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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1907-05-10, Page 6; 2011.1 COM Y STILL CANADA'S. SIR WILFRID LAURIER SPEAKS AT ,; CANADA CLUB BANQUET. ))'reference Resolution Submitted by Aus- tralian Premier—Sir Wilfrid Laurier Announces That Canada Will Adhere 1 to Resolution of 1902, London, May 6.—The Imperial Con- eference today discussed the question of preferential trade. in addition to the Premiers, Mr. Asquith; Mr. Lloyd George Bed several officials of the Treasury and oard of Trade were present. Before !tMr. Deakin addressed the conference Sir ' Wilfrid. Laurier explained that the .posi- 'tion of Canaria remained what it was in 4902. She was content to adhere to the resolutions then passed. 'Premier Deakin spoke for two hours. Tile said the oversea dominions were the best customers of the mother country rrhey would always be a part of the ern - ftyke, and had a claim to be regarded. rom that point of view he urged that ;greater co-operation was necessary to rthe empire's continued existence. Australia was not likely to find a *market on the continent, and. therefore, (wished to obtain greater advantage in ;the British market. Australia could 'supply wholly or in part £213,000,000 of $ritain's trade. Without preference, )however, he doubted if Australia could !maintain her position in the British mar - i3 ets. but it might be ex^ected that with Eo ;preference on wheat ner eamorts could !be increased fourfold. With the help of :an increased export of butter an addi- 'Conal .papulation of 40,000 could be em- Voyed. At that point the conference ad- f3ourned until to -morrow. It is understood that there are to be ;three days more of sitting this week and ;three next week. when the conference is 'likely to conclude. Premiers Banqueted. There was a brilliant gathering at ;Princes' Restaurant in Piccadilly to- i,xright, when the Canada Club entertained :Sir Wilfrid. Laurier and the other Pre - 'm iers under Lord Strathcona's presiden- !oy. The Duke of Argyle proposed the Imperial forces, and Lord Tweedmouth, !responding, said the British navy was never snore able to meet danger than now. That, however, was no reason for 7resting on our laurels. He desired. that }''the dominions oversea should join in ;snaking the navy all that it should be. Mr. Haldane mentioned that Sir Fred - 'trick Borden had been at the War Office *hat afternoon working, out details.• He considered that in the' fast ton days. they had made a big step forward. (Ap- !plause.) • Sir Frederick Borden; who also re- igponded, agreed with Mr. Haldane that a foundationhad been laid for a better !understanding. Ho emphasized the dan- flegislation.of et' By relying upon ts from he bond of friendship, affection and loyalty" said the, "you have the safest, and in my opin- ion the only, guarantee necessary for ab - ;solute co-operation." Lord Strathcona, who proposed the Premiers and Ministers attending the conference, said the e,_ •sire was only be- ginning to realize ig destiny. He de- elared that there ; as a strong feeling ?for Imperial unite t:a Canada and paid an ;eloquent tribute to tee Canadian Pre- Jntier. ( Sir 1'G'ilf id Laurier, alluding to the •presence of the Japanese Ambassador, inaid that Canada's nearest neighbors on :the east and west were Britain and Jap- an. He anticipated that Canada tires to ;become the highway of communication `between the two lands. Dealing with the ;larger aspects of immigration, he re - Marked that Canada Zeas profiting by the mistakes of her neighbors. There was 110 fear to be apprehended from the in- 'fiux from the States. Concluding. be -claimed be was not speaking boastfully at Ottawa when he declared that the 'twentieth century belonged to Canada. ;(Cheers.) Hon. L. P. Brodeur, replying to the •toast to the Dominion of Canada and the Governor-General, spoke of the Ioyal- ety of the French-Canadians, and also al- luded to the great services performed by 'Lord Strathcona in opening up the Northwest Territories. Duty on Wheat. London, May 6.—Sir Charles Tupper, speaking to the Canadian Associated 'Press, expressed himself as quite satis- ;died so far with the proeedings of the Colonial Conference. He thoroughly con- curs in the attitude of Sir Wilfrid Laur- ier. "But," said Sir Charles to the Cana- dian Associated Press, "the way to pro - )mote preference is to restore the shilling ,registration duty on wheat, and it could ;be done without any infringing on free k'trade principles. Put it on foreign wheat and exempt Canadian. My health is fair- ly good, but againstemy doctor's orders I am attending the London Chamber of Commerce banquet to -morrow night." m - o ENDED LIFE'S STRUGGLE, Samuel. R. Bullard, Toronto, ex -Bank Clerk, Commits Suicide. Toronto despatch: Samuel R. Bullard, as ex -bank clerk, about 50 years of age, who came to Canada about seven arnonths ago from England and who -roomed at 53 Berkeley street, cut his ,throat with a razor yssieerdey.afternoon in he old Castle Frank, drive leading :;lion; the head of Parliament street into .the Rosedale ravine, ami died last even- 1. at the General Hospital. Dr. John oble, who was kissing on his bicycle, faired the man dying, with the razor still rin the amend, and hurriedly summoned police. The 'wagon from No. 4 Station removed hind to the boepitai. • On Thursday inerni•ng Bullard left his: boarding house, learning a gold watch as security with the landlady for some $0 or $10 alleged to he due her as rent, A letter awaiting him there was, opened by the pollee and was found to be from hoc. wife, who signed herself as "Your living wife Kathleen," and stated that to earn a living elle was teaching bridge whist, and. that she did without any- thing but the bare necessities of life.. The addreru. was 16 Princess Square, Bayswater, West Tendon. ATTACKED BY , CUBANS. UNARIYIED U. S. SAILORS SET UPON AT SANTIAGO. Havana. May 6.—The police of San- tiago early this morning atta.ciced a party of enlisted men from the cruiser Tacoma, who were returning to the wharf on expiration of shore leave to rejoin the cruiser. Three of the Ameri- cans were seriously injured and one, whose skull was fractured, Will probably die. Ensign A. T. Brisbin, a'ho waa ashore in civilian clothes, was also injured, but not seriously. His participation in the affair re not fully explained. The only news of the fight mane here to Com- mander Wood of the cruiser Dixie, the senior officer in Cuban waters, from the commander of the Tacoma, which is regularly stationed at Santiago. The police evidently used guns, knives and clubs, while the sailors were certainly unarmed, as they were not permitted to go ashore with weapons of any kind. There 1ms been a great deal of evi- dence of anti -Americanism in Santiago. where the no. roes among themselves dream of the establishment of another Hayti. HIS SOLE Iil'IPROPRIETY. • Governor Swettenhani Incident Again Up in British House. London. May 6.—In giving a de- finite final refusal to furnish the House with further correspondence ex changed between the ex -Governor of Jamaica, Sir Alexander Swettenliaan, and the Colonial Office, the Under= Secretary of the Colonies, :lir. Churels- i11, ataped: in the house of Commons this afternoon that the only point upon which fault was officially found with Sir Alexander was in regard to the propriety of his letter to Rear -Admiral Davie. The ropriety of the Governor's ac- tion in dispensing with Joe services of the American naval: contingent was never : called into queaatron< and there- fore'•tif yeti forth the :Gzaverhor'a reasons for doing so would not serve, any useful purpose, but rather the reveres Mr. Churchill was asked to publish Rear -Admiral Davis' letter to Bear- Adaniral Evans in regard to the Swet- tenham incident, which, the question• ere intimated, entirely exonerated Swettenham from the charge of ]rav- ing quarrelled with Davis, but the Under-Secretary pointed out it obvious- ly was not within the province of the British Government to publish letters exchanged between officers of the Unit- ed States navy. TRAIN THROUGH BRIDGE. Three Men Killed on the C. P. R. Near Schreiber. North Bay despatch: A freight train on the Nepigon envision of the C. P. Pt. 1 plunged through a burning bridge last night, fifty-one miles west of Schreiber. The engine and ten ears piled up in the river below, and under the wreckage were pinned the engineer, fireman and brakeman, wh.o went down with the ill-fated engine to death, sudden and terrible. The body of the engineer, Wm. Fixture, of Schreiber, was found to -day, but the bodies of the fireman and brake- man are still in the wreck. Fixture leaves a wife, but no children. IIe had . been a resident of Schreiber for twenty two years, and was making preparations to abandon railroading and take up a farm in the west. SHOOTING OF SIMON. Prosecution in De Massy Murder Trial Ends Its Case, • New York, May 6.—The prosecution in the trial of Andsda Louise de Massy closed its case .this afternion after the jury bad ben taken in a body to the building where ,Simon, the shirt -waist maker, had his effica, and where he was killed. This was decided upon by Jetst:ice Blanchard, after one of the jurors, Geo be W. Guerrreey, had announced on Monday that he had been to the building and looked over the stairway on the first floor, where the pistol was found after Simon had been shot. DR. DWYER DIVORCED. His Wife Granted Separation at St. Louis, Mo. St, Lopis, May 6.—Mrs, Theresa Dwy- er, 4,311 Forest Park. Boulevard, was granted a divorce from Dr. Robert J. Dwyer; of Toronto; Canada, by Judge Ry. Meynolds today. Dwyer testified that her husband said, the women of the United States wore banking in, re- spectability, and that he always spoke disparagingly of •the, people of this coun- try. She claimed that elle provided for her awn enaintenanee 'and gave the de- fendant funds for his personal expenses. The couple were married Oct. 12th, 1888, and eeparated June lent, 1001. Mrs. Dwy- er resides with her brother, Joseph D: L nrsg4ll, secretary of the Lunraghi Coal Co. AmanwimmagatuuLiMmsomnnusammiwaxelmamwwl YORK LOAN. NEW ACT WILL EXPEDITE, • TEE WINDING UP. Big Saving in Expense by Reason of Legislation Passed by the Dominion Parliament.._Many Claims to Settle --Amount of Saving, Toronto, May 6.—With the passing by 'the 'Dominion Parliament of the amend- ments to the insolvency act, the York Loan liugidat on will likely come, be- fore the courts in a few days, when the liquidator will ask for the necessary in- structions. Fully 114,000 chime wore filed, and these may be roughly divided into about thirty classes. 'these classes arise because of changes in the certifi- cates and other' causes. Then thereare certain of the claimants who have been classod themselves as preference share- holders, and a decision has to be given on their claims, The winding -up act as it was before the amendment was passed did not provide machinery for such cases as the Fork Loan, although ample for all ordinary eases. under the old act no- tices had to be served personally in most cases where tie " claim was to be dis- puted, and eac shareholder also had the right to ha his or her own soli- citor appear, wh might also require no- , Tice, so that wi the very best inten- tions by all c ncerned the delay un- der the old act eyould have been almost interminable and the expense very heavy. Now, hoever, the courts, after careful ,consider it tion, will arrange for the legal reps ntation of each class, and, of course, may decide that two or more classes may be united in the legal representation. It is likely that the liquidator will go. before Referee McLean on an early date and ask that the necessary appointment of eounsel for the class of claims to be taken up first shell be made, and all the necessary notices given. By the new arrangement the creditors will gain considerably, and as far as it is possible to expedite such, a complicated winding up as the York Loan it will be ex- pedited. There cannot, however, be very great speed until the rights of every shareholder has been fully in- quired into', and placed beyond all doubt. The passing of the new act was great- ly. facilitated by the assistance given by, the lion. A. B. Aylesworth, Min- ister of Justice, and Mr. Claude Mac- donell, M. P. for South Toronto, both of whom gave all the time and atten- - tion such an important measure neces- sarily entailed. No such a complicated winding -up has ever before been under - .taken in Canada, so there were no pre- cedents to guide the liquidator, and no advisers as toi the course of procedure. The courts 'aid tow instructed how to proceed, and there does not appear to be any probability that a, legal battle will arise on any of the many comp'r:natcd points still to be dealt with before all is clear sailing for the final settlement of the York Loan affairs. A legal gentleman who has been fre- quently engaged in winding up business says the shareholders will save from $150,000 to $200,000 in IegaI and other expenses under the new act as com- pared. with the cost, under the old sys tem. ONSLAUGHT ON ALCOHOL, British Doctors Reply to Recent Medical Declaration in Its Favor. • London, May 6.—A counterblast to the recent declaration. in favor of al- cohol by leading physicians is now published by the medical press over the signatures of a dozen physicians, in- cluding Sir Fredea-ick Treves, Sir Jas. Barr and Williacn Ewart. Referring two the recent manifesto which was dealt with in •cable despatches the signator- ies -say: "We gravely dissent from much of its teaching, nor eon we accept it as an authoritative statement -of recognized me dical opinion on the enatter." After traversing some of the can- tcntions of their colleagues, who ad- vocated alcohol, the signatories further say: "We strongly believe that alcohol is unnecessary as 'an ,azrtiele of consump- tion in the ease ef healthy mere and women and that its general use could be discontinued without detrianent to ;the world's welfare. Further, believ- ing that alcohol is one of the most fruitful souaees of poverty,disease and crime, an are pleased to add that it is now sparingly employed as a remedy by a majority of medical men." .e e a • • MANY SALOONS IN GLASGOW. Shipowner Appeals for Reduction of Number --Waterfront Squalor. London, May 6.—Mr. Maclay, a Iead- i.ng shipowner of Glasgow, in appealing to a magistrate to reduce the number of saloon licenses ist the harbor districts says that the districts are seething in drunkenness, disease, misery; immorality and crime. There are dozens of houses in which pigs would not live, and some of these are occupied by people who -once theld good social positions. A HOBBY 'A GOOD THING. Dr, Osier's Advice to Students at MciG11 Convocation. Montreal, May 6.—The nanual con- vocation of 'McGill University, which Wes held this aftetrnaon,, was rendered notable by the unexpected presence of Dr. Osler, Regina Professoa of Me- dicine at Oxford,.: who had jbat arrived from England en na. flying visit to thio side, tend wham Prineip el. Petersen. de- edWus doing more tban any Diving eau, except, 1pez'b lir. Anciaew Carnegie to hind two continents to gether by constant flying visits. Dr. Osler made a brief speech, regret- fully alluding to MoGill's lose by fire, but saying he was full of confidence that Canadians would mane her rising from hem •ruins. To the students he ,said his advice to young men was: "Have a hob- by uneonneeted with your business, and the earning of your living" oor SAYS MAC. LIVES. TRAVELLER DENIES THAT SIR HECTOR MACDONALD IS DEAD. He Declares He is in China --Asserts He Saw Soldier Who Was Believed to Have Killed Himself in Paris—A Most Singular Story. London, May 6.—A singular story that has both astoadebed and amused England anib Scotland. lw)asi p'ublistied in the Manaheeter Sunday Chronicle. It relates to the late renowned, soldier, Major -Gen. Sir Hector Macdonald. The General, it will be remembered, was reported to have ooanmhtted sui- cide in an obscure Paris Hotel, March 15, 1003, while en route from Ceylon, where he had been in command. He fought with distinction in Afghanistan, in the Doer war ef 1881 and also iR the recent Boeat War, in which be man mended the Highland Brigade, and he also figured coauspieuausly in the fight- ing against Arabi Pasha in Egypt and theMahidd in the Soudan. The publication in the Manchester paper is to the effect that "Fighting Mac". as Sir Hector was known in nvilitaay and Scottish circles, is still very much alive, and is now organizing a powerful army for China. The most circumstantial story bear- ing on Sir Hector'ss alleged survival ennuaates from Johannesburg from a mai who recently arrived there frown the Par East. He asserts that he +saw "Pightl.ng iniac" at Nanking, 'Clilinay last year, putting his astonishing declar- ation in the following form: "1 ):new Hector Macdonald very well, was in Nanking in Deoember last. I saw a battalion of Chinese soldiers be- ing. drilled in 7uropean style on a spaoe in the centre of the city, and, feeling curious, I walked up to where three officers were standing. 'One of them was Sir Hector Mares onaIci. He was clean-shaven, bort otherwise he was altered very little since the ,oeca- sien of my last ,meting him in Pre- toria. "I was almost breathless with aston- ishenent- I was about to speak to him when his eyes met mine. He turned rapidly round to one of the other offa- eers, and said romancing quickly an Chumese 'The -officer, almost springing at me, whetted.: 'Leave this ground at onee, or we will put you where your friends wo'n't find you in a hurry.' I left Nan- kiag that day for Shanghai, and I found that the fact that Sir Hector Meta:maid was an that county was believed by a great many Er,glieh peo- p„ As strengthening the story, it is pointed out that no inquest was held on the body alleged; to be that of Sir Hector Macdonald; but in official and other quarters little attention has been paid to the matter. The paper's Jo- hannesburg informant, officials belieive, was mistaken in his min. LEGAL TECHNICALITY. Neglect to Place Stamps Results in Strikers Being Discharged. An Ottawa despatch: By taking ad- vantage of a tecunicality in the crim- inal code, Mr. H. A. Goyette, counsel for the Buckingham strikers, on trial for manslaughter before Judge Talbot, Hull, obtained the release of the prison- ers tiliri morning. At yesterday's session of the court Mr. Goyette sprung a surprise on both Judge and Crown by filing an objection to the proceeding 'of the case. This was taken on the ground that the ne- cessary stamps on the seals had been overlooked in the issuing of the war- rants for the arrest of the strikers. Judge Talbot, after considering the objection, this morning declared in favor of Mr. Goyette's argument. 'The strikers were at once freed. Ilis Honor ruled that the Provincial law provided that all criminal proceedings could be taxed and a stamp affixed. The Fed- eral law is different, but the former is backed up by the Privy Council. Mr. Brooke, Crown prosecutor, will appeal, on the ground that the objec- tion against the seals should have been filed at the preliminary hearing. o - a BROWN TAIL MOTH. Fears That It Has Entered Nova Scotia Apparently Unfounded. Halifax, May 6.—Recently a re- port was made to the Provincial De- partment of Agriculture that the dread- ed browxv-tail moth had made its ap- pearance in the Annapolis valley fruit belt. A Bingle speeianen had previously been found and sent to Dr. Flratcher at Ottawa, Dominion, Etomolegiat, who pronounced it genuine, P•a?in4anl Cum- ming, of the Provincial. Agrlculevaral Col- lege, then detailed Prof. Smith to make a careful investigation of these sections where it was feared the "br+owari-hails" PRESIDENT'S fScAPE. ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE CHIEF MAGISTRATE OF GUATEMALA. Conspirators Had Placed Mine in Street of Capital, and Fired It From Near- by House When . President Was • Passing. Guatemala City,, Guatemala, May 6. —President Estrada Cabrerada, of Gila, temala , narrowly escaped assassination to -day. IIe left his private residence at 7,30 in the morning for his customary drive, accompanied by his staff. On arriving in front of some houses on Seventh avenue, between Sixteenth and Seventeenth streets, an explosion, at first supposed to have been caused by a bomb, occurred, killing the horses at- tached to the President's carriage, wounding the coachman and injuring several staff officers, including General Orellana, t'.: • chief of staff. The President, who gas not injured, displayed great presence of mind. Alight- ing from his carriage, he inspected the' surroundings, and then returned on foot to his residence. An inspection of the scene showed that the explosion had not been caused by a bomb, but by a mine. The conspirators dug a tunnel from one of the houses mentioned, rent- ed by a man named Rafael Rodil, placed explosives under the roadway and con- nected them by a wire with a battery in Rodil's house and from there caused the explosion. Many suspects have been arrested, but it is not known whether the would -he assassins have been taken into custody. Peace prevails throughout Guatemala, and the Government officials say they have the situation well under control. t ERS DON'T ATTEND. SYNOD OF HAMILTON AND LONDON DISCUSSES THE QUESTION. Chatham, Ont., despatch: The Presby- terian Synod of London and Hamilton took up the most of the time yesterday morning appointing eommittees, Mr. W. N. Hosie, of Brantford, presented a report from the committee appointed to supply some means for encouraging a better attendance of elders at the synod meetings. He recommended that the date of the annual meeting be hence- forth changed from the lag Monday is April to the last Moaday in March. As this will be more convenient for elders, it was earried. It was also decided to hold the next meeting of the synod in St. Andrew's Church, London. The feature of the afternoon meeting was the address given, by Prof. Kilpat- rick, of Knox College, Toronto. His sub- ject was "The Christian Salvation." Rev. Mr. :Roes, of Guelph., a member of the Assembly's Committee on Aug- mentation, addressed the synod, and asked it to put forth stronger effort to- wards raising money for this purpose. The amount raised last year was $6,843. This year $11,278 will have to be raised. Last evening Rev. Mr. Horne, of Wat- ford, reported on the Sunday school work. He asked for a grant of $sea. from the General Assembly for the establishment of summer schools and extending teachers' institutes. He re- ported good work from the institutes, but regretted the indifference in Sunday school work exhibited by boys and young men. Rev. J. McDuncan, of Toronto, ad- dressed the synod on the work being done for the Sunday schools by the General Assembly Committee. Rev, J. A. McDonald, of Toronto, concluded the session with an address upon the present movement among the laymen of thee churches. 4', KILLING WAS JUSTIFIED. Judge Choquet Discharges Geo. Sheard„ of Montreal, From Custody. Montreal, May 0. --George Shear&, (colored), lunchroom -keeper of St. A.n. toine :street, was to -day acquitted by Judge Choquet in the Court sof Special: Sessions en the charge of rnansla'ughter,. On the morning of April 16•Sheard. en- tered Martin's saloon on. Windsor street.. Joseph Gariepy, sad.condceeper, Duluth avenue, was in the place with a couple- of :friends. The trio were winder the ane fluence of liquor, and when Sheeted en tered, Gariepy, using au approbrioua epithet, asked him to have a drink. Shsamd declined, and in the course of tb,e•: row that followed Sheard ,hit Gariepy-on•. the head with a motel bar fixture and fractured Iiia skull. Gariepy died three days later. Sheard was called to -day for a volune tary statement, but before taking his,. plea his Honor started that he was pre- pared to give voluntary judgment. In brief Judge Choquet said: "This its no. case of murder—no murder case at all. It is not even a ease of manslaughter or • assault. You were protecting your own life, and there were three mon against 3„0uar BROWNLEE'S NEW POSITION. Appointed General Transportation Man -1 ager of the G. T. R. Montreal, Mty 6.—.A. cireular haps, been issued appointing W. B. Brow/Ilene` had evade inroad. After a moat thor- general transportation manager of the: ough search not a. single spxe men; has Grand Trunk, andestating that the poet-. The investigation will be emutinued ,1sh of first vice-president has been abal-1 Prof. Sears, Provincial Hortioulberast, en: A. A. Truesdale is to he assistant' other recti etre of the orchard zonae, and, general transportation manager. no effort wall be spared to detect the ap- I M. C. Sturtevant, general assistantl pearanee of thepest, which has wrought to the general manager of the Grand'. sueh havoc oat the orchards and shade Trunk Paaifie, has resigned that poen trees of New England. tion.