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The Wingham Advance, 1910-05-19, Page 7)41- eepa KING'S BODY MOVED TO THRONE ROOM Gorgeous Procession to Escort Edward's 'Remains to Westminster Hall. The Many Kings and Princes Who Will be in Friday's Procession. London,. May 15.—T1iere is every ie• dicetion that the obsequies of King' Ed- ward will be anumg the most remarkable in the world's history. Palpable as was the grief evokell by the first news of ble death, it was onlyas the days wont by that the people began to fully realize what piece he held not only iii the af- fection of his subjects, but in the ad- miration end esteem of the whole civil- ized world. ATTACHMENT TO THE CROWN. In the faraway British dominions, the late 31i:eludes death has caused a pang which gives a measure of the sentiment- al attachment felt for the Crown, and which, strong as it was seen to be at the death of Queen Victoria, seems to lave been increased even (luring the nine years of Meg Edward's reign. In the newest posseasion of the Brit- ish Empire in South Africa his person- ality helped to soothe the bitterness of defeat, and Gen. Botha's testimony at Pretoria this week, that when he and his brother Boers were first presented to the Sovereign on whom they had Inade war they felt at once that their new Xing was a great rnaii with a noble heart, is not the least striking of the multitude of 'tributes that have been paid to personality. " The body of Ring Edward was remov- ed last evening from the room in which Ise died to the throne room of Bucking- ham Palace. Twelve color -sergeants of the King's Grenadiers carried. the body, which had been lying in an elm shell, enclosed in a lead coffin, and which, prior to the removal, wasplaced in an outer eoffin of paneled oak of elaborate evorkmanship. he coffin rests on a catafalque in Tront of a temporary altar. At each 'corner of the catafalque burn thick wax candles in candlestieks six feet high. A crown and sceptre lie on the coffin, and the room, from which the furniture, in- cluding the throne, has been removed, is made fragrant by vessels containing lilaes, lilies of the valley and tulips. Four grenadiers stand on guard around the catafalque. QUEEN ALEXANDRA'S GRIEF. The successive delays in the removal of the King's body to the throne room. have been due to Queen Alexandra's re- luctance to allow the body of her hus- band to be removed from the proximity of her own apartments. Arrangements were made three days ago for the re- ception of the body in the throne room, . and notices were issued to the members of the household that they would be permitted to view the lying -in-state there, but day after day the removal has ..been postponed and the invitations de- ferred. Queen Alexandra's private apart- ments communicate directly with those of the late Rine ana it is unknown how often she visited the room in which her dead husband lay or the duration of the vigils she made there. MOURNERS ON FOOT. In Tuesday's procession from Buck- ingham Palace to Westminster Hall the mourners will, according to present ar- rangements, follow the coffin on foot. This plan is subject to revision if the weather is -unfavorable, and the Royal ladies will, following the English cus- tom, be in carriages. There will be a certain amount of mil- itary display, as Ring George will have a Sovereign's escort and the various regiments of guards will be represented, while the route will be kept by soldiers. The coffin, on a gun carriage, will be covered by a magnificent embroidered pall, which was worked for Queen Vic- toria's' funeral. In the procession pipers of the Scots Guards will play Highland dirges, alternating with a military band. The latter, numbering some 400, including fifty side and four -bass drums, will head the procession. The drummers will be placed in the middle of the bands instead of at the heal, as is the usual custom, STREET DECORATION. All the details for the suitable decor- ation of the London streets through whieh Friday's procession will passeare now completed. Within the boundaries of the city of Virestrainster there will be erected Venetian masts twenty-six feet high, covered with white linen at inter- vals of twenty. yards. From these flags -will fly at half-mast, while below each will hang a wreath of evergreens. While it is' not practicable to carry out an exattly similar scheme in all the other streets, continuity of decoration will be obtained as much as possible by hanging laurel wreaths and violet rib- bons from lamp posts. PEOPLE TO BE PROTECTED, it the funeral of Queen Victoria many persons were injured by falling from trees which they had climbed to view the procession. With the object of avetting similar accidents on this occasion the trees along tho route are being circled with barbed wire. Estinnates vary es to the, number of pergone who will be able to obtain a view of the funeral procession. They rauge from 1,000,000 to 2,000,000, At Gladstone's public lying -in -stake in Westminster Hall 300,000 persens filed before the catafalque.. It is calculated thab in the thirty-eight hours during whieh the public will bo pertaitted to pass before the bier of Xing Edward considerably more than double that nuMber 'will be able to pay this mourn- ful tribute. In some respects the public Weg. in-state seem likely to be aa evee more innate:mem testimony of the public' regard for the late King than the funeral procession itself. The po- lice are preparing to deal with the Iino ofdpeople waiting to pass threnagh Westninniter Hall, approximately three Miles in length, and teaching at the end to Chelsea Embankment. No tickets vTill be eetplited to gain entry to Westminster Hall, and as the admittance to the private lying.in-state Buckinglitori Palace is regerved ten Metal:eta of the Royal h.:Machold, tee- diplosnatio mem, Mid the persota, *Mae of his late Malesty, the public lying -ha -Atte veill bring together all OM*** of Eicielety and tesult in a de- motantretion of the universality among ell Mike of the pOrtlentiOn Of the na. gotta ono% A. COSTLY FUNERAL. The funeral of Queen Victoria cost $175,000, and of this $14,500 was in. curred by the Lord Chamberlain's de. partment for such things as the pro- vision of apartments for Royal guests; $42,500 was spent by tho Lord Stew- ard for their entertainment, and the Master of the Horse spent $21,500 in the hire of carriages. In view of the greater foreign re- presentation at Ring Edward's fun- eral tho expenditures of these de- partment' will be considerably more than $175,000. It is, perhaps, -upon Scotland Yard that the most anxious extra work will be thrown next week. Scotland Yard does not give away its secrets, but the precautions it takes to safeguard the foreign royal visitors are on the most elaborate reale, although they are concealed as far as possible. THE FINAL PROCESSION. In view of the time which the obse- quies on May .20 will take the funeral procession will be under way before 10 o'clock, when Hine George will arrive at Westminster Hall from Buckingham Palace, Directly on the arrival of the Ring the casket, drap- ed wth the royal standard and the Unon Jack, on whch wit rest the Iinperial and regal orbs and the scep- tre, will be placed on the gun carriage which carried the remains oe Queen Victoria, 'and a start be made for Pad- dington. Tho gun carriage will be drawn by eight cream Flemish horses, which are only seen on State occasions. They are now being exercised and trained in view of this, and they wear the harness and trappngs that were worn by the herses which drew Queen Victoria's carriage to $t. Paul's Cathedral when she attended the diamond jubilee thanksgiving serv- ice there, and then worn subsequently by the cream horses which drew the gun carriage beoring her coffiu to Padding- ton tSation. ORDER OF MARCH. The procession will be ordered as fol- lows: general staff officer, territorial detachments, the Colonial Corps, the Hoeorable Artillery Company, Indian Army detachments, infantry of line, the Foot Guards Royal Artillery de- tachments, cavalry of the line, the Household Cavalry, Royal Navy de- tachments, Royal Marine detach- ments, foreign military attaches, a Field Marshal with members of the Army Council, bands, officers, escort to gun carriage, casket bearer party, the ,Royal standard, Royal mourners mounted, Royal mournerseen carriages, and foreign army deputations. PRINCES AND STATESMEN. Ring George will ride alone, ane following him wil be the most re- markable array of foreign Princes ever assembled together. They will pass in this order: The Duke of Con- naught, the German Emperor, Prince Arthur of Connaught, the ' Xing of Greece, the King of Denmark, the King of Spain, the King of Nor- way, the Ring of Portugal, the King of the Belgians, Prince llenry of Prus- sia: Archduke Ferdinand, representing tbe Emperor of Austria-Hungary; M. Fiction the French Minister of For- eign Affairs; Gen. Dalitein, Admiral Marquis, and M. Mollard, representa- tives of France; the Grand Dake Michael, representing the Czar; Theo- dore Roosevelt, representing the Unit- ed States; the Duke of Aosta, repre- senting Italy; Prince Henry of the Netherlands, representing Holland; Prince Fushini, representing Japan; leoussouf Izedin Effendi, representing Turkey; Prince Mohammed Ali, a brother of the Khedive of Egypt; re- presenting Egypt; Crown Prince Ferdi- nand of Roumania, the Crown Prince of Montenegro; the Crown Prince of Sar - vin, Prince Charles of Sweden, and the Sultan of Zanzibar. ON PURPLE DRAPED TRAIN. Among the Royal ladies in carriages will be Queen Mary, the Queen -Mother, Empress Marie Ifeodorovna, the Queen of Norway, the Princess Royal, Princess Victoria, the Duchess of Saxe•Coboure and Gotha, the Crown Princess of °Roumania; the Dowager Queen of Holland, the Queen Dowa- ger of Portugal, the Crown Princess of Montenegro, and the Duchess of Aosta, A- purple -draped. train will convey the casket and. the Royal mourners to Windsor. Two other special trains will follow with the others. St. George's Chapel, Windsor, is where the last solemn service will be held before the mortal remains of Ed- ward VII are committed to the vault in the Albert Memorial Chapel. In the former his lade Majeety was christerted and married; in the latter he took part in the last mournful rites for his filth. er and mother. The service will be conducted by the Archbishop of Centerbury, the Arch. bishop of York, the Tishop of Oxfoed and the Dean of 'Windsor. It is expected nit seven litinared thousand people will piss throngli Westminster Hall, where the King's body will lie in state. llerriws are be- ing built, by means of which the people will be ensiled through in four lines at the rate of 15,000 an hour. The body of the late Xing will not be expoged to view. The mourners will slee only the cc ffin, with the of ficial tegailit and heap.; of flower. THOUSANDS OF WREATHS The flowers Mlle eontributed by or- ganizations and individuate will repre- sent ninny thougande of dollers. The roost elaborate wreath has been sent from Windsor, tonsisting of cosily white flowers, interwoven with purple, the letneel mourning coke. The wreaths contributed by privete individuals, num- bering thousands, will be hung on poets in the streets, The artillery horses, with gun ear - ringer), were rehearsing yeeterday through the streete along the line et mite* 00 all to avoid the powdbility nf a thiehal) on Why, lealadime prices are being Asked for in the stands along the line, $23 being the 1)w-, est sum at *Welt 11 15 /meal* to get rlaee. The lommehablese overlooking ehafalgar Mune havo imit 4, pretest to the Lord Chamberlain for again ch neg. lug the line of march, welch cute them oft and deprived them of eagerly expect- ed profits. HYMNS CHOSEN BY QUEE'N ALEX - ANDEL te. King George being SO Iose1y ideate. - fled with the navy, the naval contin- gelnetisaliie. will jiaTi)(neut,i ijiaennbitrdeilbawin etite Luo gun eareiage to .1Vindeor, :se they did Ike carriage which bore the body of Queen Victoria, although ou that OVCA- sion they did so limner) the, hersee be. came restive. hyenas which will be sung at the service at Windsor were of the Queele Mother's choice. They are: "el,y God, ine. Father, While I Stray," "Now the babormt1 lis O'er," "end "1 Ikeda a Voice From Reale:lee Soldiers- from the King's. company, Grenadier Guaide, are keeping sentry watch over um body in the throne room at Backiegliam PelAce. Th.y are relievea eaeh hour. ea/titled Yiud has 011 its detectives on duty, and these are reinforced by is hundred more from con- tinental citme, vidtors are b)ing watched, but there. Is little fear of amine eidetic attempts, becauee it is known that everyoee under surveillance would be deported from England if any trouble were caused on this oecaeion, and it is not likely that AnArcidets would give up voluntarily their safest refinge in Eu- rope. THE POPE'S MESSAGE. Rome, May 14.—T1ie Tribune says that the Pope has adarcesed a letter to King George V. of England request. ing n modification of the "no Popery" accession oath by the elimination of cer- tain words which he declares are "par- aicularly offensive to Roman Catholics," • - ROYAL MOURNING Marie Stuart Bonnet Will be Worn by Queen Alexandra, Mourning Which Will be Worn by Britain's Widowed Queen, Paris, May 14.—The sudden demand for mourning in England has almost re- volutionized the dressmaking trade of Paris for the time being. In many of the wholesale houses large stocks of zna- terials in both blaok and white cloth, crepe de chine, chiffon, and so forth, have been practically depleted to meet the urgent demand from London. From the great dressmaking establish- ments of the Rue de le, Paix all the lovely and original combinations of color that were to compose the• new summer models have vanished, and work is proceeding at high pressure on the mourning orders receive& from the various Courts of Europe - and from private British patrous. The Rue de la Pais has of course, made some of the mourning clothes of Queen Alexandra, The English Queen -Mother is adopt- ing the Little Widow's bonnet, with the long, heavy veil entirely cover- ing tho face, that has from time im- memorial formed the dress of the French widow. But into this head- dress the Queen has introduced a nov- elty, inasmuch as she entirely repudi- ates the crepe which is obligatory here and substitutes net and taffeta for its sombre crispness. sFrom be- neath the little Marie Stuart bonnet of dull silk and voile do paque un- folds of voile de soie fall in soft un- dulations. In other respects also the Queen's drosses appear original to Paris dress- makers. Instead of woollen materials trimmed with immensely deep bands and borders of crepe the Royal wid- ow's gowns will show the softness of ninon and the richness of faille end taffetas, while on some of them crepe de chine and crepe de soie will besh be used. Queen lefaud of Norway departs from her mother's example, and will wear the regulation crepe, with wool- len materials, while the Duchess of Fife will appear, like Queen Alexandra, with- out crepe. UNKIND WORDS. German Newspapers on the Death of King Edward, Berlin, May 14.—Not all the German comment on King Edward's death has been of the friendly character which has exeited such appreciative remarks in the English press. Several important jour- nals, like the Hamburg Nachrichten and the Hanover Courier, have declined (as they put it) to "stultify themselves by shedding crocodile tears" over the pegg- ing of the Monarch whose entire career was devoted to "encompassing the down- fall of the German Empire,' . The sentiments expressed in these or- gans are well summarized in the editor- ial article in the Schlesische Zeitung, which says: The "reconnaissance 'visit the King paid to Berlin in February, 1909, and the official assurance of peace exchanged on that occasion, could not prevent the English policy from taking the same di- rection as hitherto. "Noterithstanding the numerous intel- lectual and comthereied ties which bind us to England, we have never enjoyed her sincere friendship, and we must not expect in the future. "We are in tbe way of Englishmen. That's why we encounter British hostil- ity in every part of the world where we essay to assert ourselves. Xing Edward minittisinest the glorioue ana brilliant Do, sition of his Empire with splendid states. manship, but he had not yet reached his goal. He leaves tie couintry in the midst of the gravest internal crisis, and with Germany's power Unbroken and un- diminished. "Ile was it great Xing, but he fought, after all, a fruitless battle," The Reiser, accompanied by Prinee Henry of Fruggia, who represents the Gemmel navy, will leave Berlin on Time- d" Ite will arrive in England the day before the funeral, but the duration of his etay is uneertaie. "Were you Sit, kfitql with the itt +vine in men you 'hod? "Nen. 11 all. Thv didn't leave anv of our good piceee futrliture on the front lawn for the Ileighbers to see." Detreit Vette Pres% MR. ROOSEVELT NOW IN LONDON Former President Received by King George at Marlborough House, Met at Station by Whitelaw Reid, . Lord Dundonald and Others. He Later Viewed Body of King at Buckingham Palace. London, May 16,—Theodore Roosevelt, speeial U. S. Ambassador to the funeral ef King Edward, arrived itt London this morning, was received by Xing George at Marlborough House, and later visited the throne room in Buckingham Palace where the body of the late Xing is pri- vately lying in state. The entra,nce to the city of Mr. Roose- velt was a quiet one. It was Whitmonday holiday, but des- pite this fact the popular orowd at Vice torie, etation was a #1113,11 one. There was no cheering as Mr. Roosevelt alight- ed from the train, and was escorted by Ambassador Whitelaw Reid to theeroyal carriage -which had been sent for him, tbhuetirthhoasets. who looked on silently lifted ' The Roosevelt party, which included Mrs. Roosevelt, Miss Roosevelt, and Ker- mit, left Berlin at noon yesterday, and reached Flushing, Holland, last mid- night. They continued upon the regular boat to Queensborough, Eng., where a special train was in waiting for them, and which preceded the morning ex- press to London, arriving at Victoria station fifteen minutes earlier than tho regular train, which followed at 7.45 o'clock. At Queensborough Mr. Rooserelt was joined by the aides-de-camp ap- pointed to attend upon him by Xing George, Lord Dundonald and Command- er Charles E F. Cunningham -Graham, and Vice -Admiral Sir George Nevill, commanding a division of the home fleet who received the fornaer president in the name, of the King. The transfer to the special was quickly Made, and at 6 o'clock the party pro, ceeded for this city which was reached at 7.30 o'clock. It hind been supposed that Mr. Roosevelt would arrive on the regular, and this fact may account in part for the comparatively small crowd at the station. Upon the station platform awaiting were Ambassador Reid, Mrs. Reid, the members of the American Embassy and their wives, all dressed in mourning, and a group of American residents here. There was no music, waving of flags or other demonstration. When greetings had been exchanged, Lord Dundonald escorted the Roosevelts and Ambassador and Mrs. Reid to Royal carriages, which had been placed at their disposal by the Ring, and they were driven at once to Dorchester House, the home of the Am- bassador. Later, accompanied by elle Reid, Mr. Rossevelt, in the capacity of special Am- erican Ambassador, visited the King at Marlborough House. Following his recep- tion by the Monarch, he was escorted to Buckingham Palace and shown the throne room, where upon the catafalque the body of King Edward reposes. The Victoria station is closely picket- ed and patrolled by the police. Every entrance and exit is guarded, all appli- cants for admission are scrutinized. This precution is taken for the protection of all the members of Royalty and official representatives who are corning here for the funeral. In the course of the forenoon Mr. Roosevelt called upon the Duke and Duchess of Connaught at Clarence House. PREMIER TO KING Asquith's E.loquent Tribute to the Late King Edward the Peacemaker, His Sense of Duty, Love of His People, Tact and Hard Work, London, May 16.—Among all the tributes that have been paid to Xing Ed- ward there has been none invested with such authority or which shows such ex- act appreciation of his work and person- ality as that spoken by Premier Asquith when moving the address to Xing George and the message of sympathy to the Queme-Mother in the House of Commons on Thursday. As a character sketeli the Premier's words have all the cleverness of outline of a steel engraving. STIRRING YEARS. Premier Asquite said in part: "Sir, in all these multiform manifestations of our national and Imperial life history will assign a part of singular dignity and authority to the great ruler whom we have lost. In external affairs his pow- erful personal influence was steadily and ceaselessly directed to the avoidance not only of war, but of the causes and pretexts for war. Re well earned the title by which he will always be re. membered, 'The Peacemaker of the World.' "Within the boundaries of his own Empire, by his intimate knowledge of its component parts, by his broad and elastic sympathy—not only with ambi- tions and aspirations, but with the suf- ferings and hardships of all his people— by his response to any and every ap- peal, whether to his sense of justice or 'his spirit of eompassion he won a de- gree of loyalty end affectionate confi- dence which few Sovereigns have ever enjoyed. "Here, sir, at home, we all recognize that, above the din and dust of our hard fought tontrovereies, detached Intuit party and attache(' only to the common interest, we found itn him an arbiter ripe in experience, judicial in temper. "What ono is tempted and indeed eon - strained on an occasion Such es this to ask is. What were the qualities which enabled this Mau, ealled eomperatively tote in life to new duties; of unexampled perplexity—what were the gealities whiten in practiee proved So Endmirably fitted for the task, which will eeenre him nn enduring and illuetrionin record Euriong the rulers and governors of nations? "I should be disposed to asap the first place to what sousuis a common- place, but in Its persietent and unfailing exeroise is one of the rarest virtue's -4s strong end abiding dorainatiou of the ;sense of public duty. King Edward, be it remembered, wee a Man of many and varied intereeta—a eporteman in the best sense, an ardent and discriminating patron of the arta, and as well equipped as any man of his time for the give-and- take of social intereouree, wholly free from the prejudices and narrowing rules of caste at home, and in alt companies an enfranchised citizen of the world. "To such a man, endowed ae he vraa by nature, placed where he was by for- tune and by eireumstance, there was open, if he had. chose to enter it, an UM' limited field for self-indulgence; but, sir, OA everyone will acknowledge who was brought into daily contact with him in the sphere of drain, his duty to the State always came first "In this great busfness there was no one by whom the humdrum oblige - tions of punctuality, methed, precise- ness, economy of time and speech were more keenly recognized or more severely practised. I speak with the privilege of close experience, and I say that whereeer he was, whatever may have been hie apparent pre. occupation, in the transaction of the business of the State there were never any arrears, there was never any trace of confusion, there was never any mom- ent of avoidable delay. "Next to this, sir—and I am stile in the domain of practice and admin.. ietration— I should put his singutar, perhaps unrivalled, tact in the man, agement of men and judgment of in- tuitive, shrewdness as to the beet our - let from ' perplexity a,nd even from a baffling situation. He had, in its highest and best derrelopment, the genius of common sense, "But, sir, these rare gifts of prac- tical efficiency were, during the -whole of his kingship, yoked to the service of a great ideal. He was animated every day of his soyereignty by the thougnt that he was at once the head and the chief serrant of that vast, complex organism vvlaic,h we call the British Empire. He recognized in the fullest degree his power and the 'im- itations of the constitutional Monarch. Here, at home, he was, although ro politician, as every one knows, a keen social reformer. He loved his people. At home and oversee their interests were his interests; their fame was his fame. He had no self apart from them. "I will not touch for more than a mo- ment on the more delicate and sacred ground of his personal charm, the warmth and wealth of his humanity, his unfailing consideration for all who, in any capacity, were permitted to work for him. I -will only say, in this con- nection, that no man in our time has been more justly beloved by his family and friends, and no ruler in our or any time has been more sincerely true, more unswervingly loyal, and anore uniformly kind to his advisers and his servants. "But this, at least, we may say at once and with full assurance, that he has left to his people a memory and an example which they will never for- get --e, memory of great opportunities greatly employed; an example which the humblest of his subjects may treasure and strive to follow—simplicity, cour- age, and telf-denial, and a conscious de- votion up to the last moment of his con- scious life to work, to duty, and to servile." • • THE DEATH WATCH 1“110.M.1111M01•••• McLaughlin Took His Last Look at the Outside World. Farewell to Aunt and Child—Takes His Doom Hard, Whitby, May 16.—The deaili watch over Archie McLaughlin, conaenmed on Friday to be hanged here on July 13 next, was begun that night. Two men will take turns of eight hours each. The prisoner slept Friday night as usual, but ate no breakfast nit morn- ing. Bidding farewell to his little daugh ter, Monte., and Mrs. Melaughlin, who had acted as a mother to WM, broke him up completely, being, the first ser- ious emotion he leas evinced since the trial began. Through the short nvalle from the dock to the jail, the prisoner etaggered beside his guard like a drunken man. His feoul. ties seemed to have left him and he enut. tered like a man insane. His shoulders were drooped, and his face was highly flushed andlis eyes glassy and unseeing. At the entrance to the jail, he halted his guard, and, turning to look into the street, said in a husky, pleading whisper, "Please let me look at the. outside world for the last time," Inside the cal, McLaughlin broke dowe again. He. threw himself on hie cot and lay for fully three hours, his whole body shaking with silent seise. He did not even notice the death watch when he spoke t� him. Later, when his minis- ter, Rev. Dr. Abraham, the local Presby• terian parson, called, he was somewhat reconciled to his fate, but all through the aight he sat on the side of his cot, staring moodily inbo. the darkness, To- wards midnight his mind began ta wan- der, He was once more" living in the past and was playing ehildish games with his favorite daughter, Monte. From the disjointed utterances hs. made, it \VIM gleaned be was playing tag on the lawn of his home in Uxbridge, semi his mood again changed and hp lapsed into silence, but remained in the same position throughout the night. Iethe morning his aunt, Mrs. Martha McLaughlin, with whom the prisoner lived when a boy, mom to make her last visit with bim. The interview was briet and touching, aod after this was our, he experienced a desire to see his favor. ite ebild, Monte. In this he was soon gratified. About 10 o'clock 'errs. Wat- 8011 his sieter-holaw, brought Monte te 'nee her father for the last time. 'The lit- tle girl ran into the eell where Mc. Thunghlin was lying on his cot, with e cheery ."Hello, daddy." Her fattier broke right down and, with tears etrelmieg down his elieeks, seized her in his arms aed elmoet smothered lese with hugs and kisges, - STRUCK CAR. Brantford, Ont., May 10.—T1iomas Lamp, overecer of the Brantford Water - worker, wes eetiously injured by the West Brantford street ear here late at Saturday, while driving aerosol Oxford street. TM horse was killee end lie sus. trained injuriee to the head. It is claim- ed that the ear was exceeding the speed limit at the time. WORLD'S NEWS TERSELY TOLD Shoots A Despondent Toronto Man Himself in Head, Belgian Aviator Breaks Record Stay- ing in the Air, 4,10.••••+•••••• B. 0, Driver Slides 200 Feet Down a Precipice. A branell of the "Get -After ely-Pal" Society has been formed in Toronto. Toronto builders' laborers want an in. crease from 25 to 2$e an home The fifty-ninth anniversaiy of Cooke'', Church, Toronto, was celebrated on Sun. day. Stevens' cooperage in Elnivrooti was completely destroyed by fire. Loss $10,- 000, Sir Edward Morris, of Newfoundland, was taken ill at London yesterday, but is reported to be better to -day. Practically the entire membership of the London Cigarmakers' Union, about 300 employees, is out on strike. Two boys, the children of Mr. and Mrs. Stc-ele, of Briggs aveune, Toronto, d.ed within a few hours of one another. The ToTerito Railway Company em- ployees hare decided to request inereas. oil pay ana some changes in the agree- ment with the company. The office of the Niagonra Falls, N.Y:, Gazette was burned on aturday night. The plant and equipment were valued at $100,000, the loss being about half that amount. The expulsion of Jews reekling illegal. ly in Kiev, Russia, did not begin as scheduled. It is reported that forcible measures will not be employed before June 14. Palling down the elevator shaft in the Gordon -McKay building, at 5S Front street west, Toronto, Joseph Hanson, of 402 Church street, received a bad scalp wound. and injured his left side. At Mournielon, France, Daniel Kinet, the Belgian aviator, on Suniay brolte the world'e'record for an Aeroplane fligh, with a passenger, remaining in the ai for twohours and fifty-one minutes. Mrs. .A. Belanger, a woman 86 years of age. dropped dead on Saturday at Montreal. She was talking with her hus- band, aged 03; when she suddenly expir- ed. The, couple had been married 67 years. At Niagera Falls, Game Inspector Cook seized a email. consignment of pickerel on Saturday, because they were under size. The fish were billed to the States. The close season for all sizes of pickerel began Sunday. The Madrid Official Jourual announces that the accouchement of Queen 'Victoria is expected in about it month. Her last child, the Princess Beatrice., wet born in June, 1909. Two Princes were born to her before this. The work of raising the G.T.R. tracks at Guelph has been commenced. This is a big undertaking, and will take some time before it is completed. The work of erecting the new station will cora- mence shortly. &meet Sylar, a Windsor pedlar, lost a valuable team of horses, together with wagon and harness, when he backed them tee elose to the edge of the dock. The whole outfit dropped into the lake and was not seen again. Frank Silver, of Montreal. a McGill tudent, was instantly killed at the Ger- son Nickel Mine nu Northern Ontario a few days ago by touchlug a live wire. Vord of his death was sent to the Pro- inciel Department of Mines, and an la - nest will be held. The London Exprese says: The Amer - can proposals for tariff negotiations vith Canade, forin the "thin end of the wedge" which the 'feinted States hope) Try naturally and legitimately to drive n. The peril to Imperial interests 13 ery grave and very urgent. Fire on Saturday destroyed the Woes nd warehouse of the Canadian 011 Co:, t. Winnipeg. The damage is .estimated t $25,000. 'The warehouse contidned 75,000 worth of all in barrels, but much Id not burn. The loss is fully coy:red y insurance. At Buenos Ayres, the Chamber of Dep. ties voted a proclamation of martial aw throughout the Republic', owing to he threats of a geoeral strike during he centenary celebration of Argentina's ulependente. The opening of the cele - ration is fixed for May 25. Crown Attorney Redd will investigate ne circumstances which led to the death Nora campbell, a 20 -year-old Learning on girl, in a Detroit maternity hospetal st 'Thursday. His decision was reach - after -listening to the stnries of rela- ves who came to Windsor to arrange r the funeral. Wearied by a long struggle against I -health, Harry Bramm, an elderly To - onto men, ended his life on Saturday y shooting himself through the head. ramm was 60 years of age and lived t 277 Jarvis street, with ,his wife and vo daughters. The application of the Independent rder of Foreeters for permission to la- te it tuberculosis hospital at Railbow aka in the Adirondaeles, for the treat. ent of members of the order in the tete, has been approved of by Dr. E. H. orter, New York State Connatissioner Cecil Collins, an Ottawa fourteen. ear -old newsboy, residing on Peroy reet, was riding his bieyele along Bank reet, ou Saturday Afternoon, when the achine slipped and he fell in front of moving ear. Both his kgs were al- ost severed and he died the same even - g. A degpatch to the French 'Minister of °lollies from Monvo, Wendel, Central udan, reports that a Tomei' punitive Fennel, numbering 200, encountered and epersed the eneney at Agredah. The &Hetes abendoned 100 dead, including ght eldefs and three flags. The French ad twelve 'wounded. As the proposed trip of the Dufferin ifleg of Brantford to Barrie on May is mainly' for instruetion purposes d. not in the nature of A gala outing, will not be called off on Account of o denth of the Xing. The regiment ill leave on Saturday night, returning lemeelay night. Tt is stated that a groun of English pile list s have offered $1.09O.000 for brist ehurch Cathedral in Mt. Conn Inc street, Mentreal. The offer Is un - r consideration by the chord, The *tin* meestpled a whole bloslic in the metre of the beet uptown ebopping die - Wet, end is (moldered a very veluable tits. Three raids on houses in Agues street and St. Claren's avenue, Toronto, by the police on Satordey night resulted in the seizure of large 'quantitiee of which the oceopants of the house will be charged with keeping for sale. Two hundred and eighteen bottle& of ale and two bottler; pf giu were captured. At the request ef tile lerantfoed Tiadea and Labor Commit the Collegiate Board, finding some carpenters were em- ployed on the new Collegiate contract at ‘4.7 1-2 cents per hour, Retitled the cell - tractor that Lite union rate of 30 cente ecrlatflisrteQebdien. Pathied. agrferelin?0entiswahicillairwiwIlagb: T. Sterling, aged 22, was found iu bed at his home on Queen street soutlaChat- ham, sufferiag from corrosive eublimate poisoning. Sterling had a quarrel with his mother earlier in the day, and is thought to have taken seven capsules with suicidal intent, Sterling was taken to the General Hospital, and will prob- ably recover, Four of about ten literary prizss at Cornell University will not be awarded this year on account of lack of competi- lion. This is an unprecedsnted situa- tion, The prizes fer which there are no contestants are: Guilford. Besay prize, 10150; Corson French prize, $50 medal; German prize of $100, and a $100 prize for the best poem.. Charged with bigamy, Mrs. Emily Hobbs and James Crow appeared before Magistrate Love, London, on Saturday and were bailed in the sums ef $e00 and $500 respectively, to appear again Tome day. On May 2 last, Mrs. Hobbs, who wa.s married over two years ago, went through a form of marriage with James Crow, a London laborer, Charles, the eight-year-old son of Mr. Peter Bound, was the victim of a seri- ous accident at Myersburg. The lad was riding on the water tank which was be- ing drawn behind tbe engine as a port. able sawmill was being removed from one place to another, when he fell off and his skull was fractured by the wheel. Ile is in a serious condition. While F. K. Jorden, brother of W. Jorden, postmaster at Nakusp, B.C., was driving to Jorden's ranch at Fire Valley from Edgewood, tele hind wheels and box of the wagon slid over the precipice into a torrent two hundred feet below, carrying Jorden with them.. • Jordon was taking a load of supplies to the ranch, which Ile managed: for his brother. The Cumberland Railway & Coal Company has made a new move in the strike of the mines at Springhill, N. S. On Saturday the company obtained from Mr. Justice Drysdale an order for an interim injunction restraining the strik- ers from interfering in any way with the men they have employed. They are restrained from picketing. The body of Herbert T. Bennett, of Eagle Hahbor, N. Y., member of a well- keown Orleans county family, was muti- lated •by a ear near Eagle Herber early yesterday morning, and it is thought that the man was killed by one or beth of two Italians with whom he started for home at midnight, and that then the body was placed on the railroad. At Managua, Nicaragua, it is reported that General Chavarrai with about 1,000 men, has begun an atte:ok on Rama. The steamship Venus, with gturn and ammun- ition for the Government, has arrived at Greytown, and will proceed' to Bluefields with the object of 'blockading that port. The Government has issued a decree that all Atlantic ports except Greytown shall be closed. After having been buries" et Windsor unidentified for three dap, the body of a young man, which was found on the bank of the Detroit River near Walker - vine a week ago, was; on Saturday, said to be that of Frank Fountain, formerly of Toronto. The identification was made by a Detroit man, who recegn'zed a keife which had been in the pockets of the dead men. The comparatively tropical climate of Maine has proved fatal to the Esqueno dogs which Commander Robert E. Peary brought back with him from his since:els- ful trip to the North Pole. Twelve nut of the fourteen Arctic animas have suc- cumbed to a formeof distemper at Flag Island, where they have been kept, near the explorer's summer home on Eagle Leland, Casco Bay. Charged with stealing the metal roof. ing froin the steeples of the Roxborough Baptist Church and St, John's Roman Catholic Church, Earl Knoll, a steeple jack, IVIIS arraigned in the, Philadelphia Police Court and held for a furthe) hearing. It was testified that during the night he had climbed 110 feet en St. John's Church steeple, from whieb 108 pounde of copper sheeting was re- moved. Thousands of iron, steel and tin workers in the United States- wi.1 con- tribute one per cent. of their earnings to ai4. the cause of the strikers in the sheet and tin divisions, and to build up a formidable defence.,fund in accordance with the action of the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers'in nation:II convention at Fort Wayne, Ind. The assessment will go into effect at once. IN MEMORIAM Service for the Late King in Toronto On Friday Afterno&p, Music by Massed Bands and Children at Parliartient Buildings, Toronto, Ont., May 16.—Arrange- talents aro practitelly completed for the memorial service, to the Xing, to be held on Friday afternoon, in front of the Parliament Buildings. The hour of the gervico will be 2.45 p. an. A. plat- form will be erected to accommodate the clergy and their Mende. All the bands of the different regiments of Toronto will be brigadedlunder Bandmaster Wal- dron, of the Grenadier Guards, and ev- ery man of all the regiments is expected ed to turn out. Dr. Ham, choirmaster of St. James Cathedral, Will be in charge of a messed choir of 500 Adults and 600 ehildren voices, made up from the different choirs of Toronto. Sir *Tamen Whitney will probably say a few introdnetory words, and WiLle of the representative clergy will speak, only briefly. The /service will be opted by the Dead March len toil, and elosed by Chopin' e Funeral March, and the National Anthem. A big trowd is ex. elected. it is Wall to be lenient With the feults of those who are bigger than We are. THE NEWSPAPER Perhaps the Greatest Gent's Worth, in the %Md. Bev. B. H. Stauffer On. Lessons From the Public. Press, Toronto, May 16,---T1*e daily Amapa - per became a polpiteer in the hands, of Rev, Byron If. Stauffer, at Bond Street Congregational Church last night. Mr. Stauffeep subject wan "The Sermon That the Newepaper Preaohee," and his text, "Aa cold water to the thirsty soul, so ie good news from a far eowatry." The newspaper should be regarded aa the greatest ally in the progress of civilization, said she speaker, who added that be desired to enlist tile sympathy of good people towards news- papermen and their work. The news- paper was a great mind, intensified by oreanization, and diffused by the ald of mccluinical invention. The positive pa- per was the powerful and popular pa. Per. "The greatest newspapers have been directed by picturesque men," said the preaeber. 'Dana, of the Sun; Greeley, of the Tribune; McCullagh, of the Globe -Democrat; Watterson, of the CourierJournal, and George Brown, of the Globe, fulfilled the requirement and made their papers great enginee of pow- er, beeause they !possessed the e,onfi- deuce of the people. The people soon reject the paper of negative influence, which advocates nothing and denounces nothing. Proceeding, Mr. Stauffer referred to the lesson in organization taught by the press. "The daily paper is the world's Mrs. Grundy, the tattler of four continents," said he. "It sells us the gossip of the universe. When you by a paper for one cent to -morrow moring,Vemembetr that erbilos you were listenint to this eermon tbe whole World was being swept for the news contained in that sheet. Men thousands of miles apart are work- ing for us to -night. The telegroph instruments are clieking, the type- writers and the typesetting machines are clicking, all for you and me. The cheapest thing in the world is a one cent newspaper. Think of it! The result of a day's work by an army of reporters, correspondents, editors and mechanics is left at your doorstep for one cent! The wonder is that so many people ride downtown in the morning and home again in the even- ing empty-handed and empty -minded, when for the smallest coin of the realm they could purchase the news of the world, with a miniature magazine thrown into the bargain." Continuing, Rev, Mr. Stauffer re, ferred to the necessity for accuracy and conciseness, and commented upon the distribution of space. "The mma boy of readers in each department," he observed, "decides the relative space devoted. If only one person in a hundred reads the reports of a prize fight, the sporting editor will confine the item to a 'single pare - graph. But if it is suspected that even the church -going public will linger longer over the prize fight re- port than they will over the religions news, they will be furnished with more fight news to the cutting down of sermons. So, while the editor may endeavor to elevate the tastes of his readers, he cannot wholly ignore their preferences. Therefore, it is but fair to say that the people shape the charac- ter of their newspapers." The speaker pointed out that the press preached a daily sermon in con- ciseness. More anateritte was received than could be handled. "It is more puz- zling to decide on what to omit than what to print,' was Mr. Stauffer's com- ment. "The accuracy of the average paper is astounding," he prooeeded. Fair- ness is the motto of the average re- porter. Much care is taken to con- firm reports that might damage re- putations or business interests. It would astonish the outsider who re- gards reporters as scandalmongers to know how much news is suppressed in newspaper offices. Quite frequently items of legitimate interest and quite in accordance with the facts are killed just) because their publication would wreak homes or corporations without king anybody any good." The spirit of sacrificing service as exemplified in the anonymous and ex. acting position of the newspaper writer and of loyal devotion and energy in news -gathering were oommented up- on. In concluding Mr. Stauffer referred of the power of the press in the cause of right. 4 • FATAL FIRE. Four Indians Burned in a Camp ear Kinistmo, Prince Albert, Sask., May 15.—Four Indians were fatally burned in a camp fifteen miles south of Kinistino last week. The fatality reveals one of the most shocking oases of psysical suf- feriug recorded in Northern Saekatehe- were Two ohildren, aged sixteen and efiX died immediately, but the father and: mother, though frightfully bunked, liv- ed from Sunday till Thursday without medical assistance. Though the father's feet and hands were burned off when he reached Kinistino, he tolled for the In- dian agent, and instructed him to di. vide his peek Of furs among his ere& tors in town. . •• • GIRL'S DEATH. To Investigate Death of Leamington Girl in Detroit, • Windsor, May 16.—Crown Attorney J. 11. Medd veill likely investigete the eirmonstantet whith led to the death of Nora Campbell, 20 years old, a Leam- ington girl, in a Detroit maternity hoe - pita last Thursday. Thls deelsion has been Teached on listening to abories of a relative, who cam. to Windeor to ar- range for the funeral. 'The trove* At. torhey has given instructions for the holding of an inqueet. The body M now at Fulton's morgue, Windeor, The dead girl was a daughter of Mrs. William Campbell, who lives two Valet cut of Leataington.