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The Herald, 1907-05-24, Page 6w aa..«....,,.,...••........w ,..Nm,smat, .,, .-..,...,...m,...,•n. ,Aro. ate, 'CONGRESS O RI AC' IONISTS. ;RUSSIANS WHO SEEK TO FIGHT THE REVOLUTIONISTS. 'Want Parliament Dissolved --Full Mar- tial Law --Disarmament of Jews— Confiscation of Property—Exclusion of Jews From Office. Moscow, May 20, ---The Congress of Reactioniets closed to -day after adopt- ing the final draft of a resolution set- ting forth the measures it considered necessary for public safety, which in- clude the dissolution of Parliament, the ;proclamation of full martial law wher- I ever there is any revolutionary situa- t tion, disarinannit of the Jewish organize - ' tion, legalizatron of the fighting bands of the reaetionists, confiscation of the property of revolutionists, abolition of elective judges. and the exclusion of Jews from the military and civil services. Subscriptions were started by the 'delegates to a secret service fund to fight the revolution. A revolutionist named Charohsnikoff, leader of several bands which under ' epver of the revolutionary movement 'have carried out important robberies of the banks and other public institutions, was located by the police here yesterday and was killed while attempting to escape disguised as a woman. ALMOST HUMAN. NEW SAFETY SIGNAL INVENTED BY A DOCTOR. I. relays. the last squad carrying out their tuuonseiuus mare -dee who had preceded them, sixteen firemen were sent to the hospital. Burning oils and rubber, making en intensely dense and noxious smoke, reused the firemen Hazardous experienees. These materials were stored far down from the basement, where the fire was difficult of greets, and- there was no movement of air, A dozen of the •men .were stretched out on the sidewalk at one time under treatment for suffoea- tion, and were assisted by a Hundred young women wlio had rushed from t11e binning building. It Will Warn Engineer of Impending Danger, and, if He Fails to Heed, Will Shut Off Steam Automatically —It Tells of Open Switches, Broken Rails, Etc. Philadelphia, Pa., May 20.—Reduction to a minimum of railway collisions and wrecks from broken rails is what Dr. Benjamin F. Saurman, for years a prac- `tieing physician of Philadelphia, claims his new automatic invention, the "safety signa.1," will accomplish. Not only will it warn the railway engineer of impending danger, he says, but in . ease the man at the throttle does not 'heed, or is injured, it will automatically stop the locomotive to Thiel it is at- tached, in time to avert accident. Dr. Saurman to -day gave a demon- stration of his invention at a shop on 'North Marshall ` street, and a number of railroad men and practical engineers :who saw it pronounced the invention a success. The safety signal is a device which is 'installed in the locomotive cab and op- erated by electricity or by a mechanical tripping device attached to the rails. ` It is set in motion by the flange of the ' wheel. By it the engineer is warned by lights and by bell of the proximity of • a train either in the block ahead or in 'the block behind. If he fails to heed the signal the appliance automatically shuts off the steam and sets the brakes with - cut human aid. The breaking a: a rail, the removal of a. portion of ., track, or the opening of a switch is :leo automatically re- corded by the '.,.vie,,, and by means of a !clock movenic :1. end dial the hour and minute of tha earning is recorded for 1.future reference in ease of inquiry. Dr. Saurmanhas been working on his invention for several years. Tho idea was suggested to him by the great wreck at West Plainfield, N. J., several years ago, when many lives were lost. 4 . ROASTED THE COUNTY. ADMITS GUILT. JACKSON RELEASED ON BAIL BY CHIEF JUSTICE FALCONBRIDGE. The Orangeville Case Brings Out Some, Stern References to a Too Prevalent Crime by His Lordship. Orangeville dspatch: Walter Jackson - changed his plea this morning of not. guilty to one of guilty of administering drugs for an improper purpose, and was remanded for sentence, a bond of $1,000 being exacted to bind hem to appear whenever called upon. During the course of his remarks on the case Chief Justice Falconbridge spoke at some length on the prevalence of crimes of this character and said that in some respects it was similar to the abominable and detestable practice al- leged to prevail in the United States, by which women avoided the responsi- bility of motherhood or limited their. families to one or two children. Of course in this instance there was a, de- sire, observed his Lordship, on the past of the prisoner to shield the unfortun- ate girl from the disgrace which the oc- currence would bring. The prisoner had already suffered mach in mind and busi- ness in consequence of the affair, and his Lordship was disposed to take into con- sideration in this case circumstances which greatly minimized the seriousness of the charge. MURDER AT TRAIL. DAVID HOSKER FOUND DEAD AT FOOT OF HOTEL STAIRS. Chief Justice Tuck Speaks Out at Burton, N. B. A Frederieton, N. B.. despatch: Chief Justice Tuck presided at the Sunbury Circuit 'Court at Burton to -day. An indictment was presented to the Grand Jury in the ease of the King v.McLean. and Samuel Adams, charged with horse - stealing, and a true bill was returned. As the accused recently escaped from jail and were not recaptured, a second count for jail -breaking was added. In his address to the Grand Jury the Chief Justice spoke strongly on the disc graceful condition of the court house and pronouncing then' the worst in the .whole Province. In the. course of his remarks his Honor stated that he had been given to understand that many 'years ago a Sunbury jury had acquitted a man on a charge of murder for no other reason than that they wanted to escape the cost of erecting a scaffold on -which to hang him. It looked to him a.s if the same spirit of meanness was in the minty. In re- gard to the escape of McLean and Adams., he had been credibly informed that a public official had expressed him- self es pleased that they had got away, as the county would be saved the ex- pense of a trial. He world be sorry to .learn that such a sentiment prevailed in the community, but the evidence point - mid that way. el 4 OVERCOME BY SMOKE. Firemen Carried Unconscious From Burning Building in New York. New York. May 20.—More than a score of firemen narrowly escaped death to -day while fighting a stubborn and ei- cedingly smoky fire in the basement of ii five -storey building at 326 Broadway, the lower part of'whieli was occupied by the offices of the Remington Typewriter 'Company. After two Itotfrs, during Alleged That in a Quarrel in a Room Upstairs Bouchard, After Killing Husker, Dragged the Body Down to Where It Was Found. Rossland, May 20.—A special to the Miner fromr.Xtfiil sap aaease Ati�t_. last night David Hosker, machinist at the smelter; was found dead, with his neck broken, and bleeding profusely from wounds about the face and head, at the foot of the stairs in the St. Elmo Hotel, and Gustave Bouchard is in jail charged with having caused his death. From the evidence taken at the Coroner's inquest it was brought out that Bouchard and Busker,who were both under the influence of liquor, had an altercation in one of the rooms up- stairs, where it is alleged Bouchard killed Husker, and then dragged the body down to the foot of the stairs, where it was found by one of the board- ers in the house. Bouchard, after the fracas, went on shift at the smelter, and was arrested a couple of hours later by Chief of Police Devitt and Constable Chapman. Coroner MacLean, of Ross - land, was notified, and swore in a jury, which, after viewing the remains and taking the evidence of several wit- nesses, adjourned until 0.30 a. m. to- morrow to await the result of the post- mortem. FOUR MONTHS a. reanuavegriantimalonav OF SIR ROBERT .1 N NewfoUndlanrl. Humiliated by Britain in the Interests of the United States. FOR ILLEGAL SELLING OF LIQUOR AT HAILEYBURY. A London cable: "It has been a fail- ure from beginning to end; 'for a maj- ority of us :a failure and a. sham." These words, of one of the Premiers; sung up the result of the colonial conferenoe. The final eitaina sit;came to a d `, -attic Close. By special request of Sir;:- ert Bond, six Premiers attended the :'Cloli n- fal Office punctually,The Newfound,' land Premier entered the conference esr- ryiiig a thick pile of memoranda, and hesat once began speaking. He said: "I.'. wish to make an appeal to you on behalf of Newfoundland. We are being gradually ruined by treaty rights. Some- thing must be done or I will not be ans- werable for the . consequences to the colony,''. Premier Bond then went on to explain how the fishery industry* of Newfound- land was being killed by America. Ile pointed. out that when the colony was on the verge of securing for its fisher- men their rights in the dispute with the American fishermen, the Imperial Gov- ernment had stepped in,..stopped the ne- gotiations and informed the Newfound- land Government that the matter had been settled by England. in direct nego- tiation with the United States. He plead- ed earnestly with the Ea:r1 of Elgin, Colonial Secretary, for nearly, two hours, saying "Unless. you do something for us--soximthing that will enable us to retain our ineaxni of ?,"subsistence ---we shall starve. If we lose.:.our fishing in- dustry ' `we lose evc:i y thing." Syaupathetic :speeelres 'were made by other Premiers, but in spite . of every- thing said, the Earl of Elgin again: ap- plied the cold douche. Just as he had de- clined to give„preferential treatment, so Toronto despatch: Walter P. Wilkins, a prominent resident. of Haileybury, was yesterday sentenced to four months' selling liquor in that town, the case in- volving several points of interest. An appeal will be taken eaainst the eon. imprisonment on cQWYiction of illegally viction, The case was tried at Hailey - bury before Mag1strette Brown, of Co- balt. The defeuec was that the ascus- ed held a wholesale liquor license in the city of Montreal, that the sales took place there and that he simply delivered the liquor in Haileybury to the parties who had ordered it. The magistrate, however, found the defendant' guilty. Evidence was put in of two previous con - victims. He has been sentenced to four months' imprisonment in North Bay Jail, bail being granted pending appeal. FOR THE POLAR REGIONS. Detachment of Mounted Police Off for the Arctic. Edmonton, May 20.—En route to the far north, where they will live for the next two years in the barren wilder- ness of the Arctic zone, Inspector Jarvis and a detachment of four men of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police) arriv- ed in the city yesterday, and leave to- morrow morning by way of Athabasca Landing for the Polar regions. Upon their arrival by boat at }ter - when Island they will relieve Inspect Howard and his detachment, who Will return. to the more civilized settlemen, after sojourning two years amid th y g he refused the pathetic appeal of New- foundland, saying: "We can give you nothing.” Sir Robert Bond instantly jumped to his feet. "It is a gross hnmiliation," he de- clared, "a humiliation. and neglect which- you would not dare offer a col - any powerful enough to be able to give effect to its resentment.. It is most un- just and I repeat again that you are deliberately neglecting us for the sake of Aanerican interests." Gathering his papers, the Prime Min- ister of Newfoundland left the roach without uttering another word, and 60 ended the conference. A few minutes later the other Premiers emerged ex- citedly discussing the incident. The general feeling was that Sir Robert had been badly treated. Wireless Telegraphy Conference. Replying to Mr. Deakin, the Postmas- ter -General said the interests of the col- onies in connection with the wireless telegraphy convention would be ade- quately protected in every way. It ,night be confidently expected that the colonies would receive votes at the next Conference on somewhat the same basis as in the postal convention. Saying Farewell. Sir Wilfrid. Laurier proposed. and Mr. Deakin seconded a resolution expressing sincere appreciation of Lord Elgin's con- duct of the business fo the Conference, and the Premiers' deep sense of grati- tude for the generous hospitality which had been extended thein by the Gov- ernment and people in the United King- dom. Lord Elgin, responding, expressed the hope that the ambition he had cher- ished of assisting in making the Confer- ence a success from the point of view of business had been largely fulfilled. The Conference then separated. NO RELIEF FOR UGHBANKS. Canadian in Michigan Prison Must Serve Five Years. Washington. Islay 20.—The Supreme Court of the United States has refused to come to the relief of Chas. Uchbanks, who is im- prisoned at Jackson, Mich., but who claims to be a citizen of Canada. It appears that Uehban'ks is now serving his third term in Prison, ' and, while be wan sentenced for a term of not exceeding two yeasts, he has al- ready "been confined for more than three earn.. under a new law ef the State which nreserthes a minimum penalty of five years for those who have served preyioas sentenc- es unless some reputable citizen will vouch for their future conduct. Being a .non-resident and unacquainted in Michiian,..'tJchbants hoe •tailed to secure Phis endorsement. He attacked the law as unconstitutional, but the Supreme Court re- fused to take cognisance of the matter. thus leaving it in the discistion of the State authorities:' His effort was through an orig- inal action; in the Supreme Court to secure a writ of habeas corpus, .knit his -petition was denied. STRYCHNINE IN SUGAR. Attempt: to Poison Family at Poplar Park, Math: West 'Selkirk, Man., gay 20.—Meagre details were received,to-day of a shock- ing tragedy at Poplar I'ark,'a little s i'tlemeiet aiortheveet of her, near Lake pnipeg,ywhere s Galician, whose name (Miinot.be',learned, attempted ta-poison his entire 'family, oat of fl 5iitril oF,re- 'venge, eheriahed against his father -lis Saw. p'ive' Give. •,' were in• ;,jeopardy, LIED.. CASE'. SERIOUS CHARGE - TO BE LAID• AGAINST QUEBEC LAWYER, Acting Attorney -General in Asselin Libel Case Declared He Would Lay Indict- went .Against N, K, Laflamme, De- fence Counsel. Quebec, May 20.—A sensation was. sprung in the hearing of the libel action brought by Hon. Jean Provost against Mr. 0. Asselin for alleging that he had been unfaithful to his trust as a Minister of the Crown this after- noon in the Criminal Court, when. Mr. Turgeon, acting Attorney -General, declared that he would at the conclusion of the trial lay an indictment for coin pounding a felony against N. K. La- flamme, counsel for the defence. During the examination of Mr. Tur= geon in the morning Mr. Taschereau ask- ed him if on Sunday last he was not asked b? ,:1/41r. Laflamme or some other person to drop the. e: se, and that if this, was not done some e•.'rious changes bas- ed on letters of Baron L'Apine would be brought. Mr. Laflamme said that he had no objection to the question, but Judge Bosse would not allow it, His Honor said it was the deity of the At- torney -General to bring action against any parties guilty of Such an attempt. When the court aerembled• in the af- ternoon Mr. `Laflamme asked leave to, retire from the case, in view of what had taken place during the morning. Judge Bosse, in reply. said that he thought it would be better for counsel in the interests of his client to continue. Moreover, the attorney -General had not yet declared his intention in regard ter the mater. Later in the afternoon Hon. Mr. Tur- geon made the declaration as stated above. Hon. Mr. Turgeon concluded his evidence yesterday in the ease • and the examination of Hon. Mr. Prevost was begun. The case is arousing a great deal of excitement. in-law, and the three children, and one child, aged three and a half years, has since died. The others will probably recover. Neighbors, upon learning the circum- stances, took the murderer into custody and conveyed him to this town, where he was handed over to the police. Owing to the fact that the prisoner is a Galician, unable to speak English, his version of the tragedy cannot be ob- tained. UNIONIST ELECTED. WOMAN SUFFRAGISTS' CANDIDATE: AT WIMBLEDON DEFEATED. London, May 20.—At the by-election held at Wimbledon yesterday Henry Chaplin, Unionist and ex -President of the Local Government Board, whose can- didacy was opposed by the woman suf- fragists, was elected by the great ma- jority of 6,064 out of a total vote of 13,602. Mr. Chaplin was Joseph Chamberlain's' first lieutenant throughout the latter's protectionist campaign, and based his fight largely on that issue. Bertrand Russell, the candidate of the womansuf- fragists, was heavily handicapped by the, fact that the Liberals declined to offi- cially nominate a candidate -for the vacancy, caused by the resignation of Charles E. iiambrow, Conservative, and. many Liberals declined to support the, nominee of the suffragists. r -e FACING RAILWAY STRIKE. BEATEN BY BURGLAR. Struck Woman in the Face and Then Gagged Her. slatvia, May 2O.—Mrs. Christine Manta, a little Geranan woman about 15 years of age. who resides alone in a house at No. 2 Pier- enee avenue, in the eastern outskirts of the village, was brutally assaulted by a masked burglar in her room at 1 o'clock this morn- ing, She wars awakened by a light in the hall and in a moment a tall slim man wear- ing a white mask entered the roam and struck the olci lady several blows Its the face and then gagged her, a.nd failing to stifle Icor tries, he smothered her with a Dillow until sho was nearly suftocah-d. She macro a thorough examination of the house this morning and found the burglar had ran- sacked every room and every piece of fur- niture in the house, His motive was robbery and it is believed ho knew that $16, which shefore left et paid to neighbor's othat{he day. night wined entrance to the house by removing two Hanes 01 'pas from a ]kitchen window. She cannot give a good description of hint and It is not likely he Will be caught. She rain anti nett - British Companies Refuse to Deal With: the Unions. London, May 20.—The railway come panies are firm in their refusal to re- cognize the railway men's union, the Amalgamated Society of Railway Ser- vants. Sixty-two !companies have in- formed the 'society that they cannot "al- low a third party" to interfere between the'ni and their employees. Thirty-seven joint companies have referred the society to the reply of the parent oompanies. Nine have merely acknowledged the receipt of the society's communication. Thirteen have not acknowledged the receipt of the communication. Another conference of delegates from the inen's unions has been called to decide what further action shall be taken in pressing their demands,. whieh must cost the companies $37,- 500,000 annually to carry out. The society is certain to receive an almost. unanimous mandate from the mem- bers to order a strike, the danger of which has already caused a consider- able tumble in the price of railway shares. FELL INTO RIVER. Little Clarksburg Boy, Named Stouten- burg, Drowned. A Clarksburg despatch: A very sad' drowning accident occurred hero to -day. The seven-year-old son of Mr. M. Stoutenburg, along with two school- mates, were playing around the river,. and, trying to secure a fishing line,. which they had found. and in reaching out for it, little Willie Stoutenburg, overbalanced and fell into the water.. The alarm was given and Mr. Steel. caught the body while going down the. river, and at isnae sent for Drs. Moore and Uurlburt, who, along with others,. tried for over two hours to revive him, and at times were encouraged, but he was gone too far to be revived. µa0 TWENTY-FOUR YEAR TERM. Severe Sentence on Burglar in Winnipeg. Police Court. Winnipeg, Man.. May 20.—John 13, Sterling, the daring Shake:tperean burglar, who was remanded last week on a charge of house- breaking, was arraigned in the court this. morning before Magistrate Daly, When Ster- ling was arrested he had over $1,000 worth of stolen goods in his possession. Al the. last hearing he pleaded guilty to nineteen charges of burglary. Prisoner had pleads ssuto incey Me last nappearance. fene A�of u changgeof ln e tering the residence of W, 3. Hawkins was. preferred against the prisoner. Ma.gletrate Daly sentenced him to terms of ten and fourteen yea's in penitonttary, the terms to run consecutively. It Is prob.- ably the most severe entente ,for burgiaQ ever given In Canada.