The Herald, 1908-12-04, Page 2IS LO
MINTO
ANGER
Indian Police Take Preen tions For
His Safety.
Attacks. on Englishmen an Almost
Dally Occurrence.
Calcutta, Nov. 30.—The situation in
India has not shown such a menace of
serious uprisings as it does to -day for
many years past. Attacks and attempts
On the lives of Englishmen, officials and
civilians are of almost daily occurrence.
Lord Minto, the Viceroy of India, re-
turned here to -clay from the north, cut-
ting short his excursion in this terri-
tory for the purpose of considering
measures to cope with the native disaf-
fection which the anthoritias have been
forced to recognize as alarmingly on tho
increase,
Last night a Bengali made an unsuc-
cessful attempt to kill Public Prosecu-
tor Hume with a bomb in a railroad
carriage near Agurpara. There were
three other Euroiicane in the carriage
at the sane time. None was injured.
Last Monday night District,. Superin-
tendent of Police Clough was murdered
by a native at Lyallpur. The native
approached the superintendent while he
Was asleep, and cut open his head with
a spade.
The nativo nazied Chowdhury, who
on November 7 made an attempt here
upon the life of Sir Andrew Henderson
Frazer, the Lieatenant-(overnor of
Bengal, to -day pleaded guilty, and was
sentenced to imprisonment for ten years.
The police are taking remarkable pre-
cautions to safeguard Lord Minto, and
this is regarded as most significant.
BRAVE FIREMAN
Lowered Himself From f.'se Cornice
of high Building.
New York, Nov, 30.—Lowering himself
over the cornice of a five -storey tene-
ment house, and dangling seventy feet
above tile siddewait:, eratu: Seutp.e, a
fireman, early to-atuy by desperate ef-
forts prevented David Lynch, his wife
and five children from leaping from the
window to escape the flames that were
creeping up behind them. All through
the night the fire had smouldered in the
building, and when it finally buret into
flames at dawn the stairways were blaz-
ing 1'ror :cell '•, tie roof, and man} lam-
inae
ilica rl u able to reach the street.
When the firemen arrived on the scene
Lynchand. his family were about to leap
on the strets. Semple seized a rope
and reached the roof top through an.
adjoining tenement. Fastening the rope
to a chimney, he lowered himself just in
time to save the panic-stricken family
from leaping to their death. Later they
were taken in safety from the burning
building by means of ladders. The other
tenants were all resritM without injury.
ARRESTED ON TRAIN
Owen Sound Couple Had Booked
Passage to England.
Toronto despatoh: Armed. with a tele-
gram from Chief of Pollee McCauley, of
Owen Sound, asking for the arrest of
Mrs. Annie Barlow and Thomas Rat-
cliffe, Detectives Guthrie and Murray
went to North Parkdale Station last
'night and arrested the couple on the
Owen Sound train. They were taken to
;Court Street Police Station. Two child-
ren of the woman, a boy, aged seven,
and a girl, aged five, were taken to the
Shelter. Mrs. Barlow is charged with
;theft, and Ratcliffe with abdutting the
children.
According to the police, the couple
were on their way to England, having
booked passage on the Empress of Ire -
Fiend. The husband of the woman
charges her with eloping, but she told
rthe' detectives that she was merely go-
ing home to her parents in England, al-
though she is said to have admitted that
; P'.atcliffe was going, too, and paying her
passage.
Q?i�+
TFT THANKFUL,
,But Fears Some Misfortune in the
Future,
Hot Springs. Va., Nov. 30. ---•Wm, H.
Taft commented last night on the kind-
,ness of the fates which had ordained his
'life until now. "While I consider all
,'that has come to me,' he said, "I won-
der with trembling if there is not to
be some great misfortune to offset it
all. We have our health and our chil-
,dren, with never a loss of a child. My
parents are dead, but they lived to an
honored and peaceful old age. I have
not had any grievous sorrow.
"Then, politically, there are the Phil-
ippines; it was the turn of the hand
whether I should go there. If I had
not gone, I don't' suppose that I should
:be the president-eleet at this time. It
might lie said that opportunity coraee
to every man, and it is to the credit of
the man that he seizes it. 'et, looking
„back, 1 cahoot see that I exercised any
shrewd discrimination. I cannot per
-
ankle Myself that it was my own 'wis-
dom that led me into the work.
• "Altai; came the offer of a place on
the Supreme Court bench. This offer
was repeated later. My inelius,tion was
to accept it, It was not due, really, to
my own judgment that 1 did not ae.
cept'it.
I have much far which to be thank-
ful, and cannot help .wondering if there
is not to be some compensatory sor-
row
SUCCESS IN CANADA.
Government Desires to Keep Re-
cord of Immigrants.
Ottative, Nov. 30. The Immigration
Department has -sent out circulars to
fa.rrners throughout the country with
whom inimigrst"hts have been placed
during the Pasteyear asking for a re-
port as to tlre•.'success yvhieh the im-
migrants recently arriving have met
with in adapting themselves to farm
labor and conditions generally in this
country. The reports so far receiv-
ed are nearly ell footrrblo, and only
a very small percentage of the new
arrival: are found unsuited to make
good settler.:. Coritpiaii eta as to the
character ti the immigration of the
past year c.r so limo been very rare,
The In :itmution Department will.
be glad to reice coinniunications
from any is r i, t ;telt as to the success
he has niet with in Canada, and the
reports will be tabulated with a view
to directing the immigration policy
Lir the miming year. The depart-
ment newt year will continue this
year's policy in respect to ercourag>rng
only the clams of immigration most
needed in this country, viz., these ad-
apted for and who intend to follow
agricultural pursuits in Canada, rail-
way construction, navvies and female
domestic servants.
STANDARD OIL.
John D. Arch id Testifies as to
Oil Market.
New York, Nov. 30.—John D. .Arch-
bold was bite in arriving when the go',
erument's suit against the Standard Oil
Co., began this morning, and his exam-
ination was delayed until ucarly 11 o'-
clock. Moritz Rosenthal, of counsel for
the Standard Oil Co., developed from
:lir. Archbold testimony regarding the
early market for oil. At first he said the
price of oil depended apart jobber and
retailer, In the early days air. Arch-
bold said, the jobber and retailer exact-
ed extortionate profits which caused
complaint, and the Standard tried to
'get closer to the consumer. Oil was taken
in bulls cars, instead of barrels;. to. the
markeit> •ip' centres, instead,
distri-
buted to the consumer in wagons, which
cheapened the cost to the consumer.
John D. Archbold was still on the wit-
ness stand to -day, his testimony not com-
pleted, when the hearing was adjourned
until 11 a. m. next Monday.
OFF T EUROPE.
Saloon Smasher Has Her Troubles
With Scotch Crew.
Nev York, Nov. 30.—Mrs. Carrie Na-
tino boarded the sscanrer Columbia en
route for Scotland, where she is billed
for a bout with John Barleycorn. As
she stepped into her stateroom she
paused and sniffed the atmosphere and
Oben glanced at the rubicund countenance
of Sandy :tlet,regor, assistant steward.
"Do you mean to tell me," she asked
severely, "that this is a rum ship?"
"No, mem," said Sandy, "it's jilt a
passenger ship."
"I mean, do they sell rum on this
vessel?"
"1 p1fnna ken, Menu, but I can gat ye
a drop o' whusky gin ye want it," said
Sandy.
"This is outrageous," declared Carrie,
"Everywhere 1 go this curse follows me"
"I ken how it is mysel'," said Sandy
sympathetiealy. "My brither was the
same way. He cudna stop it.'
"Heavens!" cried Mrs. Nation to her
travelling oompanion. This brute thinks
I drink it myself!"
`"Captain," said the first officer,
"there's a wumrua.n aboord traivlin' sec-
ond, that says she's gaup tae mak' this
a prohibition voiidge."
"Mr. McPhairson," the skipper replied,
"yell see to it that 'the brig is put in
order and the chains and strait -jacket
ready to hand," and he turned to his
duties.
THAT TORNAB
Known Dead in Arkansas Sixteen
—Lifted School Houses.
Little Rock, Ark., Nov. 30.— The
known dead number 16, while uncon-
firmed reports declare that six other
persons lost their lives as a result of
the storm which swept parts of this
State Monday.
Verified reports place the number of
injured at 23, three probably fatally..
Reports least night, which were to the
effect that the tornado was most severe
at Piney, were not substantiated to-
day. tater reports showed tlYat no one
was killed at that place.
Several freak acts of the tornado
were reported. Near Hot Springs and
Berryville school houses were lifted off
their foundations and moved, but the
pupils and teachers inside escaped un-
hurt.
C U CH ROW.
Rector and Warden in Red -Hot
Squabble.
Quarrel Between Them in Grave -
ed :Near Islington.
Islington, Nov. 30.—A disagreement
followed by a quarrel that almost re-
sulted in 'au mounter between Rev. T.
G. McGonigle, incumbent of St. George's
Church, .and A, B. Cooper, the rector's
warden, has wised the parishioners to
stand agape and wonder what will hap-
pen next.
It is believed by the more level-headed
ones that the whole affair will be
smoothed ove'rwith.out any further trou-
ble, while- some others are inclined to
look for sensational developments.
Accounts as to what took place differ
only in details, easily accounted for by
the different view -points of whose wh
tell the story,
Mr. Cooper was stanching with his sis-
ter in front -of the church after morning
service was over. Tho clergyman had
referred in hi artless to. a meeting to-
day whichis ;1' settle a difference as to
cer tain> props ty in which both Cooper
and tl,p ehnrct claim an iuterest. As lie
talked to hie sister, the clergyman came
up and i.msulfol him and further threat-
ened to kneel; him down with his walk-
ing stiek., He mdmite that he called the
rector a coaled. a hype"rite, and un-
christian. Br i'ces further and now ace
CMOS ]rim of faring the communion
cloth off the table and kicking it into
the vestry.
On the oth'r hand, Ib'v. Mr. McGo•uiele
says that 14'1x. Cooper was etend.ing in
the graveyard talking loudly, and he
Meted his nanie mentioned. Ile went over
and told him a rurideansnal meeting was
called to settle the matter.
He claims Mr. Cooper called him a
coward and abused him unmercifully,
and he toldhim. unless he kept quiet he
would close his mouth with enmething
besides words. He bad no blaea:the_•n
stick, but only an ordinary cane.
200 PERSONS PERISH.
Ellerman Line Steamer Sardinia
Buried Ne: is Alexandria.
Valetta, Island of Malta., Nov. 30.—
Nearly 200 persons, passengers and crew
of the Merman line steamer Sardinia,
are believed to have perished to -day
when the 'eti'amer, was, destroyed by
fire just';after eta ehe had sailed for Alex-
andrrsy :s 4ht. The c. Sardinia.. :was
searce.y a mule off Grand Harbor when
the first sits of fire appeared, but with
a strong wind to fan the flames the
whole ship. soon was ablaze, and the
passengers :and crew had scarcely a
chance for their lives. There was a wild
panic on board as the rapidly spreading
flames drove the passengers to the.rails,
and many, not waiting for the boats to
be lowered, plunged into the sea. Scores
are believed to have been drowned.
Others, trapped by the fire, were liter-
ally roasted to death.
There were many craft in the habor
at the tiros of the disaster, and a num-
ber of tugs and other swift, small vessels
rushed to the assistance of the imperilled
liner. The high see, and half gale which
prevailed at the time, however, made it
impossible for them even to approach the
Sardinia, and they could do little in the
way of aid..
The Sardinia left Liverpool on Nov.
14 with a cargo of general merchandise
for Mediterranean ports. Her crew num-
bered forty-four, and about twenty first
class and six second class passengers
embarked at Liverpool.
Most of her other passengers un-
doubtedly were Levamtines, Maltese
and Egyptians. Many of these people
cross on the steamers of this "line from
Malta to Alexandria. It is their custom
to pitch their tents on deck for shelter
during the four -days' trip. The decks
are cluttered, and this condition un-
deubtedly made the orderly clearing of
the ship molt difficult.
Up to 3 o'clock this afternoon, fifty
bodies had been brought ashore from
the Sardinia'
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SMUGGLETHEM.
..
Thomas Roach Was With the
Chinese Wrecked at Buffalo.
Buffalo, N, Y., Nov. 30.—Thos. Roach,
charged with smuggling Chinese, pleaded
guilty during his trial before Judge.T-Ios-
el yesterday,
Charles Roth is on trial on the same
charge. '.[three Chinese testified that
Roth was one of the two men who
brought them•aeross the Niagara giver
in a rowboat on the night of July 16th.
r 9r'S SUIT.
Says the Morals of Prince Sagan
Household Not Good.
Paris, Nov. 30.—The suit of Count
Beni de Castellene against his former
wife, who was Miss Anna Gould, of Nene
York, and who is now the wife of Prime
Melia de Sagan, for the custody of his
three children, was opened in Paris to-
day, and the court room was jammed to
the doors when the hearing was etllod,
the crowd including many Americans,
From the beginning it was apparent that
it was to he a war to the knife.
M. Bonnet asked that : the three chil-
dren. be confided to the care of the
count's mother, and that the Princess de
Sagan be compelled to contribute $80,000
to their support, as the morals of the
Sagan household was net good for the
children.
THE SHAH
Has Again Changed His Mind
About a Constitution.
Teheran, Nov. 30.—The Shah already
has repented of his proclamation, posted
in the Mosques yesterday, in whielr it
was set forth that the people, in spite
of his promises, shall not have a consti-
tution, and during the night he sent out
orders to withdraw this proclamation
from circulation and to destroy all copies
of it. Following these instructions the
proclamations posted on the streets and
masques vr-ere hurriedly torn down.
Tnis sudden change of front on the part
of i•Iis Majesty is attributed here to :vig-
orous representations that undoubtedly
have been made by 'the British and Rats-
sian Legations. These powers, it is r= -
ported, have notified the Shah th.it he
will be held personally responsible if his
refusal to give his people a constitution
results in anarchy.
WOMAN MAYOR.
SLEEPY LITTLE ALDEBURGH -1 UN-
DER FEMALE RULE.
Now Becomes Wide Awake—Father of
Present Chief Executive Was the
First Mayor of the Town After
Its incorporation.
London, Nov. 30.—The sleepy little old
municipality of Aldeburg not only en-
joys the distinction of being the first
tewrr in England to elect a eveuian
:Mayor, but during the past few days
it has contained the first woman elected
and, as her guest, the first woman nom-
inated for :Mayor.
:Mrs. Garrett Anderson has been enter-
taining :Hiss Dove, her defeated pioneer
in the strife for new honors to the new
woman. Miss Dove is a town councillor
of high Wycombe, but her fellow coun-
cillors could not stand the strain of
being too "advanced," and rejected her
for Mayor by a majority of two.
But the Aldeburg town councillors
were more steadfast and made Mrs.
Anderson their Mayor, and Mayos An-
derson has been solaeing Councillor Dove
in her defeat by showing her how noble
a thing is a woman in office.
Mrs. Mayor Anderson is also Mrs. Dr.
Anderson, and •it is peculiarly fitting
that Aldeburg should honor her, for it
is her native town, and her father was
the first Mayor when the borough be-
came a reformed con -oration. Born in
1836, she is not only the pioneer woman
Mayor, but is also the pioneer woman
doctor in this country.
She was elected at the top of the poll
for Marylebone on. the birst school
board for London in 1870, and from 1866
to 1890 was senior physician to a mew
hospital for children in Euston road.
From 1870 to 1898 she was dean of the
London School of Medicine for Women,
In 1896 she was elected president of the
East Anglican branch of the British
Medical Association.
An. interesting fact connected with
Mrs. .Anderson's career is that she was
portrayed by Charles Pea a in his
novel, "The Woman Hater" The novel-
ist uses her plucky fight to enter the
medical profession as a part of the
theme of the story.
BOTH KILLED.
Meet Death While Sleeping on
Rails.
Detroit, Nor. 30.—Frank Wandick,
Cedar street, and Theodore Anlor, of Mt.
Clemens, were to -night killed on the
Grand Trunk track.
Both meet were hit by a passing train,
though how is not distinctly known, but
it is thought they were both sleeping
on the track when strut:.
Two other men, Sylvester and Fenzel
by name, were found peacefully asleep,
using the rails for pillows. They had
received no harm, though trains were
passing on the other tracks within but
a few feet of their heads. These men
were arrested by the police, but were
allowed to go.
SH'sT HIS BROTHER.
Boys Playing With Old Rifle With
Fatal Result.
A Chatham despatch; A fatal shoot-
ing accident occurred yesterday at the
home of Mrs. John Bresett, Tupper-
virile, some miles from here, whereby
her eldest son killed his younger bro-
ther, twelve years of age. Tho boys
were playing with a third lad, a son
of Mr. Austin Craigg, Tupperville, in
Bresett's home. They secured an old
rifle and were handling it when it dis-
charged in the hands of the elder Bres-
ett lad, the charge entering the body
of Robert, tearing away part of the
chest. Coroner Mitchell, Wallace-
burg, after inquiry, declared an inquest
unnecessary.
CUT OFF TOO
ANY A Se
Haytiea Minister of the ulterior
Was Too Fresh.
Executed Commander and Two,
Ptonninent Citizens.,
Tort an Prince, Hayti, Nov. 30.—The
report' that Gen. Leconte, the Haytien
Minister of the interior, had been killed.
at Jeremie, was confirmed to -day.
Upon arriving at Jeremie at the head
of a Government detachment sent out
against the revolutionists, he found. the
Govenunent gunboat Croyant ashore. He
at once accused the commander, Capt.
Ostema, of treason, and, ref using to lis-
ten to any explanations, he forthwith
had luny executed. After this act Le -
.conte landed at Joremia for the purpose
of recruiting asen in the town into fight-
ing against the reireis muter - Gen. Simon,
the leader of the niovennent aga.nst Pres-
ident ,Nord. A1exs. Some or the people
of Jeremie protested against this eoursc,
nrhereupoe Lcvun'ce selected two of the
most prominent citizens and had them
executed. These -outrages so aroused the
people that teey aroma themselves hast-
ily anal advanced against Leconte and
1us troops. There was peac't.cally no re-
sistance. Leconte was taken prisoner
and in his turn executed by at fusilade
on the same wharf where he had caused
the killing of Ostema and the other men.
Gen. Tanhride Auguste was named Min.
-7ter of the Interior in succession to Le-
,rnte. He held a Ministerial portfolio
under Gen. Sant. The revolution is pro-
gressing. (}en. Celestin, Minister of War,
has sent in a demand for disciplined
troops. He explains that the new re-
cruits will not stand against the fire of
the enemy.
DEAD BABE
Sent in Parcel From Pembroke to
Ottawa.
Pembroke, Nov. t:.—A sensation was caus-
ed in town to -night when Provineiatl Jobe
Miller arrested Mary Theresa Raymond on a
charge of "ooncea.'lment of birth" arising out
of the sending of a dead babe from Pem-
broke to Ottawa on October 13th. The bate
was wrapped up as an ordinary parcel and
given to Hiram Griffiths of the Canadian
Express Company. The contents were net
daseovered till the parcel resoled Ottawa, and
then ex9itement arose.
An inquest revealed the circumstances that
the infant had lived same ttmo. No trace of
the Bender of the parcel could be found, as
the express agent could not identify the girl
who gave him the mysteious bundle. De-
tective miller, who was working on the fire
inuest, received a clue on the case which
'Soon materlallzed.
The girl arrested Is not beLieveod to be,
tho mother, but she comes under the dnarge
of concealment of birth and the minimal
in the case is Likely to be soon found, The
girl aaalreared before Magistrate S. E. Mitchell
and the case was remanded a wtb_k. Two
eltirens bailed her out on ,lee bonds earoh
and $200 in the girl's own bonds.
HEAVY FOGS
New York Shipping Traffic Tied
Up.
New York, Nov. 30.—Fog, which bets
hung over the city and the harbors for
two days, still clung like a .shroud to-
day, tying up shipping in the worst
blockade that the city has experienced)
in twenty-five years. The tunnels were
jammed to suffocation with the crush
of passengers, who forsook the ferry
boats and the city streets. The effect
of the fog was almost as demoralizing
as on the water. Hundreds of vehicles
blocked traffic on congested points, a
great many being forcea to stay in the
streets all night.
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PEACEMAKER KILLED.
Tried to Make Husband Stop Beat-
ing His Wife.
Willresbarre, Pa., Nov, 30.— Two men
who attempted to stop Andrew Bagotas,
of Pittston, from beating his wife, were
shot to -day by the infuriated husband.
One of the men died instantly and the
other is so seriouely wounded that be
is not expected to live. The dead man
is Charles Bagotas, a brother of An-
drew Bagotas, and the other victim is
John Hanso.
The two men, who were boarders in
the Bagotas house, heard Mrs. Bagotas
calling for help. They went to her as-
sistanee, and when they entered the
room where the woman was screaming,
they found Bagotas giving her a ter-
rible beating. Bath men rushed at the
huaband and withou'6 warning Bagoteaa
threw the woman to the floor, drew a
revolver from his pocket and fired sev-
eral bullets in rapid succession at the
two peacemakers,
One bullet entered his brother's head,
and he dropped to the floor dead; an-
other pierced the breast of Hanso, In-
flicting a serious wound. The infurrat-
ecl husband rushed from the house and
has not since been aeon. The local po-
lice and state troopers are searching for
him.
Mrs. Bagotas is not badly hurt, but i>c
suffering from ahock,