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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1903-12-25, Page 6NEWS IN BRIE' I Mrs Alexander elaceoneil, of Os ;oode pr'o'd, is, dead. The Presbyterian • Church at Fort tnTranceii was destroyed by fire. Mrs. R. S. Dunlop, of Chatham, drop- tilted dead while walking to •church. • .Mr, Edwin Chown, father of Rev. E. Ln.e, Chown, Toronto, died at Kingston.. Tire .at Bathurst, N. B., destroyed bout a dozen buildings, Loss, $30,000. L It is azmouneed that rich gold fields have beou discovered in the Congo State. L To reduce. expenses, the shops on the Erie Railroad system were closed until tllonday, Dec. 21.. Correspondents of the Loudon Times nay that Russia fears an Armenian re-, holt in the Caucasus. ' Mr. George D. Grant, M. P., has been 'nominated by the North Ontario Lib- 'era's ib••'era's for a second term. The Grand Llama of Thibct has re- turned, unopened, communieations from 'Lord Curzon, Viceroy of India. It is reported that Britain and Hol land will demand that Panama assume 'liability for $15,000,000 of the Colour- bean debt. 4 The City and Counter Bank of Ottawa has been amalgarnated with the Croton Bank. The .head office wil remain in Toronto. . It is reported that a new revolution- . ary movement, headed by friends of formes: President Wos y Gil, has been commenced in San Domingo. A thousand specifications of Cruelty 'are laid against Lieut. Schilling, of the 9th Regiment of Infantry of the Ger- man army, whose trial began at "Metz. A nicotine of United States soft coal 'operators is being held at Cleveland. Trade conditions. wage reductions and a cut iu the selling price of coal are 'among the things to be considered. Mieitaei W. Taylor, known as the largest man in Michigan. died at him 'residence, Park place, Detroit, of rheu- inatisn' and fatty degeneration of the ;Heart. At the time of his death he `(weighed 420 pounds. { • A carload of prioners, numbering 35, will be sent from Stoney Mountain Pen- 'xtentiaxy, Man., to -morrow to St. Vin - cent do Paul, Quebec. The ;nen are in for terms ranging from five to fifteen rears, and are being taken east to make room here. The Paris Memorial Diplomatique 'says the news from Servia is extremely 'disquieting. The personal situation of • 'Hing Peter and the Cabinet appears to .be critical. The country is divided into irreconcilable factions, and the revolu- tionary movement is gaining ground. Gen. Francis Vinton ireene, the pre - `sent police commissioner of New York City, who shortly retires. has a.cceptel 'a position with the Albright -Hayes ;Power Company, which is building a 'power plant on the Canadian side at. .lniagara Falls, Ont. It is thought that the three earliest •officers to receive the rank of Briga- dier -General, a rank which the Govern- ment is empowered to confer, under the bill proposed by Sir Frederick Morden, will be Col. Lord Aylmer, Adju- tant -General; Col. Pinault, Deputy - 'Minister, and Col. Macdonald, Director - 'Genera? of Ordnanee. COMBAT THE GAMING EVIL. English Clergy Alarmed at the Spread OL'Bridge• Whist. London, Dec. 21.—There is ie -con- cealed alarm in religious circles in London, and many who make no pre- tensions to being religious share in the uneasiness Over the great in- crease in the mania for gambling. Up to very recent years the British who felt sportive:y inclined contented themselves vita laying wagers on the 3'aee tracks, a.ith•.ugh the fashionable clubmen indulged to ,some extent in baccarat, cribbage and whist, upon vehicle they laid considerable am- 'eunts. Tete great American game of draw poker never obtained a ficin foothold here despite the effort of United States Minister Schenck to .make It papular. It is now played at a. few resorts, but the Briton as a zeds does; not take to it readily. Of late bridge has become the craze, 'and it has' affected all classes of so- ciety, particularly the wealthier. It /req.uiresa good deal of money to pray ,bridge.. The ,stakes are accumulative 'and unless the player wants to for- ;J'eit what he has already wagered he frequently hits to put up amounts that he can ill afford to lose. The 'Prospect of winning is sufficiently :tempting to hire thousands .to their ruin, It is scarcely of record that any :,save prwfeesionals have won mueh at :the game, yet amateurs continue to • play. and as bath men and women 'participate, the effect ie decidedly perniceoris. Punetione are given by the rich and the well-born for no other purpose than to play whist, !and many a titled dame bees lost her entire patrimony by her efforts to add to It by snccoess at the seductive game. , , Ties gambling mania has at last !amused the clergy to activity, and Imiany of the olrurolt dignitaries have :Inaugurated - a crusade against it. Dering the last few. weeks the fun sninaitons of the pulpit against the *VII have been frequent and emphatic, land, to t•helr credit be it said, the clergy do not apar•e the feelings of the wealthy and noble born. The jArchbishops of Canterbury txnd West- ,minter have both taken up the cud- gels, and are unsparing in their con- demnations, The lesser clergy, as ''might naturally be expected, aro fol- lowing their leaders, and the time nileems ripe for a reform. One cif the.principal clergymen In to fashionable suburb of London took oeen,si.on to rebuke members of the royal family fortheir encour- agement of the gambling habit. Al local paper had given. publicity to the rumor teat the Prime; and Priiicees Of Wales wore Infatuate(' with bridge and that their guests were, in cour- tesy to their hosts, compelled to play whether they felt inclined to do ,Iso or not. It was also report that the .Prince was, at last aceewits, a sou- siderable winner at the gauze. The preaober referred to these repots in e. s'omewltat guarded manner, but all who heard him knew at whom Irby shafts of denuuciattoo were directed. The preacher's wrards caused a decid- ed ,sensation, but no one dared take him to task, but the outcome should be the ;still further exposure of the royal pair's derelictions. Tee unusual stand taken by the clergy in this matter is exciting com- ment, and not a. few who were of the opinion that the members of :the cloth were given 'to lip service and were ever ready to pander to the viewer those in authority are charg- ing their minds. The crusade indi- cates that the church eees its own peril as well hs the peril of the na- tion in the devotion of so many to the blind goddess of chance, and is determined to do all in its power to arrest a tenclenc•y fraught with such grave consequences. . l .l t t ELUDED POLICE CORDON. Cashel, the Escaped Murderer, Makes llis Way Into Calgary. Calgary, N. W. T., Dec. 21.—The eec:ip•ed murderer Ernest Cashel is still at Liberty, but the rol.ce a.re sure they leave chased him into the city. Every exit is being carefully guarded, and there is a cordon of eceieo around the city. Twice on Sun- day the £o'ice were within a few yards of In nr, but ht was under cover. Inn kitties -ledge or the coun- try °''sae aided hies. For several hours yesterday the police and cit- izens ou itort;tbeen surrounded the Wean in the Mile just west of ];ere. He eluded them, and made hls en- trarcu into the city by the railway bridge. To -day the pe ice searched almost every building in the city, and many holies in civilian clothes are patrolling the streets. That Cashel is too clever for the r.o.ice was demenetrated when he went to Mee. Andrew Smith's ith's ranch. Cashel saw the goliae ridi:tg to the house, toad the woman Oho he was, and threatened to take her lire If she tole ins f:olive he was there. Mrs. Sm'th consequently told the ir.o nte.1 min tln.t ne one was there. Though they had traced Cashel to Ibis house the police and Breed Societe returned to the ranch,. where they secu:, ett r:oslUve evidence of Cashel having visited Mrs. Smlt11'rn. On returning they found that be lead disappeared. Although the pee, lice wutilr .l the house c'osely, C:is:lel returned to this ranch, and stole a horse at night and rode through the ,t:oline. IIs: a tole a suit of cothes from C. W. Itigby's ranch', and the tonne say this has aided him in eluding them. At another -rhes where hu exchanged cothing be stole a beautiful ring, leaving tbie note; "Cashel, $1,000 ; return in six months. (Signed) Ernest Cashel.' •Cas'hel's execution has been poet - gored until Dro. 22nd. The erection of the scaffold is proceeding ;nadci' eke direction ofHangmanRadcliffe. ISLANDS AWARDED TO U. S. Sitklan and Kannaghut Unable to Dominate Port Sinipson. V'icteria, B. C., Dec. 2L—Lord Dun- clona]d, Commander -in -Chief of elle Canadian forces, returned from Port Sianpeon and vicinity on the govern- ment ,steamer Quadra to -day, Where he went to look over the situation with respect to the report that the United States intended to fortify Sitklan and Iiannaghut Islands. Ile I visited bz.tlr islands, and also Pearse and Wales Islands,wltich were both awarded to Canada. Ii,tamat and Work Canal., in which places the terminus for the trans -Canada rail- way has been suggested. Ile declined to talk of his visit, but from others in the party it is learned that he regards Sitklan and Inannaghut Islands as unable to dominate Port Simpson if fortified. Vessels pass close to these island, entering Port ,Simpson, but Wales Island ie so much higher and a fort there would make any fortification of the United States untenable. • MR. GOURLEY'S DEFIANCE. "Let tis Shako Our Fists at tho Yankees" Says 13e. Montreal, Dee. feet—Mr. Seymour Gourley, 1I. P., Colchester county, N. 5., was in the city to -day on his way back to Truro from Ottawa. He took occasion to rail at the United States in the following man- ner : "We must not toady to thle ;Yan- kees. The proper way to .deal with them is to show) them; we do not care for thtar. Let us , shake our fists at them and tell them to go to this devil. That's the only NI -;ay to treat them, for they des- pise Canada, but because we show- eci them in the past that we cared little for them they have come around, and now :they offer us rec- iprocity. England Blas always toad - led 'to the States, and she alveays f will. We head ,good claims 1n that Alaskan case, but wo played the game weeng. We sb,ould not have submitted to be bluffed by the Yan- kees. 1r England had held out they would have climbed clown and we would have got our rights. But they let the Yankees bluff them, and that's the end of it." Boston, Mass.—The failure of • the Y Gross & Strauss Company, dealers ill ladies' gar'rnents and furnishings, was announced to-dey, Pf-i'''''20rwa,Ii44:44000COPI;0000,40allMEXP=OrAT.4,',Wr4lIarya0 PO= �4 • i' s? a IAL. [NY, 1 S[ °l EPS S S N THE HEIR OF $12,500,000 OF ROT 1SCHILD MONEY Cry. Yui, r.,^wP,�L.1.."^6'r�^.=Po c=co'Wim`C':w°`°"•.v'acce=tcc .:ccezo'. c*ct .""' o)`+„v."•. Lord LORD DALMENY. Rosebery's Eldest Son, the heir to $12,000,000 of Rothschild Money. Lo don, Dee. 21.-1Yhen the Duke a?' Roxourgho disappointed eligible young women by choosing an Ameri- can bride, many et matchmaker an both sides of the Atiantie 1 redicted ' that i ociety's seas would not yield ai,uther sues catch in a hurry. Here, power er, is the latest am( best iliotograph of a youeg Engeieh :,oblo,uan, who, if not of quite as high rare> as Roxebur'ghe's duke, is heir to a title that, of late years, leas cern to gegclfei a good deal more. Also, lie duos just arrtved at ar, ego when most young men begin to look areuret—he attained 'tis ma- jority a few weeks ago—and nothing is more likely than that his glance should take the alluring direetion of the tinted States. That is Lord I:osebery's eldest eon; Albert Edward Bi m,ry Meyer Archiband Primrose, Lore, Dalavtny. :When Lord Dalmeny ::braes into his full ir,leeritance as sixth Earl of Rosebery, he will have a title slat- ing back to 170.3, a social eeeition of enviable prominence, and an estate comprising in all some 82,500 acres. Nor wi 1 Lord R.osebsry's ]heir run any risk of being described as a fortune-hunter, ebould be woo an American girl, for, did not his moth- er, as a daughter of the I othschild% bring to her husband a dowry of $12,507,000 i It may be remember- ed. too, that soon after his mar- riage Loral Rosebery made a tour of the world with his wife, which re- sulted in the organization of sever- al pmotnising foreign properties. and the family fortunes have been so managed in other directione that the heir's expectations might rightly. 'be called princely. Tllihe Ilorebery estate ;;'.dudes. of course, His Lordehi ns famous town- house ir, Ilerkley Square, Tho Dur - dans, near lepeonr, 1• entmere, anotle- er English country seat, and Del- mer*" Park, 'near yrlinburglx'. At Dal- meny are situated the enormous agri- cultural anti stock -breeding interests of which the earl is so fond. The other two country peaces are of the style so dear to most Englishmen, and as th•e young lord is as fond oil outdoor• life as his, father, It is safe to say they will be kept as they ore. Unlike e is father, all Lord Dal- meny's early ambitions tended to- ward the arms'. Wluile at Eton he Pressed through his examinations for the service with excellent maske, and as soon as the years of Oxford was over, he took a lieu- tenant's commission in the Grena- dier Guards. It was in Dalineny's re- giment, by the Way, that the recent raggin'• scandal occurred. but the young nobleman was not mixed up 1n it. No one knows wh;anee this young man's marked athletic tastes came, for hie father, as a you.ng man, did not fancy (sports which required personal exercise. Lord Dalmeny' is a fine cricketer, en excellent foot- ball play'e'r. and possesses a. tennis record that Boos back to his early day's at Eton. Of course, he would mixt be a. true Reese—beryll unless he loved the hese, but the former Prime Mlnieter was never a. Munger, and hie son, while taking .'a great in- terest in horseflesh, is keener on other sports. As Lord Dalmeny; has chosen and started so well upon his army; car- eer, fele recent decision to enter pol- itical life caused some surprise. He was one e,2' tl,e• youngest men to come out for the Midlothian candidacy, re - 'mitten!, and in order to examine Lis abilities, tl.e group of sharp old Scotchmen, who father the distriet's politics, summoned the youthful as- pirant before them. The session closed with every one of the elder men pledged to support tl.e former Premier's son, and it will be strange if :ti:e young nobleman does not have a chance, to perpetuate the public history? of Ms house. Like his fath- er, Lord Dalmeny is a. Liberal. By a curious coincidence, two of Lord Dalmeny's closest friends are now asking for Parliament honors. The honorable Thomas A gar-Ro- bartes, the prospective Liberal can- didate for Bodmin, is only' a year or two older than• Lord Dalmeny; and as the son and heir of Lord Clifden, Is intensely popular. Tire other mem- ber loaf the trinity„ who grew up to- gether at Eton and chummed at Oxford, es Lord Helmsley; grandson and heir of the Earl of Feversham- He is a fete _wears older than Lord Dalmeny!, and if successful in the coming election will represent the opposite party. By the way, Lord Helmsley' will be married 'in Janu- ary to Lady Marjorite Greville, the attractive daughter of the Countess of (Warwick. satisfied until recently, and their ace' tion was a surprise. "Tihis agitation mush; stop," said Clued Mnsha•m. "It boas gone on eeo- retlee in a department that should. hale been left : alone. I intend to ask. Mayor Hornsea 'to order the men to'give their allegiance to the fire de- partment alone, and not divide it with' a Labor organization, however,' goocl it may be." I r ' • , HIDING IN THE HILLS. Murderer Cashel, Who ltllsoaped From; Calgary Jail, is Located. Calgary, N. W. T'., Dela.. 21.— Thet Whereabouts at Cashel, the murder- er, whose execution was to have tak- en place to -morrow, and Tate made• a sensational esoapie from;; tile jail Lem by holding tip three Mounted' Policemen, have been discovered, and Les capture is looked upon as certain. although a desperate resistance ie expected; 'Word was brought ire that he was hiding in the hills a few miles west; • el the town, and preparations were at oneo made to surround leim. A de- taclvien't of twenty Mounted Po- lice wars detailed and a passe of arrn-, ed citizens l.;astil,y; organized to ren- der them tussistance. Tie party bas Left for the place where the murder was last seen. It is expected ley tLerse wbo know the character of the desperado that he I will take h'is owns life rather than; submit to capture and certain death on the scaffold. Cashel' is believed to have made a, circle around the city,; and got away by an unguarded railway crossing. Col. Sanders is satisfied that his ar- rest is but a matter of a fete, hours.. ,He was tracked to the city, but the trail was lost. At the ranch of Frank Rigby) he stole a suit 01; clothes, leaving a note and his old suit. The latter is the same as. Cashel had on in jail, and the note: is in his writing, stating that he was badl,y!tin need of heavy, clothing, , ROW AT NEGRO CONVENTION.! Police Called When Two Ministers • Sought Possession ofFloor. Washington, Dec. 21.—The police, . were called into the National Suf- frage League c.ouiveution, colored, to- day, when Rev. R. J. Nelson, Presi-, dent of the Suffrage League of Penn- reylvania, and Rev. J. 'W. Scott, of this city, sought possession' of the, floor. The delegates were in an up- roar for half an boar. Two reasons for the dispute aro al- leged to be that the Scott faction fa-' cors the passage of a resolutionen(- doming President Roosevelt's atti- tude toiwax'd the negro race, and that Booker Washington desires to con- trol the convention, a number of delegates objecting to Booker Wash- ington's recent utterance to . the effect that disfranchisement in the ,south placed a premium on intelli- gence, wealth', character and tbrlfta HITS CHICAGO FIRE DEPT. Men Contented Until Labor Agitators Showed a Grievance. . Chicago, Dec, 21.—The spectre of a strike in the Chicago fire department confronted Chief elusham yesterday. Tee chief learned that the anion' labor organizers had invaded his de- partment and had induced a number of engineers and drivers to take out union curds'. llow. inany of .his men had pledged aileglance to the unions the tenet could not learn during the day, but his investigations convinced liim the matter was serious enough for prompt and vigorous action. t,1'Ihe effertsof the labor leaders in Chicago to unionize the fire department have been going on quietly for some time. The agitators have stirred up the en- tire department, starting a campaign for shorter hours, which would neces- sitate the employing of a large addi- tion to the force. They have also in- duced the engineers to demand 31-2 cents an hour increase in wages. The work .leas been going on under the auspfoee of the Chicago Federation of Labor, and President ]Herman L:eien, of the Hodcarriers' and Melding La- borers" Council. Committees have beta appointed by both organizations to arouse interest in the movement, and labor leaders are trying to .get in the inner rang. T:re general discontent this agita- tion 'las caw:ecl forted Chief erusbam to take cognizance of what was 0- ingon. It was forcibly brought to is attention by the wage domande; of the engineers, which were handed in on Saturday. These ;nen have been ARUNDEL MYSTERY. Mother and Son Disappeared 315, Years Ago—Son's Skeleton Found, Montreal, Dec. 21.—Chief McCa,s, kill, of the Provincial Detective Service, has returned from Arundel, where he went by order of the At.,I torney General to investigate the finding of a human skeleton, and to' connect it, if possible, with the mys-1 terious disappearance of two people,' mother and iron, ;by the name of Lee, I 35 years ago. Shortly after the dis- 1 appearance the mother's body was: found near an ad;eining lake, partly' devoured by bears, but the son was' never heard of again. 1 Some two months ago a nephew of the missing Lee, named Thompson, while burying a cow in a piece of property which he had only lately acquired, discovered the skeleton of a ma.n, and from the fact that its right thigh bone was broken he claimed that it was the skeleton et I his uncle, John Lee. , DO NOT. WANT BABIES. Plain Talk of Episcopal Bishop, Who Sees Danger in Existing Cc nditions Indianappoils, Ind., Dec. 21.—" Woe! ;nem in the finer homes do not want babies nowadays," declared Bishop Francis, of the Episcopal Diocese of Indiana, on Sunday night, while com- menting on the declaration of the Living Chureh Annual that there Is an alarming shortage of babies in. , the church. ; "We have aconstantly increasing number of adult baptisms, but the baptism of infants is decreasing. • It •is not because people do not have their babies baptized, but because; there are few babies. "Not only is there a shortage of babies in our church, but alt over tete land—in the weaatbieet homes. It appears like a repetition of the career of b'raece." WANT CHINESE LABOR. Thousands of Miners at Meeting' in; Johannesburg Cheer for Them. Johon•nesbury, Dec. 21.—A masa meeting called mere to -night for the purpose of urging upon the Govern- ment the advietability of taking a re- ferendum before introducing legisla- tion providing for the introducing or unskilled labor into the Transvaal, was Completely captured by the ele- ment fasorablo to the importation of Chinese. Specie l trains brought in thousands o1 mi:iers from the East 1 and West hand, who throughout the meeting cheered for the Chinese. The Chait'man w,a s enable to putoterfiotw a mmotioneet fora referendum. Axr - in declared for the 'importation of. Chinese. , Brussels.—The altnouneeiveirt is made Here that rich gold fields have been disc coverer; in the Congo State.