The Herald, 1908-09-25, Page 6SQUALL HIT
THE Al,R, SHIP.
The Parseval Buckled In the Air
and Had to Come Down.
The Gross Balloon Also Had to
Give Up Trip.
peror William Was Waiting For
Them at Dobritz.
Berlin, Sept. 21 The Parseval airship
buckled in the air this morning and had
to coma down in Groundevald, near Ber-
lin.
At the time of the accident the air-
ship was running with the Gross balloon
in the direction of Dobritz, wirere Lauer -
,or William was waiting to see them.
Both airships started out this morning,
between S and 9 o'cloek, with the object
of seeing whleh could reach Daubritz in
the shortest time. They faced alight
breeze, which freshened quickly until it
was difficult' for the balloons to make
headway against it.
When the Part evai ship was crossing
the Haien Sea it was struck by a
squall and the cigar -shaped, flexible bag
began to show signs of trouble. Then the
interior balloonettes tha.lf collapsed and
the machine started slowly to come
down. It cleared the water of the lake
and landed on the roof of a house. Count
Von Parseval and his four companione
alighted without sustaining any injury.
Major Gross, whose balloon is of the
semi-rigid type, fared somewhat better,
but half an hour later, when near Pots-
dam, he saw he was losing headway
against the high wind and returned
safely to his station at Tegal.
Each of these balloons has made mag-
nificent enduran.•e runs within the last
week. The Parseval stayed up for thir-
teen and the Gross for eleven and one-
quarter hours.
Emperor William and the Empress, at-
tended by a numerous suite, awaited
the arrival of the balloons for one hour
after the time they were expected. A
telegram was then received at Dob -
brit; announcing the accident to Major
Von Parseval and the return of Major
Gross, whereupon the Imperial party
dispersed.
Up Nearly Ninety Minutes.
Lemans, Sept. 21. -On the field of
Avows this morning Wilbur Wright, the
aeroplanist, of Dayton, 0., eclipsed all
European records in sustained aeroplane
flights. He remained in the air for 39
minutes and 18 3.5 seconds. This gives
'the Wright brothers the record for both
h spheres.
Ir `Might circled the field at an
average of 45 feet. He turned and
twisted in every direction and had com-
plete control of the aeroplane. It is
estimated that he covered 20 miles. M.
Bole, president of the aero club of the
Sarthe, was the official timer-.
FREIGHT RATES.
Should Be Ir creased to Prevent
Further Depression.
Seattle, Wash., Scat. 21. -The Ameri-
can Association of Travelling Passeng-
er Agents, in, convention here, has un-
animously adopted the following resolu-
tion:
" riereas in view of existing condi-
tions and to prevent further business
depression and to pro'cect the interest
of 1,700,000 railroad employees, it is
the unanimous opinion of the members
of the American Association of Travel-
ling Passenger Agents in convention as-
sembled that freight rates should be in-
creased. Therefore be it resets -ed. that
each member present the railroad ems
of 'the question to the pubuc and en-
deavor to secure their co-operation in
bringing about prosperity to ail."
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STRIKE
STRIKE BREAKER SHOOTS.
Wounds Picket, Who is in Serious Con-
dition in Hospital,
Winnipeg, Sept. 21. -Last evening in
the western part of the city, James Pep-
perton, a strike:-breaekr, was accosted by
a picket of three, who asked him where
he was employed. For answer Pepperton
pulled a revolver and opened fire, shoot-
ing Robert Kerr in the hip. Pepperton
thee fi• 1. t,ii• waq subsequently arrested
in the yards by one of the 0. P. R. spe-
cuai c.,........,.r.,. noir was removed to the
hospital, where the bullet was removed
at mid -night. The case is serious, but
not hopeless, although there is intestinal
injury, The shooting of Kerr has arous-
ed a bitter spirit among the strikers, and
threats of lynching Pepperten are heard.
POPULATION INCREASES.
Ontario Figures Given on Basis of Muni-
cipal Rolls.
Toronto, Sept. 21.-- During 1907 Ontar-
ito's papule: on increased by 58,617. This
le the statement made in a. bulletin is-
sued by the Ontario Department of Ag-
riculture giving details collected from
anunicipal sources. They show a popu-
lation of '2,200,363 last year, as compar-
ed to 2,142,742 in 1900. The rural po-
pulation, however, is on a slight de -
'crease. being 1,045,640 last year, compar-
ed to 1,051,83$ the previous year. Urban
epulation increased from 477,704 to
409,957, and city from G13,205 to 654,766;
The total population has iuereased very
gradually; tut is 200,000 more than it
\vas ten .years ago.
The ace s5"d values in 1007 aggre-
gated -$1,149,981,077, compared to $1,-
l03,504.0S8 in the previous year. From
this the taxes collected amounted to -
$19.529,169, as against $18,021,428 in
1906. This works out at the rate of
$u.88 per head for the entire popula-
tion, as compared to $8.41 the previous
year.
FEARED BOMBS.
Why the Kaiser Did Not Cross Into
France.
Paris, Sept. 21.---A despatch from Mu1-
hesen, Alsace-Lorraine, says the real rea-
son for the German Emperor's sudden
abandonment of this excursion into
)french territory a few days ago, was
according to the police, tho presence of
French anxr ixn is in the district, which
the Emperor proposed to vi it. At the
last moment the police leaned that two
)french anarchists had gene to the fron-
tier wi•tli tainles. 'I.'his information came
too late to permit the police to follow
and intercept the hien, the description
of whom was vague. Accordingly the
Emperor lzin:-•elf was appeared to not
to cross the frontier and he reluctantly
consented. not through fear, but in fear
of the unpleasant consequences that
were certain to follow the occurrence of
any imtosvazd ineident while he was iu
French territory.'
JUST AS GOOD.
Quaareling In Court Over 22 Cents
Spent hi Dept. Store.
Chicago, Sept. 21. --The court. jury,
two attorneys and a half dozen witnesses
spent three hours yesterday afternoon
in Judge Eberhardt's court in a contro-
versy involving 22 cents. Finally eourt
was adjourned, the judge reserving his
instructions to the jury.
The ease is one in which Wm. Hindley,
an attorney, is suing a department store
for 22 cents, the amount he alleges he
was charged fur a substitute "just as
good." as the article he ordered when he
was sent by his wife to the store to pur-
chase a deodorizer.
He says the clerks refused to refund
the money. but the store denies this.
Attorney Hamilton Moses, represent-
ing the department store, offered 25
cents, for principal and interest to Hind-
ley at the commencement of the trial,
and the offer was refused.
CAN. MAN. ASS.
Want Rearrargemeut of Tariff-
Danger of Durnping.
A Montreal despatch: At the meeting
of the Canadian Manufacturers' Associa-
tion reports were rendered by several
committees. The foreign trade and leg-
islation committee declared in favor of
the Intercolonial Railway being regulat-
ed by the Railway Commission. The Tar-
iff Committee discussed the prevalence
and danger of dumping goods on the
Canadian market by manufacturers in
foreign countries. It declared that the
1907 tariff had been a failure and that
a re-arraazgement was required. The
Franco -Canadian treaty was criticised,
the committee believing it would not
become effective in its present form.
WAS OFFENSIVE.
Set Fire to Two Tents Belonging to
the Irvinites.
Baltimore, Sept. 21.-A nob of about
thirty inen descended at an early hour
this morning upon the camping ground
of the "Irvinates," a religious sect which
is holding a convention at Brooklyn,
Anne Arundel County, and set fire to
two large tents used by the denom ua.-
tion for meeting purposes. The tents
were completely destroyed and a house
in which was stored a quantity of pro-
visions, was partly burned. The two
guards at the place retreated to the
houses occupied by the sect aurid raised
the alarm. The first members to appear
were menaced with pistols, but when
the religionists came out in larger force
the mob disappeared. The principal cause
of the trouble. it is thought, was the
vigorous preaching of the Irvinites, on
which they denounced the people of
the town generally. Founder Irvin, it
is alleged, used some offensive language
toward the women of Broakllaz.
WILL OPEN NEW LINE.
Grand Trunk Pacific Has 666 Miles of
Track Ready.
Montreal, Sept. 21.-G, T. 1311, gen-
eral passenger and ticket agent of the
Grand Trunk Railway system and
Grand Trunk Peclfie Railway, who has
just returned from an extended trip
through ldanitoba. Saakatelzewan anti
Alberta, announced to -day that on Mon-
day next the Grand Trunk Pacific will
open up pasenger serviee over 666 miles
of track from Winnipeg, Manitoba, to
Wainwright, Alberta.
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T`he Archbishop of 1lcptreal has gone
to Belgium.
Evan f,re * is to spend a short holiday
in the Northeast,
Admiral Kingsmill has been placed on
the retired list at his own request.
A new Conservative paper is to be
started at St. John, .N. 13., called the
Standard.
Sir Alphonse Pelletier, Lieutenant -
Governor of Quetee, was sworn in on
Tuesday,
The wheezier I.e ;,Lille was burned on
Quern Bank. The crew escaped with
difficulty.
The shareholders of the Ontario Bank
xvill be asked: to choose a permanent
liquidator,
The Toronto Normal School reopened
with an attendance of 211, creating a
new record.
Three persons were killed at Worces-
ter, Mo., by the explosion of a car of
dynamite.
The official statistics of the principal
field crops of Ontario for this year show
increased yields.
The New York State Republican con-
vention at Saratoga renominated Chas.
E. Hughes for Governor.
Returns tabulated from municipal rolls
show that Ontario's population increas-
ed by 58,017 during 1907.
The Normal Schuol opened at Strat-
ford with an attendance of 160 pupils, of
whom twenty-five are men.
Louis Caron was killed on Tuesday at
Longue Point, near Montreal, by a
heavy bar of iron fabling upon. him.
In future water rates in Toronto will
be imposed. on the basis of 50 cents per
room, without reference to the numaer
of inmates.
Frank 71. Fowler, of Toronto, was re-
manded in court at Boston, Mass., on a
charge of forgery, and given his liberty
on a $5,000 bond.
While jumping. a hurdle at Queen's
Park, London, 1I1'. K. G. Tyler's right
arm was broken in two places by the
animal falling on him.
James Bray, in pleading guilty to a
charge of theft at Puddy Bros., Toronto,
exonerated his brother-in-law, Archibald
Antliony, who was discharged.
A. farewell service to 25 Methodist
missionaries who are going to China
was held in Elm Street Methodist
Church, Toronto, last evening.
Charles Douglas, a C. P. R. constable,
who pointed a revolver at C. P. R.
strike pickets in West Toronto, was com-
mitted. .for triwl'by Magistrate Ellis.
James Gaffney, 35 years of age, was
killed. at Montreal on Tuesday while
driving his cart. Iie was thrown to the
ground, and the cart passed over his
body.
Prof. John Clinton Collins, of Birming-
ham University, was found dead in the
woods near Lowestoft, Eng. It is believ-
ed he committed suicide by taking poi-
son.
Wm. Abraham, au elderly London gen-
tleman,' while chasing a hen out of his
garden, fell over a wire, fractured his hip
and sustained injuries that it is feared
will prove fatal.
Viamede, the summer resort on Stoney
Lake, caught fire yesterday. The main
building and the Erie and Shamrock cot-
tages were totally destroyed, together
with the contents.
The Winnipeg Street Railway Com-
pany has made an offer to the City
Council to furnish the city with ten
thousand horse power for ten years at
$18.40 per horse power per .annum.
A colony of Danish Lutherans will
likely be organized in the Canadian west
shortly. A committee representing the
American Church is now touring the
country making a close inspection.
Mayor Oliver and City Treasurer
Coady yesterday signed the contract for
the construction by Peter Arnot of the
Toronto sea wall westerly 1,500 feet from
Indian road, the price to be $41,544,
.Tames Bayes, a butcher of Thistle -
town, was found not guilty at Toronto
of a charge of stealing oats from the
barns of J. T. Wardlaw, a. Weston
farmer.
James Bews, a well known physical
instructor and a Kingstonian, has been
chosen to fill the vacant physical direc-
torship at Queen's University gymna-
sium.
Mr. Robert L. Thompson, successor to
Mr. C. B. Foster as district passenger
agent of the Ontario division of the
Canadian Pacific Railway, has taken up
his duties.
The rail mill of the Lake Superior
Corporation opened on Tuesday with a
full staff of men. All the industries of
the Lake Superior Corporation are now
in operation,
Mr. V. Knowles, of Kingston, one of
the passengers on the Corsican, takes
the part of the immigration officials in
the recent unpleasantness with second-
class passengers,
Matthew Simmons, hotel keeper, Owen
Sound, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a
second offence of selling liquor without
a license, was convicted, and sentenced
to jail for four months. The case was
tried before Police Magistrate A. D.
Creasor,
Rev. 0. C. Wallace, who resigned his
position at McMaster University, Toron-
to, to become pastor of the First Bap-
tist Church, of Lowell, Massa, has been
asked to aecs t the pastorate of the
net Baptist Church of Baltimore, Md.
The London Standard, discussing the
suggested new Franco-German treaty,
states that the epncessions made by
France to Canada are automatically
granted Germany, Concessions by
Germany in the not unlikely treaty with
Canada must also be granted to France.
During a thunderstorm on Tuesday
afternoon lightning struck the tower of
the Spring Collie's School, near Sintalu-
ta, Sask., descended into the porch,
where a number of the children and the
teacher were standing, and killed ,Anna,
the daughter of David .F.adton, Reeve of
Indian Head.
The Northern Life Assurance Company,
is suing Mrs. George Zigler and her
mother-in-law for $1,000 fraudulently ob-
tained on a bogus death by Geo. Zigler,
the company's agent at Kingston, who
later committed suicide. His mother got
$200. she says, and the daughter-in-Iaw
got $800. This the latter denies.
There was an unannounced visitor on
the verandah of a College et., Toronto, re-
sidence yesterday in the person of a baby
boy about seven Meeks old. The little
fellow, who is of fine physique, and well
clothed, was sleeping peacefully in a
chair on the verandah when a newsboy
called at about 6.30. A handkerchief
tied around the little fellow's neck had
inscribed in ink the name "Oliver Coats -
worth."
BOUGHT AS SLAVES.
ES.
Grave Charge Against German
Settlers In Brazil.
Berlin, Sept. 21.- The indictment
brought by Prof. Fritsch, of Prague,
durizng the South American Congress
at Vienna., a.gainst the Berlin ethno-
logical museum, and his charges of
iaihumain treatment of Indieaus by Ger-
man settlers in the Provinee of Santa
Catharine, who, he alleged, bought
Indian children for the purpose of
slavery, have aroused intense indigna-
tion in Germany.
Replying to the allegations, the mu-
seum autTiorities say that Prof.
Fritsch has had little experience in
Berlin. Ile undertook an exploring
expedition to the interior of that coun-
try at his own risk and expense. If
the journey were successful, the mu-
seum was to exzamnission him for a
seemed journey. He, however, made
hirnself impossible by founding a
league for the protection of the In-
dians, and by otherwise agitating
against the Germans in Brazil. Dr. Da
Coats-Motta, the Brazilian Minister
acre, repudiates the charge of slavery
in Brazil.
HON. R. GIBSON
Will be Sworn In As Lieut. -Governor
on 22nd Inst.
Toronto, Sept. 21. -Hon. J. M. Gibson
will be sworn in as Lieutenant -Governor
of Ontario on Tuesday, Sept. 22. He will
then leave for a trip to Colorado, and Sir
Wm. Mortimer Clark will be acting
Lieutenant -Governor until Hon. Mr.
Gibson returns, about the middle of Octo-
ber. Sir Mortimer and his family will
continue to occupy Government House
until their own home on Wellington
street west is made ready for them.
HIT BY BOMB.
Fronts of Two Stores Blown In on
Long Island..
New York, Sept. 21. -The fronts of
two stores in Flushing avenue, Astoria,
Long Island, were blown in by a bomb
shortly before mkinight. Twenty famil-
les living in the building fled to the
street, but no one was hurt. The police
think the bomb was the work of the
Black Hand organization, although the
owners of the stores denied they bad
received any bleak hand threats, The
police later arrested a young Italian
who was running away from the scene
of the explosion. He gave his name as
John Rano, and said he lived in Manhat-
tan. He was charged with being a eus-
picious person.
SERIOUS S Ct'71 SE.
Man Chs.rged With Theft From
Mail Bags on Train.
Montreal, Sept. 21. -Frederick Oliver
Jock, charged with stealing mail bags
from the Montreal -Ottawa train and
stealing over $1,000 in postal orders and
cheques, besides destroying five thousand
letters addressed to Ottawa people and
those in the district, was committed for
trial this morning before Judge Teet.
After a hearing of preliminary evidence
he will appear before the Court of King's
Bench.
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VILE VERMIN
Try to Kill Man and Family Who
Refused to Give $2,000.
New York, Sept, 21. -Failing to re-
ceive the sum of $2,000 they had de-
manded of Santa Reda, a well-to-do real
estate dealer, blackmailers for the fourth
time in a month sought early to -day to
kill him and his family by setting fire to
his home, in the upper part of the eity.
Extraordinary measures were taken to
prevent their escape, including the win
zng of all the outside doors of the home.
All the family must have perished if a
neighbor had not discovered the fire and
stationed the firemen.
FAT SALARIES,
Mayor Scott of Ottawa Will Rank.
Next to Mabee.
C. P. R. Solicitor Appointed-
Against Loan Sharks,
Ottawa, Sept, 21.Mayor Scott, along,
with the two other new members of the
Railway Commission, will be appointed
at this afternoon's Cabinet. His worship,
will rank higher in pay and authority
to the other two. He will be assistant
chief commissioner, and thus next to
Judge Mabee. His worship can retain:
his seat as Mayor for the rest of the
year, but said to -day: "I may or may
not resign from the Council. I have not
made up my mind what I shall do about,
that yet."
The salary of the chief commissioner
of the railway commission is $10,000, of
the assistant $0,000, and of the other
member $8,000 a year.
Mr. J. S. Ewart, K. C., has been ap-
pointed solicitor for the Canadian Pacific
Railway Co., to succeed Mr. Scott. Geo.
D. Felly, who is a partner in the law'
firm of Scott & Kelly, of which the
Mayor is senior member, will join the,
legal firm with which Mr. Ewart, K. C.,
is connected. Practically all the whole
changes announced before will go
through at to -day's Cabinet session. Sir
Wilfrid Laurier got back to -day, and
after the Cabinet meeting goes to Mont-
real, probably to -night.
As loan sharks have been cutting in
on them to a heavy extent, Government
officials have formed what is known as
the Civil Service Loan Association. They
are organizing and have appointed 7.
Ross, of the Railways and Canals De-
partment, as manager and secretary,
A meeting of the Railway Commis-
sioners will be held at Saskatoon soon,
to where the members go on from Win-
nipeg.
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WILL GIVE WORK.
Thousand Men to Repair Five
Thousand Cars.
Detroit, Mich., Sept. 21. -The Mich-
igan Central Railway has contracted
with the local plant of the American
Car and Foundry Company for the re-
pair of five thousand fredgh.t ears. The
road has not at the present time that
number of disabled ears but will fur-
nish them at the rate of 150 to 200 at
a time till the company's rolling stock
is in first elass condition. This is in
addition to the work being done at the
M. C. R. shops which are running nearly
fall capacity. It will give employment
to nearly one thousand men at the A.
0. & F. shops for two months.
FARM HAND'S CRIME.
Alleged to Have Debauched Two
Young Girls.
A Galt despatch: The arrest was ef-
fected this afternoon by Chief Gorman
of Milton McCulloch, aged 30, on the
charge of an outrage on two little girls,
aged 14 and 13 respectively, daughters of
a farmer named Eby, living near Rose-
ville. Relations are said to have been
maintained for a considerable time unre-
nistingly, although the victims declare
that they began in violence. Discovery
came about through the condition of the,
gine. McCulloch comes from the 'vicin-
ity of Mount Forest. He is a farm lab-
orer.
see.
SHOT BY HIS BROTHER.
Benjamin Smith, New Maryland, N. B.,
May Not Live.
A Fredericton, N. B., despach: Shots
by his brother in mistake for a moose
while out hunting together last evening,
Benjamin Smitn, of Beaverdaan, NewMaryland, fourteen miles from this city,
is now lying at his home at the point
o: death, ssdbh a bullet chole through his
body, The terrible accident happened in
the woods, six miles from their home;
and the unfortunate man was obliged to
remain alone on the ground for hours
while his brother made !lis way out to
a settlement and telepaored for medi-
ea 1 aid.
The Smith brothers, Edward and Ben-
jamin, are sons of Israel Smith and hun-
ters of considerable experience.
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WHERE SHERRY COMES FROM.
Tourists in Spain Stop fora Drink at
Jerez de la Frontera.
About the busiest tourist bar in Spain,
some travellers say, is that on the rail-
road station of Jerez de ]s Frontera,.
on the road from Cadiz to Seville. It is
from Jerez that the wane of sherry
comes, and the town o!Jerez de 1 Fron-
tera is the genuine sherry wine plane.
Most tourists know that, and when
the slow moving railroad train rumbles
reluctantly into the town 4'iie foreegners
who aro aboard generally get off to look
at the place.
Naltur<ally everyone wants ,to have a
drink of sherry in thr town. where it
acmes from, nation as one would drunk
port in Oporto, 'and. for that reason tho
little bar does a big business. It would
the
do more, of course, if 7erez were on
main travelled line, but as it ie the rev-
enue is surprising,