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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1907-12-27, Page 2Nemoloam IS JESSIE MAY BUR k.E LIVE WAS WRONG DY BU 1ED? Strange Story ©f Two B s r ke Girls Who Went to New Yrk to Go on the Stage. New York, Dec. 23.--1s Jessie \fay Burke alive or dead? That Is a question that is worrying the girl's mother anis incidentally causing the :Metropolitan Life Insurance Company to make an in- vestigation. Three years ago, when she 11^as .Sixteen; Jessie ran away from her dome in Rochester. N. Y., and coning to New York, obtained employment on the stage. That was all her mother heard of her until October last, when she saw in a New York paper of the cleath of a young actress, :Ella May Burke. .le=.sie, even as a child; did not like her name, and often said .she wished she had been Hamed Ella. !irs. Burke telegraphed the morgue, where the body of the ;ire was being held for identification, and asked if the body bore certain marks, such as moles and dimples which would surely identify it if it were that of .Jessie. The markt, were found, and Mrs. Burke came to New York, positively identified the body and had it removed to :Rochester, where it was buried. A fete days ago Mrs. BBurke's sister re - r eived a brief note, presumably from fesele, saying she was in New Orleans. etre. Burke at onee eommunieated with thelletropolitan life Instrrauee Com- pany, which had paid a small policy on .fQ .sic' s life. and is aiding the company in attempting to find out if Jesslc is, still alive. 1 searcher% have discovered that about tete sante time Jessie Burke rear away from her home to becolno an • actress Ella May Burke left her home in c.'hicaigo and cause to New York, also with the idea of going on the stage. ,the succeeded, but in Iter stage work as suuled the name of eli,gnon \Furth. The investigators now believe that the body buried ne that of Jessie Burke was in. feet that of Ella :lfav Burke. MINE HORROR Guarantee ,& Accident lueura.uee Conl- in parry at the time of lulu accident, and both companies became parties to laying the information againi the aceused. - Evidence was put in by the Crown to show that after rolleet;ng $200 from the street railway company and $750 from the guarantee company, }•:iliott had boa rod I)sat he was not badly hurt. .- young woman with whom he was freeelly to tified that he has taken out :r'similar pollee' for her hsd tried to b:.luce her to fall from a ear 1n order to revolve damages, 01111 a 0t111 named Org.ue said that Elliott had ask- ed hint to go to Hamilton with hint and perform the salve trick there. Albert Hopkins went in -to the box on this own behalf ehnrtly before the ad- journment last night. Ffe said that he was acting as sub -agent for the' ac- cident company at the time he wrote up his brothers policy. io addition to being a witness of the accident it trans- pined that lie also wrote the ngeet's con- fidential report on the claim and for- warded it to his warp:env. SCORES ENTOMBED IN WRECKED MINE. 22 Bodies Recovered— One Hundred Men at Work When the Explosion Occurred—Rescuers at Work Trying to Locate Dead and Injured. Birmingham, Ala., Dec. 23.— Advices last night from Yolande indicate that about sixty men met death by an explo- sion in the mines at that place early yes- terday. The work of recovery is slow, and, while hundreds of miners front ad- jacent mining camps are present to as- eist, it is thought that all of the dead. cannot be taken out before to -morrow. Only twelve bodies have been recovered up to dark. fewer than 100 men were in the mine. The cause of the explosion has not been officialy determined. Tho aline has been pronounced free from gas by State inspectors, and it is supposed that the explosion was caused by dust. For two hours after the explosion it Was impossible to venture even near tete mouth of the mine. eo hot was file ala ;hat rushed: cut. The explosion was below the seamed right sub -entry. The mines go down something like 1,500 feet. There was a terrific explosion, the force was made known outside by the duet and timbers that were blown out in great quantities, destroying small buildings nearby and landing some distance away. There was a terrific heat near the shaft after the explosion. Officers of the mining company tui mediately took steps to start a rescue party to get to the men an the inside. The fans were started and ether means employed to eliminate the bad air. Within an hour fourteen men had trawled out of ti:: mine and their de- rint:en of the i .terior conditions \' fsefnble. Ii:. -_ 1 of these men were "eyerely burnt.' ' Yolande ietee i; a few miles from Virginia City. where a similar explo- sion occurred about two years ago, when 112 men were killed. Yolande is thirty-five miles south of Birmingham. The Yolande Coal & Coke Company, owner of the mine, is headed by Dr. C. B. Crowe, of Birmingham. The Yolande mines were among the model collieries of the Birmingham re- gion. Non-union men were employed ex- alusivel but everything y,possible had been done to ensure the contentment of employees. Yolande is situated on a beautiful hill, and all the houses are painted white with green trimmings, giving it an air of picturesqueness and • ealthfulness unusual in mining quar- ters. DENY CONSPIRACY. THREE MEN SAID TO HAVE AR- RANGED "FAKE" ACCIDENTS. Witnesses Testify That They Were Asked by One of the Accused to Fall Off Cars and Then Put in Claims for Damages. Toronto despatch: On a charge of con- spiracy to defraud the Toronto Railway Company, three young men, Norman Hopkins, H, J. Hopkins and Ceeil R. El- liott, were placed on trial in the Sessions 'yesterday. The charge arose out of two Iairns for street ear accidents which 'were put in hty the men, I tit September of last year Cecil R. El- liott sent in a claim bf $200 to the dampany, alleging that he had fallen off file back of a Broadview car through the breaking of a chain, and the coin' 1 Nany settled the claim. In March last orman Hopkins sent in a claim for $200 for a similar accident said to have hap- ; pend while travelling on a Bathurst ear. Albert Hopkins appeared as wit- ' nese in both cases, and is said to have written up for his brother an accident policy in the Employers' Liability In. surence Corporation, upon which a claim W.�s, also macre, .iiJl'iott had a policy in the Imperiol WANT NT •CA ALO Al2-Fo3t Waterway, From Piltsba r to, Oniri2 to.. BELGIAN KING'S LEG SEVERELY BURNED. KING LEOPOLD OF BELGIUM", Brus els. Dee. 23. --It is rumored here bath treatment in Paris recently. The that icing Leopold received a severe King's private physician Itas been suui- btutt ol, the leg while undergoing a heat moned to that city. DEAR BREAD® AVERAGE PRICE OF WHEAT IN BRITAIN STEADILY RISING. Is 34 Shillings 9 Pence a Quarter, Com- pared With 26 Shillings 3 Pence a Year Ago—World's Crop go,000,000 Quarters Short of rgo6. London, Dee. 23.—The wheat crop of 1907 will fall short of that of 19011 lay 50,000,000 quarters, according to the calculations of the corn trad:re here. On all sides high prices and rec turtle to reserve stocks are considered ine':iteble. According to one authority the Scar's harves'te - will amount to 3(32,000,000 quarters, as against 411,000,000 in 1906 and en average of 392,000,000 for the last four years. For the season from August 1, 3007, to July 31. 1900, it is ealcnlr,ted the. wheats ting countries oir „Jiarclge will re.03,011I ,00 t qtu .tr lvucr:e- trt1' tiro in Pi _ .sti7pu; o+ only 01,Ob.,UItl"' quarters, capon- items a• Father Seaver continued. to pray for three hours, when the girl suddenly gave a loud cry, threw up her arms and fell to the grotuid. She received terrible injuries, which caused death, and a verdict to this ef- fect was returned at the inquest. MR. W. L. M. KING IS BACK, Report in Japanese Question to be Pre- sented Shortly. Toronto, Dee. 23.--"I think we got to the bottom of things," said _Mr. W. L. Mackenzie King, Deputy Minister of La- bor, who returned yesterday from his study of the Japanese question on the Pacific coast. "I always kept Hon. Mr. Lemieux in- formed by cable about. the investigation, so that -ho was always• in fairly close touch with the Canadian situation while in Japan," he said. <_.- When asked armlet what the Japanese British -Columbia thought of the in- vestigation, Mr. Ring stated that he be- lieved the Japanese were at least of the Opinion that the investigation had been a fair one. He had gone to San Francis - rat co and other places along the.western coast of the United States to gain infor- mation regarding the immigration from the Hawaiian Islands. Replying to an- other question, Mr. King stated that the people of British Columbia seemed satis- fied with the industrial disputes act. erway from Pittsburg to Lake Ontario," is the slogan of a.. delegation from the Rochester New York Chamber of Com- merce, which is meeting with the Rivers and Harbors Committee of -the Pittsburg Chamber of Commerce to -day., J. 3', Ivle0idiitock, a (prominent en)giilneer Qa New York, and Assemblyman Geo. L. Meade, come as special representatives of the Rochester organization. "We are sure the plan is preetieable," said Mr. McClinstock to -day, "but want to be satisfied of the interest and support of representative men here." RADIUM CURES CANCER. Satisfactory Results Have Been Ob- tained at Middesex Hospital Chicago. Ill., Dec. 23.—During the season of paper which recently published an article saying that the hopes of doctors when radium was first discovered have received no meas- ure of -fulfillment apart from some action on skin diseases, Sir 'William Ramsay says:—"I crust ask you to give publicity to the fact that rodent ulcer, a ter-rible'dlsease, which chiefly attacks the face, can be cured with eertalnty by exposure for a few minutes at intervals to rays emitted from radium bro- mide." In this connection it may be men- tioned that the authorities of Middlesex Hospital, who are pursuing investigations re- garding cancer, are extremely well satisfied with the results obtained by radium- in the treatment of this disease. They do not claim It to bo a specific in all cases, but the per- centage of successful treatments is notable. Bertin despatches state that Professor Peer of Heidelberg has obtained striking results from several hundred experiments with the making a'.defieiency of 1,400,000e',guar- ters. rn the iTnited Kingdom, where twen- ty-seven loaves are made of foreign wheat for every sir made of native wheat, a shortage of crop is a serious natter, The average price for elmettaa «heat has been steadily rising ifor the last ye r.• For September, 1900, it was 27 sh1'llings. 5 pence; a year later it stood at 433 shillinge 2 peace, and now, for the third week in succession, the price stands at 34 shillings, 7 penes, com- pared with 26 shillings 3 pence in De- cemller, 1900. fa In ct, the prediction is La•tarded that before very long the present level of prices will.be looked basic upon es moderate, and it also is predicted that England is returning to the ,onditions of the early seventies, when wheat cost 30 shillings a quarter. •-* BURNED 111S FORTUNE. Aged Farmer, Before Death, Destroyed tkro,000 in Bills. New York, Dec. 23. ---The Herald has receiredt he following despatch from Marion, 0.; John Gordon, a wealthy farmer of this county, burned $10,000 in bills to -day a short time before he died. The charred remnants of the bills were found by members of his family, but as they were mostly ashes, no attempt will he made to have then replaced. Gordon was 85 years old, and in the tuberculosis serum discovered by Professor last few weeks had grown childish. He Poonet. 01 Vienna. Professor Feer is said to had steadfastly refused to put the $10; demonstrated d that the emonstra a conclusivelye ser- 000, the savings of ears into a bank ung enables tuberculosis to be diagnosed ing y > , young children with certainty. but kept the money under his pillow. He amused himself this morning by set- ting fire to the bills and watching them burn. Shortly before noon, when one of his so115 entered the room, the remains of the bills were found and Mr. Gordon was lying dead on the bed. He had suc- eumbed to heart disease. KILLED IN FIGHT WITH A COW. Animal Turns on Farmer, Knocks Him Down and Gores Him. Eastport, L. I., Dec. 23.—While engag- ed in niilkieg his cow, Nathaniel Howell was savagely attacked by the animal and suffered internal injuries from which he died a few hours later. The cow turn- ed upon him, knocking hunt to the ground with its horns. Before he could regain his feet the beast charged again, goring him with her horns. Mrs. Howell attracted by her hus- band's Dries for help, seized a pitchfork and drove the vicious animal away. • MURDER AND SUICIDE IN AUTO, Brooklyn Telephone Operator Shot Elsie Kerlin Through the Head. , New York Dec. 23.—Bernard E. Wal- lace, a telephone operator, aged 18, shot and fatally Injured his oaanpaatifon, El- sie Kerlin, and these killed himself 'to- night in an auto -cab, in whole the two were driving :on the eastern parkway, Brooklyn. Startled by the report of a pistol twice discharged, 1]@E chauffeur stopped his .cab and, ita•stiIy dropping to the ground, threw open the door, to find one of his paersengers dead and the other dying. PRAYERS FAILED TO SAVE. Priest. Pleaded for Three Hours With Woman Not to Leap. Deblin, Dec. 23.—An extraordinary af- fair, culminating in a tragic death, occur- red in the village of Sagart, county Dub- lin, Sunday. At two in the afternoon a young woman, Minnie Runt, was seen to enter the tower of the Roman Oath- clic Church. and a few minutes later ap- pealed on the roor, 120 feet above the ground. A large crowd. gathered at the foot of the tower 'and attempts were made to rescue her, but she had looked the door behind her and threatened to fling her- self down if aaly, one came near. The Rev, aJJJ'theg Seaver, however, succeeded in reaching the top of the tower and came within a feer yards of the girl. Each time he a,proached her she rushed to the parapet. He then knelt down and. prayed, hold- ing aloft a crucifix, which he implored the girl to -take bold of. Iter only reply was, "We shall meet on the ground." FINE OR JAIL: Police Captain Guilty of Contempt of Court. New York, Dee. 23. --Justice Burr sc/.- tenced Acting Police Captain Rusin to- day to serve thirty days' imprisonment in Ring's County Jail and pry a fine of $250 for contempt of court in failing to obey a writ restraining him from taking Bertillon measurements of Frank Jen- kins, recently indicted on charges of forgery and larceny, in connection with the suspension of the Jenkins Trust Co. This is another step in the effort of the Jenkins brothers to have their Bertillon records destroyed. eIa MEAN TRICK. Chicago Girl Falls Victim to Bogus Bachelors' Club. Temple, Okla, Dee. 23. --Unlawful use of the mails is the charge: to be prefer- red by the Federal authorities against the Randlett Bachelors' Club, of Rand - lett, Okla., who, by writing lettere to eastern girls under fictitious names, have caused a dozen or more young women to come to thebig pasture town in quest of husbands and fortunes. Not able to find the mon with whom they corresponded with a view of marriage, they now are left stranded. Several of the victims are being eared for by persons in this town. Among these is Lois Bamberger, a 17 -year-old Chicago •girl, who arrived here last Sun- day. She spent four days in quest of the man she expected to marry, but could not find him. Money has been raised to send her back to her parents. 4 DIVORCE RUMOR. Said That Countess of Yarmouth Will Sue in Court, London, Dec. 28. -It is rumored in, London society that the Countess of Yar- mouth, sister of Harry K. Thaw, is about to beginroceedings to nullify her mar - nage to the earl. It is stated that the countess will allege in effect that there has been no marriage. General sym:pathhy is wholly with the countess in hes report- ed intention, which is regarded as per- fectly justifiable in the peculiar eireuni- stances of her case. It is stated that she haus acted with remarkable tact and devotion under trying conditions, and that she 'has never taken the position socially er otherwise that she had -a right to expect as wife of the Marquis of Hertford's heir. UNION LUAGULq New Baseball Organization in Eastern States. Philadelphia, Deo:"' 23. -At ti meeting held here yesterday . a new baseball league was formed with clubs . in Phi1- adelphia, Brooklyn, Newark, 1'attersoo, Baltimore and Reading, with AL W. Lawson as President. The orgardzation ds to be known as the Union League of ' Professional Baseball Olubs -of Amerloa Representtltives from the -following tete ties were present and each was asseseed- $100 as a working basis for the new league. A. W. Hussey, Brooklyn, A. P. Kalish), - Newark, Frederick Paige, Paterson; 1 . Walter Sc+blietcher, .Philadelphia; Dr. Francis E. Ring, Baltimore, autd Ed, J. : Koyle and A. IV, Lawson of- Reading. Mr. Lawson was elected President and Mr. King, Vice-Pre,siident, Three cities of the old. Atlontic League, Brooklyn, Newark and Reac- ing are nearporated in the new organix- ation, and Phil•aclel-pl4a, Baltimore- and Paterson with two other cttdes to be ad- mitted will snake up the new league. FATAL DUEL. This Man Bragg Apparently Bragged Too Much. Laurel, Miss., Dec. 23.—A deliberately . planned duei occurred in the main street. - of Laurel to -day, in which Edward Bragg Was killed and B. W. Sharborough, for- mer State Senator, was wounded. The two had a quarrel over a business matter, during which Bragg is said to have advised Sharborough to go and get his gun. Sharborough went to a nearby store and purchased a shotgun and shells, while Bragg waited. When Share . borough reappeared Bragg opened fire, hitting his man three times without clan- gerously wounding him. SharboTougb, in spite of his wounds, advanced till"so close that Bragg seized the muzzle of the shotgun. Sharborough fired, ending the duel by mortally wounding Bragg. A boy spectator was slightly wounded. • BAD WINNIPEG HOTELS. Vice -President, Whyte,. of .the C, P. R., Utters Complaint Against'•Tbem..: Winnipeg, Dee. 23.—A conference ' b `` tweet the Boned .of Control represents- tives of the railways was teed this morning to discuss the problem of -tho unemployed. The possibility of ;the rail-' ways increasing the number of rnen en- gaged on construction work iYas,:Clisettsas- ed. The piiving of "knockout," drinks o men coming nt at hotels in the vicinity of the C. P. R. depot received much at- tention from the . meeting. It was the general impression of the meeting that. it is the Local Government's duty to pseeroterlhayt. all licensed hotels aro operated ji I:lee-President Whyte, of the G. P. R., spoke very strongly on this questibxt, declaring the licensed Ives there were a disgrace to civiiiizakion, He estimated that fully fifty per Dent, of the destitji- tion among laborers coming in from summer's work was due directly to their being doped and robbed in certain ho- tels, which he named. He ventured the. assertion that he would regard It as a . God -send when the wave of prohibition now sweeping over the United States would abolish the saloons of 'Winnipeg. The publication of these charges aroused the keenest interest here to- day. A delegation from the Children's .ItJd Society waited on the Government to -day and asked •that a probation of- ficer be appointed and a juvenile court instituted. s►o NEW USE FOR EPSOM SALTS. Will Produce Either Local or General Anaesthesia. New York, Dec. 23.—Announcement of the discovery of a new anaesthetic, ac cording to the American, will 'soon be made by the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research. The new anaesthetic is nothing else 'than plain, common 14p- som salts, or, to give it its scientifie name, sulphate of magnesia. It was dis- covered by Dr. Samuel J. Meltzer, one of the Rockefeller experimenters. Its greatest value is that it permits any sort of an operation without any danger . to the heart of the patient. Either local or general anaesthesia, it is said, may be produced by the injec- tion of a twenty per cent, solution of t9fe• familiar drug into the nerve tract gov- erning the sensations of the part to be operated upon. COCAINE TABLETS CAUSED DEATH. A Traveller for Toronto Firm Dies in Montreal Montreal, Dec. 23. ---Alfred M. Lynch, a traveller for Andrew barling, leant}•, facturing clothier, of 'Toronto, died: the hospital this evening from the - feats Of an overdose of lnedir,ine,: Lynch had been suffering from aeuta bronchitis, and a local physician. pre. scribed some cocaine tablets. Lyneh was found unoon eloue itt lift room at the Queen's hotel this mt,ti1 , ing, and on the bureau was' found an empty box that had contained twenty= five of the tablets. When removed to the hospital it was found that hid symptoms were those of opium. poiso4i, and he gradually grew won to until he • died this evening Jl,tea'td of. folta*- ing the doctors direetians lie 'hod tain'ct an overdose of the tablets.