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The Herald, 1908-09-11, Page 2nostorauboalareawarnesse IIT BY HIS OWN ,F , MB. Black Hand Man Caught Red Hand- ed by Police. New York, Sept. 7.—Awakened by the crackling of a match in the hall, Gio- Tani Congialasi, who has slept all night in his bakery in Prince street to guard his little shop against a Black Hand at- tack, rushed into the hall in time to be ri►urled to the floor by the explosion of a bomb. He caught a glimpse of a figure starting out of the hall and up the street and shouted for the police, who quickly captured the fleeing man. The man, who gave his name as Salvatore Sallena, was bleeding from many wounds. The bomb, which had evidently exploded -prema- turely,, was filled with nails and slugs. There were twenty-two families in the tenement, all of whom hurried into the street in terror when the explosion oc- curred, but none was injured. Sallena was arrested several months ago in eon- nection with a bomb explosion. The pro- prietor of the bake shop had received many threatening letters demanding money. TRAINS HELD UP. Gr eat Havoc Worked by Storm West of Senora. Winnipeg, Sept. 7.— A cloudburst near Kenora has worked havoc with the C. P. R. main line, with the result that all the transcontinental trains are many hours late. The hezvy rains have washed away the dump in many places, and the rails have sunk so that it is impossible for a train to pass over safely. All the damage done is west of Kenora. As soon as it was seen what damage there was the company sent out every available man to have the tracks repaired, and the work is being rushed. The officials state that the trouble is the worst that they have experienced with water. The company is caring for the passen- gers in the meantime. Two crowded Toronto trains are held up. Five trains altogether are stalled. The westbound trains are No. 97, No. 1 and No. 95, and the eastbound are No. 2 and No. 94, the transcontinental and Toronto train, re- spectively. y..-._-.• .. COL R REFUGEE. "No More States For Me" Declares George Jesse. Windsor, Sept. 7.—George Jesse, a negro from Springfield, 111., arrived in Windsor this week and intends to make this his future home. He came here in the role of a refugee, being forced to flee by the fear of being included in the wholesale attack on the colored people of Springfield. Having heard that it was a privilege to live in Windsor, this was the first place that he made tracks for when he Seat the scene of the riots. He describes the sights in the negro quarters as be- ing awful to behold. The colored people, se says, were afraid to stor from their homes, and a veritable reign of terror 'held sway for the space of four or five days. He never wants to return to the States, but will try to find work in Windsor. A STRANGE STORY. MASKED GHOULS IN CARRIAGE; HORSES WITH PADDED HOOFS. Strange Sight Reported by Watchers at Grave of Kent Girl, Who Died of Mysterious Malady—Has Body Been i Taken? Chatham, Ont., despatch: A short time ago a young lady residing in Chatham Township died of a peculiar ailment, which was pronounced Addison'a dis- ease. At the time of her illness several noted surgeons attended her, and they were all baffled by the symptoms of. the peculiar malady. The arse became a matter of interesting comment among many surgeons, both in this city and in other places, and all of them were forc- ed to admit that they did not under- stand the workings of the disease. The girl died very suddenly after a hurried operation, which revealed nothing to the men who were anxious to study the symptoms. The parents of the girl became suspi- cious when they sa.w the great interest which the ease attracted from the medi- cal profession, and they feared: that some attempt might be made to recover the body for profesnional purposesafter it was buried. On this account they placed two men to watch the grave, in the Maple Leaf Cemetery, where the re. mains were interred. According to the story told by the two men who were hired to keep this vigil, an attempt was made last week to recover the body. One of the men, tired of the dismal watching, and re- fused to take his turn at relieving his partner. It was agreed that both should go together. When they arrived at the cemetery it was dark, and a number of strange noises, followed by the passing of a carriage, bearing two masked men, the horses' hoofs being padded, bore out their suspicions that ghouls were at work, When they arrived at the grave they were unable to say whether it had been disturbed or not, as it had been filled in only a few days before. The story has aroused great local in- terest, and it is quite likely that the parents of the dead. girl will have : the grave opened to see whether or not the body has been stolen. BOY PLUNGES FAR TO DEATH. SON OF HOTEL GUEST FALLS FROM EIGHTH STOREY WINDOW. Accident Follows Play—Parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Dockery, Take Body to Memphis, Tenn.—Had Been Visiting in Port Colborne. Chicago, Sept. 7.—While his invalid mother lay in an adjoining room, Wen. D..Dackery, jun., the 5 -year-old son of iV1r. and Mrs. William D. Dockery, Mem- phis, 'Jenn., fell yesterday afternoon Iron an eight storey window of the Vendome hotel, 0,200 Monroe avenue, and was instantly killed. The only other occupant of the room at the time was the boy's younger broth- er, Joe, two years old. The little fel- lows were wrnstlmg on a bed near the fatal window. It is believed that the older had lost his footing during the tussle and fell against the screen of the window, which gave way, letting him fall to the pavement below. The room faces on Monroe avenue. As the father was anxious to leave Chicago last evening, a special inquest was held in the rooms of the hotel in the afternoon by Chief Deputy Coroner Jones and Deputy Coroner liartney. Af- ter a score of witnesses had been exam- ined the jury returned a verdict of acci- dental death. Though the shock of her son's death rendered Mrs. Dockery's condition mare precarious, the trip to Memphis was made haat evening as planned. The body of the boy was placed in a coffin and taken by the parents on the same train, which left at 0 o'clock on the Illinois Railroad. The Doekerys arrived in Chicago yes- terday morning; from a two months' visit in Port Colborne, Canada. In the party was the father, mother and two boys, a sister, Frances, ages 9 years old, and a nurse to care for Mrs. Dockery. The stop yesterday in the city was made be- cause the night before Mrs. Dockery was taken suddenly ill on the train. Phas- ing business and the serious state of his wife's health made it imperative tdat Mr. Dockery leave last evening and Pre- parations were accordingly made. In the afternoon about 1.30 o'clock, the family was in rooms. The father and mother were in one room, the nurse, Belle Paterson, and Frances, 1 nanother, and `Billy," as he was called by his par- ents, and his brother, Joe, in the other. The first intimation that something had happened to her son came to Mrs. Dockery apparently by intuition. She rushed into the room where they had been playing. She saw Joe leaning out of the window and immediately surmis- ed what had taken place. When she looked down on the street she saw a crowd of people gathering under the 'window. Then she fell back on the bed in a swoon. The only person who saw the body fall was Frank H. Thompson, 6,217 Monroe avenue, who happened to be passing the hotel at the time. At first. when he saw the child, clad in a white dress, dropping down the side of the building he thought that some one had thrown a pillow out of the window. When the lad struck the cement he rushed into the hotel to summon the house physi- cian, Dr. Robert . H. Porter. The body was taken to the rotunda and laid an a lounge. Dr. Porter declared that he undoubtedly died the instant he hit the hard pavement. Several ribs were broken and the body was generally bruised. The inquest was held shortly after, when the chief deputy coroner had been prevailed upon to dispense with the Sun. day rule, which postpones inquests till week days. The father testified that he was of the opinion that the death of his son was purely accidental, as did the nurse. Mrs. Dockery was unable to at- tend on account of her illness. Mr. Dockery owns 10,000 acres of land in Mississippi, which is devoted to the raising of cotton. Ho is a member of, the firm of Dalton & Dockery, cotton deal- ers, of Memphis. Tenn., where he lived an 14 North Bellevue avenue, •n- o OUT AT LAST. Great Oil Fire Consumed 3,000, 000 Barrels of the Fluid. City of Mexico, Sept. 7.—Word was re- ceived by the firm of Pearson & Sons last night.that the oil well fire which has raged at Dozbocas, near Telampico, for two months, was extixi:guished last for Sun- day. Six ,giant eentrifugal pumps poured gravel and mud into the month of the boring well for ten days, and this, cou- pled with persistent dynamite blasting,. choked the orifice and smothered the flames. The oil has again worked its way to the surface, and the well is flow- ing at the rate of 2,000 barrels a day. Owing to the remoteness of the well, the oil is beteg banked in a great reser- voir. It is estimated that 8,000,000 bar- rels. valued at $3,000,000, was consumed 'py fire. LLOYD'S SLAYER. Gunner Mohr Calmly Waits For Coining Trial. Alleged Murderer Maintains aCheer- ful , Demeanor. London, Sept, 7.—Moir, the former private of No. 1 Company, 1Z, C. R., who shot and killed his comrade, Sergeant Lloyd, and made one of the most sensa- tional escapes of the day, will coarse to trial in October. Meanwhile he is spending his time very quietly at the county jail. He is a model prisoner, and. is given considerable liberty. A erose watch is kept upon him, nevertheless. The authorities do not believe that the young man has at any time con- templated ending his own life, but es- pecial precautions have been taken to prevent any suck possibility. Moir is never at all morose, but in- stead is cheerful, and enters into what- ever may be going on about him with apparently no thought of the awful crime with which lie stands charged. One of the liberties accorded him is that of exercising in the jail yard with the other prisoners. In certain eases the men charged with a capital offence are required to take their exercise alone, but not so with Moir, who mingles freely with "drunks" and others whose period of stay in the jail is but a few days. The prisoners frequently engage in a game of baseball on a limited scale. Moir reads comparatively little. 13e eats and sleeps well. His appetite is al- ways good, and be seems content as a rule with prison fare. When he wishes he sends out and has some delicacy brought in. Usually his purchases, how- erer, are confined to tobacco. Rev. Dr. Ross, pastor of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, is regularly a call- er upon Moir at the jail when he is in the city. Moir seems to enjoy the clergyman's visits, and is said to be re- ligiously concerned. BUCKET SHOP LA It Went Inito Force To. day In New York State. Albany, N. Y., Sept. 7.—A number of bills have been passed by the Legisla: ture this year and approved by Governor Hughes, amending the penal code, the most important of which is thet so- called . ani z b aff•et chop law ,going into effect to -:day's. The act . _ aimed at bucket shops •prohibts the purchase or sale of securities when the contract is based merely on the public market uotations and there are no actual securi- ties. It provides that brokers must furnish, upon written demand, to any customer an order for the actual pur- •chase or sale of securities, containing the names of the persons or firms from which the stock is purchased and when sold. A bueke shop is defined as a "room, apartment, booth, office or store therein, or any other place where any contract prohibited by the act is made or offered to be made." Violation of the law is made a felony, punishable by a fine of $5,000 if the offender be a corporation. In all other cases the penalty is a fine of not more than $1,000, or imprisonment for not more than five years or both. The Supreme Court is given power to dis- solve a domestic corporation convicted of a second offence. AUT TURNED F •VER. Accident to Crown Prince and Princess of Germany. Berlin, Sept.7.—Particulars of an auto- mobile accident to Crown Prince Fried- rich Wilhelm and the Crown Princess during their recent visit to Metz have just leaked out.. A hay cart forced the Prince's motor into a ditch, where it turned over. The occupants of the ear suffered no injury, bug were unable to get from under the machine until peasants came to their as- sistance, The Crown Prince handed over a sum of money for the benefit of the poor of that section. E1{T T E LER® Man Throttles a Mad Dog; Saves Children From Attack. Chin Sept. 7.—A mad dog running amuck in Lake View yesterday noon cre- ated a panic among the residents, but the only person reported to have been bitten is Gustave Wolff, a young jeweler, residing in. 1711 Diversey boulevard, and he was injured through saving others from the brute's attack: Wolff was seated at the front window of his home when his attention was at- treated by the serea,ma of children. The animal was coming Ohara the waist, snarling at everybody within reach. He was close to the heels of an old man, who hurried out of the way, and left the animal making a straight line for a group of children.. Wolf, wino was hetveeen the dog and the children, grabbed fox the strap about the dog's neck, His aim was bad and quick as a flash the dog had Wolff's right hand between his teeth and ' was biting through with' all his might. Though he suffered excruciatingly Wolff caught the strap with left baud and foroed the dog clown and choked him until Reginal Oliver, a neighbor, pro- cured a revolver and killed the brute, Wolff's thumb WAS almost severed, Dr, N. Ellis Oliver, 1707 Divereey boule- vard, cauterized the wouezdand then sent the: young man to the Pasteur institute. E2 Ca DRAGGED OVER LAKE ERIE. CANADIAN AERONAUT AND COM- PANION NARROWLY ESCAPE. The Mohegan Chased the Airship for Miles—J, G. Bennett, of Winnipeg, and T. S. Sample, of Columbus, Ohio, Had a Thrilling Experience in the International Balloon Race. A Buffalo despatch: Weather-beaten chilled almost through to the marrow, and exceedingly glad to get on land again, Lieut. J. G. Bennett, of Win- nipeg, and Tom L. Sample, of Columbus, Ohio, pilot and assistant pilot of the balloon $ueen Louise, arrived in this city this afternoon. They immediately sought a telegraph office to send word to friends that they and their valloon were in Buffalo to rest up after one of the moat exciting and most strenuous balloon flight experiences which fall to the lot of young men. The balloon descended into Lake Erie, and the dar- ing aeronauts were rescued from drowning yesterday by the crew of the steamer Mohegan, which brought them to Buffalo to -day. Lieut. Bennett is a member of the Canadian balloon corps, which operates experimental stations and makes an especial study of aeronautic problems. Sample is a special •correspondent for The Columbus Press -Post, and is well known throughout Ohio. These two young men sailed one of three balloons which started from Columbus last Sat- urday afternoon in an international balloon race. The race was held un- der the auspices of the Columbus Aerial Club and for a trophy offered by the Columbus Board of Trade, a silver cup valued at $500. The contest also in- volved the winning of the Elsie Janis. endurance test trophy, a miniature silver balloon, which stands thirty-six inches high and contains 383 ounces of silver. The balloons started from the Columbus Driving Park at 5 o'clock on Saturday afternoon. The weather was ideal, with a slight wind, and the balloon got a goad start, On Sunday morning, when the sun rose, the Queen Louise began to descend, and came dawn in Pigeon Bay, on Lake Erie, not fax from Detroit. The occupants of the ballloon were badly seared when they saw that their craft was going down into the lake, and they threw everything (portable overboard, including their instruments, and even their clothing. Despite all the ycould do, however, the balloon continued to sink. The basket of the ballon struck the water, and was under water as often as it was above the surface. The men clung to the basket for their lives, and were very tired when the steamer Mohegan sighted the ballon and set out to cap- ture it. The breeze freshened when the Mohe- gan went in pursuit and the big lake steamer had a livelj chase after the bal- loon. It chased the gas bag for fully five miles over towards the Canadian shore before it overtook it. The bal- loonists by that time were almost com- pletely exhausted. The crew of the vessel made the ballleen fast to the boat and after getting the balloonists and board they went after the bellloon and also got that safely stowed away. Then the Mohegan proceeded to this city. The Pilot's Story. A Buffalo despatch: Lieut. Bennett, speaking of his exciting cruise in the balloon Queen Louise, said that all went well until they struck the lake. "When I attempted to make a landing I discovered that the gas valve was stud: and would not open. "About 2 a. in. Sunday we were over Lake Erie, and not more than 200 feet above the surface. Our gas had be- come chilled, but we managed to keep afloat. When the sun began to rise it expended our gas and caused us to ascend. We got up to an altitude, so far as I could estimate, of about 20.- 000 feet. We lay down in the basket and fell asleep. I awoke with a start, feeling a rush of cold air above me. The air had again condensed the gas and the balloon was dropping. We drop- ped possibly 10,000 feet within four minutes, going down at a terrific, speed. When we reached warmer air currents the balloon balanced again and we sighted the steamer Mohegan. We signalled the vessel, and Captain James Cunningham agreed to stand by. On a signal fromthe ballloon the captain lowered boats, and rescued us from the rigging of the balloon, to which we were clinging, I having pulled the ripping cord and permitted the gas to escape and the balloon to drop into the water" Lieut. Bennett will go to Springfield to -night, and Mr, ,Sample to his home in Oolumbus, Ohio. The tonnage of the world's merch- ant shipping fleet, according to the latest returns is 37,554,017 tons. Of this total no 'less •than 81,'7.44,904 tons represents steam shipping and 17,611,- 096 terns of the whole is under the British flag. l: LL r HREE WERE DR `° ED Boy Tumbled Into Water and Sis- ter Jumped After Him. New York, Sept. 7.—Mrs. Richard Rts' dcrmacher, 32 years old, of Brooklyn,• and her two children, Ida, 12 years old and Richard, 4 years old, were drowned at Broad Channel, Jamaica Bay, last night. The family have been summering; on the shores of the bay, and it was the custom of the children to fish from a. float in front of their home. The chil- dren were so engaged lost evening, when the boy accidentally toppled overboard.. Ida screamed and then jumped overboard to save him. The girl managed to reach her brother, but was dragged under the surface just ::s Mrs. Ruderinaeher, who, had been attracted by the girl's cry,. reached the scene. The mother without. hesitation dived after the children, fully dressed though she was. None of the.. three came to the surface. AMES NEARCAYUGA. Stock on Mr. Gordon Hoover's Farre Affected. Cayuga, Sept. 7.—A colt belonging to, Mr. Gordon Hoover, in the township of Bentham, died recently, and the follow- ing day two steers an the sraane farm showed signs of the same sickness, foam- ing at the mouth, and otherwise behav- ing in a way which led to the belief that they were suffering from some infectious disease. One of the animals died. and the other animal was so bad that it was de aided to shoot it. The owner, Mr. Hoo- ver, gave the animals medicine, and in the meantime called in a veterinary who. was not prepared to say that the animal had rabies, and thought the symptoms. more like anthrax. Mr. Hoover goat some abrasions on his arms while handling the anirrrals,, and it was feared that he might have became inoculated with the dis- ease, and as a safeguard he decided. to go to the Pasteur Institute at New York. A day or two later a third steer be- came ill, and was sisot. A Government inspector was called, who ordered that none of the stock be re- moved from the farm. In the meantime Mr. Henry Urmy, who assisted Gordon, Hoover at 'the shooting of one of the steers, and got some roam on his face, became alarmed lest he also might be oome infected. After oansulting the doc- tors at the New York Institute, he too decided 'to go there for treatment. It is not known how the animals con- tracted the disease. A number of auienais not far from.. Cayuga wee reported some weeks ago to have been bitten by a mad dog. - STOCK o-- STOCK YARDS. Railway to Spend Over a Million, at Winnipeg. Winnipeg, Sept. 7.—Swift & Com- pany, om pany, of Chicago, in•connection with the Canadian Pacific Railway, the Grand Trunk Pacific and the Canadian North- ern Railway. it is said, have purchased 200 acres of land across the river in St. Boniface, on which they will erect an abattoir and lay out a stock yard. on a large scale. The expenditure is to be over a million dollars. This eidetraeks - the municipal stock yards planned by the city of Winnipeg. TO CROSS CHANNEL. Russian Will Try to Go Over In Aeroplane. Paris, Sept. 7.—The morning papers e declare that a Russian. named Prince Bol- otoff, has decided to attempt to cross the British Channel in an aeroplane.e has commissioned the brothers Voisin,. aeroplane builders, to construct a large • • machine in the form ku:own as the tri- plane capable of earryi,rg two passeng- era and sufficient water and gasoline for a two hour trip. This aeroplane is to have a speed of fifty miles an hour. Prince i3olotoff is little known in flying machine circles. He has never made a flight. NO PROFIT IN BREAD NOW. Washington Bakers Ask to Be Allow- ed to Out Size of Loaf, Washington, D. C., Sept. 7.—Declar- ing that bream at 5 cents a ,pound loaf returns them no profit at present prices of material and labor, a number of lo- cal bakers have appealed to the sealer of weights and measures to be allowed to sell loaves weighing less than a pound, or else increase the price on the regular loaf. Alexander 11, Bell, attorney for sev- eral bakers, has inferred "Colonel We C. Haskell, the sealer who has super- vitioan over the sale of bread bt the Dis- trict, that the law requiring a loaf of bread to weigh ono pound is an antique. - ted one, invalid and should not apply to the conditions of the present day.