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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1908-10-16, Page 2LATEST MOVE DOCTOR KILLED. OAUSTRIA. A. K. Ferguson Almost Cut in Two Formally Annexes Bosnia and Her- zegovina by Proclamation. Britain Praises Turkey's Modera- tion But Denounces Austria. Crete Wants Union With Greece —Servia Wants to Fight. London, Oct. 12.—The second culminat- ing step in the Austro -Bulgarian pro- gramme for . the aggrandizement of themselves at the expellee of the status established by the treaty of Berlin, was consummated last night when Emperor Francis Joseph. formally proclaimed the Herzegovina annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the dual monarchy. The present situation, is as follows: Turkey calls upon the powers to pre- serve to her what they guaranteed by that treaty. Austria and Bulgaela strongly declare their determination to keep what they had taken. Servia is pretesting belungerently against being hemmed in more strongly between two unpopular neighbors, and against hav- ing the Servians in Bosnia absorbed in- to the Austro-Hungarian dynasty. T1re other powers concerned in the Berlin treaty are discussing the holding of an international conference, a mere preliminary of which the present is one of the most delicate problems. Turkey's unexpectedly restrained pol- icy minimizes the possibilities of war which now is considered out of the question. The 'English papers unite in praising Turkey's moderation and in denouncing Austria. The Standard in a. typical ut- terance says: "We are sorry for the aged Emperor. We regret that so late in his long and hcnorable career he has chosen to sully his name with a deed which ill go the invitations to the conference. down in history alongside of the parti- tion of Poland." Several of the London newspapers question whether or not Emperor Fran- cis Joseph is acting against his will. A conference of the powers is expected to be held within two or three months, if it can be arranged, but no one im- agines that it will undo this week's work. Austria declines even to discuss annexation and the most that is expect- ed is some arrangement that will save Turkey's pride. Crete and Greece. Canes Island of Crete, Oct. 12.—The events in southeastern Europe, the in- dependence of Bulgaria and the annex- ation nnexation of. Bosnia and Herzegovina, are having their effect here. Cretans are ;preparing a coup d'etat in favor of a union with Greece. Action to this end may be expected at any moment. Posted Up. Saraveyo, Bosnia, Oct. 12.—The imper- ial proclamation setting forth the an- nexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina to Austria-Hungary was posted this morn- ing throughout the occupied Provinces. The announcement. had been given a mixed reception, but up to the present time the Serv>:ui malcontents are quiet. The troops ere confined to their bar- racks in readiness to quell any possible disturbance. Turkey Protests to Powers. Constantinople. Oct. 12.—The council of Ministers etas slecided to protest against the annexation of the Provinces of Bos- nia and Herzegovina by Austria-Hun- gary. Protest will be made through the .Austrian Embassy here. In an interview to -day Tewfik Pasha, president of the council of State and Minister of Foreign Affairs, declared that the Government of• Turkey had pro- tested against ,Bulgaria's declaration of independence, and had posted a notice to the signatories of the treaty. The Minister added that Great Britain, France and Russia disapproved of the conduct of Bulgaria. In reply to a ques- tion, he said that Turkey desired peace in the interest of internal reform and counselled calm and moderation. Servia Mobilizing. Paris, Oct. 12.—Official advices received iu Paris indicate a great degree of po- pular excitement in Servia. Further eno- bilization orders have been issued, and the reserve called to the colors are said to be 75,000. It is feared, that the Bel- grade Government in order to save it- self, will be driven to embark on a des- perate adventure against Austria-Hun- gary. The diplomatic situation this morning is briefly as follows Turkey has vir- tt;ally agreed to refrain from final mea- sures against Bulgaria and .Austria-Hun- gary pending action by the powers. In the meantime the Cabinets of Paris, Lon. donand St. Petersburg are engaged in efforts to formulate a programme for submission to the powers along with the invitations of the conference. CHOLERA PLAGUE ABATING. Two Deaths in Residence of the Dowager Empress. St. Petersburg, Oct. 12.—The cholera in St. Petersburg continues to decrease rapidly. For the twenty-four hours end- ed at noon to -day, there were 111 cases and 58 deaths in the municipal hospital, while there have been ten cases and two deaths in the hospital of the palace at Oatchina, the residence of the Empress Dowager. The Empress Dowager is now an .l7eernark. by Toronto Street Car. Toronto despatch: Dr. A. K. Ferguson, of 700 Bathurst street, was struul. by a Dundee street car on Arthur street yes- terday afternoon and so terribly in- jured that he died on the way to the nospital. The accident occurred oppo- site Euclid avenue. Dr. Ferguson rode down the avenue on his bicycle, and in attempting to erose to the south side of .Arthur rode in front of a Dun- das car, 13e was thrown under the fender and almost cut in two by the front trucks. Although so terribly injured, Dr. Fer- guson did not Jose consciodsueas. Dr. W. J. Fletcher was on the spot a few minutes after the accident occurred and gave suck assistance as was possible. Owing to the agony the injured man was suffering he was not moved from the road until the arrival of the anetu- lanee. TIie intention was to take him to the Western llespite', but the doctor suc- cumbed to his injuries a few minutes after he had been placed in the ambu- lalice. .Dr. Ferguson was about forty-five years of age, and leaves a widow and two children. BUSH FIRE RAISER Novel Variety of Arson Comes to Light Near Almonte. Ottawa, Oct. 10.—Aaron Bulger, a young man living at Clayton, a. small vilage near Almonte, was arrested yes- terday by Detective l.eburn of the Pro- vincial detective force on a charge of arson. For some weeks past bush fires supposed to be of incendiary origin have been breaking out through the neighborhood. and on complaint of the residents the Attor:iey-General's De- partment sent Detective 1leburn to in- vestigate. As a result Eulger, who is seventeen years of age, has been arrested and has confessed that he set fire to the bah in several place because ]re wonted to see the trees burn. He has been committed for trial. THE CROZIERS, ARRAIGNED AT OA.KVILLE, HEAR- ING WAS SOON OVER. Father and Son .Are Charged With Passing Spurious Notes—Bail Was Refused, and the Men Remain in Custody. Oakville despatch: Much public inter- est was manifested here to -day in the preliminary trial of Thomas N. and Milton Crozier, father and son, who are alleged to have passed off twelve spurious notes on tradesmen last Fri- day. The hearing 'before Police Mag- istrate Shields was short yesterday af- te noon, as County (Drown Attorney Diek at once asked for a remand. Mr. Cameron, attorney for Thomas Crozier, suggested bail, but Police Magistrate Shields said that none could be allowed in a charge of this nature. The case will come up again on Tuesday, October 13th, at 1 o'clock. After the Fair on Friday night Mr. Bilmer was taking tickets at a con- cert in the Town Hall. A stranger, who, he says, was Thomas Crozier, came up to him, bought two tickets and proffered a five -dollar United States sih-er certificate. Directly the man bought the tickets and received the change he went away, and Mr. Lailiner looked at the bill. It was blurred. and he took it at once to air. C. H. Taylor, manager for the Bank of Toronto at Oakville. Ile ruts once Pronounced it spurious, Mr. Hilmer notified Chief of Police McCleary, and they caught Thomas Crozier on the radial line bound for Hamilton. On inquiry it was found that thirteen five - dollar bogus bills had been passed in the town. In every case a small article had been bought and a five- dciler bill proffered in payment. The bill that was handed in at the coneert was the thirteenth. MAY TAX INCOMES. Judgment by Supreme Court In An Important Case. Ottawa, Oct. 12. --The Supreme Court gave judgment to -day in the appeal of Abbott vs. the city of St. John. It deter- mines the right of a municipality to as- sess the income of a member of the civil service of Canada. As a result of this decision, every member of the civil ser- vice; outside of Ottawa will have to pay income tax, except such portion of it as may be exempt by Provincial statute. There is no likelihood of the Ju- dicial Committee of the Privy Coin - oil, granting the plaintiff in the St. John case, Mr. Abbott, leave to ap- pall, because the highest court in the Empire has already passed judgment upon the point at issue in an Austra- lian case a few months ago. The civil service in Ottawa is not affected h+r se. day's judgment. SMART TAILO R -MADE BLOUSE. A smart tailor-made shirtwaist such as the one here illustrated al- ways looks trim and stylish, and promise to be very popular this season. A feature of this one is the fanciful a haped yoke, that may be omitted, however, if preferred. Linen, madras, pongee and French flannel will all develop' after this design. RAID TWO CAMPS. Mounted City and County Consta- bles.:Chase Out Bulgarians. Toronto despatch: Two gangs of for- eigners who have been encamped for some days on Eglinton avenue and at Fairbank, in York county, were rounded up by a posse of police sent out from this city yesterday afternoon. The city authorities , sent oat Mounted Patrol Serge: Gab and Mounted Constables op Gracie as)„ 4.,.uen, and they were ac- tompaiued. t,ounty' Constables France and John Bron n, C/lanke and George Simpson. , A good deal of excitement was oeca- sioned among the foreigners when the officers rode down upon them and searched their tents for stolen property believed to have been taken there from robberies perpetrated at Aurora and other surrounding points visited by the gangs on their way down towards the city from the north. Finding no trace of any stolen pro- perty, the officers drove the men and women from their Damping places, order- ing them to keep on the move or their arrest would follow. -1 4> ANITOBA TORNADO Store at Bird's Hill Wrecked and Contents Scattered, Winnipeg, Oet, 12.—A tornado swept over sections of country surrounding Winnipeg last night, and did considerable damage. At Bird's Hill, six miles east, the general attire of M. Heikoff was wrecked, and the contents were distri- buted over' about a mile of country. A number of shacks were also destroyed. and in one case a building was picked up off the ground, leaving the family sitting in the rain, but uninjured. A section of the C. N. R. tracks was de- stroyed, and telegraph poles were .blown down. WRITS OF HABEAS CORPUS, Owen Sound Liquor Sellers Fight Con- viction on Technical Grounds. Toronto despatch: Mr. Justice Anglin granted writs of habeas corpus and cer- tiorari -hi -aid yesterday on the applica- tion of Mr. J. B. blacKenzie, who is seeking to quash the conviction at Owen Sound of Andrew Fogarty, Joshua War- rilow, William Leach and Matthew H. Simmons, of selling liquor without a license, A11 four men were sentenced to four months' imprisonment. The chief ground on which the appli- cation is attacked is that the justices did not personally take the evidence in writing, and get it signed by the wit- nesses, as required by the liquor act. According to the affidavits put in the evidenee was taken by a stenographer in shorthand, but counsel argues this was not in order. The writs are return- able on Friday'. Application is also to be made on be- half of Michael De Gann, bartender, who was fined ;100 and costs. Michael had left when the authorities tried to levy the fine, and was accidentally discovered in the person of a suspect. When found, he was being watched by the Ottawa police as a possible member of the Rose. Churchill gang that escaped from Toron- to jail. When his identity was discovered, he 'vas arrested, and is now held pending the payment of his fine, and additional costs of $190. making a total of $206, claimed by the authorities. e• COLLEGE PRESIDENT. President Garfield's Son Head of William's College. Williamstown, Mass. Oct. 12.— In the presence of probably the largest, most representative and most notable group of American educators ever assembled,. Harry Augustus Garfield, of the class of •'85, former professor of politics at Princeton University, was inducted to -day in the office of the president of Williams College. James Abraham Garfield, one of the martyred presidents of the U. S., graduated from Williams in 1856. Since then every male member of the Garfield family has received his edu- cation here. GOT $5,500. Damages to Young Ottawa Woman For Loss of Limb. Ottawa, Oct. 12.—Miss Lena Morin, of Ottawa, who lost her leg through the street car smash up last summer, got $5,500 damages from the Ottawa Elec- tric Railway Company, and her father an additional $236 for doctors' expenses, besides the court eosts. This is one of the heaviest verdicts ever given by an Ottawa jury for personal injuries. ♦as FORETOLD HER DEATH. Died as Her Mother Died in Giving Birth to Seventh Child. Toronto despatch a Having foretold her death weeks ago, Mrs. Leah Taylor, wife of Assher Taylor, 123 Chestnut street, was buried yesterday. She was 35 years of age and death occurred after giving birthto a seventh child (stillborn). Her mother had died in giving birth to a seventh child, and Mrs. Taylor was so certain that she would not survive that weeks ago she made known her belief to her friends. She leaves a family of five children from 3 to 10 years of age. Her husband is a jeweler by trade and the family have been through a deal of misfortune. Possessed of a. lucrative business in Russia, he was driven from that country* by the persecution against the Jews. His property was confiscated anti his wife and six children were im- prisoned for six months. He came to Toronto on the advice of friends, and his wife and children came here just a year ago. NO GAMBLING. Tokio, Oct. 12.—The Government has decided to prohibit all gambling on race tracks and to enforce the laws governing racing. The action of the government has created excitement and it is believed it will eliminate horse racing in Japan. CHEAP ICE. O ttawa, Oct. 12.— There is every probability that all members of the civil service association and their friends will next year be able to get ice for $7 for the season of either five or six months. Mr. A. L. Caron, secretary of the Civil Service Ice Sup. ply Fund, when seen, talked interest- ingly about this. BRAVE POLICEMAN Sacrifices His Life In Endeavor to Save Others. New York, Oct. 12. --After rescuing an aged woman from a burning house, Policeman, Nicholas Nester, of Tereey Oity, plunged again into the blazing building and met death by suffocation. Firemen found his body four hours after- ward in an unburned part of the house. After turning in the alarm for the fire which he had found in the cellar of. 11 Ocean street, Nester rushed upstairs, aroused the sleeping inmates and, return- ing to the street, turned in a second alarm. Meanwhile all had escaped ex- cepting Mrs. Wittnebert. Nester fought his way to her room and, taking her in his arms, carried her through the flames, to the sidewalk, and returned to the building. IIe was not missed by his companions, and it was only after .the building had cooled sufficiently for ex- amination that Cantain Brennan, of truck 5, cbanced to ..iscover the body by lantern light. KILLED BY TRAIN Frank Haight, a Railway Employee, of Tillsoabnrg, Run Dovrn. Tillsonburg despatch: This afternoon at 3 o'clock a fatal accident occurred on the M. C. R. tracks a few rods from the station. No. 36, eastbound, was switch- ed from the south track to the north, to pass a freight, and Frank Haight, who for the past three months has been in the company's employ at the pu3nping plant, was engaged in making some re- pairs to the track links. He waa not aware of the alteration, and was struck and killed instantly. His head was sev- ered from the body and was found some thirty feet distant. He moved here front Aylmer only a few months ago, and is. survived by a widow and six small chil- dren. a 0 STREET CAR STRUCK One Woman Seriously and One Painfully Hurt In Toronto. A Toronto despatch: A Bathurst street ear this morning got beyond the control of the motorman as it approached the level crossing at the corner of Front and John streets, where the Grand Trunk track leading to the freight yards crosses. the street car tracks. The street ear struck the rear of a tender of a shunting engine and the front corner of a freight car. Miss Ounnnings, address unknown, was rendered unconscious, and is in a critical condition at the hospital. Miss Hannah Tracey, 15 Jennings street, was painfully injured. The crew and the other passengers escaped with a shaking up - - BLED TO DEATH. Sick Man Killed Himself to Save Doctor's Bills. East St. Louis, III., Oct. 12.— Tee prevent his wife and eight children from becoming inmlpoverished by his illness, August Figi cut the arteries in. his wrist and died in the Henrietta Hospital here. Almost the last thing he said to his. wife was: "It was no use wasting what little money we have in doctor's bills and medieine for me. The chil- dren need it for winter clothes." Figi was 49 years old. He worked: in .a paint factory grinding lead. This: poisoned him and brought on a wast- ing disease. UNION STOCK YARDS SOLD. A U. S. Finn Buys a West Toronto, Institution. A Toronto despatch: The Union Stock: Yard Company of West Toronto yester- day decided to sell out. An American firm, whose name was not made public,. but is supposed to be, the Swift Com- pany, Chicago, had trade as offer of 80 cents fog the preferred stock and 60 -- cents for the common stock, and the shareholders regarded this• as antiglare - tory. President J. 1)..AAllen, who was in the chair at the meeting, stated that there was no doubt of the bona fides of ' the offer, and the concern behind it was financially strong. There are 100 acres of land in connec- tion with the Union Stock Yards. This was bought by the company at $100,000, and it is believed to be worth about $3,- 000 an acre now. The company is cap- italized at $500,000. there being $350,000 01 preferred stock and ,$150,000 common stock. FATHER SHOT HIS SOL bid Not Know Gun He Was Exhibiting. Was Loaded, Fredericton, N.I3., Oct. 12.—One five. yoar-old sort of Archie Lyons is lying at the point of death in the hospital here, as a result of a bullet from a gun, while the lad's father was showing the weapon to a friend. Mr. Lyons did not know that the gun was loaded.