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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1907-04-26, Page 6King Edward's Meeting With King Emimanual Dispieases Germany. • . • Mexico City, hlex:e-April 22.—The •ex - :tent of and the damage wrought .by Vie earthquake are.g,reater than hither - has been reported. The first berated ess talegreans to reach this cit,or hoterhpast wean reeeieehat .1 o'clack ise ternoon. • , • Px'oi thern itewas:learnaci• tehit 'the town "Ayiltl teetife ela' A.Capinleo. finti• not faaafrom•the Parificeethast, and •;to the east of Ornetepee, have-beenprac- • ''eically deeti•oyed. The Ola.:Qpkp ,toiltilini4 Chilpancingo; .125 railee, steuth 'of:her! M1' 1&4. night, :and were 'caiith severe; Many of: the buildings 'that were• left half standing , by the previous trembling were leveled' to the ground. • '"' sh;' • • 'Phe last shed: 'at Chilpancingo'accue- retl•at 4 o'clock 'tidier.: neennings, The gen- . eral • in eammandd of the :troops was et- • nerdy injured. The jail, the -hospitals 0.rid. the school buildiagh at this town were destroyed. -The prisoners are now being guarded by the rural guard. The •pecple have deserted the town, and are . eying in improvised structures in the, open air. The federal government is extend- ing aid to the town of Chilpaueiugo, but it will' be impossible to restore calm until the shocks case. The number of deathsreported to date is 37: Fourteeu • persons were killed in one house. The . number of injured is placed at 39 .These • igurese howeyer, are not, exact and it is • believe thet the cheuenty list eventeany will be found to'be much larger. 7 Traffic between Mexico City end Vera Cruz has been completely suspended. as large sections of tbe track of both the international and ?steak:an malroads are sinking. The port of Acapulco is reported to be partially submerged. The entire Pacific coast, between Aca- pulco and Salina. Cruz. a. distance of some 500 miles. is said to have suffered more or less •severely. Thousand Lives Lost. The cities of Chinpantingo and Chile - Pa, in, the State, of Guereerag,Mexico, were completely nestroyed unearth - quake shock last night. The latest news - is that fay 1,000 peopie were 'killed in. the two places. The autheritioierefuee to credit it in the •abeence of eindisplited earroboration. . • Meeting of Two Kings. • , • Bertha' April Edveard'ds • proaehitrg meeting with Lang Vier& Fin: marunn iaattracting ninth'.attention'Igt the German pre* whidhedoenatiente. • the event ap being en effort CA -isolate prilanSr- and win 'ItalY away from- the trip}alliance. The Cologne Gazatesays' ahiblie opinion in .Germany ees n Kinge Edvs era's, Course an attempt to dietterb• •the European whicg.'ii cols , cult: ted to awaken. mingiaings. reaarding, tide' diearmeznent proposal, and finally' AVZOITIS Gat Britain that "war eilth ,Gerniany would be dengenott4 fot any appolleat or any coalition of opponents."' -hinhis. sharp langthige is interpreted by the Taenithe Ritndsche•as meaning that the Gernictit"Clereeneepene -has, grown, weary ef the :English game of bide and seek: and the eoasony of police and die. acre:411mm t." The attention of the Foreig,n Office was caned to the Cologne Gazette's arti- cle. with ine result that it•was stated that it. expressed only the editorial ogle, ion of the paper. that the Gellman Gov- ernment wee ie no. es•ay. responsible for such rime. and that the government officials would' have taken steps to pre- vent their publication if they had been known in advance. The Foreign Office iloes not the any reas-on for disquiet in cenaceteen with the meeting of the Kings of England end Italy. since Italy knows that her independence is better guaranteed by being a member of the triple alliance than if shaie thrown wholly upon Anglo-Vienc.h suppeet. Great Britain'e predotninant position in the western part of the Ilediterrane ea.n is fully recognized by Cermany, which has no interests there. ege.....mamememempa.• WELLER ACQUITTED. JURY FIND HARRIET DEWING'S DEATH WAS ACCIDENTAL. Evidence at the inquest Held at Strat- ford—Doctors Testify That Burns Were Sustained Before Death,' • Which Was Due to Shock—Woman Was Mentally Weak. Stratford despatch: Li the -opinion of medical men the death of Harriet Dew - en Thursday morning last was caus- ed by ab .ek, An inquest was held here toenghe oefore Corner Devlin. Har- riet . owing, a woman 53 years old, met in the home of Leopold Koeller, Romeo tareet, On the day after the tregedy Inoeller was arrested on a charge of murder. It was claimed that there were a Dumber of suspicious cir- cumstances in connection with the case, but the evidence this evening failed to substantiate any. Koeller deniedall knowledge of being the cause of the woman's deatb. He claimed, as he has &mimed all along that he went to the room of deceased only to find her in '• flames. The medical testimony support- ed Koeller's story, since the doctors said that the burning took place before Ileath. Other witnesses, who had known the deceased for years, testified that she was not really 'et average mental abil- ity. She could not be trusted with fire. Crown Attorney McPherson prosecuted, and Mr. R. T. Harding defendecl the prisoner. At 1 o'clock this morning the jury returned a verdict that death was due to burning and that the turning was accidental. Keener was discharged, the Crown Attorney saying there was no evidence against him. Thomas Hunt, the neighbor to whom Koeller had first gone after the tragedy, corrected his previous evidence. To. night he agreed with Koaller's state- ' Inuit that it was about, half -past three I o'clock in the morning when he was eiroused. The bed covering used by Koeller to put out the flames was filled with cot- ' ton wadding, said Mrs. Susan Heiser in her evidence. It, might have beeit used for putting out Mince, and yet show little indication of having been burn - John M. Wilhelm stated that while !Hattie Dewing was at his place he -would never allow her to use a lamp. ..A.coording to him, the deceased was "not all there." "In our .opinion death was caused by ;shock," said Dr. J. A. Robertson, in eoneleding a report of the post-mortem examination. "I am innocent of all this. I do not 'know anything about how it happened/' said Leopold Koeller to a reporter to- ; night in reference to the charge of mur- dering Harriet Dewing, which has been . ais1at his door by the Crown prosecia Jess. "How do you explain matters?" "I rennet explain it. I went up- stairs:, just; as you have heard, and found her in Mance "Did yon ever have any quarrel with then?" "Nti, never." "Wilt. did vett net seise her a Jame I would. not trust her with a lamp. She was queer. She generally took a match or two to her room at night." "Did you know her name?" "No; she only WAS called Hattie." BAIL FOR THAW. EFFORTS TO GET JEROME TO CON- SENT TO HIS FREEDOM. New York, April 22.—When District Attorney Jerome returned to his office from Lakeville, Conn., to -day, it is ex- pected. that arrangeemnts will be made for a conference between him and Harry K. Thaw's lawyers with reference to the possibility of having Thaw admitted to bail. The conference will probably he held on Thursday.It is known that the de- fendant's family, fearing the effect on Thaw's health of the confinement in prison during the long summer months, are most anxious to arrange for his temporary release, and if Mr. Jerome could be persuaded to listen to their pleadings they are willing to give as- surance that Thaw would be properly cared for and be produced for trial. •• CANADIAN. • TehseAatt°1e arilYt-Geno fli:4101 hhh&Paaleordie;reel' orderedan inti gt • Ni,piseing tiberals have nornineteel Mr. C. Az McCook "for the Commons, .• • Fire :at' Hastings en Monday destroy- ed: tworliotele and seven business eseab- •lialinientare Lose $80,000. Pour thougandlollars contributed by people, of . Ontario to the Chinese famine fund, will `be Sent to Shanghai to -day. The anniversary; of the social work af" the Salvation Army in Toronto wee cele- 'brated last tuning at a largely attend: • ed meeting inMassey' - ' " Tonto druggists haye asked the as-. distance on the Minieterial Association with a ttet;lo curl:Mihail:1re hours of Mr, George TMrnas Forman, brother of Mr. Jarries C. Forman, Toronto; Oityn 'Aseessment, Cammi salon er,clied in •the Teed „ratite General Hospital. •' r A Calga-ry despetek eaysethat buelaess is •paralerzed ly thehoal .miners quitting work, and 'the railways. will be tied up for want of Boal in a Week oihved'unless the mine e' are operated., ' • Michael Burns, an Mile laborer, te;ho had been in Toronto for about a week: died yesteeday •in a cell c.lf the Esther steeht'police station, where he was lock- ed up for 'being drunk..„„. r 'There •is a pagers', siiiike on in Lon -- don, and A die inConeemeneing •ieitAens. The paintersare eking fer*a minimum wage of '30-ceats fin haan. :The bosses refuse to twtythe sale indiscriminately. The painters have quit work. The loss to McGill University by the fire that destroyed the medical 'building andmuseum will be about half ert. million. • Toxottiee leather workers will wait an on their employers with a. request for an increase ineweges. The Red.River is -Very high and fears of a flood are ententanned at•Whmineg. A letter to the Secretary of the Tor- onto Beard of Trade states that naviga- tion is not expected to open a.t Fort Wil- liam till May 1. Fifteen girls and over a dozen meet, employed at the Fronteuae Cereal Coto- pa.ny's works, Kingston, went out on strike on Saturday for more pay. The additional money was not forthcoming and now they are looking for other em- ployment. John McArthur, an Englishman, 29 years old, who claims to be a sailor, applied to N. 2 police station, Toronto, on Monday ight, for shelter, and was taken to Ithegesells. Shortly afterwer.4, he was found seriously ill and Sergt. Charlton. summoned a, doctor . It was discovered that the man had, to allay hunger, eaten the scraps of cigars and cigarettes which he had found in the streets. BRITISII AND FOREIGN • A London firm has started a motor ear service between Londoun and Paris. • It is rumored that the Prince and Prineess -of Wales will pay another visit to Canada in the near future. The illness of Mr. Joseph Chamberlain is so eerious that his wife's mother and brother have left Boston' for his bedside. Governor Hughes yesterday signed the Bingham police bill, which will permit practically a reorganization of the New York City police force, and greatly in- crease the powers of the Commissioner of Police. Charles Stratese, a negro, who was charged with attempting an assault on a white woman near Duthie, La., on Sun- day, was taken from efficers by a mob and. hung to a tree about six miles from Bunkie, while being taken from the jail. His body was riddledayvith bullets. * CUPID'S AIDE JAILED.' --- Accused of Bigamy and Fraud on Two Women—A Matrimonial Agent. Philadelphia, April 22.—James Mar- shall, manager of a matrimonial agency in this city, was held in 81,000 bail to day, charged with bigamy and desertion. Tenie Marshall, who assisted him in the management of the agency, is charged with obtaining money under false pretences. Mrs. Marjorie Frye' and Mrs. Jennie Matthews appeared against the prison- ers. Mrs. Fryel married Marshall in this elty, after he had informed her that he owned gold mines in Califormia and Alaska. She, refused to advancd. him money, and was deserted ii - Matthews married ' Marshall, who .1f0 assumed the name of 'Williams, -hi. New York City. She met him in Biliffelne and advanced. him 01,400 to operate alleged mines. ..early 200 letters from women desir- ing to secure husbands were seized. Tenie Marshall is also the wife of Marshall, but for the purpose of the agency, assumed the relations of a daughter. BOY'S FACE SHATTERED. Reggie Clarke Killed by Accidental Dis- charge of Gun. Brockville despatch: Reggie, the 4 - year -old son of Robert Clark, of Horton, was fatally shot by the accident&l dis- charge of a min. He and his brother, two years older, secured possession of a breeelaloading gun.' The older lad snap- ped a barrel and the charge tore across the little fellow's face, shattering' the nose, tearing out the right eye and in- inrin the o her lie died shore) aftere. ITALIANS FOUGHT DUEL. One of Tliem Killed—The Victor Com- - mitted Suicide. New York, April 22.—Speaking to the college meeting of bhe Peace Conference in Carnegie hall this afternoon Edwin D. Mead, direetor of the Old Soutb His- torical Work. staked that Canada and the United States in agreeing in 1815 to keep no antreements on the lakes or on the frontier, had pointed. out the true WILY for the reduction of armaments among the mellow, 11 they had kept up their fotrs and, frigates, their garri- sons and iniu•ines., there would probably have been friction a score of times, arid there might have been war; without etteem there has been peace, security and nintual respect. It pays for nations, as ' well as mei, to act like gentlemen, in- stead •of like cowboys. . HEAVY SENTENCE. 34 TEARS FOR ROBBING A CHILD'S '1 BANK. New York, April 22.—Clifford Smith) a 22-year.eld youth, who was detected in the set of extracting pennies from a oblides bank in a house which he had entereclby force in the night, was eenteneen today to serve therty.four years and four months in Sing Sing pri- son. Thirny yeare of the term was ini- poscd ea, the burglary charge, and the four yenta anti four Twelfths ior,ltving assaulted Mr. inn John Oeslreieher ” h ' crew ever when they BITE 4f CHILD P ISONS DOCTOR. Teeth Sank Into the Flesh of His Arm Whits Operation Was in Progresq. Ithaca N. Y., April 22,—Er. John S. Kirkend4,11, one of the moat noted eye specialists 'in Western' New York, is suffering from a badly -swollen arm, the result tif blood poisoning eaused-by the bite ef a 4-year-pichgiel on whei). he was ' operating: •The child's teeth penetrat- ed. almost to the bene. ' Dr. Kirkendall resumed his. work, nowever; 'and neglected to cauterize the ereadnd Where he get through. *The Iittlegirl wno. bit •hini is' said: to daughter. of one of 'IthiMeds most prominent families,,bueher intend lere- biginuslir guardenebse aad the nurses' &teethe hospital, and Kirken- „.. (lairs brother physicians aro keeping the secret w.eli guarded, The juvenile society beliewan Ibeing operated on for adenoids 0:414 *ha' un- ruly under the anaesintetih ' Dr. Kirkendall ,bas for Many years been physician to the State Hosipital for the Insane at • Willard, but being bitten was a now experience . for him. As he is a surgeon who makes ea spehialty of delicate operations on tlie eye; ear, nose an& threat, his poisoned arm threatened bis neofeSsional life and gave the greatest•coucern to his ihmily and friend's. It we s reported co.day that there was no 'longer any se- rious fenr that amrputationof the swol- len meml . r would be netesnaey. M.11.•••••111 •••••••••••••••••••••••rwa •••vow...••••••.•••••••.... if SUICIDE WHEN ESUS Work of :Famine Kelief .Comrnittee Among the • Starving Chinese Sufferers. Shanghai, April 22,— Investigation shows; thet•tho plans of the famine re- lief committee eare admirable. There has been- iiteeleakag-e of the funds adminis- tered .'by foreigners. A house to house inspection has resulted in 90,000 famil- ies', totalling 500,04 famine suffers, be- ing enrinleth by' the eomrnittee which is attemptiegato provide heed for 'them until the harvest. Additions to that list of feanilles•Will be made only when the funds available justify. Three kinds of relief tieketee are issued. The first are free food tickets, which aro not issued unless the • family .ha e absolutely no money, food or pawnable articles end its members are•• too weak • to work. Often the thatch roofs and limbers of houses are sold, nd families, because they had a table left, have been re- fused, relief, and utterly discouraged, they have committed suicide'. ' Second, where they ere pleyeicanly ante one member of each destitute family is giv- en work which is paid for in food. Third, the Chinese Governmont is paying to some families one and one .-half cents per day. Tickets are given to these fam- ilies entitling them to purchase famine supplies at cost. Food is furnished to ticket, holders at relief sub-eutres at stat- ed times. O1D LY ATTACKED. HOISTED FLAG OF DISTRESS TO TELL OF VILLAINOUS CRIME. A Bowmanvilla Woman, Aged Eighty- nine Years, the Victim of Midnight Attack by Immigrant. llowmanville despatch: An Risk im- migrant named T. J. Moore, who has been. in this country about a. year, ap- nearedebeforo- Magiatrate Horsey' on a charge of breaking into the resi- dence of Mrs. Deacon, 89 years of age, who resides near the cemetery, east of the town. It seems that a week ago Monday night Mrs. Deacon was awak- ened about 12 o'clock by someone trying her door. She called out, enquiring who was there, and, not understanding the reply given, got out of bed. and proceeded to dress. However, the panty continued to bang against the door, and, after breaking through three doors, got into the room. He then caught hold of the old lady. In the struggle she cut her face against the side of the door. She filially swooned away, and when she came to the man told her he was sorry he frightened her, and asked her to say nothing about it and he would get her a present, and, lighting his pipe, went away. The old lady as soon as morning came hoisted a flag which she has been accustomed to do when wanting anything, and her neighbor, Mr. R. Witheridge, came over, when she related the events of the night. He at ence came up town and interviewed. Chief of Police Jarvis, who from the description given soon located Moore. After hearing the evi- dence, the Police Magistrate committed the prisoner for trial at the coming As- sizes at Cobonrg. However, it has since transpired that Moore committed criminal assault on Mrs. Deacon, the old lady being afraid to tell it when the court was in session. It is one of the most villainous things that has ever occurred here. Mrs. Dea- con is one of the oldest residents in this vicinity, having lived for some years in the 'township before removing to town, and is universally respected. It seems that Mbore, who buried his wife last January, then residing at Newcastle, had been drinking at one of the hotels all day. STANFORD WHITE EVELYN THAW'S MOTHER WOULD HAVE KILLED HIM. Says She Never Knew the Truth Con- cerning His Friendship With Her Daughter—Would Have Saved Thaw the Trouble of Murdering White. Pittsburg, April 22.—The Pittsburg Leader this afternoon prints a allecol- umn statement from Mrs. Charles J. Holman, mother of Evelyn Nesbitt Thaw) in which she defends hereelf against the aeousations expressed ansi implied againa ther during the Thaw The statement opergi by saying that two nights after the night upon which Harcy Thaw shot Stanford White she reetived this telegram from her &Agin ter: "It is most important for you to eay absolutely nailing." and has been fore' sd to take the de- fensive because of the attacks made upon her by Mr. Delmas in his closing addeem to the jury. She denies that she aided the district attorney in any way. 'Florence," she se.ys, "was in love with the stage." She did everything to discourage her, but it, was uselens. The story of Florence's first meeting with -Stanford White, she ears, is sub- stantially as told by the former on the witness stand Wieen Florence return- ed ehe *old her mother she had met the grandest man White, she says, warned her apecificallyagainst several young men with whom . Florence had been acquainted, but ditienot refer to Thaw. His manner, words and as - tions were the personification of whole- hearted, disinterested generosity, Mrs. Holman soya. and if ever a. worms reposed implicit eonfidence in a man she says she di& Mrs. Holman then asserts that fig Florence underwent the me/eerie/mess that is said to have befallen her he did not take her into her ponfidence. Continuing. she says: "Had she told me what she told the Thaw jury it would mot have been necessary, for Harry Tbaw to kill Stanford' White. I would: have done it myself." "My love for my daughter is as and intense as it was when I first her in my arms a helpless baby." f I '4 AMENDMENTS TO GAME LAWS During bhe present session of the Le- gislature, amendments to the game laws have been nrede. A summary places thea follovving as bhe open, seasons for vari- ous kinds of game in this provitice. Open season for deer—From Nov. 5 to 20. Moose and cariboo season—South of the main line of the C. P. R., Nov. 5 toe 20, and north of that line, from Oct, 21 to "Nov. 20, Grouse,phe meets, prairie fowl, parte ridge, woodeock--Sept, 16 to Dec. 16. Quail, wild turkeys, black and grey squirrels—Nov. 1 to Dec 1. Swans and geese—eSept. 15 to April - 30. Ducks and other water fowl—Sept. 1 to Dec. 31. Snipe, rail and plover—•Sept. 1 to Doe. 31. Capercailzie--Sept. 15 to Dec. 15. Hares—Oct, 1 to Dec. 31. THEY POINTED THE WAY, Canada and States Took First Step To' wardDisarmament, New York, April 22.—After a quarretu. over a girl to whom both were paying attention, two Italians fought a dueJ with revolvers in Ozone Park, L. I., to- day, as a remit of which one of theme Sues Piandiane, was instantly Vincenzo (Ica, the other duelist, was • found hiding in a closet in the home a his victim. As the pollee burst in the closet door Oiea ehet and: killed lira:pent The two men had been close friend* until, they disagree& CRIMINAL LIBEL CHARGED, Mr, M. E. Nicholls, Editor of the Win- nipeg Telegram, Arrested. Winnipeg, April 22,—M, E. Nieholia,„ editor of The Telegram, was erre* charged with erinunal libel, es the re- sult of the publication of an article re- -• faring to Gle W. Woods, who was so- • 4 4 • • I •