HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1903-06-12, Page 2BULGARIANS CRUCIFY A
KIDNAPPED GREEK.
Turks Taking Severe Measures
to Suppress Re o u
sutioeitsts.
'laden. June 8. -According to de-
spatcnespublished in this morn-
ing's Times. •a serious situation ex-
eists - in , the vilayot of Adrianople,
Itabare the Turks are carrying out
searches' •fbr arms and punitive
Measures among the refugees. Sev-
eral. fights have occurred between
Bulgarian bands and Turks and
Dashi-Bazouks, in :which many were
idled-
A Greek ;notable, Who was kid-
napped by a Bulgarian band near
Sarakins, failed to pay his ransom
and was proinptly crucified.
Regulating Jews in Russia.
pt. P tersbutg, . June 8 -The Czar
liar approved Mile decision of the
:committee of !ministers, forbidding
Jame to acquire real estate, or en-
joy the proceeds thereof, except in
towns within the Jewish pale, un-
til .the -!awls concerning the Jews
have been revised There are 101
such towns Where Jews are per-
mitted to settle and acquire realty.
A Million Starving.
, Washington, June 8,.-Seeretar;y
of State Hay has received a cable
despatch Irom Consul General Mc-
Wade, of Canton, which' says: Gov.
Wong telegraphs me that over a,
million natives in Kw,ang Sil are
starving, and !earnestly appeals for
help from lamerican charity. A11
relief distribution through' the
hands of American and British' mis-
sionaries."
The Chinese Indemr?ity.
London, Jute 8,. -The Times cor-
respondent at Pekin notes a great-
er disposition on the part of the
foreign ministers to view, with fa-
vor Groat Britain's proposal that
China pay her indemnity on a sil-
ver basis for • nine years and in
gold thereafter, leaving the ques-
tion open whether China shall ul-
timately pay the difference. He
says that even if the United States
accepts payment of her indemnity
in silver it should be remembered
that the .$5,000,000 that the U. 5.
claim exceeded her actual losses and
leaves a wide margin in her favor,
though not so largo as in the case
of some !European pow1ers.
WORK DE llA111-llALllKS1 WASHERWOMEN. FORM�ueionableFoik in St. Pal AION
Outrages Perpetrated by the
Turkish irregulars,
WOMEN AND CHILDREN SLAIN
Monastic., European. Turkey, Sun-
day, June 8 - Horrible details are
arriving here of the slaughter of
the inhabitants of the Village of
Bmerdesb, loath of Lake Preba,
May 21, by Bashi-Bazotike. It appears
that on; the arrival of the Bashi-
Bazouks, Chakalaroff's band of in-
surgents withdrew, to the mountains
witbout sustaining any loss. As no
rebels were left in the village the
inhabitants experienced no anxi-
ety until, suddenly at sunset, the
'arks, who !rad completely surround-
ed the place, commenced a bombard-
ment. Infantry as'so fired. Finally
the village was set on fire, and Turks
began a general massacre. About
three hundred houses 'were burned,
and upwards of two hundred per -
seats, mostly women and children,
were killed. The women and girls
were murdered 'while resisting out-
rage. W.bole households were slain.
One family of seven were Blain and
their bodies were heaped on the
hearth. Some of the villagers who
sought escape in flight were cap-
tuzred, and had their ears 'and noses
Cut olf before they were butchered.
The report adds that 1,500 villa-
gers were in the mountains without
clothing or food. One band of these,
ciansisting of forty women and chil-
dren, were caught by soldiers in a
ravine, and were killed after Horri-
ble treatment.
There was a renewalof the trouble
on the frontier last night. A band
of '1,200 Bulgarians crossed the
frontier near Djumabala, and Turk -
tele troops encountered another band.
of EQr men north of Petrieh (53 miles
, from Salonica). Three of the Bul-
garians were killed and the re-
mainder escaped in the darkness.
A court-martial at Salonica has
oo:ndemned four Bulgarians to
dea;tli.
Strike in Portugal.
'Lohndon, June 8. -Pte Lisbon cOr-
respondent of the Morning Leader
telegraphs that 30,000 workmen at
Oporto have gone out on strike
-against excessive hours and small
pay. The outbreak of disorders and
a general ,strike are apprehended.
fir Increase in Wages. •
St. Paul, June 8. -Tire washerwo-
men have formed a union. Their
last demand is an increase in wares
from $1.35 a day, to $1.50. filo
women include those who are em-
ployed throughout the St. Anthony
Hill district. Many of the domestic
servants of St. Anthony Hill are
unionized, and refuse to do wash-
ing. ranee th. washerwomen have
it is their power to force the house-
keepers of "aavelldom Town" to
either put up the cash or wear soil-
ed silk stockings. The washerwomen
have served notice that they will
hold to the union, scale, and that
no wa,slring will be done unless the
increase is paid .
FELL FROM TRAIN.
Shocking Death of an Attwood hien at
Winnipeg.
Winnipeg, Mi.n., June 8. -The her,
ribiy mangled and decapitated body
of William. L. Lengmier was found
on tbe Mack on, the way line of the
Canadian Pacific railway yester-
day. It is thought that Longmier,
who was a brakeman, fell from the
to of a car on to the rails. The
body will be taken to Attwood, Ont.,
for burial. Longmier was about 25
years of age and unmarried.
THREE WERE DROWNED.
Sudden End to a School Excursion
by Steamer.
Hannibal, MO., June 8. -Tb. ee chil-
dren were drowned here to -day by
the collision of the steamer Flying
Eagle, towing a barge filled with
Sunday school excursionists, against
a pier of Hannibal bridge. The dead
are; Tonny Curtis, aged 13; Laura
Coppage, aged 15; Harry Eiehen-
berger, aged 17. About 250 cbil-
dren from the Park Methodist Church
Sunday school at Hannibal had
boarded the barge, and a num-
ber were on the steamer. The ex-,
cursion left for Quincy to afford
the children a view, of the swollen
Missies ppi. As the boat swung
out into the river the swift current
bore it straight against the stone
pier of the bridge with a, crash.
The steamer did not sink immedi-
ately, and terror-stricken children
and accompanying adults climbed up
the pier to the bridge. Before all
could reach safety the barge was
veered around by the current, and,
swinging loose from the pier, float-
TaRBATENED MINERS' STRIKE
OVER CONCILIATION BOARD.
United Mine Workers Wish to Choose
Miners' Representatives on it.
s TWilkesbarr,e, Pa., June 8. -At the
Hessian yesterday of the three an-
thracite boards of 'tbe United Mine
Workers, it was . decided to hold a
joint convention of miners at Potts-
alinei on, June 15,th to determine whe-
•yher, or not a general sunpension
Of work shall be declared •
The operators,' members of the con-
clllation board, Superintendents Lu-
ther, 'Warriner and Connell, lamed
a srtatem•ena oa their reasons for, re
Iussing to recognize District Presi-
dents Nichols, 'Dettrey and Fahey.
Tbey say the representatives of the
operators have ,been appointed
strictly within the terms of said
award, and there is no objection on
theist part to accepting Messrs. Nich-
ods, Dettrey and Fahey as the repro-
sentatives of the miners, providing.
they are elected; by a. 'majority of
the niineworkere as specified, in the
awvardi of the gen nriselon. The objec-
tion is solely against their appear -
lag as the official representatives
of the United !!fine Workers of Am-
eriea, appointed ,by an l xoctrtive
Committee 'eel titout authority for
suer 'appoint en ant
District •I?resic1ent Fahey, Chair-.
man ba' the znln ue' representatives 1*
admits that the rninetvot'kers select.'
od' their ii embeat not by calling a
meeting of all their members or
stockholders, but by their organiza-
tion, iho United Mine Workers.
'rhe Plan of the Award.
The manner in which the 'ruiners'
representatives should be chosen
Was salt forth as ,follows :
"That 'if there shall be a division
of the whole region into three die
-
Wets in eachof which there shall
"exist an organization representing
a majority o` the, mineworkers of
such districts, Dine of said board of
conciliation shall be appointed by
each of said organizations."
Judge Gray's Views.
Philadelphia, June 8. -The Press
says today : Judge Gray, of the U. S.
Circuit Court, the Cliairman of the
Anthracite Coal Strike Commission,
when u,skecl for his opinion in the
pending dispute oS tbe miners and op-
erators over the board Of concilia-
tion, made a ,statement advising
moderation, and the avoidance of die-
pui.as over mere technicalities. In
reply to the question as to iiia opin-
ion regarding the status at things, he
,said.that he was arot fully informed as
to the facts of the situation, and
mallet therefore, 'express no opinion.
Fie could Only .express the hope that
the settlement intended by the
awards would not, be thwarted •by
the meeting of `ssmniler merely tee!-
nice,' points. by either miners or op -
extorts. ' .1
strain. T
eel down relrn. n the sudden
swinging of the barge three children
were thrown into the water and
were drowned. Carried b+y alleging
waters at a rapid rate, the -bargee
with its screaming children, float-
ed down the river, but a. fleet of
boats put out, and' all left on ,board
were rescued.
O. T. R, APPOINTMENTS.:
111r. Cornell Goes to the 'Western
Divisioix.
Montreal, June p,. -Manager me_
Gingen, of tete Grand Trunk. an -
rammed to -clay, several : appoint-
ments on . the western division of
the system, which have just be-
come effective. Mr. K. H. Cornell
is appointed master of transporta-
tion, western division,, vice Mr, A.
H. Lander, with office at Durand,
Mich. Mr. J. B. IVilliamrs, trtein-
nr'aster, 25th district, "C., S, & M."
takes charge of the.'27th, 28th and
29th districts in succession to Mr,
X. H. Cornell„ with office at Dur-
and, Mich., and Mr. J. W. McCarthy,
trainrnaster lath district, ."main
line," vice Mr. Jr .E. Wiiliamrs. Of-
fice at Battle Creek, Mich.
Vei'VeVetzi"V
NEWS. IN BRIEF.
eViiM'`1�V
'Principal Caven's condition is un-
changed., • • ,
'Rev. J. A'. Bankin was elected
President of the Toronto Confer-
ence.
Ald. Ramsden has proposed a
plan for improvements to the Tor-
onto waterfront.,
Thirty' thousaed workmen- are on
strike at.Oporto, Portugal, for short-
er hours and increased pay.
A British commissioner reports
that manypeople' in Kwangsi ;Pro-
vince, China, are etarving. 1
Prof. C. F. Mueller, One of the best
authorities on Latin in Germany,,,
died at Breslau yesterday.
Toronto builders and striking
carpenters held a conference, but
without reaching a settlement.
Fire did $2,500 damage to the pre-
mises of Bareharid & Co.," box man-
ufacturers, Duke street; Toronto. .
The British Columbia Legislature
has been prorogued by the Lieut. -
Governor. Dissolution will follow.
The newspaper Bessarabetz is
blamed for inciting to Jewish mas-
sacres.
A Vienna, advocate, named Paul
ginner, 'is detained at New York on
a cablegram from Austro-Hungary.
Leading wheat importers pf Lisbon
have formed a trust, whereby all
the milling interests in Portugal are
amalgamated.
The western rivers are falling as
rapidly as they rose before the flood.
The Missouri has fallen one foot and
nine inches in 24 hours.
After wandering ali aver the globe
for seven years, Chas. Ster'n,.wea•ried.
and penniless, ,bas returned ter New
York to face charges of bank wreck-
ing.
The steamer Pueblo, Capt.' Whit
ney Carr, bound from Kingeton;'Ont.,
to Oswego, for coa.1, is whore at
Salmon. Island in the St. Lawrence
River.
Paul Wagnitz, Missoula, Mont.,
county assessor, whose remains were
found in the river yesterday, was
murdered. Eis elcu11 was crushed in.
There to no clue to the murderer.
Garfield Fraser, aged 11 !years,
of Campbellford, lost his life by
falling into a chute at e'owld's ele-
gator.
Iiev. Dr. Carman suggested quar-
antining the Legislature during
the discussion of the Gamey com-
missioners' report.
The barn of Air. Abraham Hamil-
ton, near Listowel, was burned.
With -five fine horses, a.lot of other
live stock, fodder and implements..
The schooner l . M. Avery was run
down at Aver dock by the steamer
Puritan at St. Joseph, Mich. While
trying to cave his wife, Capt. John
11. Bean, of ,the schconer, was crushed
to death.
The German Emperor and the
Czar of Russia will visit Vienna
simultaneously at the beginning of
September. '!'ire Czar will then con-
tinue his journey, to Rome by way
of Trieste.
A tract fifteen by, twenty mills
in the Adirondack forest is on fire,
and the fires are aproading. • A
steamer with a gang of fire fight -
ere has been missing on Long Lake
for three days. 4.
A hurricane has step' over the
Philippine Islands, and great dam-
age leas been done to slapping. The
U. S'. transport Sltanrshus is report-
ed to have been wrecked.
The importation of pigs' livers
from the United States bas been
practically forbidden by the Ger-
man Government. A decree was is-
cued yesterday proiribi,ting the ha-,.
portation of alt livers weighing less
tbnn four kilos (ten- pounds).
A cable message was received yes-
terday morning from Mr, Justice
Armour in London. 'Ile says that
he is very much better, and has
no intention of resigning his mem-
bership in the Joint Tribunal to
Delimit the Alaska Boundary.
The lower court of Washington has
upheld the will of Abbey 11. 13 Stew-
art, founder of Women's Clubs in
the Northwest. . Mrs. Stewart,,. in
January, 100'•3, left an estate of
over $.OJ,000 to Mary Lowe Dick-
erson, the New .York temperance
lecturer and autlrorees.
Three textile mills in the Man-
yunk district resulned operations
today. The strikers in that section
are for the most part unorganized
and the threat of tate manutacttrr-
ens to keep tbeir mills .closecd indefi-
nitely is said ;to - have caused the
striking olterativ0s to lose heart.
The ranks of the strikers in. the
Kensington district are said by
the leeaclers to be unbroken, •
'Itt:e Toronto coal dealers h Wave
advaneed the credit price' of hard
coal to $6.7e) per ton. The cash quer-
tatiotis remain unoha.n'ed at $0.50:
7.lirie is partly owing to two ap-
preciations( of 10 cente each recent-
•.made at the mines, and also to
the desire or the goal men tea do
a greater cash business than here
tofore,
fUnion, carpenters are on strike
at both Fort William and Calgary.
At Calgary an employers' associa-
tion was formed. It decided unan-
imously that no lumber should
hereafter be supplied to union car-
penters, that no goods Should be
received from union team's -tore. and
that ail union carpenters should be
discharged by the oo'ntractors.
HOLE IN HANDKERCHIEF.
Doctor's Evidence at , Inquest en
Murder at Colliugwood.
Coliingwood, June 8. -Tile inquest
In the Whalen murder carie was con-
tinued to -day. After the evidence of
Dr. 11ciaul's post mortem was re-
ceived tbe case was adjourned until
June 15th, Dr. McFaul found beyond
question that no effort at outrage
had been made. The bullet bad been.
fired through the handkerchief while
It was around the girl's head, and
it !rad been scorched by the powder:
The club had caused temporary) un-
oonsciousness. Little interest was
manifested, the room being but hall
full.
The police are Thaw following up a
new clue. Evidence has been found
that two men, a white man and a
negro, both tramps, were in the im-
mediate neighborhood when the
crime was committed, and notices
have been sent to the chiefs of po-
lice in the eastern part of the Pro-
vince, with orders to arrest the sus -
pectis, if found The men were last
seen around Thousand Island Junc-
tion, and it is supposad that they,
were making their wag to the Un-
ited States. . •
SANG HER DEATH REQUIEM.
Dramatic Passing of a Famous
Austrian Opera Singer.
Vienna.. Julie 8. -Irma Golz, , an
opera minger, wino' was well known
in Austria,,, died to -day, aged 29
years. Her death, which abruptly
terminated a promising career, was
due to a disease which had already,
compelled the cancellation of ar-
rangements for a long tour of
Europe and America. Her end was
pas.Letically dramatic. At mid-
night last night she seemed to be
aware that death was near, and
she asked that she be removed from
her bed to an arm -chair, and that
she be dressed in the costume of her
favorite character in • "La Tra-
viata." Having' .said farewell to
her husband and relative-, the room
was brilliantly, Illuminated at her
request, and her brother played Men-
delssohn's "Fruhl.ngsiied" on the
piano. The dying woman followed
the music with her voice, singing
with' indescribable pathos until • at
the words "earth to earth" she fell
forward upon the floor. Her doctors.
stooping to raise her, Iound her
dead.
ST. LOUIS WET.
The Flood Stage Has Reached That
City To -clay.
St. Louis,. June 8. -The river this
morning is at 'the stage of 38.5 feet;
a rise of 1.4 feet iiuring the past
24 hours. The crest of the flood,
which is exp cted by Sunday, may
be 36 feet and mo.y go even higher,
as the rivers west are all pouring
in. North and south of St. Louis
River is several miles wide. All
along the river from it is en-
croaching on buildings, making nec-
essary the moving of household
goods and business stocks. ,
•
WIDER LIBERTY
To be Granted to the People of Dupe
Colony Hereafter.
Cape Town, June 8. -The Governor,
of Cape Colony, Sir Walter Hely-Hut-
chlnson, opened Parliament to -day.
In hie speech he said he hoped shortly
to be able to relax the remaining
resitrictione on liberty, in conse-
quence of the ,success which bad at-
tended the policy of peace and recon-
ciliation. All tbe races were settling
down to ordinary life. The present
sessi.or, was called to ratify, the cus-
toms convention drawn up at BloemL
fon,tein, and to sanction the con-
struction of several net, railroads.
With the continuance of the present
buoyancy of the revenue the increas-
ed • expenditure would not involve ad-
ditiolnal taxation. t: . , ,
KILLED THE CONDUCTOR.
Three Masked Men at 1'Vork at
St. Louis.
St. Louis, June 8. -Three masked
Weft boarded•a ,suburban car to -day,
robbed J. Bowas, the motorman, and
killed the conductor•, John N. Keith,
who went to the motorinan's rescue.
There were only a few passengers in
the ca'. TAi- rooters signalled the car
to stop. and boarded the front plat-
form. Keith, 1n going to the assist-
ance of the motorman, was shot
clown and killed by the robbers, who
#,.lien jumped froth the car and es-
caped.
ROYAL VISIT TO DUBLIN.
London, June 8. -It is officially, an-
nouncerd that King Edward and
Queen Alexandra will arrive in Dublin
July, 21 on their visit to Ireland.
LOItD SALISBUILY IJ ILL.
London, June 8. -It was reported
this morning that the Marquis of
• Salisbury was seriously ill at Bat-
field Masa his Herefordshire seat
' but inquiries ehowed the report was
{exaggerated. A000rding to the former
Premier's private secretary, Lord
!Salisbury had a chill during the
night, which occasioned some alarm.
Se was better this morning.
jj Short $40,000.`•
Seattle, ,We., Jirne'8.-Ar special to
the Past Inttelligencer, from Date -
son, sayls:. "FV. J. Ideiman, .Deputyl
1 Collector of tr. S. , customs at the
boundary of the Forty Mile River,
le in jail at Eagle City, charged with
emrbezzlemeett. His reported short-
age lig 640,000•.ji' 1 • 1 c r, l!
THE AMES SUSPENSION.
SO1flETIIIN6 ABOUT THE CRASH.
Bear Raid Caught the Firm With Too
Much Declining Stour, ,
Toronto report :ls a result of the
big bear raid,on Canadiau oecur•ities
the well-known Toronto brokerage
firm, of A. E. Ames & Company were
forged to the wiail yeasterday morn-
ing. • Ap official statement is being
prepared, and until it is ready any
estimate' of the firm's affairs must
neceisseriiy be a matter of conjec-
ture, The liabilities will run up in
the millions, but ae there are assets
in the firm of margined stocks which
will in all probability be taken over
ley strong interests, it is confidently
expected that with patience and
careful management the showing
will be much better them at first ex-
peated, • c' I ,
A. E. Ames & Co. have for the past
six inon•tits been fighting a plucky
battle against tremienuaus odds. The
present condition of affairs Is really
the natural sequence of 'a period of
unwarranted speculation. Firet there
wae a "ball" movement, which car-
ried various issues to an unduly, high.
level. Tlhis was followed by a period
of prolonged liquidation, in which
several international securities
largely held by Canadians were
singled oat for attack by professional
ciiquess in Boston and Net, York, Tore
general depression in American se-
curities favored the manipulators,
and Dominion Coal and Dominion
Steal were unmercifully bariz'mered by
the Boston crowd. Untoward circum-
staarces, such as the firs in No. 1 col•
liery of the Dominion Coal Company,
et.anrpeded timid holders in' Montreal
and Toronto, who gave a too ready
credence to disquieting rumors sent
out by the Easton crowd to serve
their own endo. tt ' , 11 1
Twin City, which was largely Meld
in Toronto, was regarded as vulner-
able by New 'York operators, and
Sloss -Sheffield was also singled out
because of its Canadian following, It
so happened that the securities thus
attacked were largely held by Ames
&Co.
In the face of the continued depres-
sion,
sion, ,tbe most prolonged in years,
Amens & Co. tried the Herculean task
of carrying these securities. The firm
showed great resources, but there did
not appear to be any bottom to tiro
market. Some conception of the ef-
forts Which the firm made to stem
the tide can be gained from the fact
that in the past two months Ames &
Co. reduced their liabilities by 50 per
cent. On the top of all this came the
bear raid an C. P. R., which precipi-
tated a sensational break in Twin
City, and Sloss in Nene York on Mon-
day, the former stock scoring a net
decline of 3 1-4 points, and the latter
ehrinking • 5 1-2 points.
ONE CANADIAN IN IT.
Injured in an Accident That Caused
Nine Deaths.
Kansas City, Mb., June 8. -Further
details of 'the wreck on the Santa
Fe Railroad at Stillwell, Kansas,
yesterday, show that nine people
were killed and six seriously hurt.
Among the dead are Wm. Newmiller,
of Plainfield, N. J.; E. Ht. Ward, of
New Castle, Pa.; and Carlos M. Tor-
pedo,
orpe d•o, a Porto Rican, who was study-
ing in Kansas City and who was
on 'his way to New York. Of the in-
jured. Wm. Woods came from Mount
Forest, Ont. IT is injured internally
and Gs in a. serious condition. The
dead were taken to undertakers'
establishments here, and the wound-
ed to the alissauri Pacific Hospital
At the -Missouri Pacific Hospital to-
day,', it was said that all the injured
were doing nicely and tate indica-
tions were that all would recover.
WAS TOO SENSITIVE.
Naval Cadet Suicided Because Seaman
Struck Him.
Kiel, June 8.-A seaman of the Ger-
man navy, named Andreas Messer-
sehmidt, was condemned by a naval
court-martial to -day to 18 months'
imprisonment for striking Ensign
von Abel, during the night of Mayi
2nd, at Kiel. The case has been wide-
ly' commented upon because of von
Abel's suicide after he found he was
unable to identify the roan who as-
saulted him and personally avenge
himself. r
Great Forest Fires.
Boston, June 8.7 -Smoke frohrt for-
est fires obscured the sun in this
vicinity to -day. For 47 days little
rain has fallen, and during that time
the losses from forest fires in New
England have aggregated at least
$1,000,000. ,
No Truth in the Story.
Belgrade, Servia., June S:-{1heonly
foundation for the report that King
Alexander's French Cook has 'com-
mitted suicide at tbe palace after
having been detected in an attempt
to poison Queen Draga, is that a
scullion employed in the palace com-
mitted suteide a week ago on ac-
count of a love affair.
Honduras' New Heads.
New' Orleans, Jane 8. -Mall ad-
vices from Honduras confirm the re-
port of the inauguration of 'Gen.
Manuel Bonilla and Manuel Deville,
as !'resident and Vice -President, on
\lay 17th, the National Congress- At Goshen, Indiana, the old order
having declared them duly elected to of German Baptists voted not to
serve from Feb. lst, '1003, to Feb. permit members to have telephones
lst, 1007. in their Arouses.
LIFE OF AN ANT QUEEN
Sir John Lubbock's Great Interest in
the Study of Species.
How long may an ant queen live7
In their natural habitat some queen's
doubtless have bliort lives ; but by
reason of the protection afforded
them, and the seclusion enforced by,
the workers, they probably live much
longer titan other members of the
community. Within artificial sur-
roundings they attain a compara-
tively long life. The oldest emmet'
queen known to science was one pre-
served under the care of Sir John
Lubbock, later Lord Avebury. A
number -of years ago, during a visit
to this distinguished naturalist at
his country seat, High lams, Kent,
the writer for the first time saw this
v,enre,rable tsoveeeigp, living in the
ingenious artificial formicary which -
bad been -prepared for her. She waren
then in the prime of life, as it after-
ward appeared, being seven years
old. 1
In the summer of 1887 Sir John
was again visited. this time at his
town house in London. After greet-
ings, be was asked about his royal
pet.
"I have sad news to tell you," he
answer ed.
"What ! Is the queen dead ?"
"She died only yesterday. I have
not bad tale heart -to tell the news
as yet even to tny, wife."
Having offered my hearty condol-
enee, I asked to see the dead queen.,
Sir John led the way to the room
where his artificial nests were kept.
Tho glass case which contained the
special formicary in which the old
ant had lived was opened up. Lying.
in, one of the larger open epaces or
rooms was the dead queen. She was
surrounded by a crowd of workers,
who were tenderly licking her, touch-
ing her with their antennae, and
making other demonstrations as if
soliciting her attention, or desiring
to wake her out of Bleep. Poor, dumb,
loving, faithful creatures! There
was no response. Their queen mother
lay motionless beneath their demon•
stration s.
"They do not appear to have dine
covered that she is really dead," re-
marked Sir John. Afterward he wrote
me of another queen which died ate
the age of fourteen. Tate ants drams
ged her body about with them where
they moved until it fell to pieoes.-
I3. JC. McCook, in Harper's Magazine
for une
Wanted in Montreal for Theft.
New York, June 8,-A man giving
the name of Jacobs, Superior, was
arraigned, in the Police Court to -day
by Central Office 'detectives, who
stated the prisoner was wanted in
Montreal for the theft of 1,300 yards
of silk.
WEALTHY WOMEN WASH DISHES
In a Chicago Hotel in Which a Strike
Was Ordered.
Chioago, June 8. -The strike of ho-
tel and restaurant employees has
spread to the Chicago Beach and
Grand 'Pacific Hotel. At the Chicago
Beach every man and woman em-
ployeds in the hotel was ordered out
and everyone from chambermaid to
bell boy obeyed the summons in-
stanter. Great indignation followed
among the guests, who include many,
prominent and wealthy Chicagoans.
They voted to stand by the hotel
management, and richly dressed wo-
men, changing their dresses for more
common • ones, cleka,red, tables and
washed dish•ee.
The strike at the Grand Pacific
wase lint so general. The waiters,
waitresses, cooks, . bar -tenders and
porters were ordered out, but it le
expected others will be ordered Out
soon.
MOROCCO PRETENDER CRUSHED.
The Pope Said
to be on �iis
,
Health To -day.
Madrid, June 8. -Premier Silvela
has Informed the King that the
z g re-
hellion in Morocco, lead by Bu Sa-
mara, the pretender to the throne,
isi alm,osrt suppressed. t ;
The !lope's Health.
Rome;, June 8.a -Tie Pope WAS ens,
Usual Good
joying hie ueual h,ealtli this niorii•.t
tag. He slho'wcd no trace of hie re-
cent indispeeltion, and retuned hie
audiences. Among" . tilos° who weird
received by tbe Pontiff were tie
General of the A'egustinians, the
'Very Rev. slather Rodriguez, atilt
Cardinal Capeealatro, , , , , :.; i . 1