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The Herald, 1906-08-10, Page 2THE MUTINY AT FIEtSINGFURS. Desperate Conflict in the Fortress of Sveaborg, Finland. Warships Turn Batteries on Barracks and Mutineers. The Mutineers Still (Holding Position in Fortress. • I3elsingfors, Aug. 6, 1.40 a.. 'berg is is entirely in the hands of the mu- tineers, who have in their posses- sion every kind of arament. Horeible scenes occurred during last night, when the fierce fighting was continued. The heaviest artillery was used during the conflict. Several officers were killed or wounded. The wounded were transport- ed. to Helsingfors. Colonel Hakaroff was bayoneted. He begged in kindly tones for transportation to the hospital, promising forgiveness in exchange. In- stead he was stoned and thrown into the water with a stone tied . around his neck. No Report of Suspension St. Petersbaarg, Aug. 6, 1 a. m.—No re- port of the suspension of the great re- volt of the garrison at Sveaborg fort- ress, "the Gibraltar of the north," has been received in St. Petersburg up to this hour. The secondary uprising among the marines and troops stationed at Skatud- den barracks on the peninsula communi- cating with the mainland was crushed out at a late hour yesterday evening by loyal troops after heavy fighting, in which nine cruisers, destroyers, and torpedo boats participated. The sound of firing on the islands and from the fortress has ceased, and, in spite of the fact that the occupation of the entire waterfront by Cossacks prevents the obtaining of positive news, it is understood at Helsingfors that the mutinous artillerymen and sappers still are holding their positions. The out- lying islands and the fortress appear still to be in their possession, and they ,practically have all the machine guns, quick firing, and movable artillery of the fortress. General Laiming, the com- mandant of the fortress, is holding on to the main forts on Commander Island with a force of loyal infamy. t General Strike Declared. 9. general strike was declared in Hel- 1 singfors by the Socialist workmen to- day. All factories .have been closed. The last direct despatch from the con respondent.of the Associated..Press, which has just arrived here, was eleven hours en route from Helsingfors. The correspondent said that the "Red Guard," the armed Socialist legion; was contemplating an armed uprising to at- tempt the release of the prisoners cap- tured in the Skatudden barracks. Owing to the cutting of the telegraph wires by the flying expedition of the "Red Guard." which destroyed the rail- road at Riihioaki, the Associated Press is receiving the freshest news of the mutiny by the roundabout means of telephoning to Viborg and telegraphing from there to St. Petersburg. This entails a delay of several hours. The military authorities received a telegram from Helsingfors to -day from Major-General Laming, announcing that the fortresses and artillery had opened fire on Commander Island. Story From Hlesingfors. Helsingfors, Aug, 6.— A gigantic military league, was sprung premature- taneuos capture of Russia's three great sea fortresses, Constadt, Sebastopol and $ceaborg, arranged by the revolutionary inilitary league, was sprung premateure- ly here last night by the attempt to ar- rest members of a company of sappers who had mutinied on account of the "death of one of their comrades, alleg- ed to have been due to ill-treatment. The entire garrison at Sveaborg flamed out instantly in revolt. A11 the artillerymen and sappers gar- risoning the place were involved. Only four coilpanies of infantrymen remained loyal. The mutineers seized 40 mach- ipe guns and practically all the quick - firers and light artillery, but even with this aid they were unable to hold the main fort against the loyal infantry. The fighting continued all night long. The heaviest firing was heard from 10 o'eloek in the evening until 1 in the morning. This morning a detachment of civilion revolutionaries seized the marine barracks on Skatudden Island, hoisted the red flag and were joined by all the marines. Ships Come Into Play. Nine cruisers, torpedo boats and de- stroyers lying in the harbor opened fire en the barracks. This fire was answer- ed from the third storey windows of the barracks with machine guns and rifles. The torpedo boats and the destroyers, which were lying closer to the shore, were subjected to such a hot fire from the barracks that their crews were driven below decks. They finally■ eteane ed out and joined in the bombardment with the cruisers. This attack was in do -operation with attacks by Cossacks and infantry from the land side, which began at 9 o'clock in the morning and 'continued through the day. Finally to. wards evening the firing ceased and the authorities say that the barracks bad been captured, At 1 p.m., the ,Cossacks cleated the square•facing Sveamorg and tlien drove the public from the "entire waterfront to prevent the sending of as- sletance to Sveaborg. Firing Has Ceagd& Tlie exact situation at Svvenborg is not .-r-4 known. Firing no .longer can be heard.. Rumors are in cireuletion that the en- tire fortress now has fallen to the hands of the insurgents, but they •lacked confirmation It is believed that this cessation of fighting is but .a prelude to the renewal of the battle between the mutineers and the local troops. The casualty list on both sides . mustbe heavy, for the fighting was waived with desperation. 'Various rumors are heard regarding the fate of the officers who were at Sveaborg and in the Skatudden barracks. According to one rumor, al- most all the officers and, according to another, almost all the junior officers sided with the mutineers. Tlie marines at Skatudden are said to have convened an elective. court-martial which condemned several officers to death, w0 m KOMURA iN CANADA. DIPLOMAT DISCUSSES NATIONAL- IZATION OF RAILWAYS. His Country Will Not Further Invade the Field of Private Enterprise— The Baron is on His Way to the Court of St. Jamie. Victoria, B. C., Aug.. 6.—Baron Jutaro Konaura, now on his way to the Court of St. James to represent the Japanese nation, was a most distinguished pas- senger on the Empress of Japan when she reached here this morning. He was met by a deputation of his countrymen, who accorded him a hearty welcome. In an interview Baron Kornura expressed his regret at not being able to spend some time in Canada, the potential greatness of which he warmly acknowl- edged. He said, however, that he was due to leave Quebec on. the 0th, hence he must not delay. Regarding the statements in the press that Japan proposed to practically na- tionalize man3r of the industries he en- tered an emphatic denial. He said that the nationalization of the railways was now an accomplished fact, and that this would be used as he thought Govern- ments should use it—to relieve the pres- sure on the consumers. The same was true in Manchuria, where Japan would own the railways, but beyond this it would not invade the field of private enterprise. Speaking of the impulsiveness of the Japanese, he said they quickly thought out a question, and Iaughingly referred, to his own cool reception after conclud- ing the peace of Portsmouth. He con- trasted that with the fact that he was now going to the most coveted foreign post in the gift of the Government. .♦ CALLED FRIEND A "SCAB," London Magistrate Fined Strike,Sympa- thizer for It. A London, Ont., despatch: The first Police Court case growing out of the street railwaymen's strike was heard to- day, when Magistrate Love fined John Boyle $2 with $2.50 costs for shouting "scab" at a motorman. Boyle's plea was that the motorman was an old friend; the. term "scab" had only been used in a joking way, and he the .of- fender) had apologized for his conduct. The Magistrate notified all present that the street cars must be run, whe- ther they carry any passengers or not, and the men who run the ears and all citizens who ride will be protected to the utmost extent of the law. He consider- ed the natne "scab" as insulting and abusive, and would punish anyone who uses it toward other people. Any such disorderly or riotous conduct as took place during the last strike will be put down in short order. EMIGRATION TO CANADA. Scotland Leads in the Ratio to Popula- tion. London, Aug. fa.—According to the Board of Trade figures, the number of emigrants who left for Canada during the yearending June 30, was 19,509 from Scotland, 77,144 from England, and 3,- 867 from Ireland. May was the biggest month and April next. Figured by po- pulation. Scotland sent one hi every 230, England one in every 400, and Ire- land one in every 1,153. Scotland sent about twice as many as England and five times as many as Ireland.' Emi- gration from Scotland increased one hun- dred per cent. in three years. • o.e CONVICTS TRAVELLING. Prison Cell on Wheels Transports West- ern Prisoners. Winniyeg, Aug. 6.—An unusual sight was witnessed et the C. P R. depot this morning, when a special ear resembling a prison cell, with its barred windows and bolted doors and contain- ing twenty-four manacled convicts, pass- ed through. The prisoners are being transported from the Stoney Mountain Penitentiary to . the new prison in Ed- monton. A plant: to make granolithic walk was also taken along and the con- victs will be set to work at once finish- ing up the exterior of the penitentiary. --a ABANDONMENT OF MOVILLE. British Government "Protested to Canada Without Avail. London, Aug. 6.—In the House of Commoaas today in reply to the Mar- quis of Hamilton, Postmaster -General Buxton said the Canadian Govern- ment had most reluctantly decided to abandon Moville as a port of call for Canadian mail steamers. That deter- mination was come to after a strong protest on the part of the British, Government against the change. Il'e regretted the decision of the Dominion government. PARIS MAN'S AWFUL CRIME. CHARGED WITH MURDER OF WO- MAN -MAN AT NANAIMO.. Had . Been Drinking Heavily Before the Murder --Strong Evidence Against Him—Wanted to Lynch Him. A Nanai no despatch: The murder for which Robert Stiles Featherstone, for. merle' of Faris, Ont., is being held, was one of the foulest in the history of Brit- ish •Columbia. The victim. was Mary Jane Dalton,' the winsome 22 -year-old daughter of John Dalton. Lying on her bails;, her auburn hair strewn in a pool of her own blood trickling from three bullet wounds, the girl was discovered by her father on his return that after- noon frena a trip to Nanaimo. Hysterical with horror, old John Dalton's cries quickly raised the alarm, and neighbors came rushing in from the only street of the sleepy little vil- lage to find the lifeless body of the fair girl loved by them. Struggle Before Death. A. hurried examination showed that one bullet had pierced the girl's side, passing through her body; another had entered the base of the skull, complete- ly shattering it, and another had been fired point bleek at the forehead, a gaping hole, rimmed by powder marks, testifying that the nuzzle of the re- volver had been placed right to the head. Other marks around the room showed that doubtless more bullets had been fired,, Weak as she was after only a few weeks' recovery from an attack of ap- pendicitis, Mary Dalton had not suc- cumbed without a struggle. An ex- amination showel that the girl had died defending her honor. On her wrists were the cruel marks of vio- Ience, and other signs deuoted, all too clearly, the tragic tale. ek message- to Nanaimo quickly brought Provincial Constable 'Stephen- son . and a Province representative on the scene.- When they arrived, a man left an excited group of men standing in front of Smith Ellis' (the blacksmith) place, and said: "I think we have the murderer cor- ralled. in Ellie' house, but if you don't hurry those men there will kill him." A hurried talk with the man and Constable Stephenson elicited the in- formation that Robert Stiles Feather- stone, head sawyer at the South Wel- lington mill, had been on a spree the night before and .during the day had been seen brandishing a revolver that he bad bee own always to carry, and that he- been known to offer insult to cam or two of the Women of the place during the day. Shots Were Heard. Furthermore, after the news of the murder, Billy Nichols, with whom Featherstone boarded, had gone to the sawyer's room, 'after seeing the latter make his way to Ellis' house, which was more or less of a rendezvous for the mill hands, and had found Feather- stone's revolver lying on the bedroom table empty. More than this, about 1 o'clock Featherstone had inquired the way to the Dalton residence, and it• was shortly after this that shots had been heard in that v. reetion, although at that time no attention was paid to them, as shooting in the vicitity was quite frequent. As soon as he heard the story, Con- stable Stephenson slid not wait a minute, but, followed by some six others, entered the Ellis house and carefully approached the room where Featherstone was sup- posed to be. There was no need for tau tion, however, as the fellow was sleeping off a drunken sleep, and, being hand. - cuffed, was aroused. "I arrest you." '°.Vhat for?" Featherstone sleepily in- quirecl, "For murdering Mary Jane Dalton." "Murder in the first degree?" 1,'ee. tberstone interrogated: es he sat up. "Yes," was the reply. The murderer either was dazed from liquor otr he was shamming, ,but he did not seem o realize the charge that was preferred against him, and maintained the same careless attitude yesterday, Time and again he was told of whom he was charged with murdering, but he kept repeating he , had killed no man•, and evidently wished to give the impres- sion that he .thought he was being ar- rested for some deed be had committed in Sumas, from which place he had come to South Wellington. about three weeks ago. Was Nearly Lynched. Out in the street the prisoner was nearly lynched before being taken to Nanaimo The inhabitants of South Wellington, where all her life poor Mary Dalton had resided, were terribly arous- ed, and a crowd of sturdy citizens and old-timere, men who have grown. white- haired in the little mining town, made a demonstration against him. Repeatedly old friends of John Dalton rushed sort the prisoner, and had it not been for the exempt action of cooler heads it would :have fared i11 for the handcuffed maaxi. One old man went for bis gun, and only the struggles af this wife prevented a sec- ond killing. Featherstone, the suspect, came to South Wellington about three weeks ago, to take the place of heexl eawyer a•tthe mill. Ile hails from Paris, Ont, Ile ehreved the Province representative * copy of the paper in sv'hich was .de- tailei, the account of the accidental killingof his, brother George ee Su- mas,_ash,, on July 12: The alleged murderer is a man forty-two years sof. age, and is said to be one of the best sawyers on the Pacific coast, Since coming to South Wellington he hes been a beery drinker. On Friday be spent the evening carousing and drinking 3n female company,. according to' ids awn story, in a .downtown hotel in Nanaimo. On Saturday anomning early he ivas driven to tale ri,liage, and is said to have showed his revolver quite freely. He was not acquainted with the mur- reered, girl. Engaged to Vancouver Man. 11Teary Jane' Dalton, the aeua•de•ree girl, since the death of her mother, nearly four years ago, lies kept house for her father. She was always a good girl, and held in the highest regard thlrough- o•ut the whole community. In less than at month she was to have married a Vancouver man, and Wfa preparing her trousseau. Old John Dalton, the father, is a man who is known among men for his uprightness and honesty. He is heart- broken over the tragedy, and the agony of the bowed and bent man, eomnpletely crushed by the blow, is pitiful to see. He will not be consoled, text singe the mur- der will not eat or ,sleep. Featherstone maintains his attitude of making believe that he does not under- stand the charge, and professes to be able to account for all his actions. He proafesses indifferenee)but nervous twitch - Ings of the lips and restlessness betoken that he is uneasy. READY TO ARBITRATE. COMMISSION TO SETTLE ST. JOHN RIVER CONTROVERSY. United States is Ready Now to Take the Matter Up—Canadian Commis- sioners Will Probably Be Chosen From New Brunswick. Ottawa, Aug. 6.—During the last ses- sion of Parliament $1,000 was voted for a commission to report upon the diffi- culties which exist between the citizens of Canada and the United States over the St. John River. When the Inter- national Waterways Commission was appointed it was understood that this would be one of the subjects dealt with, but the United States Government re- fused to include it, or rather, took it out of the act. A special commission was then suggested, and to be ready if the United States carried this out the Canadian Government had the money voted. A despatch has now been received from the British Ambassador at Washington saying that the United States has decid- ed ecided to appoint commissioners to go in- to the whole matter. Canada has sug- gested two commissioners on each side. It is likely that this will be done. In the case of Canada there is a strong probability that the commissioners will be seleeted from Nenv Brunswick, as they will be conversant with the whole mat- ter. It is desirable that the commis- sion should go to work as soon as pos- sible. CALGARY IN LEAD. ALMOST TREBLED ITS POPULA- TION IN FIVE YEARS. Edmonton Has Grown at an Even Faster Rate—Census Bulletins Show As- tonishing Increases in Population of Western Towns. Ottawa, Aug. 6.—Another census bul- letin was issued to -day by Commissioner Blue, giving the population of some of the cities and towns of Alberta. The growth of Edmonton and Calgary is phenomenal as the following table com- pared with 1901 will show: Place. Year 1901. Year 1006. Calgary .. .. .. 4,091 11,037 Edmonton .. .. .. ... 2,626 13,534 Strathcona .. .. 1,550 2,927 Lethbridge and Staf - ford .. .. .. .. .... 2,072 2,623 Wetaskiwin .. .. .. 550 1,648 Red Deer .. . , 323 1,420 MacLeod .. .. .. . 796 1,144 Lacombe ... 499 1,015 Cardsten .. . .. 639 1,002 Fort Saskatchewan. 306 580 Leduc .. .. .. .. .. 112 e91 Ponoka .. .. .. .. 151 473 MURDER CIHARGE. ERNEST LEE IS COMMITTED FOR TRIAL AT CAZAVILLE. ' Shot J. Baptiste Roi After Many Threats —Apparently No Reason for the Crime—Prisoner Had Quarrelled With Other Men. Huntingdon, Que., Aug. 6.—The in- quest on elle body of J. Babtiste Roi, alias King, who was shot by Ernest A. Leo at Cazaville on Saturday evening, was held to -day. The Coroner, Dr. Clouston, M. D., em- panelled ajury and heard the eviclence of the several witnesses. They all eon- eurred in stating that there was no quarrel between Lee and the deceased, although Lee had had wordswith Jo- seph Oaza and others during the •even- ing in Delorme's Hotel and had threat- ened to shoot any lnan who etoocL ibe- fore him. The jury returned the following ver - diet: "That the said J. Baptiste Rot mine to his death at Cazaville as the result of a wound from a bullet fired by Ernest Lee. We consider that the shooting was not justifiable," The a Coroner issued his warrant 'com- mitting Lee to stand his trial at Val- leyfield, CONSTITUTION FOR THE TRANSVAAL PRECIPITATES HEATED DEBATE INN, HOUSE OF COMMONS. Premier's Indignation Brings Unionist Cries' of "Shame!" and "Apologize —Mr. Churchill Praised Constitution,. While His Cousin Condemned It in. House of Lords. London, Aug. 6. --Winston Specer Churchill, Uncler-Secrebary of the 'Colo- nial Office, toelay outlined in the House of Commons the Government's proposal regarding the constitution to be granted. "to the Transvaal. The guilding principle, he said, would be not to make any dif- ference between Briton and. Boer, but to, extend to both the fullest privileges or British citizenship. All males twenty-one years old who Bail resided in the Transvaal for six untie would be untitled to vote. 1.t is the intention -to give the Rad thirtty7-two sects, Pretoria six, Kengers- dorp one, and the rest of the Transvaal thirty seats. The members of Parliament will be elected for five years, and will be paid for their services. For the first Parliament there will he a second Chamber of fifteen members nominated by the Crown. During the first session arrangements will be made; for an elective second Chamber. The constitution will contain a clause abro- gating the Chinese labor ordinance after a reasonable time. The !recruiting of Chinese labor will cease entirely Nov. 15. Animated Debate. An animated debate followed the clos- ing of Mr. Churchill's remarks. Alfred Llttelton, formerly Colonial Secretary, said he thought the proposal premature, coming as it did only four years after the war. In the great claasioal case of Canada Lord Durham recommended a - policy that, he said, would insure that the English majority should permanently predominate. Mr. Balfour declared it 40 be a reck- less and audacious experiment. He argued that it was too near the war to expect the Dutch to forget what they had suffersd, and more than human na- ture could grant to expect them to be loyal to Great Britain. He declared an explanation of this hurried procedure was the Government's burning desire to get rid of all ite economic questions in South Africa, which its. rash 'pledges of a. general election had brought upon it_ Premier's Reply. Sir Henry Campbell -Bannerman, the Premier, answered that . never in the course of his Parliamentary career leve he listened to a more unworthy, mis- dhievious and unpatriotic speech. An exciting scene followed, the•Union- ists shouting "shame," "gag," "a,podo- gize," "withdraw," etc., but the Chair- man promptly called a division on the question of the Colonial Secretary's sal- ary. which was carried 316 to 83. While this was transpiring in the Com- mons Lord Elgin, Secretary of State for the Colonies, had made a similar state- ment in the House of Lords. While Mr. Churchill was praising the new constitu- tion his cousin, the Duke of Marlbor- ough, who was Colonial Under-Secretary in the late Government, was denouncing it in the upper House. What Flag in Twenty Years? Lord Harris asked what flag would wave aver Pretoria twenty years hence_ Lord. Milner declared he saw a tragedy behind the precipitancy of the Govern- ment, and mourned that the future of the Transvaal was to be left to chance. Lord Lansdowne said there wa,s a dread. in the minds of most anen that the Boers would gain the upper hand in the . elections, and then good-bye to• British supremacy. Hon, J. P. Whitney and Hon. Dr, Pyne occupied seats in the gallery during the debate. STABBED FOUR TIMES. Finlanders Almost Murder in Row Over Fifty Cents. A Konora despatch: Last evening ant altercation occurred between John, Grunland, a Finlander, and John La- belle, who was in charge of Fraser's liv- ery, over fifty cents, with the result that four Finlanders, friends of Grunland,. stabbed Labelle four times. Fortunately the blows landed under the shoulderblade and did not penetrate deeply, though one was five to six inches long. After committing the deed Grunland: escaped but a colored porter of the, King Edward Hotel, named. Bert Virgil •followed him and, watching his oppor- tunity, knocked the knife from hiss hand with a club, and Constable Gordon, joining in the chase, arrested him. 4 * CHANGED CONGRESS DATE. Labor Men Will Gather in Victoria se Week Earlier. Victoria, B. C., Aug. 6.—Owing to: the fact that Mr. J. 'Ramsey Macdon- ald, M. P., of Great Britain, will arrive here previous to the date originally set for the meeting of the Dominion Trades' and Labor Congress it has been deead- ed to alter the date in order to permit of the labor men of Canada :meeting him, heave. The opening meeting' originally set for September 17 has now been changed to, September 10, upon which date Mr. Mac - domed will be present.. He will leave here on September 14, Mr. A. Vervitle,. M. P., of Quebec, will meet Mr. Mac- donald et quebee on August 17, and will; aceompa•ny hien across the continents