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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1907-11-29, Page 2JEALOUS WOM.N KILLS HER HUS AND. Shot Him While Asleep and Then Attempted to Take Her Own Life. New York, Nov. 25.—Half orazen by Jealousy because of her husband's at- 't tentions to another woman, Mrs. Lot- tie Hitchcock shot and instantlykilled her husband, Robert L. Hitchcock, as he lay sleeping in bed in their home in the borough of the Bronx, early to -day. Then turning the revolver upon herself, Mrs. Hitchcock inflicted several wounds on her head and breast from which she is expected to die. Hitchcock was a compositor on a New York newspaper. The man and wo- man were married about a year ago and had au apartment in 158th street. Late- ly they have had frequent quarrels and Mrs. Hitchcock has repeatedly complain- ed to her neighbors that .her husband has been spending his evenings with au - other woman when not at work. any one had believed that yesterday's ordeal would render her unfit to pro- ceed with her narrative it must soon have become evident to such a person that he had not taken into sufficient account the reserve power of the wo- man. THE BROWN MURDER. Mrs. Bradley Tells of the Final Tragedy When She Shot Brown. Washington, Nov. 25— The climax of the Bradley trial was reached to -day when Mrs. Bradley, testifying in her own behalf, related the particulars of her final interview with former Senator Brown in the Raleigh Hotel, in this city last December, and gave all the de- tails she could remember of the shoot- ing which followed. She was prompt, as usual, in entering the court room and if RETURNED CHEQUE. COURTEOUS LETTER I+ 'ROM JAPAN- ESE CONSUL AT VANCOUVER. • Says His Gov meat Declines to Accept Reward ,f0 „Protection of the Inter- ests of Japanese Subjects. Vancouver, Nov. 5.—Non. K. Mori- kawa, Japanese Consul, to -day forward- ed. tt letter to Commissioner Mackenzie King, enclosing the cheque for $1,600, which was the Commissioner's award for the money expended by the Japanese Government. In his letter Mr. Mori- kawa states it was impossible for his Government to'accept a reward for the protection of the interests and property of the subjects. of Japan. "This, and this only," writes the Consul, 1s my feason for eeturing the cheque for $1,600 to you." Mr. Morikawa in his communication stated that he could not express too strongly thesatisfaction and approval df his Government in Commissioner King's award, and the adjustment of the dosses and damages stistained by the Japanese residents here, a feeling which was shared by every claimant. The letter in part said; "If I may be permitted to say anything further of a personal char- acter, I� would. assure you that the great' skill, unvarying patience and energy which mark the conduct of the com- mission has done much to restore the feeling of my countrymen here and to show that the Canadian Government and the people of Canada are opposed to every element ,whose purpose is to defy the ordinary :rule of decency hi life and the wider laws which bind nations in friendly accord.". She had yesterday - related practically all of the details of her life with Sen- ator Brown during their intimacy of nine years, and it was understood gener- ally that after a few preliminary state- ments concerning • the time preceding the entrance of both parties to the trag- edy in Washington, she would be led up to that affair and asked as the only pos- sible witness to tell the story: "We shall be brief," said Judge Pow- ers, the Salt Lake Attorney, "in deal- ing with this phase of the ease. It will not take Mrs. Bradley long to give us all, she remembers of it" District Attorney Baker thought the cross-examination would consume about three hours time, so that it was appar- ent from the beginning of the day that the entire sitting would be consumed by Mrs. Bradley. The eourt room was again crowded. Judge Stafford had no sooner taken his seat than Mrs. Bradley resumed her place in the witness ehair. She was first asked to identify a number of letters writtenelier at different tines by Senator Brown, end did so. They covered the time from 11101 to 1006, and were pre- sented for the purpose of showing the relation between Mrs. Bradley and Mr. Brown, but no effort was made to read them as they were introduced. WITNESS FAINTED MISS ROBINSON WAS AMANUENSIS TO BAZAAR -KEEPER DRUCE. Swore That Her Employer Was Duke of Dickens Informed Her Double Life. cial referee, has secured the evidenc to b takn in Nova Scotia. On Thursday the claims of the bor- rowing shareholders of the York Loan will be presented to the official referee. These shareholders consider that they are entitled to the balance standing to their credit at liquidation,, or, at least, Told Her He to such dividend as may be declaredupon Portland—,Charles such amount. Counsel for the sharehold- of Druce's ers opposes this on the ground that the dividend must be on the total of their shares, and any loan outstanding be de- ducted from such. dividend. Slioukl the dividend beunequal to the .mouint of the loan, the shareholders w 4' ` ` iabltl for' the difference: ' RAILWAYS INTERESTED. London, Nov. 26.—Miss May Robin- son in the Olerkenwell Police Court to- day continuedr her testimony in the Druee suit, involving . the claim to the Portland. estates. She was on the wit- ness stand all day long, but the ease de- veloped slowly. The witness detailed her association in the capacity of amanuen- sis with the late T. C. Druce, who is said to have been the deceased fifth Duke of Portland. According to Miss Robinson, Charles Dickens informed her in 1870 that T. C. Druce was the Duke of Portland, and when she questioned Mr. Druce on the subject the latter was much annoyed. The witness, however, added that in 1871 Mr. Druce told her he was the Duke of Portland, that he used the name of Druce because Le had been twice mar- ried, that he : td children by both wives, had married below his station in life, and that there were family reasons for his retenti:.0 of the name of Druce. Coritinuing, Miss Robinson said that while they were at Aberdeen in 1876 she and the Duke of Portland quarrelled, and thereafter their friendly relations ceased. She saw him again in 1878, and subsequently went to New Zealand. Seeing references to the Druce case in the newspapers, witness had communi- cated with prosecuting counsel. Horace Avory, counsel for Herbert Druee, the defendant in the present suit, then began to cross-examine Miss Robin- son, but after a few introductory ques- tions she fainted, and the case was ad- journed until November 21st. •.a ONE AT A TIME. Newspapers Fail to Consolidate Mattie Perkins' Suits. Toronto, Nov. 25.—Justice Clete has given judgment or the application to consolidate the actions brought by Mattie Perkins against a number of news- papers for publishing certain alleged libellous statements with reference to the proceedings against her on the charge of murder. His Iordship decides that the libels in some cases are not the same, and that therefore they cannot all be consolidated. Order made consolidating the actions where the libel is the same. Costs in the cases where the libel is the same. Costs in the cases consolidated to be costs in the consolidated cases. In the other actions costs to the plaintiffs in any event. the Statement RAILWAY' STRIKE IN INDIA, PASSENGERS LEFT STRANDED. by Mr. King , Regarding Orientals. Vancouver, Nov. 25.—At the Orient- al immigration inquiry to -day Mr.'Mac- kenzie Bing declared his personal belief that the railway companies, including the Grand Trunk Pacific, were interest- ed in getting that labor here. Mr. King has now in his possession the books of the Canada Nippon Supply Company. He has stated that "in the correspondence we have the crux of the situation here, which will simplify the inquiry greatly." Few 01 the documents had been trans- lated, but be knew there was one let- ter from Mr. Russell, an official of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. Mr. Chas. Wilson, for the Provincial Government, sought information. as to what the commissioner wished to establish. The eoauruissioner, answering the point, said he proposed to have before him the offieiale of the three big rail- way companies. To save the Japanese named Yoshi, who placed the books before the com- mission -from the file of Ishikawa, from being dismissed from his position, Mr. King had the managing director of the Nippon Company before him, and ex- plained carefully that he had vested power to compel the production of the documents required. Answering City Solicitor Cowan, the commissioner said the inquiry was pub- lic, and documents considered material to the inquiry will be open to investi- gation, ALABAMA DRY. STATUTORY PROHIBITION LAW PASSED BY SENATE. European and Native Employees Quit Work Long Hours, Poor Pay. Women and Children Thronged Corridors and- Galleries, and Even Pushed Senators From Their Seats on the Floor of the Chamber. Montgomery, Ala., Nov. 26.: Uuprece- dented scenes were enacted in the Sen- ate chamber of the historic Capitol of Alabama to -day when the statutory prohibition bill was passed. Women YORK LOAN BORROWERS. Loans on Shares Will Probably be Debit Against Dividends. Toronto Despatch: --Owing to Mr. Harry Symonds' inability to attend the taking of further evidence on the Toronto Life claims against the York Loan was deferred, sine die, yesterday afternoon. This afternoon was fixed upon at a previous hearing for argument upon the claim of the \''ova Scotia shareholders, that the Act under which the York Loan extended its business into that province was ultra vires. This, however, will be adjourned until the commission, to be issued by Mr. George Kappele, the offi- Calcutta, Nov. 25. Traffie on the East Indian Railway, 2,165 miles long, and the second largest line in India, is rapidly becoming paralyzed by a strike. The trouble originated with the engineers, who are almost entirely European, and yesterday and to -day great numbers of natives belonging to the traffic staff joined in the movement. The most im- portant section of the road, from Cal- cutta to Allahabad, is practically tied up, and already six thousand passengers are stranded at Asanzel, Bengal, the junction of the East Indian and Bengal- Nagapur Railroads, where the strikers and children thronged the corridors and galleries, and even usurped the floor itself, pushing the Senators from their seats and- giving .vent to their enthusi- asm by. shouts and cheers thated t.hroutei iiexildingsee§e1. ' ho opposed lee bu were hissed W k arose to speak: against the measuir ,;and L'ieut.:Governor Gray, the presiding offi- cer of the Senate, was forced • to re- prove the spectators. The statutory prohibition bill which was passed to -day was in the nature of a compromise between the "antis" and prohibitionists. The "antis," seeing the handwriting on the wall, agreed to give up the fight provided the time was extended to Jan- uary I, 1000, when the sale of whiskey will be forbidden in the State of Ala- bama. This amendment will be sent to the House, and will be concurred in without a fight. Governor Coiner will approve the bill, and it is understood that a movement has already been started by the State W. C. T. U. to make the signing of the bill a very formal affair. o_* COLLAPSE OF BIG TANK. A STRENUOUS REST CURE. Kaiser Rushing 'Round Isle of Wight in Automobile. London, Nov. 25.—Emperor William, concerning ut hose health there have been cireulated various rumors of late, is pursuing a rather strenuous "rest cure" at Highcliffe Castle, on the Isle of Wight. Yesterday he was at his desk at 7 a. m., and was engaged two hours with State affairs before breakfast. Then both in the morning and in the after- noon he took long drives in a powerful motor car through the surrounding coun- try, in company with: members of his suite. The machine ran mostly at a pace not exceeding forty miles an hour, but in some places, where there was no dan- ger, the speed reached 60 miles an hour, The Emperor is sleeping well in the pine -scented country, and his catarrh is steadily improving. eo® NURSES WERE FINED. Flogged a Boy in a Montreal Charitable Institution, Montreal, Nov. 25.—Nurses Mac- kenzie and Wickens, of the Ladies' Ben- evolent Institution, were sentenced by Judge Choquette to -day to pay a fine of $10 each or spend one month in jail. They had been found guilty of ill- treating a boy at their institution, hav- ing thrashed hien until he was covered with bruises. are threatening violence. Reports aro constantly coming in of engineers leaving their trains at remote stations, and in some cases of driving off with their loco- motives and leaving the cars. - The jute mills are seriously affected by the strike. They have been obliged to stop work in consequence of the short- age of coal, and it is feared that the tie- up will delay loading outgoing ships. The strikers complain of overwork and poor pay. The strike at the present time is spe- cially se• sous, in view of the famine con- ditione, which are becoming daily more weespread, necessitating the speedy transportation of relief supplies. HELLO ; IS THAT MARS This is Nikola Tesla, Tallying From the Earth. New York, Nov. 25.—Nikola Tesla announces that with the co-operation of power producing companies at Niagara Falls he is preparing to hail Mars with Niagara's voice. A way has been found at last far transmitting a wireless mes- sage across the gulf, varying from 40,- 000,000 to 100,000,000 square miles, which separates this earth from Mars. Once that has been accomplished and Mars, which is considerably older and supposedly more advanced in science than we, has acknowledged the receipt of our signal and sent back flash for flash, it will remain to devise an inter- planetary code through the medium of which the scientists of this world and of Mars will be able to understand what each is saying to the other. Mr. Tesla had, been quietly working for several years on a wireless power plant capable of transmitting 10,000 horse -power to any part of the world or to any of our neighboring planets. The mere matter of distance between dis- patching and receiving points is no ob- ject whatever. Wireless power, Mr. Tes- la says,, may be sent one million or more miles Just as easily as one mile. Several of the electric power companies with immense generating, plants. at Niagara balls have agreed to co-operate with Mr. Tesla in any effort to reach Mars by wireless. TRIED FOR ARSON. ing notified their representatives here to remit them by express in place of doing business with cheques and drafts. FIRE CHIEF RAYMOND, OF BLIND RIVER, 'COMMITTED. A Hundred -Foot Structure at Toronto Falls Through Wall. Toronto Despatch—With the collapse of a tank containing 15,000 gallons of water yesterday evening at twenty min- utes to six ' about $35,000 damage was done to the factory building and contents of George H. Hees, Son & Co., manufac- turers of window shades and upholstery goods, on Pears avenue. The damage is covered by insurance. The tank had just been completed for the company by the Ontario Wind Engine and Pump Co., and was gradually being filled with water from the main for the first time, there being about 15,000 gallons hi it when it fell, this amount equalling a weight of about 75 tone alone. With the tank the total structure tow- ered a hundred feet in the air, and the whole seems to have collapsed like a pack of cards. The tank fell away from the factory and was so utterly destroyed that scarcely a single hoop is unbroken. It broke down the yard fence round the house at 262 Davenport road, and of thirty fowls in a coop sixteen were killed. Flying wood broke windows in the same house, and dirty water was spurted everyhere. The neighborhood felt a shock like that of an earthquake. The only man in the building at the time was ,lames Col- line, the watchman. He was on the third storey when the tank came down,. and the tangled mats of steel ripped through the factory walls not ten feet away from Where he stood, SALVATION ARMY PLANS. Several Vessels Chartered to Bring People to Canada Next Year. Montreal, Nov. 25.—Tho tide of im- migration set in motion by the Salvation Army will probably during next year exceed by many thousands the numbers which have come in during any year in the past. The plans for transportation include accommodation for about twenty thousand. Already ten sailings by ves- sels of the Dominion, Canadian Pacific and Allan lines have been chartered, and there will be large numbers to come in smaller parties. The Dominion line will carry the greatest numbers, all passenger space for eight sailings having been booked in full. The immigrants will begin to come about the first of February, two parties com- ing on the Kensington, and two on the Southwark to St. John, and two again on each of the same two liners to Mont- real in the early summer. •_ Charges Against Ouillet Brothers, Dorion dnd Sullivan Dismissed—Evidence Against Raymond Heard at Sault Ste. Marie. LOSES AN EYE, London Man Burst Blood Vessel When Running. London Despatch: As a result of hav- ing.become greatly excited. Sunday noon, when little Archie Blackwell was drown- ed, Mr. Win. Spettigue, of Hill street, an employee of the London soap works,. has lost the sight of one eye, perhaps permanently. When Mr. Spettigue heard of the ac- cident he ran as fast as he could to the river, and in doing so strained the muscles back of the eyeball so greatly that a blood-vessecl broke, destroying the sight of one eye. Mr. Spettigue has been under medical treatment since the occurrence, but it is, expected that he will lose the sight of the eye. Three specialists have already been called in. Sautl. Ste. Marie, Despatch:—George Raymond, chief of the Blind River fire department, the Ouillet brothers, Dorion and Thomas Sullivan, incendiary fire suspects, appeared to -day before Magis- trate Elliott, The first charge was against Raymond, for setting fire to the Campbell House on September 3rd. The first fire started at this house at 11 p.m. and the second at 4 o'clock the next morning. Witnesses swore that they saw Ray- mond coming down from the scene of the fire after the first alarm, and also saw him going in the direction of the house before the second alarm, and saw him jump over a fence around the house. He was then seen going to his own house, and standing in the back door and watching the hotel burn. He gave the alarm himself by shouting fire from his own yard. On this charge Raymond was sent for trial to the Assizes. Raymond was also charged with set- ting fire to the Edwards House on October Otli. Evidence was partly tak- en, and the case adjourned for a week for the Crown, to get witnesses from Quebec. The third charge against Raymond of firing Eddy's mills was dismissed. The charges against Thomas and Ade - lard Ouilett and the main Dorion of writing letters threatening to burn a house were dismissed. The charge against Thomas Sullivan of firing the Maranger House was also dismissed. ARRESTED IN BOSTON. Police Claim: to Have a Canadian Raffles in Custody. Boston, Nov. 25. -Samuel Welsh, of Kingston, Ont., fashionably dressed and indeed an up-to-date Raffles, was arrest- ed here tonight in a pawnshop. The police claim lie is the leader, of a gang of robbers and safe'eraekers who have committed' at least 25 burglaries in We vicinity's Welsh made to effort to escape, though a murderous -looking revolver was found .ort his person. •.• JAPANESE COMMISSIONER. Kiki Yiro Ishii to Return to Tokio Shortly. Tokio, Nov. 25.—The Japanese Gov- ernment anxiously is awaiting the return from abroad of Niki Yiro Ishii, chief of the Bureau of Commerce of the Foreign Office, who is expected about the end of this month. It is stated at the Depart- ment of Foreign Affairs that negotia- tions concerning Japanese immigration to the United States and Canada will necessarily be delayed until his arrival, as he was a special commissioner sent to America for the purpose of investi- gating the subject. Meanwhile within the last week private instructions have been sent to the inspectors at all ports. to exercise the most vigorous supervi- sion over emigrants for all points, and especially San Francisco, because recent investigations have shown negligence re- sulting from the passage of a number who were not qualified to be classed as students. CANADIAN BILLS WANTED. Theatrical Companies Are Remitting in Currency to New York. Montreal, Nov. 25.—Canad is enjoy- ing the novel experience of having its bank bilis in demand at par in United States centres. .Ordinarily, theatrical companiee doing business in Canada re- mit their net receipts to their United States principals in bank drafts. Now, however, the companies ° have received word in Canadian bills, as there is trou- ble in obtaining Bash 'for the drafts in New York. The manager of the Savage Grand Opera Company, playing in Montreal lest week, received word to remit Can- adian bills in place of drafts, and this was done by express. United . States manufacturers with Canadian cotrnec- tions are also after Csuindian• bilis, hav- SMALL BOY A HERO. With Two Broken Bones He Tried to Hold His Horses. Cobalt, Nov. 25.—Joseph Bethune, a small box in his sixteenth year, employ- ed as a teamster for J. Tripp, Cobalt, had both bones in his right leg badly' broken close to the ankle in a runaway accident to -day. The wagon slipped on the frozen ground over the edge of the road, upsetting the wagon and causing the team to run away. The young boy heroically tried to prevent the team got - ting „ away, even though his leg was broken. FLAMES CAUGHT ZIMONA. 11/fts. Powell Burned to Death in Her Home at Buffalo. Buffalo, Nov. 25.—Mrs. Lila Wilmot Powell was burned to death here to- night. Shp had lighted a gas stove, when the flames caught on the kimono, she was wearing, and burned her so badly that she died soon after. Mrs, Powell was the daughter of Mrs. T. Wilmot, of Toronto. Her little (laugh- 'ter also lives in that city.' Mrs, Powell -was married in Toronto in 1003 to Charles Everett Powell. Another Mid is with the father, bet the whereaboli.s of botli runs unknown.