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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1910-08-18, Page 7TWO SIDES TO at the fek the upsetting of the yacht. "Direc- tor" by the ferry steamer Mayflowe entranee to the rry doconr Thureday niglit, was opened before Cor- oner Young yeeterday at the Matsu. THE STORY Inquest Into the Deaths By Drowning Of Toronto Yacht Captain of the Ferry Blames Those on the Yacht. And Those on the Yacht Blame the Ferry For the Accident Toronto, Aug. 22. -The boaies elf zotio. 1& PearCei Anse Margaret Jai - fray and Miss Tamale. Scully who were drowned when their yacht Dieectoire WB sunk by the ferryboat Mayflower of Centre Island Thursday night, were recovered at 6.30 yesterday morn. -4r, leg. Meet Aykroyd and several as- Sistants dragged the waters in the Vicinity of eth.e scene of the accident without intermission throughout the night. It was not until all the bodies had been found that the relatives and friends of the young People could be convinced that they had not es- caped and found shelter at (some of the Island cottages. The family of John Pearce did not learn of his death until' a brother read the story of the accident yesterday morning. The body of Miss Scully was iden- tified at the morgue by two sisters from St. Joseph's Convent. 'Miss Scully was graduated from the con- vent two yeare ago an.d since that Ulu° has resided at the home of her father, Mr. Edward Scully, of Wind- sor. She arrived in the city only Thursday morning to visit the family of Mr. Alexander Jaffrey .and called at St. joseph'e Cenvent in the after- noon to see her aunt who is a sister there. Mate Cartwright, of the Mayflower, said that he was on the lookout. He gave the signal to reverse the engines, but the ferryboat was so close to the yacht that the collision could not be prevented. John Pearce is said to have helped n two ladies into a launch, and to have lt endeavored to aid another, before he sank exhausted and was drowned.. Mr. William Ross, 784% Yonge street, also performed a plucky act when ne jumped from .the ferryboat and res- cued one of the ladies who was strug- gling in the water. "My own opinion is that they all went over to one side of the boat and upset themselves," said Capt. Mc- Maugh, of the Mayflower, "but, of course, our bumping them had some- thing to do with it. "I didn't see them until we were right on top sof them, and the mate had yelled to me to back up. We did not hit them at all hard. We were hardly a boat's length from the slip when it happened. The mate, who had. been on the lookout from the time we left the Bey street wharf, saw our lights shine on the sail. He yelled to me that there was a boat in front qf us and for me to back up. "I threw the indicator right back and thought that the rush of water would send them away from us. . We were so close to the slip that I had to either go into it or into the dock. 'That's about all that I can say' &sent it. We were right on top of them before I knew they were there and I did the best that I could. I nes feelbadlY about it, but what can I Miss Margaret Jaffrey, and Miss • Scully are thought to have fallen under the sail of the yacht and to have been unable to get out from under it. Pearce Is supposed to have been struck by the , paddle of the ferry. Until yesterday Morning it was thought that the two young ladies had been rescued by a launch and taken to a cottage at the Island, and that Peasee was the only one who had been drowned. Arthur Jaf- frey was under the impression that' he had. assisted his sister into a launch, but it afterwards turned out that it was Mies McMahon he had rescued. The three bodies 'were recovered by Malt. Ackroyd this morning on about ten , feet of water. It was a scene of the greatest con- fusion after the boat had. struck them, as the occupants of the yacht were In the water on both sides. The erica attracted boats and launches, which n, quickly gathered to the spot According to the story told by all, the ferry was coming at full speed, and did not slack- en at all until after she had. struck them. '3Those on board could not fail Lo hieve seen us." Mr. Norman Jaffrey said, "for We were just between there and the lights on the Island. We all shouted to them and some of titose on • the ferry thouted back to us. She made no attempt to even get out of our way, and clid tot reverse her engines until she had street: us." Mr. Norman Jaf- frey was at the tiller, and hi trying to get out of the way of the ferry found that she wouli not answer the rudder, as there was too little wind, The yacht carried the reguhi.tion lights, and they Were all lit. It was from ten minutes to half an hour before all the people were taken out of the water and they were all very much exhausted. "When I went under," Miss Mamie Affray said, "I. felt myself being drawn down, and remembered to keep my mouth shut. Then, I suppose by the wash frbm the addles whet they were reversed, I was Sent up to the top again, I caught hold of the rope of One of the fenders on the -4' ferry itutil a man slid down nother rope from the steamer Etna tried to reach me, but at first he tonal not. It was not until I had worked my way farther along that he was able to eateh hold of inc. He could not swim, and had to keep hold of the rope 'himself, and be was ebout as exhatieted as 1 was when are were taken. on board. 1eouht not have held on meth longer." The man who saied Mists jaffray is Mr. Arthur Hose, dne of the passengers. Mr. Alex. Jaffrey, father of the nth. ere. was thrown under the sailboat, and had to swim dowe under water to get dear of it. Ire said efterwerds that he thought he remembered taking one of the gilds up to the top with him. Mr. Norman Jaffrey teenaged to get his me- ther out into a launch without Much difficulty. Robert jenniuge went down *dome to the paddle wheel of the ferry, arid was truck on the hand by it. He tame up, however, and tristnepd to hold to One of the fenders until he was pull- ed nut The others 'were picked up ty Mt) 1I hoattl. The inqueet Vito the death or John WANT PEACE. Trying to Settle Trouble Between Spain and Rome. ••••,••••,,,•••• Bonk, Aug. 2`.3.-Unofficlal attempts are being made at both 'Madrid and lu Rome to find. a middle come between the intransigeant attitudes of both par- ties in the religious question, which Itas caused a rupture of the diplomatic re- lations of Spain and the Holy nee. The plan favored. by prominent Cath- olics is the resumption of negotiations with the intention of both sides to com- plete them before the re -opening of the Cortes, Premier Caualejas, of Spain, pledging himself to preseet to Paella- ment bills agreeing with the result of the negotiations. WAS TIRED OF LIFE Well -Known Farmer Living Near Strathroy, Shoots Himself. Calls Some Neighbors Over and Tells Them of HislAct. Stratlaroy, Aug. Pilfrey, who lives on the 10th coneeseion af Carmloc, about two and a half miles south of Stratroy, shot himself with a 32 -calibre revolver in the left breast just above the heart about 2.30 o'clock this afternoon. John afeWhinney, a neighbor, had just driven down the lane front his -oat field, when Pilfrey called him over and told him what he had done. Wrn. Ferguson and Hector McLean were called, and svhile Ferguson and. adcWhinney did what they could to relieve the injured man, McLean went after Dr. Bateman, of Stratroy. The doctor was quickly on the scene and located the bullet. He deemed it advisable to have the patient conveyed to Victoria Hospital, London; and he was taken to that city by Wm. Fergu- son. Dr. Bateman questioned the injured man, and in reply to the question, "Why did you do it,' Pilfrey said, "Damn tired of life." Pilfrey had been ailing for a consid- erable time, and has been unable to do any work since last spring. He is a bachelor and lives with a sis- ter. London, Aug. 13. -At the hospital it was said at midnight that Pilfrey would likely recover. The bullet is probably bnbedded in the flesh of the 'back, but the x-rays will be used to -day to deter- mine its exact position. . SOCIETY ORGY IN OKLAHOMA One Man Fatally Injured in Affray Over a Dance, The Crowd Sing Popular Songs While Men Exchange Bullets. Tulsa, Okla, Aug. 22. -As the result of a, shooting affray in the presence. of a scare of Tulsa soeiety women in the Tallyho, club aouse, six miles, ease al here, at a late beer last night, W. 0. Graybill, a produce' Merehaut, was shot and probably fatally wounded; J. J. Buck, a loeal capitalist, has a bullet in his seoulderi a waiter has a bullet hole through his hand, and the police to -day are looking for Walter Fawcett, a well knewn club man. Buck is said. to be in a dangerous con- dition and is. unconscious. Graybill showed. improvement to -day, but is not out of danger, The Tomah°, Club is one of the most fashionable country resorts in this sec- tion of the State. In a stigma statement issued to -day, W. 0. Mewing, a State law enforcement officer, declares practi- cally everybody in the place, including at least twenty society Women of Tulse, were intoxicated. Fleming owns a largo interest in the club house and has been severely critielsed by the local clergy for his connection with the place. Officers this morning raided the club house, and • felted 200 pints of whiskey and 50 pints of chanepagne, as well as a score of well known married women. of this section, many of whom were sup- posed to have been at eastern, seeside resorts spending their vacations, but who have in reality been living at the club house for more than two months. It was rumored treday that Governor Haskell had ordered W. B, Cain, chief of the law enforcement bureau of the State, to the scene and that a thorough investigation of the club house and the sltooting affray svill be made immedi- ately. An eye -witness of the shooting said that the trouble originated when Buck was discovered dancing with Mrs. Mar- tin Shively, wife of a local grain dealer, by Mr. Shively. The latter objected, and Buck banteringly Offered to fight him for possession of Mrs. Shively. They came to blows, it is asserted. Buck received the worst of the en- counter and soon disappeared. Shortly afterward he began shooting at the house from underneath a large tree out- side, and one of the bullets bit Graybill. Walter Fawcett, manager of the place, then opened fire on Buck with an auto- matic revolver, and suceedeed in placing it bullet bit Buck's shoulder. All of this time the drunken men and women in the house were mounted on tables and on chairs, and were. loualy singing, "What the - do we care?" Many local business mon whose wives were absent front the city rushed to Tanabe, in automobiles, and a number of them found their wives in the dub house. It was learned to -day that a number of the women at the house were the wives of prominent State officials, while a few are from neighboring States. EARL DEAD. Was Eye -Witness of the Phoenix Park Assassinations in Dublin. London, Aug, 22.-J. Poyntz Spencer, the fifth Earl of Spencer, died here to- day. Hhe was born in 1835. The Earl twice held the posts of Viceroy of Ire- land and President of the Council, and was First Lord of the Admhalty from 1892 to 1895. Up to 1907 he was Chan. cellor of\ the Victoria University. Vis- count Althorp, half-brother of the earl, eucceeds to the title. The "Red Earl," as he socially was . called. on account of his flaming beard, was one of the last of the early Vie- torien political warriors. Perhens the most conspicuous services of his notable career were his two terms as Lord Lieu- tenant of Ireland. He was an eye-wite aCa3 of the Phoenix Park assassinations from a window of the Vice Regal. lodge. BARS WIDOWS. Missouri Swain Attacks Sweetheart and Dies By. Poison, St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 22. -Although his had given up her claim to it twenty thousand dollar estate in order that she might marry him , R. R. Taring became insanely jealous, and in a fit of frenzy to -day attempted to shoot his sweetheart, Mrs. Iletty Jelley, and fail- ing ran to it room end drained the eon- tentts of et bottle of carbolic acid. He died before a physician could reach him. Krieg left a note bit. which, like Tony Weller, he warned all men to beware of widows. The note stated he had gone with wido'svs since he was twenty- five years of age, and had been fooled by each one. * flame FLEEING FROM FOREST FIRES 25 STOWAWAYS. Chinese Hid Themselves Among Cargo of Steamer Kumeric, Seattle, Wash., Aug. 22. --Twenty-five Chinese stowaways who had eluded the inspectors at Vancouver, B. Ce were cap- tured aboard the British steamer Kum- crie, recently arrived from Hong Kong, by immigration authorities _yesterday. The Chinese had wallea off it emu twee.- ty -feet square under the cargo of the leumeric. They had Leen coedited to this den sinee the steamship left China early in July, amaplanned to slip .ashore when the Kumerto readied Portland, where she is going to load, lumber. In their little den they cooked their food, ate end slept. A lantern used in the search was thrust into the rote, but the poisonous air instantly extin- guished the flames. The men were half clan cia sante were ill front their long confinement and scant provender of tea, eke and water. • FAILED TO KILL 'HIMSELF. naming, Cele., Aug. an effort to end his life, John Tape, 23 ytar e old. jumped from it train yesterday. At he wai only slightly injured, lie ghat lam. self. Thai resulted in a sealp weund mut Tegue fleet ate brimAtine. Thai McARDLE BETTER. Factories and Other Buildings -De stroyed Pacer Creek District, •••••••MIP•01,••• More Soldiers Sent to Montana ,,to Fight the Firm Wallace, Idaho, .Aug. U. -Blazing OUP earrini by the wind from tiw burn- :ne, forest on the mountain sides, tire ettlieg Wellace. A hundred inutilies itavo packed up their possessions and fled. Shoule the wine bocome etroeger it is believed nothing can save the town, norest fires in the Placer Creek dis- trict, 03 mike front Wallace, have de- etioyed the compressor butidiugs„ boiler &Ants, blacksmith shops am many cab- ins. . - Fellow Who Shot Him Believed to Be Crazy. loo Many Young Hungarians Coming to This Continent. Vienna, A.ug. 22. --The wholesale emi- gration of Hungarian's to America, is ba,ving a detrimental effect upon the army. The recruiting moyement, hitherto confined to the poorer dietricts the earth, has now been (=Wildest. to the rich and. productive region of southern Hungary. It is expected. that despite the favorable harvest the emigration of riungevians in 1910 will exceed all for- mer figures. The denudation of the country of ite able -boated youth is ex- citing profound attention Government circles. WANT HELP. Washington Aug. U. -Forest fire conditiens on 'the letatheed -Indian reser- vation in Montana continue to grow worse. A telegram received by acting Secretary Pierce, of the Interior Depart- ment, from Superintendent Morgan, of the reservation, reports the siteation more serious than yet reported, null ap- peals for assistaree of additional troaps. Two additional companies will bo rushed to tlie reservation. The soldiers, who were ordered to the reservation on Thursday, it is believed, arrived at the scene of the fire yester- day. While officials of the Interior De- patment view the situation with consid- erable concern, they believe with the re- inforcementt of the soldiers, the fire fighters will be able to eontrot the flanun in it short time. PRAYING FOR RAIN. Spokane, Wash., Aug. 22. -Fierce for est fires now raging in the Cotter da Alene region, in Idaho, especially near Wallace, Murray and Mullen are tax- ing the fighting resources of hunch -as of men almost beyond endurance and the task of subduing the flames fs ap- parently hopeless. Citizens of the threatened towns are in a' wild state of panic. The dense smoke which envelopes them causes in- tense suffering. Men and women are praying for rain and that there may be no change of wind. A heavy pall of smoke bangs over the country for utiles. Heated embers are falling everywhere. A change of wind from east to west wochl bring the fiery furnace to the top of the hills overlooking Wallace. There the fierce flames would create a heat in which frame buildings would burn like tinder in spite of all precautions. The fire-fighters, wearied by weeks of exertion, find that all their efforts have been of little avail and look for no per- manent relief until a heavy rain fall stops the fires. • • • Detroit, Aug. 22. -The police say that a medical examination will be made of Delaney, the former Windsor telegraph- er, who on Wednesday night shot two of his fellosv-operators in the Western elne ion office, Neither will prosecute Dela- ney, and the police say that they ivill not give him freedom, because of his mental condition. The probate court will be asked to order an examination with a view to having him committed to an asy lum. Arthur McArdle, one of the men shot, after a, relapse that placed him in it cri- tical condition yesterday, is again int- provieg, and is expected to recover. Schwartz, who was woended in the neck, is also doing well. McArdle was an operator in Hamilton up to five years ago. 0 STANDING CROP. Winners In Oats In Government Prize Competition, Jas. A. Gray, Freelton, Seeretav ot the West Fle.mboro' Society, reports the following prize winners in the above competition, G. Wasting Vandeleur being the judge. 1. G. la Misener'Capetown, Sheffield Standard, 87 points. 2, nutrdge Gunley, Itiontsburg, Mam- moth Cluster, 82% points. , 3. Wee Beaton, Freelten, B. 'White Jewel, 801/4 points. 4. Thos. Pegg, Strabane, 78 points. 5 Goo Tfarris letillgrove 761/4 pointss. JUMPED TO DEATH . . allighly commended -Jos. Teleord, Ineelton, White Jewel, 75 points. Commended -J. J. Sanderson, Stra- bane, Am. Improved, 73 points. • • JAPAN'S GREAT FLOODS. Tokio, Aug. a2. -The waters of the river Sumude are still rising and the Henke and Fukadasva wards of Tokio aro almost completely submerged. Tens of thousiteds of persons are homeless and starving. Otte of the three import* ant embankments guarding Tokio has broken. Should the second mid third dykes break half the capital woula be submerged. Boy Balloonist Fell a Mile and Was Dashed to. Death. 11...•••••••• Widow's Son Performing Risky Feat, Met Tragic End at Aviation Meet. .1 IR SAVED THEM. Mother and on Neal ly Drowned from Launch at St. Catharines, St, Catharines, Ont., despatch: %deli Bishopric, an .employee of the T. Eaton Company, Toronto, who is home ou hie holidays, was enjoying an evening canoe ride with his elderly mother on the Cenadlan Henley come when 13. Hinds' gastoline launch hit the canoe, cutting it in two and throwing the occu- pants into the water, just in the nick of time a searchlight revealed the state of affairs to Geo, Collins, a member of the Athletic Lacrosse Club, from. his small launelt. He wen to the assistance of the pair, and ptilled each out of the water wi thou t assistance. -4 • o Asbury Park, N. J., Aug. 22. -Looking down from the height of a mile, anti- cipating the plaudits of 10,000 people below and a reward. of $5 for his doz- ing, "Bonny" Prinz this afternoon let go from his balloon to sail to the earth in his parachute, and fell to his death. The young man, 21 ,years old, had as- cended at Aviation Field in a balloon with another performer. His body at first came twisting and turning, ana struck head first on the branch of an apple tree in a garden back of a farm- house 100 yards to the west of the grand stand. From the tree the body tumbled lifeless into the 'garden. The young male lived with his widowed mother in Newark, N.J. Me came here with Johnny Mack end Mack's wife, Dot, who jumped successfully this after- noon, and another youeg parachute per- former, James Fleming, whose home else is ht Newark. Fleming: ascenaed in the _same balloon with Prinz, and jumped successfully a, few moments before Prinz cut loose at the higher altitude. There ha,d been an afternoon of spec- ular flights by 'Hoxsey and Johnston in their biplanes, high trips by Fred. Owens in his yellow dirigible and a para- ehute drop by Dot Mack, with an au- dience that ineluded Governor Fort, poli- ticians and legislators from New jer- sey, and a crowd of more than 10,000. Prinz and Fleming ascended sitting on it *epee bar 60 feet below the bal- loon. Before the ascension Priez examin- ed the seemed parachute and remarked that it was a bit taneled, but otherwise was all right. At 4,000 feet Jimmy Fleming let go and sailed. unity to the ground. At the second crack of Mack's signal pistol Prinz let go. 1 -lis stunt was a double paracinxte drop. The seeond parte chute was flapping and cutting like a snake against the sky. From below its folds a black speck fell that showed no head or limbs at first, so high waS It, As it came nearer the boy's legs could be distinguished, and in another instant Benny had dropped so far that. his arms eould be made out. Ile shot across the dise of the setting sun mei carried the limb of an apple tree with hint as he eraehea into the farmyard. Frank Reed, it tam hand, pulled it sheet from a clothesline in the yard and cov- ered Prinz's mangled body. DEATH FOLLOWS DANCING. y=1.1•14•4* HERO OF THE HOUR Drexel's .High Flying and Quick Drop Cause Comment. Robert Loraine Had Narrow Escape From Death. NEWS OF THE DAY IN BRIEF Caradoc Farmer Who Tried Suicide Will liecover. 1. Paris Lady Wearing Hobble Skirt Breaks a Leg, London despatch: J. Armstrong Drexel's daring altitude flight Thursday night, when he reached it height of 6,700 feet, and still more daring volplane de- scent at a terrific pace, .hade made him the hero of the hour. This raorninga newspapers print an extended interview with Drexel and ster- ies of his experiences. Drexel's present intention is not to re- peat an attempt at high flying unless, he guardedly added, "somebody .gets higher than I did." Robert Loraine, the actor, who has been weather-bound at Anglesey, on the Welsh coast, awaiting a favorable op- portunity to attempt a flight to Ireland, had. a narrow escape dining it trial flight yesterday. His maehine fell to the ground and was smashed. eta • Sixteeti Merrymakers Drowned in a Lake Duririg s Thunderstorm. Vienna, Aug. 22. -Sixteen youths and girle of the peasant clam were drowned near Snlzburg. A party of 20 -crossed the lake to take part in a donee. They were in a festive mood on their return and boarded the ferryboat in higli spiting. A violent thunderetorm suddenly arose, end the boat was swamped by the waves whieh rolled erross the water. Tae fishernten vowed out on the lake, despite the Istorm, aria found two Men BANK CLERK SHOOTS 'FEND 111111...M.0•••••• London Ice Man Goes to Sleep Beside Railway Track, Forest fires aro still raging in Idaho and. Montana, Sir Joseph. Walton, duage •ot tlte King's Bench Division since limn is dead. Dr. Andrew Smith, former Prendent of the ()aerie Veterinary College, .a 'seri- ously ill. Another Toronto Bay tragedy is fear- ed, as a woman's clothing was founa on the western sandbar. Hon. William Pugsley visitea Port Bi - gin and Southampton on Saturdity and inspeeted the harbors. Chariest Lount Gray, of Ottawa, and Donald James Cowan, Port Arthur, soli- citors, have been appointed notariee pub- lic. Five Bulgarians wore arrested on Saturday night by the Toronto police Charged with gambling at 318 King street east. From burns received on Friday, Meta Smith, the eightareaeold daughter of Thomas Smith, Portsmouth, died in the Motel Dieu, Kingston. Jos. Gauthier, of Rock Forest, Que., was found dead under his wagon on the road on Saturday. It is not known how he came to his death. leaanley Warren, 25, one of the crew of the Am.erica,n schooner Lucia, Porter, loading lumber at St. John, N. B., is mis- sing, and is supposed to have been droweed. Illustrated the Shooting of Mayor Gaynor by Gallagher. TORE HOLES IN SHOE. Preak of Lightning Which Struck Carlton County House. Ottawa, Aug. i.'2.-afre. Sims) of West- boro, had groat holes burned by light- ning, ,in the shoe on her right feet, Fula her stockine (tut into shreds, but the foot only slIghtly burned. :Ste ana Mrs. Sims and their caild were sitting at the door watching the storm when the belt streek them. All three were rendered miconsrious. The father Ana baby boy - were not hurt and wavered in a me - merit. Mrs. Sims' eseape was mintettlous. One-half of the Sllia% Was alitired all butte.] away. while the other half was untotietted. The AWN e wail Iiiirnea Peeree. who lost his life in the triple merely prenlecea uneonseineeneet, ana who were eupporting two gifirs. Both slightly, and it hole knoekei t 'mug 1 Didn't .Know it Was Loaded and is Suffering From Shock.. The Victim in Hospital With Bullet in , His Stomach. London, Aug. to the stock know -it -was -loaded" pistol yesterday when Richard Bonnamy, a clerk in tbe branch of the Colonial Batik at St. Nicholas avenue and 116th street, shot George Wing. another clerk, during it discussion of the shooting of Mayor Gaynor. 22. -The was added Grand Trunk of the "didn't - The two youeg men are each seven- teen years old and are close friends. They entered the employ of the bank eight months ago, after having been classmates for four years in it Harlem school. Wing is at the Harlem hospital with a bullet in his stomach and only a fair chance of recovery, while Bonnamy, who was arrested after the shooting, is under the care of a physician suffer- ing from shock. After a hard day's work at the bank the clerks were getting ready to go home at five o'clock yesterday afternoon, when they began discussing the subject that everybody is talking about, the attempt on the life of Mayor Gaynor. A loaded revolver lay in the desk of John Olsen, manager of the Wolk. Wing took it, removed the cartilages, and began illustrating his view of the shoot- ing, Having made his point clear, he re- loaded the weapon and placed it where he found it in the manager's Sleek. Mn. Olsen left the bank at three olelook and went to his home in Larehmont Wing's back had. been turned to Bore nitro es he reloaded the pistol and he had seemly replaced it before Bon- namy took it from the desk and began illustrating his conception of the shoot- ing. Pointing the weapon at Wing he called his friend by name and inquired: "Now, hoeNvould you feel 'fern were talking to friends when sud- dotty- As Wing cried a warning there wee a flash and a report, and Wing felt to the floor 'with both hands pressed to his side. As Several of the bank clerks sprang to Whig's aid Bonnanty. flashed to the street still holdieg the pistol and moan- ing that he had kilted his besb friend. A polieeman seined him as he stood at the Welk door and knocked, the re- volver from his grasp. Wing was milted to the Harlem Mos- pital, where later Berufainy wasbrought before him for identification. Wing de- emed that the shooting Tied been an RN ''dertt and begged that his friend be re. - 1 1 Bonnarny Was r a e CRIPPEN MUM IVO nnown.••••••• Death of the Coroner and Fresh Start Under Deputy. Belle Elmore's Choking Sensation - Miss Lenevess Message,. a •*..41••••••• Loudon, Aug. 15.-14 consequence of the death of Coroner Thenute Witelc ago, it was necessary to make a fresh start iu the farippeu inqueet to -day by the deputy coroner, Dr. Behreetior. The mangled reinalle euppoeed to be Weep of Belle Elmore were again 'viewed by the jury and the hearing opened. with a Inief recital of the known Mete the nose by Dr. &theater, who intimated that the inquiry was apt to be it pro - traded one. Solicitor Arthur Newton, who was re- tained. by friends of Dr. Crippen and whose services were accepted by the lat- ter by cable, was attendance en be- half clf Dr. Crippeu. Solicitor 3. H. Wat- son represented Miss Leneve. Some of the more formal evidence - given at the first hearing was repeated and a new witness, Mrs, Belinda May, Sacerts.ry of the Music Hall Ladies' Guild, of which Belle Elmore was tree- eurer, testified that et Christmas time airs, 'Clippies complained that her sleep was disturbed by a choking lionisation as if she were going to die. On Feb. 20 Miss Leneve brought to ber a passbook. cheque book and a letter in Dr. Clip - pen's handwriting, saying that Belle was going away for .a few months, and ask- ing that the Guild elect new treasurer. Superintendent Freest, of Scanned Yard, informed the court that he ex- pected Dr. Crippon and Miss Leneve to arrive in England in about three weeks, after which the proceedings were ad- journed until Sept. 12, -4 • 41. Williani Pilfrey, the Cara.doe farmer who trkd to kill himself with a re- volver on Friday aftei aeon, will moven The bullet was removed from his back on Sunday. ' A donation of $10,004 to the Toronto Plae-grounds Association by the trustees of Miss McCormick, Toronto, a sister of Mr. Cyrus II. 1VIcCormick, of Chicago, has been received. The British armored cruiser Duke of Edinburgh which went ashore off Cowes on Saturday, was refloated early on Sunday with the aid of tugs. The cruis- er is not damaged. The MOKinnon building, at the north- east corner of Yong and Wellington streets, Toronto, has been sold to the firm of Cockburn St Rea by Mr. S. F. McKinnon, for $120,000. James preen an ex -Royal Artillery- man, who saw active service in the Crimean War and Indian Muting, died at his home, 238 First avenue, Toronto. Ile was in his 83rd year. Bernard Nightingale, a teamster. who was run over by an ice wagon at Sylvan avenue and Dufferin street, Toronto, a week ago, died at the Western Hospital on Sunday from internal injuries. Jack Trooper, an ice man, sat down beside the G. T. R. tracks west of Lon- don, on Sunday and fell asleep. A fast freight came along and the ceander bit the man on the arm, fracturing it. Gordon Elam, ten years of age son of Leander Klem, of John street, age, fell into the water at Bridgeport waile fishing and was drowned. His body was recovered half an hour afterwards. !Metered has deckled not to send any money to the Campbellton relief funds. The City Attorney has come to the conclusion that the city menet legally Rend' money owing to its charter. Saying that he was not feeling very well and before assistance could reach him, Alexander Henderson, it carpenter, 349 Spadina avenue, Toronto, collapaed on Sunday morning and died almost im- mediately. f lit i itli w the 00 Matt tteliVerlag di belng back of the houses. drown rig s.tit y n cOnliet on In ns 11164 etl er 111 11 The centred for a seven -storey hotel for the Cane.diaa Northern at Brandon, Man., was awarded to Thomas Kelly & Sons, Winnipeg. The hotel will a.djoin the station, with a frontage of 140 feet On Princess avenue. iThe opening of the new hospital at Oshawa on Saturday was largely attend- ed by the citizen. The building has it eapeeity for 22 beds, 18 modernly equipped: and was opened free of debt and with it cash surplus. Bertie Fry, youngest son of J. II. Fry, was drowned in the River Syden- ham at Wallaceburg on Saturday. The little fellow and his brother were play- ing in their father's row boat, when he accidentally fell overboard. On Sufulay the cap in the Teullsktun- ing haft at Cobalt fen about thirty feet. Pour Finlanders were badly shak- en up, and Mee others are in the .hos- pital, Nichola Gantlet was- cut about the legs, and Coley Mackey has a broken arm. While elighting front an antontobile sit Paris a woman. Who- was wearing a hobble skirt, tripped awl broke her leg. The dressmakers of Paris greatly &- Om the tight skirt craze and state that the demend for them has fallen off greatly. Some one has been.passing baa twen- ty-five cent pieees, imitations of Can - Wien motley, in Toronto in it svholesale way during the past few days. Otte down.town hotel on Sunday night had been loaded up to the extent of -nearly fifteen dollars. Frederick George Goulding was found dead in his bed en Saturday by his fath- er at his home, 34 Triller avenue, To - route. The young man, who was 25 years of age, had retires' ct short while before apparently in good health. Death was clue to heart failure. In the dealt of ler. John Turner Mete lin et Brampton, on Sunday, at the age of 78 years, there paesed away one of the earliest graduates of Vitoria Medi - eat College, and one who has aractised medicine in Brampton lied itt the eounty of Peel for !telt a century. The 311 liegiment of the New York National Guard, and the OM, of Buffalo, are tenting to Toronto to occupy the Model Military Came et the Exhibition on Aug. 31. The camp will be known as Camp Wm, If. Cotton, in honor of the Brigadier -General of the western distriet. Bement White, a young man wanted by Sheriff Richardson, of Warsaw, N. Y., for omit larceny, was arrested by Court- ty Conetables Stewert end 13urns ttt 'ambito' on leaturdetv. White has MERRY DEL TAI Solely Responsible for the Controver sy With Spain. Vatican Took No Action in San Se- bastian Matter. InalaPoakets reaped a rich harvest at the Iiisluitens' picnic at Port Stanley on Friday. Dr. James Kenneth Johnstone, inspee. tot of electric =tea at Toronto, died suddenly. Judge Saufley, of the, District Court, was fouud dead in the stable of hist home at Stauford, Ky. ,Rev. Mr, Smith, of New Haven, Con. nectieut, has eeceptea a call to the pas- torate of the Baptist Church, Belleville. Mr. D. D. Mann denies that the• Can- lidian Northern has any 'arrangement with the, Governinent over the lludselt Bay Railway, Sir James Whitney will leave next Tuesday evening or Wednesday morning for a holiday trip to the old. country. He will be gone several weeks. The British barkeutine Irelga, which left Newcastle 113 days ago with coal for Frisco, went ashore on Diamond Read, at the • entrance of the Honobilu harbor. The International Congress on Educa- tion at Brussels adopted a resolution to- day favoring making physical instrue. tion compulsory in all public and private schools. In trying to recover a lost canoe pad- dle two young canoeists, Frederick Mel- berg and Rudolph Bieelter, upset their emft in the Bronx River at New York, and were drowned, A patrol of the Gibraltar Boy Scouts has arrived at Tangier, and will camp in a field near the British Legation, The boys will practice scout duties and ambulance work. A little girl named Vanquent, living in London, Was bitten by a bulldog this week. Alex. Thompson, who owlet the dog, appeared in court and was fined $2 for allowing it about =nuzzled. Madrid, Aug. 15.-1 00mi-official note issued to -day, attributes to outline!. Merry del Val, the Papal Secretary of State, sole responsibility for the mite of the Vatican in the controveee,y with Spain. The note says thee ehe mane Nato, issued by Cardinal Merry del Val for the purpose, according to the note, of influencing the prese of 'chi) world, will 'make no impression upon the Span- ish Government, which is thbroughly in- formed of what is promaing behind. the ecenes at the Vatican. "The congregation of extraordinary ecelesiaetical effairsSe t•he inspirers of the note state, "was 'lever eonsulted dur. ing the negotiations which have been going on for months between Spain and the Vabican. Premier Canalejas knows that every decision in the present con. troversy was taken solely by Cardinal Merry del Val." THAT DEMONSTRATION. Rome, Aug. 15. -Owing to it misunder. standing, it was (stated at the thee of the .abiutdoninent of the clerical demon. stmtion at San Sebastian, the Spauish summer capital, on Aug. 7, that the Vat- ican has ineteueted the Roman Catholice of Spain to prevent the =attestation. Tbe Vatican now wishee it clearly knows that this statement was incorreet The Holy See maintained a wholly extrane. oust attitude on the subjec, taking no steps regarding the movement and dolug nothing either to promote or prevent it. it Id bar agreed to return vOlUntarlly to ttio e moo( . feletilette assault. MILLIONS LOST. Forest Fires Raging in State of Ore- gon, Doing Enormous Damge. 3. K. Cartbew's annual estimate of the world's crept. gives Canada. 1,350,000 quarters, 35,000,000 bushels less than in 1009. Total crops are estimated at 375,- 000,000 quarters, an increaee of 600,000. The body of V. M. Kirkpatrick, the young man who was drowned in thelalre west. of the Humber, Toronto, about it month ago, was found on Friday float- ing in the water by a fisherman named Corey, The Canadian Northern Saskateltewan express was wrecked, near Warman, Sask., the engine and baggage car beiug badly smashed when a spread rail eene the train into a ditch. No one was in- jured. James Boyd, a master painter at St. John, N. 13., was killed by the collapse of tee staging of a house which he was painting. James Quinn, another painter, fell with Boyd and had an ann and leg broken. Two prominent English firma will shortly locate branches in Montreal, the George Anderson Co., manufecturers of cranes and stove machinery, end the Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Com- pany, of Darlington. A progressive tax on unimproved value of tend is provided for in a bill read the first time at Melbourne, on Tuesday. It will in the ease of absentee lands be a penny on the pound through- out, with no exemptions. Mr, Rai -Laing, Viceroy of Manchuria, has formally demanded of the Japanese Consul the withdrawal of all the Jap- anese stopping at Kai -Ping, Jn Chi- 14. Province, and other places not open to the residency of foreigners. Alex. Graham MacDonald, aged. 00, son of A. MacDonald, of the big Winni- peg wholesale grocery firm, was- drown- ed on Friday while bathing et the fam- ily caanp itt Kenora. He was manager of his father's business at Vancouver. Following the administration of an anaesthetic yesterday at St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Walter Plumstead, 32 years old, died on an operating Wee. Plumstead entered the hospital two dent see to undergo an operation for lucam- nia. The Old Home day at Arthur, Ont., on Thursday svas one of the most success- ful celebrations ever held in the town - slap. A large number of old boys wore nreeent, while the ideal weather brought an immense crowd from the adjoining country. Three more divorce eases are listed for the consideration of Parliament tit its next session, The applicants are: -Hugh Samuel Bell, farmer, of Washkada, Mane Mrs. Maggie Florence Sadler, of Toronto, and Mrs. Matilda Emo, of Montreal. Seven insane persons are at present j in the county ail at London awaiting removal to the Hospital for Insane. This is the largest number ever in the jail at one time and the jail phyeielan, Dr. Mc- Arthur, is of the opinion that insanity is increasing in that section. Three persons were killed outright and four were severely Wilted when it southbound passenger train on the Lake Erie & Western Railroad struck an automobile at it crossing one mile east of Rochester, Ind., on Friday night. night. A cloudburst yesterday in the vicinity of Beaver Meadow Brook, in the foot- hills of the Adirontlacks, carried away it large dam three miles north of Ifinekley and did extensive damage. The pro- perty of IL 3. Cookinham. of Utica, was damaged to the extent of several thou- sand dollars. Portland, Ore., Aug. 15, -Until a general "rain comes to break the long dry period it is evident that the for- est fires now raging in a score of districts all over the Pacifc north. west will remain a serious menace. The loss at present eau te counted only in millions, but how many mil. lions can scarcely be guessed. The forecaster give no hope for rain. Porest rangers and settlers are working dayand night in the Coeur d'Alene region, where three towns have been threatened. Millions of feet of timber have been. burned in the Wenahar reserve. Two thousand acres have been burned over at Yacolt, northeast of Vancouver, Wash. The eastern pa,rb bf Wash- ington has suffered severely. A me of fire is still maintained in the Col - villa reserve. In Oregon the greatest danger is in the Wallowa reserve. DYNAMITP AND RAIN. Spokane, Wash., Aug. 15. -At Wal.' lace, Idaho, hundreds of pounds of dynamite hung to the limbe of trees on the high points eurroultding the city and exploded in the hope that the ffeet 'night produco rain to cheek the devatation by forest fires, is said to have had it result, far last mid- night rain began falling for the first time in two months. The fall has been heavy. STREET CARSTRIKE Stoning Cars, Shooting and Dynamit- ing at Columbus, Ohio. Ce;lumbus, Ohio, Aug. 15. -No °Metal call has been made on Governor Har- mon for it return of troops in Nemec tion With the etrike of the union street ear men, but several eotfereneee were beta toelay es to the best wey to cope with the biereaSed lawlessness in ston- ing ears, promireuons gliooting and dy- namiting of ear barns. On nreount of the continued trouble lie.re, Gov. Mar- mon has metalled all of hie °Weide speaking engagements tor the present, Dr. Carl Patrasehek, it forest expert, of Austria, is at AVeshington conferring with officials of the forest serviee preliminary to it trip which he will make through the forests of Canada. end the Vnited States for the purpose of shifty- ing woodland conditions and the manner in which they are met. Jenks Boyd, it painter, Was killed, and Ames Quinn, his assistant, badly in. jured, by falling thirty feet from, it staging on a Main street house, St. Joke, N. B. The hooks holding the stag. ing broke, allowing the men to fall to the sidewalk below. Severed persons on the street had a harrOW escape. Joseph Wendling, wanted on it charge of murdering little Alma Kellner, was platted in the City Roll att Louleville, Ky.. on Friday afternoon, after it re. ma'rkable chase across the eoritiuent, . :Lint in eahItinvigo:t af ctimaplity. jr0eaair,k.acbalerneil.. - chief of the Louisville deteetive .depart. The steamer liamonie, which carried President Rays) Mn, Alfred W. Smithers. Lord Doughty and others 'of the ..•.1rtnid Trunk pnrty, again broke the Lake Superior reeOrd, arriving on Friday morning niter it trip of fifteen hours and fifteen minutes from tie Soo. This is fifteen minutes faster than the re. ma bung up two weeks 1140.