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!Alleged Attempt on the Life of the
Czar tiimsef.
`'He Attended funeral Masses at Pet-
erhof Yesterday.
'lore Officials Killed by the Busy
Bomb -Throwers.
' New York, Sept. 3.—The American
Alas the following from St. Petersburg:
+Revolution by revolt is dead. Revolu-
tion by terrorism is revived. Such is
the situation in Russia to -day.
The Stolypin outrage appears to be
part of a gigantic plot involving the
lives of all the heads of the Govern-
enent from the Czar downward. Since
the Czar dissolved the Douala he no
longer enjoys immunity from the ter-
rorists. Prior to the dissolution of that
;body the Reds did not want the Czar
ldlled. Now his name heads the list
of those marked for slaughter.
Simultaneously with the a-t.tack upon
Premier Stolypin's villa Saturday an at-
tempt was made to cuter Peterhof pal-
ace and kill the Czar.
The attempt proved unsuccessful, for
the palace guards, cautioned into unus-
ual vigilance, arrested one of t he two
•would-be assassins near the palace wall,
where he was crouching waiting to ef-
!fect an entrance. He was armed wit
a bomb concealed in a basket of fruit.
tLater his accomplice was found. inside
'the park crouching under the branches
•of a tree. Both men were quickly iden-
tified as notorious members of the Mas -
cow terrorists.
Czar Attending Funeral Mass.
St. Petersburg, Sept. 3.—In spite of
the menace of active war by the terror-
' ists against those high in authority an
earnest of which was the slaying of act-
ing Governor-Beneral Von Liarski at
arsaw to -day, Emperor Nicholas and
'the Empress quitted the shelter of t he
palace enclosure at Peterhof this after-
noon to attend a funeral mass over the
body of General Min, in the Peterhof
camp, a considerable distance from the
palace; • but the precautions for the pro-
tection of the Imperial family were ade-
quate, and tho Sovereign returned to
;the palace without incident. Several of
• the Grand. Dukes and .delegations from
all the regiments in the St. Petersburg
,aistriet were present. The. body of,Gen-
eral Min will be brought here to -mor-
e -ow on board a royal train over the spe-
cial Imperial, line, which is used only in
journeys of the Emperor between Pe-
terhof and St. Petersburg. The Senxin-
ovsky Guard. will escort the body to the
regimental chapel. Officers and men of
this regiment have received many com-
munications threatening them with
bombs and other reprisals.
Girl Still Unknown.
Tho police have failed so far to es-
tablish the identity of the girl who as-
sassinated General Mien, and whom
Mme, Mien seized and held after she
had fired five shots into the body of
herr victim.
A man committed suicide in a hotel
in St. Petersburg ner the Moscow
railway station to -day, leaving a let-
ter explaining that his act was due to
.ohagrin over his failure to accomplish
•a certain political assassination.
The Central Committee of the revo-
lutionaries have drawn up a proclam-
ation which declares that if the Gov-
ernment does not immediately alter its
'policy acts like that of yesterday, will
be carried out to the utmost extreme,
and that Government representatives
will be killed by the hundreds.
• The principal military and civil offi-
cers of Odessa have 'resigned, including
General Kanibare, the Governor-General
of the city.
Every effort is being made to organ-
ize a huge outbreak in the south. The
labor and revolutionary riots in the dis-
tricts of Bakhout and Hughesoka• have
'been greatly understand in the official
accounts. The revolt is still unsuppres-
sed and during the past twelve days 81
persons have been killed, including 17 sol-
diers, and 250 wounded.
In Warsaw, Skallon, the Governor-
General, days ago, warned all generals
and officials that the only chance of
'saving their lives was to remain at home
never leaving the house. Threatening
!letters reach him every day ,and the
'house is picketted with guatrds.
Bombs are being made everywhere.
Enough to destroy an entire city were
'found in the cellars of an unused
store in Warsaw.
The Social Democrats and revolu-
tionists have issued a circular ordering
workmen to refuse to pay rent and
j s�, answer the demands for payment by
'terrorism.
* To -day's news reports that two
bridges over the Volga have been
.burned and an attempt was made to
burn a third. Several manors and much
agricultural produce have been burned in
'the provinces. From Nijni Novgorod
comes intelligence of the insubordination
of a convoy regiment and the arrest of
16 privates.
Revolutionary meetings are said to
,jiave been held on board various ves-
sels of the Black Set fleet, necessitat-
;ng the despatch of reinforcements
Arora Odessa, Twenty-one members of
;the crew of the Panteleirnon, formerly
;the Kniaz Potemkin, 'have seized a cot -
'ter and lanclecl on Geranzcn Island,
,'t'r tere Lieut. ,Selnnidt was executed, and
platted tho redflag there.
GEN. QUENTIN BA]1DERA,
Insurgent Leader in Havana Province, Cuba, Who Was Slain in Battle. '
August Crop
Bulletin
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The following information concerning
the present condition of Agriculture in
the Province has been issued by the On-
tario Department of Agriculture:
Fall Wheat—The unusually open win-
ter was most trying to fall wheat, but
the crop picked up wonderfully in the
spring, and improved steadily until cut-
ting. It was harvested under ravorable
conditions, the straw standing up well,
and the weather being dry and bright.
The quality of the grain, as a rule, is
plump and well up to weight, and the
yield per acre is considerably over the
average. Very little rust was reported.
Spring Wheat—This variety of wheat
is not much in favor, More especially in
the western part of the Province. A
good yield was promised. Several cor-
respondents stated that "Wild Goose"
was the only, variety of spring wheat
now grown.
Barley—A large yield of plump grain;
,much of it discolored, but all of it good
for feeding to live stock (which is now
its chief use in Ontario), is the roc 'r3 of
the barley crop of 1000.
Oats—This crop suffered ni Ire than
any other from rain storms.s. Notwith-
standing these drawbacks, there will be
a comparatively large yield per acre.
Rye—Only a small acrinse of rye is
now grown in Ontario for the grain.
Most of it is fed green, end in some
cases it is cut for hay. The crisp t; is
season has been a compara,c.i cly 14l't
one.
Peas—For about five or sit years :he
depredations of the pea weevil (c'unmrn-
ly called the "bug") were so great flat
in nearly. every section of the rrreance
the acreage given to peas shrank to
alarmingly small proportli is. Last B ear,
however, the weevil gave but little trou-
ble to pea growers, and tiler season the
pest is usualy mentiou:d to remark Its
absence. •
Beans—The growing of beans as a
field crop is confined chiefly to Kent and
adjoining counties. Thte crop was not
fully matured as corra.,pendents wrote,
but gave promise to more than an aver-
age yield per acre.
Hay and Clover—Owing to the lack of
snow last winter, pastures ;were muoh
exposed, and considerable winter -killing
resulted, old fields :suffering most. Tim-
othy came through much better than
clover, and made a much better growth
relatively during the summer. The yield
per acre is below the record of recent
years.
Corn As a Simooe county correspond-
ent has tersely put it, "This has been a
corn summer" All things .point .to a
large yield, beth for husking and for
the silo, as the crop is reported to be
earing remarkably well.
Flax—The acreage of flax is not so
large as in former years, but the general
tone of reports this season is encourag-
ing.
Tobacco --Reports regarding tobacco
vary. The -crop appears to have had a
rather poor start, the white- grub cans
ing some loss early in the season.
Potatoes—Much difference of opinion
is expressed regarding the present con-
dition and the probable yield of pota-
toes. While there will be some good
yields in every section of the Province,
the presence of the blight will tend to
keep down the average, The Colorado
beetle was out in force, as usual, but
while Paris ,green is used by every far-
mer against this pest, only a few of the
more progressice oxen spray with Bor-
deaux mixture for the blight .A few
correspondents speak of rot, but no
general complaint has been made.
Boots—The backward spring gave
roots a 1pte start, and in mealy cases the
seed germinated poorly. The June rains.,
however, gave the young plants a new
Iease of life, and when correspondents
wrote, all classes of field roots were
looking more or less promising. Mange's
and sugar beets have done better than
turnips. The latter, however, have suf-
fered but little fromthe turnip aphis, or
louse, which was so general last season.
Correspondents had but little to say of
carrots.
Fruit—Harvest and fall apples will
be plentiful, but standard winter vari-
eties like the Spy and Greening will be
rather scarce. The fruit, however, wild
$
Assassinations of Two Years in Russia
1904.
June 16 ---Gen. Count.Bobrikoff, Governor-General of Finland.
July 23.: Minister of the Interior von Plehve. '•
1905,
Feb. 6—J. INT. E. Soisalon, Seinen, Procurator -General of Finland.
Feb, 10—Governor-General Tcherkoff, of 'Warsaw.
Feb, 17—Grand Deka,Sergiu.s.
Feb. 18—Mayor •of V agarshapzo, Trans-C1ancasus.
31arch 7—Chief of Police Jeletschin, of Bialostok.
May 24—Governor of Baku.
July 1—Gen. Oernulutle i, Chief of I3essarabia gendarmes.
July 11—Major-General Count >Shouvaloff, Prefect of Mos ar
July 21 -Col. Kremerenko, Chief of Police of Ilelsingfore.
Sept. 2—Prince Eristof. 1.
Oct. 13—Assistant Chief of Police Oso.vsky, Kishineff.
Dec. 1—Governor of Ufa,
Dec, 7—Gen. S.akhaxoff, at :Saratoff.
Dec. 20—Chief of Police of Moscow.
1906.
Jan. -Governor and Chief of Police of Krasnoyarsk.
Jan 1i.—Col. Drngomireff, Chief of Police of Irkutsk.
Jan. 15--1fajor-Gen. Lissoel i, Penza.
Jan. 3O.—Gen, Griaznoff, Chief of Staff of Viceroy of. Caucasus.
Jan. 31—Privy Councillor Fillinoff, in Poltava.
Feb. 21—Gen. Daclvurphiek and family, in Asakahad.
'_1fae 14---Vice-Adaniseal Kenmitseh, commandant at St. Petersburg.
July i2 --Admiral Ohuknin., commander Black Sea fleet, in Sebastopol.
Aug. 26 ---Gen. Mien, special agent of.tbe Cease
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be a ;better sample than for years, being
much 'freer from spot. Plums have not
been so light in yield for ssevral sea-
sons; in some districts there will ha
hardly any for sale. There will he a
good yield of peaches. Pears will not be
a full crop; the trees have also suffered
from blight in different localities. Cher-
ries have borne well; but black knot is -
still complained' of. in seine of the
.Lake Erie counties the Rose beetle dad
much injury to grape vines early in the
season, but in the other parts of the
Province the yield of grapes is expected
to be a fair one.• There was an average
supply of berries, strawberries being the
least plentiful.
Pastures •and Liye Stock—Pastures
were in. excellent condition up to the lat-
terpart of July, but were beginning to
show need of rain when correspondents
wrote early in August. Live stock gen-
erally are in good form, except that 'sows
have suffered much from the horn fly,
and have consequently lost in milk re
many sections of the Province. No ser-
ious cases; of disease among live stook
are reported.
Bees and Honey—The season has been
a rather poor .one for the apiary.
M ND D THE
SPINAL COLUMN.
REMARKABLE OPERATION BY NEW
YORK PHYSICIANS.
Cut the jagged Ends of Broken Back-
bone so That They Would No Longer
Press Into the Spinal Column—
Operation Was Successful.
New York, Sept. 3.—In the virtual
curing of Mrs. Elks Shuster, who has
just been rescued from the complete
mental and physical paralysis following
a double compound fracture of the spin-
al column, Bellevue pnysicians believe
they have accomplxsned one of the
most remarkable acuxevements of mou-
ern surgery.
When Airs. Shuster was carried to
the hospital, strapped to a plank, her
back broken in tour places as the re-
sult of a street car accident last b'ebru-'
ary, the doctors declared she would be
dead within three days. Her brain had
been paralyzed and ner body deprived
of movement.
But Dr. Lucius Hotchkiss, the spine
specialist, and Dr. Robert W. Carter, of
Bellevue determined to learn if an en-
tirely new surgical operation would not
at least prolong life. They cut into
the back, when the five broken verte-
brae were found to be pressing upon
and dislodging the spinal oird.
Baring the spinal cord the surgeons
wrapped it in covering of rubber sheets,
sewed up the dura, cut the jagged ends
off the vertebrae so that they would no
longer press against the cord and then
placed Mrs. Shuster in a plaster cast,
through which they cut boles in order to
treat the wound. Finally they placed
the paralyzed woman upon a specially
made bed of rubber, constructed upon
the principle of a gigantic hot-water bag.
She lay thus for seven months.
Yesterday the woman was taken from
the bed and the plaster cast removed
from her. Her joy was pathetic when
she found she could speak and move her
hands, body and legs.
AN IRISH COMO..
BRITISH GOVERNMENT'S LEGISLA-
TION IS FORECASTED.
The Council Will Be Directly Elected—
The Basis of Representation—Chief
Secretary for Ireland Would Be Ex -
officio the Chairman of the Board.
London, Sept. 3.—The Daily Chronicle
this morning, forecasting the Govern-
ment's proposed devolution scheme for
Ireland, says legislative union will not
be touched, and that Irish representation
at Westminster and the powers of the
Imperial Parliament will not be changed.
The chief feature will be the establish-
ment of an Irish Council at Dublin di-
rectly elected, consisting of 103 mem-
bers, the same as the Irish representa-
tion in the House of Commons, with the
addition of 48 Councillors directly elect-
ed. for larger areas by electors having
ratable value exceeding $100, Peers and
clergymen being eligible.
This is about the same as the Legis-
lative Council and Legislative Assembly
of Gladstone's bill, only they form one
body and not two. The Nationalist
party as now organized would not easily
gain a large majority in the Council.
The Chief Secretary for Ireland would
under the new scheme be ex -officio Chair-
man of the Irish Council, and as repre-
senting the Lord -Lieutenant would con-
sult with the leader of the majority in
the Council regarding the appointment
of the chief heads of departments, the
head of the Finance Department occupy-
ing a position analogous to that of
Premier, who, with his colleagues, would
hold their posts dependent upon the vote
of the Council.
NIGHT OPERATOR MURDERED.
Lloyd Gynes, of Windsor, Found' Dead at
Gallen, Mich,
South Bend, Ind., Sept. 3 LIuyd
Gynes, of Windsor, Ont., night operator
for the Michigan Central Railroad at
Galien, Mich., wee found dead at his post
early to -day by the conductor of a pass-
ing train. He had apparently been mur-
dered being shot through the eye and
breast. The motive is not' known. Sev-
enty dollars and a goldwatch which were
on Gynes' person were not touched.
TOR NI NIAN
ON CUBAN Al
Says it is AU Over Notoriously Cor-
rupt Elections..
Interview With President Palma oar
the Subject.
"Pitched Battle" in Which 17 Men are
Killed.
Mr, J. Walter Curry, K. C., ex -Crown
Attorney of Toronto, who recently spent
sorno months in Cuba and who is fa-
miliar with the political situation ontlie
island republic is of the same mind
as Sir William Van Horne :with regard
to the insurgents's chances of success.
"When I was there the prospect of an
attempt at a revolution was openly die -
cussed upon the streets and in some of
the newspapers. So far as I could see
there was little to bast an insurrection
upon, for the administration appeared
to be comparatively satisfactory and
the only complaint that the party out
of power appeared to have was that it
had not been successful in the elections
in December. These elections had been
of course notoriously corrupt even for a
southern republic, and the first law
passed. by President Patina's Congress
was for the purpose of releasing a]1 those
who took part in the election from re-
sponsibility for any corrupt or improper
act committed by them."
Interview With Palma.
Havana, Sept. 3.—A correspondent
saw President Palma to -day. He said
that had he been a South American ty-
rant, such as the rebels described him,
he would have imprisoned two months
ago the leaders of the revolution, for he
then knew that they were plotting to
break the peace and murder him and
his Cabinet, but he preferred to wait
until they had openly violated the law
by taking up arms.
Then he acted energetically and
would continue to do so. He said
that rebels who surrendered, deliver-
ing up their weapons, as many were•
doing, would be pardoned and set
free. He expressed great satisfaction
to see Cuban patriots, his old friends
of the struggle for independence, gath-
er around him in defence of liberty
and law. The revolution was really
unimportant, he said, and would be
crushed in a short time. The Gov-
ernment in 48 hours had prepared it-
self to preserve order and cope with
a revolution even five tirrx.,o greater
than this one. The revolutionllrts. were
few in number in the Provinces of
Santa Clara, Havana and Piear del
Rio, there were none hi the Prov-
inces of Matanzas, Camaguey and
Santiago. '
Besides; they had no resources send
worse than no sympathy among ttheiir
fellow countrymen, who were indig-
nant
ndictnant at men who would deprive them
of their property. President Palma
said he could give an assurance that
American and other foreign interests
need not fear the situation.
Congressman Carlos Menalieta, who
was said to be leading e, band of
rebels in Santa Clara Province and
Manuel Aranda have been captured
by the police of Santa, Clara City.
They have been reported officially as-
leading
sleading bands of rebels hi the field,
but really they have been concealect
in the house of some friend in Hav-
ana. They left the city yesterday
disguised, for the purpose of joining
the rebels, but xi•!ere diseoveredi can
larlding at Santa Clara. Orestes
Ferrara was with them, but escaped.
Pitched Battle.
An official despatch states that in a
fight near Cienfuegos, the Government
forces under Col. Valles defeated the•
rebels. The Government troops had:
one man killed. • The rebels lost 17•
killed and many wounded.
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MADE HIM A MANIAC.
EFFECT OF A LIVE BUT HARMLESS'
SNAKE IN A TUG..
A Hard -Drinking German the Victom of`
a Practical joke—Tried to ]drown.
Himself in 'a Pond After Running
for Six Miles.
New York, Sept. 3.—The Tribune•
to -day prints the following special from
Spokane, Wash.: 13y placing a live-
snake in a water jug, fellow harvest
hands made a raving manias of Peter•
Deuser, on the farm of Joseph Andover,.
near Waterville, Wash.
Deuser has .been in America but three -
months. He left Germany while under-
the effects of liquor, according to his ex-
planation, and he had . been trying to
drown his disappointment over his es-
capade in drink. He was just recover-
ing from a spree when his companions.
conceived the idea that ta, place a snake'
in the water jug might teach Deuser a
lesson. A harmless reptile was cautpred,
deposited in the jug, and corked up.
Deuser'a thirst caused him to seek the -
jug, and the 'jokers watched his actions
with great interest. He removed the;
cork and had the jug within two inches,
of his lips when the head of the reptile
emerged. With a wild scream Deuser
hurled the jug to the ground and rann
until he reached the Columbia River, ++fix,
miles distant. Ile plunged into tits
stream and lapped the water like a dog.,
He was wading into dux waster Rrlteeila
his pursuers capture: hind