fear to Confess Murder.
Niagara Falls, N. Y., April 17.—
Walking into polite headquarters at
Antioch, Illinois, Foster johnson, an
Indian, confeseed to having thrown
his wife over Niagara Falls- Oct. 4,
1904. The confession has canted a
seneation here. On the evening
named, after a big parade, held by
the Knights Templar, it was reported
that the body of an teuknoven woman
had gone over the fails, and on Oct,
13 Sampson Williams reported that
his sister, Mrs, &Lima Johnson, had
been. Missitig since Oct. 4, saying that
he feared his deter Might have "been
foully dealt with." Mrs. johns= was
28 years old, and was engaged itt sell-
ing Indian novelties to tourists. On
Oct, 23 the body wee recovered. At
an inceuest a verdict of suieide Wan
returned. It Was brought out then
that Mrs. Solomon had zeveral times
upbraided her husband for alleged
attentions to other women.
Johnson told the Antioch police that
he had been in constant fear of de-
tection.
TARIFF REFORM LEADERS
,r1...4.1,1••1•84.
Supporting Balfour. irt Hit New
Londen, announced
that Mr, 13alfour's statement regard-
ing free wheat from the outlying parts
of the Empire Was made aftet e.asteful
consultations with Austen Chamber-
lain, Boner Law anti other tariff re-
form leaders.
Lord Bombay's appeal to the
'Unionist leaders to drop tariff reform
for this election end coneentrate en
the eonstitutional issue meets with
no acceptance either in the Unionist
prose, at the Conservative head -
floaters or ht the Tariff Reform
League.
NOW' in Brief
Tenders ars beiug asked for the per.
elms° of the &Athena Beech amusement
resort.
There is a strong demand in the Tem-
isk,oming district for additional liquor
licenses.
The Executive Committee in charge of
the Philadelphia street car men's strike
halt ordered the men to return to work.
It was aunounced ab Geneve that an
Anarchist, identified as a member of the
AMerieall Black Hand, was arrestel on
Wednesday at Chitteso, Switzerland, near
the Italian frontier, on the oupicion that
Ito had designs upon the life of Mr.
Roosevelt.
The Tattered, Alaska, gold fields have
Aroused Muck intermit, and the greatest
StaMpede since the big rush to Fair -
batiks six years ago is expected to be.
gin with the opening of navigation, the
&secon(1 week in. May.
Tho strike of the tugboat eavtaine
and pilots against the Central Bail -
road, of New J'ersey, Lehigh Valley,
Lackawanna and' Baltimore and Ohio
Railroads'begun nearly three weeks
ego, has been declared off.
A. Wolfe Island farmer has a freak
pig with one head and three ears, The
two bodies are joined at the shoulders,
with tho required number of Iva on
each body, also a tail on each body,. The
young pig is still alive, and many heir*
viewed it,
In the presence of her husband and
family at the dining table on Sunday
morning, Mre. Annie Dwight, 177 Mun-
ro street, Toronto, drank a portion of
the contents of a bottle of eambolio avid,
mistaking it for medicine. She will re-
cover.
By a vote of 10 to 15, the Shea Au-
dubon bill passed the New York Asseme
bly. An hour's debate proceeded the
vote. The bill bars from importation
into or sale in that State plumage of
birde protected from slaughter by game
and other bird preservation laws.
The suggestion that- a suitable head.
quarters an Toronto be instituted for
purposee a residence, employment and
philanthropic activity was made in *
report by the Executive Committee at
the annual meeting of the Friends' As-
sociation, held on Saturday.
Nicholas Doyle, a wealthy. Escot far-
mer, who died on April 9, left $1,000 to-
wards the Roman Catholic Cemetery,
$1,500 to the Old People's Homes in
Kingston, $1,000 to the Hotel Dieu,
Kingston, and $1,000 to Si. Vincent de
Paul Hospital. of Brockville.
Dr, Southard, alienist, Harvard Medi-
cal School, in reply to a quer i as to
Roosevelt's soundnees of mind because
of the prominence of his "ego," says it
le a, harmless delusion on the part of •the
ex -President.
London free traders are hilarious
about the self-confessed experience of
ozna of the Imperial pioneers. "Free
food!" he exclaimed. "I have found tke
only place where you get free food Is
in the workhouse."
The mysterious disappearance of a
Galician workman last fall from Rose -
burn, Man., was explained on Saturday,
when his body was found on the prairie
after the snow had disappeared. Be had
unquestionably been murdered, as his
skull had been crushed, in on one side as
if by the blow of an axe.
The Cote St. Paul Academy for Boys,
Montreal, owned by the town, but man-
aged by the Christian Brothers, was
burned to the ground on Saturday af-
ternoon. The loss is estimated at be-
tween $30,000 and $40,000,
Premier Morris left St. John'a for New
York, whence he will sail Wednesday
for The Hague, where he will represent
the Colony of Newfoundland at the ar-
bitration conference over the fishery dis-
pute with the United States.
Windsor statisties for the past three
menths ending March 31, show 81 deaths
to 92 births. As usual, the number of
marriages was very large, 455- licenees
having been issued. For the same period
one year ago there were 287 marriages,
49* births and 71 deaths.
The fierce storm which has been rag-
ing throughout Manitoba for the past
two days tontinues -with unabated vigor,
and, although the temperature is above
zero, an unusual amount of !MOW is fall-
ing. Traffic). continues interrupted. The
street car serviee at Winnipeg has been
almost paralyzed.
The members of the Berlin Aero Club
recently discussed Dr. Siegert's plan for
an airship exploration of the Desert
of Sahara, by an aeroplane, assisted by
automobiles.. Conditions along the Nile
Valley are to be special object of the
investigation. The cost of the expedi-
tion is estimated at 0180,000.
By order of the Medical Health Offi-
cer, itt conseqttence of an outbreak of
scarlet fever, all day and Sunday- schools
of Regina, Sask., are to be closed, as
well as the free library. About twenty
cases have been so far quarantined by
the health authorities, It is a mild type
and no deaths have Oecurred.
Pleading guilty at Windsor to charges
of obtaining Money under false pretenc-
es and of impereonating an. officer of
the law. /toy Green and Thos. Malone,
two swindlers, arrested at Maidstonea
few days ago for defrauding the farm-
ers of that locality, evert on Saturday re -
mended for sentence.
David Daryaw, a seathana of Gamine -
mut, Ont., wits instantly killed at the
docks of the Buffalo, Roelmster & Pitts-
burg Itailwity at Charlotte on Saturday
afternoon. Daryaw, with several other
men, were working near the free oul of
a heavy coal conveyor, when a strap
broke and let the heavy Chute fall on
the mend& head.
As A result of an explosion which took
place in the lethal chamber of No. 4
polled station, Montreal, on Saturday,
respecter Allmood and Cleo. Phillips,
two members of the S.P.C.A., Were hie
jured, They were engaged in destroy-
ing two cats, iota Were about to drop
them into the lethal chamber when a,
terrific explosioet took Piece, killing both
eats and burning both men itt a terrible
way.
A smallpot case hes beet& diecoveted
by Dr. admard, City htedital Health
Officer, on I3rook lvvelauo, 'Ioronto. The
patient is a young titan with a Wits end
ehild. Ile is a mereantile agent. 'rite
souree of infection has not been learn-
ed. The patient has been remeved to
Swiss Cottage Respite'.
Alex. Clark, partner with Syduey TIv-
ty in the Calgary Quick Print Works,
died in the General Hospital on Settle -
day from. What is Oppood to be cell..
cession of the brain, though the eir.
monstences eurroundiug Ills death ere
mysterious. Ile WAS taken to the hovel.
tal mteascioue a. few daps ago with
bruise as Iris head, It is said that he
was Assaulted and rebbed.