The Herald, 1907-09-20, Page 6TIDE RIOT AT
VANCOUVER.
The Authorities Take Steps to Pre-
vent Further Trouble.
Police Seize Rifles and Other Arms
From the Orientals.
Japs Satisfied the Canadian Govern-
ment Will See Justice Done.
Vancouver, B. C., Sept. 10.—Several
Chinamen and Japanese have been ar-
rested hese for carrying deadly weapons.
A seven -foot case was seized consignee)
to a prominent Chinese merchant from
New Westminster. It contained thirty
rifles and five thousand rounds of tan -
munition. It is now in the custody of
the police. Another midnight feature
was the sensational discuvery of oil -
soaked waste in the corner of the Japa-
nese mission schoolhouse. This brought
out the fire brigade and thousands of
curious people, and Consul alorikawa de-
manded more protection.
A combined Chinese and Japanese or-
ganization yesterday afternoon made
overtures to the Hindus to join them in
an industrial strike all through the dis-
trict. The Hindus refused, on the
ground that they were British sub-
cts.
Police Are Active.
Ottawa, Ont., Sept. 16.—Consul-General
Nesse received this afternoon the follow-
ing telegram from Consul Moriwaak at
Vancouver: "Both the Mayor and po-
lice authorities are doing their best to
keep vigilance by specially patrolling the
Japanese section with the mounted po-
lies. The principal citizens of the city,
exceedingly regretting the occurrence of
this disturbance, are meeting to take
the best measures to restore order and
peace. The Mayor has called the City
Council for to -day to discuss the speedy
restoration of peace and also upon other
measures. At 10 o'clock Monday night,
the rioters, numbering from 000 to 700,
Marched towards the Japanese section,
but were dispersed by the police force.
The number of arrests made on Saturday
bight are over twenty."
Neither the Secretary- of State nor
• Nesse has so far received any
relative to the disturbances in
ouver from the Japanese or British
ents. The Imperial autbarities
sides are evidently relying on
; •gadi_
ty of the Canadian
t to adequately handle any
Outbreaks, to quell the present
ment and to preserve the comity
the two• nations. The special envoy,
. Ishii, sent out by the Japanese
Government to report on the whole
question of Japanese immigration into
Canada, will reach Ottawa on Mondny
next. The result of his conference with
Sir Wilfrid Laurier and the interchange
of views between the two Governments
will, it is expected, result in the consum-
mation of the arrangement Canada
is now trying to mace—nomely, the
Japanese restriction of immigration to
Canada to a spec"r: annual number.
The Canadian c' wpoint, as expressed
to the Japanese C'overnment, is that as-
similation of ta' Oriental and Occiden-
ttral races and t`:eir mutual adjustment
.1n a common community must necessar-
ily be a slow and gradual process, con-
sequently it is in the interests of both
races that rapproachement between the
east and the west should be restricted
to a growth commensurate with public
sentiment in this country. To this view
oi; the case it is understood the Japan-
ese Governrnent assents.
Japan Not Alarmed.
/Tokio, Sept. 16. -=The Foreign Office is
not dieturbed by the Vancouver affair,
and is quite confident that everything
will be done to. protect the. Japanese. A
despatch has been received from the
Japanese Consul -General at Ottawa, say-
ing that the Canadian Government will
express its regret for the occurrence at
'Vancouver and take steps to prevent
further trouble. An official of the For-
eign Office said to the Associated Press:
"We have the utmost confidence In the
Canadian Government" Commissioner
1<Ilirff cables, saying that the disturbance
,will soon be quelled, and that there is
it o reason to expect its repetition. "Our
'information is that the outbreak, like
'that at Bellingham and other peaces, is
;the result of the Corean. LeagueYs anti-
'Japanese agitation, created by false and
exaggerated reports concernipg condi-
tions in Corea, and the attitude and
sent hent in Japan,"
Press Comment Dispassionate.
The accounts of the demonstrn.tions at
'Vancouver published in the Tokio even-
ing papers caused no excitement. etre
people, like the Government officials, re-
gard as foolish the idea of a trouble-
some •coraplicatiota A few of tire morn-
. papers dismissed the matter dis-
passionately. The Asahi says: "The
agitation in British Columbia against
Japanes labor is mueh older than that
'in California, but violence has been pre)
;vented hitherto by the firm attitude of
;the Dominion Government. Undoubted -
`17 this prejudice has been rekindled by
the recent California ineidouts. The
flood of Japanese coming in. from
Hawaii has also occasioned an increatce
of the anti-Orientalfeeling."
Retaliation Useless.
The Asahi points out the uselessness
of mob violence, and cautions the Japa-
Meese against retaliation of any kind. It
liaye that the Canadian Governn}ent un
doubtediy will take measures to prevent
tSmilar regrettable albite, and ere -
eludes: ")retaliation will not rectify.
Our treaty with Great Britain extends
to Canada, and our treaty with the
United States will be revised, in 1911."
Other newspapers say that the,affair is
regrettable.
Avoid Racial Bitterneesa
London, Sept. 10.---(0. A. P. despatch,)
—The St. James' Gazette points out
that Canada must observe the .ideal of
justice followed in Britain in dealing
with foreign races. Beyond everything
it is important that personal and ra-
cial bitterness should not be iihported
into healthy Canadian blood.
The 'Westminster Gazette remarks:
"It is idle for the people of Britain to
be censorious of British Calumbia's re-
sentment against the Japanese. Thera
would be resentment here if there were
a similar immigration of Orientals, We
must recognize that a 'white policy' is
an absolutely settled conviction, not only
in British Columbia, but 'also in Aus-
tralia."
The News says the way to secure
peace in Vancouver is to attaolc the
trouble not on racial but on economic
grounds. The anger against the yellow
man does not arise from the fact that
he is yellow, but because heis cheap.
From the industrial standpoint he is a
blackleg. Let him coxae in las. a free
man, but only with loyalty to his class,
not as a tool or a sweater.
APPEAL IS CERTAIN.
Dominion Steel Suit Will Go Beftee
Privy Council.
Montreal, Sept. 16.—The Dominion
Iron & Steel Company, whether it wins
or loses the present suit against the Do-
minion Coal Company, will go right
ahead with the development '01 its own
coal area, in order to secure ai inde-
pendent supply. Such was the statement
to -day by Senator Forget, Vice_Presi-
dent of the Steel Company, who had just
returned from Sydney.
Discussing the suit between the Do-
minion Steel and the Dominion Coal
Cmopanies, the Senator made the im-
portant statement that the Steel Com-
pany, if it lost, would certainly carry
the case to the Privy Council. As Mr.
Ross, on behalf of the Coal Company,
has already stated that the Coal Com
pany would certainly appeal if the deer
cion were against them, it now looks as
though it would be some months before'._
the present troubles between the two"
big companies will be finally disposed of.
Regarding the policy to export ore, the
Senator said that the directors felt that;
the company had such a very large
amount of ore that they should raise
Bonin capital from it.
BRIDGE VICTIMS' BODIES.
Five More Were Recovered. at Quebec
Yesterday.
Qoebee, Sept. 10-w pragtrsa s ea`'
has been made in the investigatxsn into
the bridge disaster by the Government
commission. The only witnesses exvaia-
ined up to the present have been offi-
eials of the Quebec Bridge Company, and
no evidence has yet been adduced that
would shed any light upon the causes
of the disaster. The witneseea that
have been called both yesterday and
to -day have been giving evidence of a
preliminary nature dealing with thee,
contracts between the companies, the
officials and their duties, and the respon-
sible parties on the works. No ques-,'
tions: have yet been put as to the cause
of the disaster. Mr. Holgate, the Chair-
man, stated to -night that he expected
the inquiry would last at least ten days.
Seven more bodies of bridge victims
were recovered floating in the harbor
to -day. Five of these have been iden-
tified. ,.One of them was that of Mc-
Naughton, who ran an engine and his
fireman, Ernest Couteure. The other
three were Leo Esmond of St. Roumauld
and Michel Delisle and Joe French, In-
dians.
RESCUER MET DEATH.'''
Buffalo Man Suffocated by Suiphureted
Hydrogen.
Toronto despatch: The results of the
two fellow -workmen from a tank filled
with sulphide of hydrogen gas at the
Buffalo chemical works this afternoon
Arthur J. Sweeny was overcome by the
fumes and died. Wm. Sweeny, his
son, in an attempt to rescue the father,
was overcome, and was removed to a
hospital, where he was stilt uncalled-.
ous at a late hour to -night. The two
men who were in the tank at first were
John Kley and Win. Clahan.
When finally taken out they were
both unconscious and may die. Kley
and Clahan were sent iirto the tank to
repair a break, The tank had been
thoroughly washed out, it wets supposed,
before the men entered, but enough of
the sulphuric acid remained in it to
overcome them.
POPULATION GROWS SLOWLY.
Ontario Had 4oi5xi More People in rgo6
Than in xgo5.
Toronto Sept. 16.—Comparative statis-
tics contained in a municipal. 'bulletin of
the Provincial Bureau of Industries,
show that in the year 1000 the popula-
tion of Ontario increased by 40,511. In
the year 1906 it numbered 2,141,771, as
compared with 2,101,260 in 1905. The
report gives the population in 1900, of
Toronto, es 253,720, of Toronto Junc-
tion as 10,151; of North Toronto as 3,-
771.
The assessed value of real property
in Ontario in 1906 was $1;023,479,297.
In 1905 it was $975,249,325, Bursinese
assesesnent in 1906 was $$9,692,4771
1906, taxable income, 00,430,919; pre-
vious year, $12,577,,762. The total as-
eeseed values for 1906 ere $1,103,502,002,
and fpr 1905, $1,036,910,130. In 1008 .the
average taxation per head was $f1.41,
and In 1005, $7.00...,,. -....... ..
KISSES LONG
AND SHORT.
MRS. VANDERBILT DESCRIBES U
DETAIL SPIRITUAL VIBRATIONS.
Declares Vanderbilt Persisted in Marry-
ing Her.
'New York, Sept. 16.—Mrs. Mary S.
Pepper -Vanderbilt, the beloved "Medy"
of the famous "Bright Eyes" letters, at-
tired in black, as befitting a spiritual-
istic priestess who professes to commune
with shades, testified to -day concerning
kissing and hisses. -
The stout medium said she had kiss-
ed many men on many occasions.
Some of the ]asses were long, some
short, some on the right cheek, some
on the left; but all of them were pla-
tonic, the witness insisted, and all
were "spiritual vibrations."
The wife of the aged lumberman
whose sanity- is being examined by a
commission because his " hledy" is charg-
ed with shearing him of his property
with the astral aid of "Bright Eyes,"
took the stand. immediately at the be-
ginning of the morning session. Directly
before her sat her grey-hairad husband,
his eyes riveted upon hers, his hips fre-
quently moving as if in a 'sort of mes-
meric harmony with hers.
The Platonic Kiss.
Though in the hands of friendly
counsel, the spook tamer frequerutly
found herself confronted with interro-
gations that caused her to squirm. The
purpose of the questions was evidently
to confound the attacks upon her char-
acter made by her former confidant,
Miss Darrow, The medium's answers,.
however, appeared to cause more amuse-
ment than anything else.
"Ha.ve you ever kissed a Mr. Allen,of
Providence?" was asked by ex -Judge
Griffing, attorney for the luunberman
"Many, many times," eves the vm-
phatic response. "I may have given
him a hundred kisses, but they ?Yore
not worldly kisses—they were spir :teal
vibrations. My kisses were upon his
cheeks, and were given in parting. They
were utterly platonic."
"What have you to say about the
'kiss which Miss Darrow said lasted
five minutes, and which happened after
you had asked her to leave you and Mr.
Allen alone?"
"I may have kissed Mr. Able on
that occasion, but I did not asic giss
Darrow to leave the room beforehand.
I always kiss in company." y;
Spiritualistic Kiss.
,`How about the time when, aoeaxd-
ing to Miss Darrow, you kissed a Mr.
Markwell in your home in Mad`ss�on
street?"
„Thatwas also a spiritualistic kiss.
I have often kissed Mr. Markweli, but
never upon the lips. Sometimes I,would
tries him on the right cheek, sometimes
en the left, andalways at parting"
"And when my men friends take my
kisses they always acknowledge the
salute by saying, `Hello, chief,'"
"What was meant by 'chief'?"
"That was the title given me as
pastor of a spiritualistic church."
"Is it true that, as Darrow testified,
you woke from sleep in the arms of
Mr. Allen and cried out that you
thought he was the spirit of her former
sweetheart, Winslow, materialized?" '
"I never, never did," was the indig-
nant reply, which aroused a storm of
hisses from a group of women adher-
ents of the medium in the rear of the
court room.
"And you never had any improper
love affair with Mr. Allen?" continued
the veteran attorney, cautiously.
"No; no; never!" shouted the witness,
her plump hands clenched, her heavy
features tense with anger.
"And I want to say here again, that
my kisses on Mr. Allen's cheeks were
nothing to be such awful charges
against me. Such kisses are common
among spiritualists who have seen the
lights."
Never Named Rooster.
"Did you ever say while walking with
Mr. Libby, the architect, that 'Bright
Eyes' would take control of you and
lead you back to Allen?"
"Never."
"Did you ever name one rooster Allen
and another Libby?"
"I certainly never did."
"You etated a moment ago that the
kiss was common among spiritualists;
said the gray-haired attorney, as if
loath permanently to leave the subject.
"On what other occasions have you
known them to kiss beside those times
you have mentioned?"
"Why, for instance, one evening
there was a social gathering at Mrs.
Drummond's home," replied the medium.
"Miss Darrow presided at the punch
bowl, and when the gueats were about to
take their leave Mr. Markwell ,kissed
Mrs. Drummond, hie host, as well as mei;
and some other women. All the kisses
were on the cheek."
"And what did Mies Darrow do ?"
asked the sober -faced ' lawyer, oblivi:
our to the pitwhich he had dug for
himself.
"Why," was the hesitating reply,
"Miss Darrow said, 'Ailarkwell, have
score more punch!'" Even thewomen.
spiritualists on the rear seats joined.
in the laughter that shook the const
room,
The spiritualist then denied that she
believed in free love, or that she, ever
said that she .was looking ter "some
ad fool with plenty of money like Van-
derbil£:"
Declined to Marry Him.
"When did Mr Vanderbilt Begin to
pay his addresses•. to you?" asked ex -
Judge Griffing.
"About a year and a half ago. Then
Mr. Vanderbilt asked nt(e to marry
him and T declined. I told him I had
had one experience, and that was enough
for a lifetime. He insisted, however,
that all men were not alike, and that he
would love me most devotedly,"
The witness then told of presents that
her aged wooer hadgiven her—the
locket for her birthday, a table as a
Christmas gift and jewelry, including a
$1.50 emblem pin supposed to possess
Supernatural power in warding off dis-
ease and misfortune.
"And when you declined his ad-
vances," continued the lawyer, "what
did'Mr. Vanderbilt do?"
'lie. persisted in making love to me,
but 1' told him that a marriage was also
distasteful to me because it would stop
my work as a lecturer and medium.
Thereupon he said: 'Dearie, you can cone
tient your labors in the spiritualistic
field after our marriage as before' Ac-
cordingly we were wed last June and
have lived together in perfect happi-
ness."
LIVE AM iNG I`'T.
SOME EMPLOYEES OF SOME ON-
TARIO CANNING FACTORIES.
Condemnation of Ey-lilting Conditions
Made by Dr. C. A. Hodgetts, of the
Provincial Board of Health— Many
Foreigners From Buffalo.
Toronto, Sept. 16.—Condemnation of
some of the existing conditions in On-
tario canning factories forms an import-
ant feature of a report of Dr. C. A.
Hodgetts, of the Provincial Board. of
Health. It appears that at some of
tete canneries the employees are housed
in the premises, and it is against these
housing arrangements that the attacks
of the health authorities are mainly di-
rected. It is claimed that the bedding
was rat from clean, and in fact many
stables were in a more cleanly condition.
The accommodation, says Dr. Hodgetts,
was not up to that of a cheap lodging
house. It was said by some employers
that the employees were housed better
than in their own homes. But this, Mr.
Hodgetts declares, is no excuse for the
conditions as found. It was particularly
noticeable, he says, that the class of
employees improved in ratio to the im-
proved conditions of environment. The
factory in which the best class of accom-
modation was found had by far the bet-
ter and cleaner lot of employees.
"The time is ripe for a change in the
health laws of the Province,' says Dr.
1todgetts in, his report. "The present
Ioi l boards' of health are often fail-
ures, and properly qualified men who
will devote their whole time to sanitary
administration should be appointed,
while the Province should be subdivided
into county, and other districts similar
to those of the school system. In ad-
dition the central system should be re-
organized. The chief health officer
should have a competent staff, consist-
ing of the present officials and a sani-
tary engineer."
In a report concerning the canning
factories of the Niagara district, Dr.
Boll states that about 1,800 persons,
two-thirds of whom are females,. are
employed. About one-half are foreign-
ers from Buffalo. While in a few ea.ses
the accommodation is fair, in no case
are the requirements of the public health
act observed. Food was frequently kept
in dirty fruit baskets, under the beds.
In some • eases thirty or forty persons
were huddled together in one compart-
ment.
"Several factory managers," states Dr.
Bell, "declared that it was impossible to
keep these people clean, and that they
would not use the facilities if they were
provided. If such is the case insist on
, these employers going out of business,
"who, for the greed of a few extra dol-
lar's, hire such dirty help and prepare
out food under such insanitary condi-
tions."
de0�
BUTTER -MATING COMPETITION.
Results in the Professional Class Are
Announced,
' Buffalo despatch: In trying to rescue
butter -making competition held at the
exhibition during the second week are
given herewith. This was the profes-
sional class and included among the com-
petitors persons who had secured prizes
at other exhibitions in competition with
the, best butter -makers of the country:
Class 246, eectiten 2—Professional class—
First, Mx. F. H. Denniss, Ealing, Ont,
$80; second, Miss Elsie A. Valens, Valens,
Ont., 05; third, Mr. W. M. Waddell,
Kerwood, Ont., $20; fourth, Miss Mary
Carii<ek, Roseville, Ont., $15; fifth, Mise
Margaret Carrick, Galt, Ont., $10; sixth,
Mies A. W. Green, Loyal, Ont., $5.
MORE DOUEHOBORS ON MARCH.
.Another Party Starts on Search for
Warmer Climate.
Portage la Prairie, Sept. 16.— The
second contingent of Dotskhobors on
the march to seek warmer climates
reached the city this afternoon at 3
o'clock, and, after a rest of a couple
of hours, left on the journey towards
Winnipeg. The party comprises about
05 men and women and ten children.
Most of the women were crewed in
bine -gowns, and the small children
were drawn in four 'arts, which look
like mnnlnture Red River carts .of the
older days. Very little sympathy was
shown the pedestrians here, and the
'enerasilting( be locfeelikeg same to be t
locked up before the told hat a
wea-
ther comes.
DISCOVERED A CITY
Which Was Once Inhabited by a
Race Hitherto Unknown.
New York, Sept. 16. -The Times to-
day says: M. 11, Sa4ville, profeesoa of.
ethnology at Columbia' 'Ultiver'aity, *-
turned from a trip to Ecuador on the,
steamship Panama. yesterday, and said.
that he had discovered the ruins of cities,'
near the coast which contaiued Many
evidences of a race hitherto unknown to..
present-day scientists.
The profesor's reseaxehes ' extended..
along the Pacific coast about fifty miles
to tete north and about the same dis-
tance to the south of the equator..
Somewhere between those poiats, and a.t
a distance about 100 mites inuind, . he
found evidence o£ a city of antiquity,
The city, lie said, had streets lined.
with houses of skillf.:i construction.
Though the dwellings had been made of
light material, a sort of palmetto or
thatch, they bad been constructed very
evidently with a view to withstanding
the shocks of the frequent earthquakes
of the region, and were intact.
In them were found utensils ,for cook-
ing and other domestic purposes, made
of pottery and the like. Prof. Saville
said he believed the city had contained
3,000 or more people 500 years ago.
In his opinion, the raee was one of
the highest in civilization living in Amer-
ica prior to the coming'of Columbus.
KING COMES
$ i
MONARCH OF THE PLAINS IS Ria
TURNING TO CANADA.
A Great Task Will be the Collection and
Shipping North of the Pablo Buffalo
Herd to Its New Home Near Edmon-
ton.
Missoula, Mont., Sept. 16.—The round-
up of the famous Pablo buffalo herd
preparatory to moving them to Can.
ada has commenced. The final pay-
ment of $70,000 by the Dominion Gov-
ernment to Mr. blo"-ivaa ma e y
terday morning by Messrs. Hoye
Douglass and A. Ayotte, the
ment agents; who are here t
tend the unloading. There ar
including the outlawe wb'
attempts to secure the
the mountains, and the
and loading will be
fieulties. are greatly
fact that grasshoppe
Flathead Range out,
herd have crossed t��
and axe now aoattersd
over the Ponders Mount
Mr. Pablo has gone in qua
with fifteen Mexican cowbo,
buffalo will be driven beck ac
river down to Rava:lli, twenty -se
miles below, at which place they w
be loaded. It is estimated that it wil
require two weeks, with tete loading
gangs working fifteen hours per day.
Every animal has to be put in by a
separate block and tackle after a stall
has been built for it in the cars.
MAY PAY DYNAMITE LOSSES.
Michigan Central Considering Settlement
of Essex Claims.
Windosr, Sept. 16.—According to in-
formation received here by Grown At-
torney Rodd, residents of Essex • who
sustained losses through the dynamite
explosion, may expect an early decision
from the Michigan Central as to whether
the company will fight the damage
claims, or settle without litigation. A
writ was to have been issued against
the railway company in order to bring
the case up at the approaching assizes'
here, but the law firm having this mat-
ter in charge have been requested to de-
fer action until the end of the present
week, at which time the company will
decide whether or not they consider
themselves liable.
STRAP -HOLDER EJECTED,
And Now London Railway Companies,
Are Perplexed.
London, England, Sept. 16.—A peculiar
point of Iaw regarding passengers'
rights in trains has been raised by the
penalty imposed by a magistrate hero
on Mortimer Burgess, a clerk, who re-
4ased to leave a compartment that
ready contained a full eompieinent of
passengers when requested todo so by'
another passenger.
As thousands travel every day with.
out being able to get seats, the prob.
lem is serious. The railway oonpaniee'
say nobody can have a straphanger
ejected, but the problem will not be
solved until it fs argued in a court of
law.
4 •O
COAL OIL IGNITED
And a Winnipeg Domestic Was Sotiouily
Burned by It.
•
Winnipeg, Sept. 16.—Kn_gka Msroskis
a young PO1i h girl about twenty years
of age, was seriously burned about the•
hands, legs and arms last night by tag
explosion of a can of kerosene oil. The
girl, who is a domestic, had gone to the
cellar of a small general stote at the
corner of Derby street and Duff ,fin
avenue to get some ofl, arid in sopie
way ignited the large can cent:eh:Ot
it. She would have lost her life if i
had not been for Patrolman Tike and
the speed of the firentep Was
she , literally plucked from ' s mimeo„