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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1908-11-27, Page 2KAISER AND PIIS PEOPLE. Some Doubt That He is Able to Keep Silent. Tory, Liberal, Radical and Socialist Opinions. Paris Figaro Puts in a Good Word For the Emperor. Berlin, Nov. 23.—The results of the re- presentation made to Emperor William yesterday by Chancellor Von Buelow and the consequent imperial pledge to keep both the speeches and the acts of His Majesty within close constitutional bounds, are measured in colder mood by the people of Germany to -day. The Em- peror is still much isolated from the sympathies of both the upper and lower levels of society. The talk among the friends of the C`haneellor and the minis- ters to -day is that they must wait to see how the Emperor acts when the neat keenly interesting public question comes up. .Doubt exists as to whether, at the age of 50, the dam' nperor's impulsive and candid disposition can be so deeply mod - Hied by the events of the past fortnight that he will depart from a practice he has followed during the twenty years of his reign. Prince Von Buelow and his party will pursue an opportunist policy, affirming resolutely that the imperial conduct will faithfully follow the imper- ial word. About 6 o'clock nett morning the rig was found tied in an, outside shed, but none of the stable employees saw who brought it back. This was about a year ago, and although no word of Ryan has reached his rela• tivee glen, no suspielon was aroused, :is ho frequently absented himself for long intervals, The brother states that the man is known who was with Syncs on the night of the drive to Callender, and au effort is being made to locate him. An incident which may have a bearing on the mystery occurred some mouths ago, when a rumor spread through the town that a roan had been murdered for his money in the vicinity of the red light district. This story was credited to a woman in one of the resorts, but nothing further was heard of it, although considerable ex- citement was canned et the time. It is significant that the skeleton was found in the locality indicated by the rumor. s.. French Opinion. Barr* Nov. 23.—The opinion of the French press is divided regarding the in- ternational effect of Emperor William's consent to avoid personal intervention in the foreign affairs of the empire in the future. While a majority of the papers consider his majesty's assurances beneficial to the country and a victory for the German people, several, notably the Figaro, expressed confidence in the sincerity of His Majesty's pacific inten- tions and recall occasions upon which he stterfered in the interests of peace. They believe it unfortunate that this chauvin- ism of Genznon beauroeracy has been re- moved. DEADLY AT 125 MILES The Great Oil Well at Tampico, Mex., Depopulating District. - Tampico, Mex.., Nov. 23.— Poisonous gases are pourng from the crater of the ungoverned oil volcano .in the San Meronimo district in such volume as to threaten the depopulation of a great area of the country. Complaint has been received from the people of the town of Tezuitlat, situated 125 miles from the great oil well, that the dead- ly fumes are causing much suffering among the people of that town and ter- ritory. The wind. so far, has carried the gases in an opposite dirsation from Tampico, but it is not known what moment it may change. Several villages on the shore of Lake Tarniahua, within a radius of 25 miles of the well, have been depop- ulated. A commission of geologists and ebem- ists appointed by the federal Govern- ment arrived to -day from the City of Mexico, and left immediately for the af- fected territory. They will approach as near as possible and make an effort to analyze the deadly gases. Press Comment. Berlin, Nov. 23.— All the morning newspapers discuss the end of the crisis with varying degrees of satisfaction, ac- cording to party affiliation,. With the exception of the Socia dst and one or two extreme 1%aaiieel organs, all express great gratification at the pledge of the Leii'iperor, given to the Ohanet.Jor, and the German people. liven some of the Conservative newspapers, however, tem - pier their rejoicing with reflections upon the serious work which still renutins to be done before the relations between the Emperor and the people can be res- tored to the old cordiality which existed under the first William. The Conservative Tabllich Rundschau, with pan -German leanings, approves the Emperor's declaration fully, but does not believe that it will completely banish the Liberal press to anake capital out of confidence can only be gradually res- tored. The Deutsch TagebL.tt Zeitung, an Agrarian organ, says that the anxiety cannot be wholly satisfied. The Conservative utterances are over- flowing with gratitude to the Emperor and satisfaction that his declaration took a form which saved the dignity of the crown. They repudiate the efforts of the Liberal press to make capital out of the event in the direction of malting the Chancellor responsible to the Reichstag instead of to the crowtr. All the ladieal organs again argue strongly in favor of this. The Vossiscbe Zeitung wants binding constitutional guarantees for a quiet and steady movement in politics. WAS IT MURDER ? JOSEPH RYAN'S BODY FOUND NEAR CALLENDER. His Brother William, of North Bay, Says Deceased Started to Drive to Catch Train With Twelve Hun- dred Dollars in His Possession. KILLED IN MINE. BRYAN, READY. If Circumstances Require It," He Will Run Again in 1912. Will Accept Election as Senator From Nebraska Legislature. San Antonio, Tex., Nov. 23.—"If the ciretnmstau es are such as to force him" to do so, •William J. Bryan will be a candidate for the Presidency in 1912. Ile gave out an interview to that effect here to -day, after a. duck hunt at a lake fifteen name:; away. He said: "I much prefer to retire to private life and I hope that four years hence circurnstanees will not be such as to force ine into the campaign. But if eircumstarices should demand me to battle, battle I will. "The burden carried by the candidate is heavy, but no heavier than that car - lied by any officeholder. I do not de- sire toever be a candidate for office again, but it is a difficult matter to make a rule for the future. 'What the planus will be four years from now, I am unable to say. The newspapers are the ones marking the plana, but whether or not they, will be accepted by the Dem- ocratic party is a matter of conjecture. "The Deinoeratie party is very much alive and will be in the fight at tite next Presidential election." Asked if he would accept an election to the Cnited :States Senate from Ne- b'plierasdka two year. hence, Mr. Bryan re - "If the Legislature of Nebraska Should elect me, I would aocept. I con - eider the position of a United States Senator next to that of the Presidency." Mr. Bryan got an ovation at the sta- tion this morning. He started hunting right after breakfast and by I o'clock had shot 25 ducks, the legal limit. Mr. Bryan left for Corpus Christi to -night to attend the deep waterways convention. He will remain there sev- eral clays, enjoying a hunt. From there he goes to Mexico for two weeks. He will then return to Galveston, where he will hunt ducks for four weeks, •-r Crosshead Stuck and Then .Fell, Killing Two Men. A Cobalt despatch: At Beaver Mine last evening at 7 o'clock, when the night shift was going down the mine, Andrew Osman and John Alia, two Fins, both unmarried, aged about 25 years, were dashed. to instant death at the bottom of the shaft. The bodies were removed. to C. 1'. Campbell's undertaking room, where the coroner's inquest was held to -day, bringing in' e verdict of death due to falling from a bucket down the shaft, due to the care- lessness of the management in not com- plying with the provisions of the miners' net for proper ladder ways and saftey appliances, The attention of the Government was also called to the fact that a boy seven- teen years was engaged in running the hoist et the time of the accident. ' The cable in use was also proven to be dan- gerous, and the management claimed they have another one ordered. due here by express. Several sten employed at the mine had been afraid of this break- ing for Sonne time. It was also stated at the inquest that the mining inspector had never. to the knowledge of the management, been on the property to inspect the tepplianees and working conditions. A North Bay despatch: Farmers en- gaged in clearing land near Callander made the discovery of a human skel- eton, and incidents which have cove to light since, including the identi- fication of the remains, strongly point to murder. Coroner Mc vlureny held an inquest at Callender on Saturday and the . jury gave it as their opinion that the deeeased had ruet death through foul play. Crown Attorney Browning , has reported the facts to the Attorney -General's Department. 'The body was found in a bush siderabie money in his possession, having been working as a coon: on the railway survey north of . I,atd lord. He had a ehum with him, and after staying in Mown about two menthe announced his intention of leaving for the United States, saying that he would take his sari, ngs, amounting to twelve &Cars, with him. That evening Joseph 2 yan hired a rig from his brother to drive to Callender, twelve miles distant, where he intended to take the train. ,Another man, whom the brother is positive was the churn of the missing titan, got into the buggy from the side- walk, but did not come into the stable. N. Z. MOTIONS. TIONS. Ward Government Returned With Reduced Majority. Wellington, N. Z., Nov. 23. --The elec- tions in New Zealand to -day have re- sulted in the return to office of the Gov- ernment of Sir Joseph G. Ward. Re- turns are still incomplete, but it is prob- able that the Government.'e majority will be somewhat reduced. Hon, l;. McNab, Minister of Lands and Agriculture, has been defeated. The poll on the question of local option indicates that prohibition has been approved in a number of addi- tional districts. The estimated results ere as follows: Government 37, Opposi- tion 16, Independent 2, returne incom- plete 2, second ballot required 16. New Zealand's House of Representa- tives consists of eighty members, of whom four are Maoris elected by the nee tives. Elections are held. triennially. Women are entitled to register and vote at elections for members of the House of Representatives, but are not qualified for membership in the tipper House. d .* STEALING SILVER. CONVICTS KILLED. the beginning, wallet! is to steer a midldle course and obtain the highest prices consistent with reasonable toilet:. sales. In the past two years 15,750 feet of land have been sold, and of the total 10,000 fact has gone this year. Consequently the National Trust Com- pany hope that the real estate situation will be cleared up in two or tree years, but, of course, they say this will de- pend on the, condition of the real estate market. From a calculation made by a re- presentative of the liquidators it ap- peared that for one-third of the York County laud an annount had been real- ired equal to that offered three years ago for the whole of the property. JAIL BREAKERS. Several of Therm Came Before St. Thomas Magistrate. A St. Themes deep:telt: Thane of the four prisoners who tried to break out of Elgin. county jail recently were before Magistrate Glenn to -day. - Clarence Pangturn pleaded guilty to aiding Ed- ward Roberts, convicted daylight robber, in an effort to escape in August last, and was sentenced to one year in the Central Prison. Pangburn had given Rob- erts the iron bar which he stole from workman in the jailyard. Thomas Tully was sent for trial on a charge of trying to escape on November 8 by breaking the lock on the dark cell -door and de- fying the officials. George I. Hunt was also committed on the charge of giving a key, chisel and rope to John Hardy while working in the kitchen. The evidence of their fellow -prisoner was used in the prosecution, Hardy, the ringleader of the men, is now in King- ston serving a sentence for burglary, and will not be tried until his term expires. Eight Burned to Death in an Ala- bama Mine. Binningh.m, Ala., Nov. 23: According to managers of the mine, fifty State con- victs employed in the mines at Pratt City formal a eonspinney to set num- ber three :]titre afire and. escape during toe the coarct le •, an& as a result eight con- viets were named to death, one is miss- ing and the other forty-one are safely locked in the stockade. Eight bodies were recovered. The coup was cunningly planned and daringly executed. A lot of timber lying in the roan -ways was ignited and the convicts hoped that when attention had been attracted to the flames they could make their way through the mine and escape by the main entry. They had hoped to be able to make their way along the mine ahead of the smoke and fumes from the fire. In this way they miscalculated, for at least eight were suffocated. The others appeared to be meeting with success when the mine of- ficials suspected something. Guards were at once placed at the shaft. The men were caught as they came from the main entry. Rescue work was then begun, for in addition to the con- victs there were a number of free labor- ers in the mines. All appear to have got out safely except the convicts near the source of the flames. S. Bennett Sentenced to Eight Months For Robbing O'Brien Mine., A Cobalt despatch: For stealing 820 pounds of ore, nearly all silver nuggets, from the O'Brien mine, S. Bennett, 28. years of age, Iiving in town and married but three months, got eight months to- day to serve in the Central Prison, Ben- nett was a trusted employee, having been for some time in the ore house, where he had access to large quantities of very rich ore, At present,owing to the men leaving work after darkness sets in. stealing is more easily accom- plished than at a time when daylight is longer, and managers of nearly all the mines are daily confronted with the problem. 010 OFFER TOO LO LiQUIDAiTORS REFUSE TO SELL YORK LOAN LANDS. National Trust Company Say They Were Tendered About $700,000 by a Chicago Firm for Assets Worth About Twice That Sum. o-♦ THE CHINESE Costing U. S. Government Many Dollars Annually. TORONTO NEXT. Federation of Labor May Meet There --Fight For Off:c.. Buffalo, Non. 23. ---The cost of prose- cuting the men who smuggled Chinese in- to Buffalo from Toronto, Hamilton and other Canadian points has been very heavy in the past few years. Entirely Denver, Cot, Nov. 23.—To-day's ses- aion of the annual convention of the Federation of Labor was devoted to the o uireideraticn of complete reports of the 'resolution Committee and reports of a number of other committees that hast not yet been heard from. The report of the committee on Prost - dent Gompers' report was• ueade a special order of business for tomorrow morning. The election of offioens may be resell - ed, on Friday afternoons and the im tall e - tions on Saturday morning, alter which the convention will adjourn. Toronto seems to have the lead over the other cities contending for the homer Of the next convention, though St. Louis is snaking a hard fight. There appears to be only two fights for offices be the federation. John Mitchell and Thansas L. Lewis will lock horns for the seoarld vise -presidency,. and Andrew Furusetlh, of the Seamen's Unica will try to oust Daniel J. Keefe, of the Longshoremen's Union, from the office he holds,. NOT CHINESE. Pu Yi is a Manchu—Pleased' With Prince Chun. Amoy, China, Nov. 23.—The death of Emperor Kiang Hsu was officially an- nounced in this eity to -day. A majority of the people are pleased with the ap- pointment of Prince Chun to the regen- cy, egency, but nevertheless there is grave anx- iety nxiety over the possibility of revolution- ary disorders. Should any trouble oc- cur, it would be from a small minority headed by agitators from without the city. Rangoont Burma, Nov. 18.—The Chi- nese committee of Burma, numbering in all 30,000 persons, hes sent to the For- eign Office at Pekin a telegram protest- ing against the selection of Pu Yi as Their presumptive to the throne on the ground that he is a Manchu and not a Chinese. This communication was forwarded' by the accredited representatives of the community. apart from the salaries of special immi- gration officers, the United States Gov- , ernment has paid out within the past seven years $20,000 in this district alone for the prosecution of smugglers, for hearings and maintenance of Chinese, and for the deportation of such Chinese as ere found to be illegally in the coun- try. During the same period the Govern- ment has received exactly $3,500 in fines collected from convicted smuglers. The success of the smugglers in keeping out of the hands of the law may be judged by a coanparison of the number of indictments and convictions with the number of Chinese deported. The record shows that during the seven years from January, 1902 to the present date 131 Chinese were deported from Buffalo. Itt is interesting to note that practically all of these were in 1902 and 1903. The latter year vvas the banner season for the inspectors. for out of 95 Chinese arrested 83 were deported. 4 • COMMUTED. Crooked -Neck Smith Will Not Hang For His Crime. Toronto, Nov. 23.—The offer made some time ago, by the Assets Realiza- tion Company, of Chicago, to purchase the remaining assets of the York Coun- ty Loan dr Savings Company has been refused by the liquidators, the National Trust Company, who placed a. value of $1,300,000or more on what the Chicago concern wanted to take over for 8700,- 000. 700;000. The offer of the company was not only for real estate, bat for mortgages and sale agreements, which the liquida- tors say have a. face value of $300,000. This would leave $400,000 for the real estate which since the liquidation pro- ceedings began has been supplied with not only sewers, aidewaltks and pave- ments, but a street car service as well at the instance of the National Trust Company. The first year the liquidators sold nothing, believing It would be bet- ter to wait for higher values. The same year other land close by changed hands at $10 and $12 a foot, and in the spring' of 1000 York County Loan property was sold at a miiifmuin price of $25 and as high as $40 per foot when other land sold for $15 a foot. While a number of the shareholders of the Ytyrk County Loan Companyt it was pointed out last night, were anx- ions for a quick turnover, there for also a largo -body of them who desire to realize all they Can on their investment, and the liquidators do not propose to depart from their policy adopted at An Ottawa despatch: These will be no double hanging in Montreal on Nov. 27 as was expected. The cabinet council yesterday afternoon decided to com- mute the death sentences passed. on 'Crooked Neck" Smith and Nicolla, an Italian, to imprisonment for life. The fact that in both oases clemency was recommended by the trial judge in- fluenced the Minister of Justice in his recommendations, aside also from the plea that both men had committed man- slaughter in defending their own lives. Crooked Neck Smith shot a pal, while the crime for which Nicene. was sen- tenced was the killing of a fellow coun- tryman in a stabbing affray. HUSBAND'S POCKETS Judge Says Wife Has a Right to Go Through Thenz. 4+ A PUT HIM OUT. Deposed Minister For Marrying While First Wife Was Living. A Kingston, Ont., despatch: In St. George's Cathedral this morning the Bishop of Ontario deposed John Henry Nsmmo, B. A., M. D., formerly of Bar- riefield from the ministry of the Church of England. The ground for the deposi- tion was that in July, 1908, kr. Ninimo contracted a marriage in the State of New York, his first wife being atilt alive„ although he had in 1898 obtained s. di- vorce in the State of South Dakota. Washington, Nov. 23.—A woman bas some rights, and they include the search- ing of her husband's pockets, according to a decision of Judge Muilowney, of a District of Columbia Police Court. "It shows the interest a woman has in you," the court held. "lt shows that she loves you. A, woman who does not go through the pockets of her husband does not love him. I have: been married long enough to know a woman has some rights, Ridgeway," The defendant, George Ridgeway, was arrested yesterday on his wife's com- plaint that he threatened to knock her head offe and he objected to hie wife's taking liberties with his pockets while ho slept. The defendant said they "sometimes got along fine and some- times serapped." "Tbat is the way with all well regu- lated families," declared the court, "Go buy your wife some chrysanthemums." Ridgeway was put under bond to keep the peace. BULL ATTACKS BOY. Bovine Becomes Furious When Fed Kernelless Col). Traverse City. Mach., Nov. 23.—', - cause he handed an ear on which there was no corn to a bull, Perry, the 16 - year -old son of E. L. Ransom, was knocked down and trampled on by the animal and would certainly have been killed had his father not appeared on the scene with a scantling. Young Ransom, in company with his brother, had been husldng corn for the cattle and the bull took an ear the boy had in his hands. Because there was no kernels on it, the beast was suddenly made furious. DYNAIVI1TE ON TRACK Attempt to BIow Up the Kaiser's, Train. Frankfort -in -the -Matta, Nov. 23.—Eu- mors were current here to -day that an attempt had been made to blow up the train on which Emperor William jour- neyed from Donaueschiagen to Berlin. The royal railway administrative office hero makes public a statement in con- nection with the incident. According to this statement on both Sunday and Mon- day dynamite cartridges were found on the tracks near the station at Muehle na. between Frankfort and Hanau. The cartridges were not found on the tracks over which the Imperial train was 'to• pass, but on the tracks paralleling these.. As this occurred in hessian terri- tory, the State's attorney at Darn atadt has instituted an investigation. WAS CRAZY. Plea For Woman Who Collected For Toronto Y.W.C.A. Toronto despatch: A plea of ;nsaronty Was put in by T. C. Robinette, K. in the 'county eriminal court this morn-' ing, on behalf of Mrs. Isabel Heithfiell, who posed as a duly authorized agent,, and collected various surras of money hem business firnis and residents in aid, of the Young Woman's Christian Asea- ciation. "Clic moo Wee adjourned to at - low eS a medical attsumination of the woman's mental condition being made.