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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1904-01-29, Page 6was.....artr..a.4.24......,„...a.,ss_ r N ', s ill' iff +�'3 DSI ,CTO ' CLJ +' E [N N Case I B Who Leaned Head Firs: Into Shallow Water. It Mee lark, .Tan. 25.—Cured of a. Woken neck, Jamess Dunn, ,seventeen (g'eaxws oed, of No• 555 West Fifty, -first ,prtroet, ylesterda;vj 'left the 3. Hood Wright Bospital, where he had spent • five motionless months, rigid in a. platster cast and wit] heavy] weights at hits head and feet, holding hire I oda. immovable:.. Pbealcianss from all over New York land several ,froni other cities have I siesited the hospital to examine the f bldy>c, 'w lio has survived an injury { watch has !tyem regarded as necea Iw c{{sc�.a,,,r,,ily; fatal or ipermauently, disabl- Young Dunn, however, has nothing ',but a Slight etiffne,ss of the neck •t to showy for the several fractures of rthe cervical vertebrae which made his case look Hopeless wheat lie was taken, paralyzed, to the hospital on august 2nd, la03. On that day tbe hey went swim- ming at 155th street and the Norte !liver. I3'e did riot know hos, slsal- i low tlee water was and leaping from a spring board, dove head foremost into three feet of water. his limp and helplese 'body rose to the sur- face in a fere, memento and was drawn ashore by spectators, who be- lieved him dead. He wee; sent to tbe hospital, where the physicians with difficulty kept him alive while they performed an operation on his broken neck. It was found that three of the vertebrae lead been crushed or chipped. But the splintered bone was removed and the fx•aeturee set. Teen the whole of the upper 1»dy, neck and head were placed in a. plaster cast. Dunn was laid upon a table and heavy weights attached to his head and feet. He was told that to move meant death. or permanent helpless- ness; for him, and he became the most patient person ever in the hospital, the doctors say. • Ile WAS young and growing, incl the almost hopeless happened. The bones knit, and when the plaster cast was removed four weeks ago it was found the boy was practically as sound as ever. , I . t AGAINST PROTECTION. The l+'ree Food Lea- gue "electing at Liverpool. London, Jan. 25.—Ailment simultan- eously. with; ills Chamberlain's expo- , eitiou of his policy in the Guildhall, the Duke of Devonshire and Lord George Hamilton addressed at Liver- foot an equally entleasiastie, if small- . er meeting, which was hell under tone auspices of the Unionist Free Food League. The Nuke of Devon - Share said he was coming more and snore to believe the. the Govern- ; anent was right in advocating a eel- ; icy of retaliation against protection- ist countries, but ww-itlu Premier Bel- : four 3 1 - four• allowing himself to he dragged 1 into the Chamberlain propaganda it ' would be ireroeeible for the Union- : fists to maintain their alignment with the Goveriinient before the country, if it was cleeired to differentiate be-. I tween retaliation and protection. He b'aid•Itea feared the Chamberlain can - ',mission, representing the highly or- ganized industries, would be able to • prepare a tariff scheme whereby Hear wou1:1 benefit, and that they would bo able to force It on the country to the detriment of the con- sumer and the less well -organized smea of actu rocs. Ihc meeting rasseri a resolution • declaring against a general l retec- Live system. KEPPEL'S DUEL. !His Trouble With a Brother Officer. Landon, Jan. 2.1.—The Ilonorable Sir Heart Kaapel, Admiral of the fleet, who teed -.yesterday, in his autobiography relates the circum- ; sta rceis Of 'the only: duel he ever fought. It anorze out of the acciden- tal ►3pi11in'.g of a glass of grog in tee face of a brother officer, which Keppel, when eabsequently in a wayward inroad, pretended had been intentional. An apology or sates - faction was demanded, and the for- mer not being forthcoming, a meet - lag wars arranged. Describing the af- fair, Sir Hamra says • "s I had been. the aggressor, I. aid not wish to I draw blood, but Held ,straight en- ough to make my opponent believe I meant buisiness. As the handkerchief dropped alateten fired low and sprink- led me with gravel. Our seconds held couessel,and said lienor was satisfied. I ;know I thought rso, but Hutton de - reared for apology. or blood. On re - .taking our plaoere I began to think that 1 wound rather bleed Dirk CHmt- Coln) than die mieeelf. When theliana- rkerchlet tele 1rfeiiluigliit r Tian opot- ted hixrit. Hie pistol missed fire. IQv . ,ball went through the thick part of Ills calx and T was craved a elfe's mis- ery'. Seconds declined to load again and rec tumended the neeeesary: shaking e1 hands. H'at'ton stated 'that I should go to hi,m. I refused tea go niore than half 'way, which the • seconds decided was just, and so end- ed the affair. I think I ,raid 'leery prayers more earneytiy 'that night than ever I did before." ; • THE BODY OF SCOTT. it is Said That Mei Sunk it in the Red !liver. Winnipeg, Jan. 25.-11er 34, ycare tho question has been asked in vain, "When Thomas Scott was shot by order of Louis Riel in the Red River rebellion of 1809-70, where was the body buried ?" It has boon gener- ally believed that only Riel Icnrw, what disposal was made of Scott's body, and that when Mel was hang- ed at Regina ea the penalty of incit- ing the rebellion of 1.885, the secret died with him. But old-timers have never accepted such a theory, be- lieving that others besides Itiel knew the secret if they wanted to tell, .and their ,surmise turns out correct, for now, after 84 years of silence, ane man who witncssod ,Scott's exe- cution and the disposal of his re- mains has told the tale. 'This man, who was ono of Riel's affieens, is to -day a well-known allanitobian, but there are reasons iiehy his name should not be given. Tho gentleman lx whom ho revealed , the secret Is Roderick Mfacl+rarlane, ' formerly chief factor of the Hudson Eley C nnprany, and a citizen of Win- nig. Mr. MiacFarlane authorizes ;ihe Use Of his name! and is hopeful that steps mag• be taken to estab- lish the, authenticity of the story. Mr. Maclearlane obtained the long - sought information only yesterday. When at the grave of Pierre Desch- ambault he met ameng the people there assembled his informant, who was, as already stated, tape of Itiel's officers, and who had be with him in old I`ort Garry at the tine of Scott's execution. Bir. MacFarlane, it may be explain- ed, •w,as at that historic period visit- ing Chief Factor MlacTavish, whose hour was within the walls of Fort Garry. Rie1's confederate divulged to Mr. 'MacFarlane that after Scott's murder a gravelled been dug within the fort and a coffin supposed to contain the body lowered into it in the presence of a battalion of Riel's soldiers. Pmt 'ott's remains were not in that coffin, the mock inter- ment being but afuse of Riel, who did not choose, to trust so many of his followers with this knowledge, and the evidence of has cruel crime. So, after a mock interment, the body was dragged by a few trusty men to the bank of the Red River, and at a point near where Broadway bridge now ,stands was put through a ]vole Ln thew ice and sunk by means of a weight tied about the neck. This weight was a Hudson Bay grineat,>.n0. Mr. MacFarlane be- lieves that are investigation will re- veal title .grinrlstono and perhaps tbe bones of poor Scott. WAGES IN BRITAIN. Returns for Year Show Decline Was Comparatively Slight. London, Jan. 25. --Returns show that tllougtl the net result of changes in wages during 1903 was a. decline, the fall, measarecl by the weekly loss to the working class, was comparatively slight and con- siderably less than in 1902. In 1901, on tiie other hand, 1t was spread over a large number of tracles. Up to the beginning of 1903 the fall was mainly due to depression in coal mining, and in the iron, steel and shipbuilding trades. Throughout 1903 wages continued to decline in those trades, spread- ing also to the engineering glass and clothing trades. But building trade wages had an upward tend- ency. The influence of a depressed labor market was seen in fewer trades disputes, but, taking percentages based on the number of workmen involved in disputes, the balance of success- appears to have 'been in favor of the men, OTTAWA CLUB BANQUET. Lord Minae, Sir Wilrrid and Mr. Borden Speak. Ottawa despatch : The Canadian Club movement, which began in Hamilton some years ago and has spread to a number of the leading cities of the coun- try, received to -night the blessing of the Governor-General, of Sir 'Wilfrid Laur- ier, of Mr. R. L. Borden, leader of the Opposition, and of Lord Minto. "1 cannot hope thea I shall see much of the development which the future has in store for my country, but whenever my eyes shall be closed to the light it is my wish, nay, it is my hope, that they shall ease upon a Canada united in all its elements, united in every particular element, cherishing the tradi- tions of its past, and all uniting in elier- ishinri still more hope for the future." It was with these elequent words that the Prime Minister to -night closed a noble and c1ir:•nifad address to the Ot- tawa Canadian Club. Sir Wilfrid said in part: "Tor my part I ventured to express a few weeks ago the opinion that the time would come when we would require our own treaty - making power. I know too well the occasion of the gathering to eater into the diecusion of such a topic. I re - feral to this matter only to say that it has been asserted somewhere that the concession of the treaty -making power would mean the severance of the, colo- nial tie. It is against that idea that I wish to protest. In my estimation, whenever the granting of power is neces- sary to such a colony as Canada, as Australia, as New Zealand, or any of the great self-governing colonies of the British Empire, to carry on their own institutions according to their own laws for the development of their own inter- ests, instead of lessening, will simply strengthen the ea which binds us to the parent State. (Applause.) This bas been the history of the past; it may be the history of the future." Mr. Borden was well received. Ile declared he had no amendment to offer to the general remarks made by Sir Wil- frid Laurier. He did not, however, see as clearly as the Premier did bow Can- ada could make her own treaties inde- pendent of Great Britain, though he ad- mitted. that Canada must be consulted in the treaties in which site was imine- diately interested to a greater degeee than she had been in the past. All Canadians were fast realizing that Can- ada's future was more and more linked up with that of the empire. DIES UNDER " RAGGING. 1, • Comrades of British Band Boy at Cairo Inflict Fatal Injuries. Alexandria, Jan. 25.—A seriont;s ease of "raggiang" occurred among the band boyis of the Second Battalion of the Rifle Brigade in the Katir-Ntl barracke be Cairo ore Sunday!. One boy; was eoletinually being reported ae slovenly and dirty; in 'person to the adjutant, who adopted the fol- lesvinlg extraordinary; means of cor- rection. He ordered all the boyls to undergo extra drill on account of this ax,e tiroy's delinquencies, and in consequence the bey: was subjected to a barrack -room court-martial and each rough usage and brutal mal- treatment that he became unoon- sciauls and died at the hospital from hie injuries. The authorities have been eampelled to order a court- martial Krd the murderers. . , M'GiILL'S NEW DEPARTMENT. Railways Rave Agreed to Contribute $5,000 Apiece 'Yearly. Montreal, Jan. 25.-4rrangementls are being made by the McGill Uni- versity authorities for the Inaugur- ation of the new railway department which is to be established int connec- tion with the faculty of applied science. It Is understood that the sum of $20,000 is the amount re- quired for the running expense. Of this amount both the Grand Trunk and the Canadian Pacific have agreed to pay $5,000 each, yearly, and the Canadian Northern will also contrib- ute $2,000 as its share of the ex- pense. A request has been sent to the Government, asking that it donate a sum in the name of the Intercol- onia.l. So soon as the yearly amount mentioned is guaranteed, the univer- sity will have only to furnish the accommodation required. In this con- nection, the detente of the curri- culum have not as yet been settled. It is known, however, that the course will include instruction in leveling, surveying, bridge making, ballasting, track laying, and in all other subjects with which a practi- cal road' man should be familiar. A PERTINENT QUESTION. English Farmers are Asking How Protection Will Benefit 'Tem. London, Jan. 23.-3. W. Lowther, M. 1'., speaking at Carl•sle, said that the farmers of Norfolk and Suffolk, where most of the corn of England is grown, scouted the idea of laying down a single acre more because of a duty of two shillings upon foreign corn. They had said that nothing un- der seven shillings sixtence or ten shillings would satisfy them. If they were to substitute colonial meat and corn for foaogn they would have to compute with colonial earn instead, and with Australian beef and New Zealand mutton and Canadian beef and mutton instead as now with' Ar- gentina and Anter:can beef and mut- ton. Suppose, t' ey did ehut cut foreign corn and meat, how were the agri- culturists of England to benefit ? INTERESTS PRANCE OF WALES Verdictof a Coroner's Jury indirect Censure ol'Rem. London, Jan. 25. --At Lambeth to- day a coroner's jury returned a ver- dict of accidental death in the case of a woman wino fell downstairs. The jury adeod that th landlord should be eonte•e11ed to provide handrails, the lack of which indirectly caused the death. The landlord is the Prince of Wake', and the house be- longs to the Duchy of Cornwall. The rent is fifteen shillings and sixpence a week. UNDER AN AVALANCHE. C• $'. R. Track Wrecked West of Leggett by aSnowsiide. Winnipeg, en. 25.—Traffic on the Canadian 1'aeifie Railway west of Le glean, wit.: ccmL.etely paralyzed ye,ste lav• Wind of an immense, siroww ell to has reached Winnipeg. An avalanche or ,snowy heft the mountain- side come miles west of Laggan, at a roust near Bear emelt, cradling tale tumbling down the heleht and carrying everything; before it. The monstrous pile tore up the traces for eteveral hundred feet and wiped away the telegraph wires. So far as known no one was injured, but trains are greatly delayed. 1llanwanoth 111 a Glacier. Vancouver, 13I C., Jan. 20. -Chas• Runner, a well-known hotel proprie- tor of Skagway, will head an expe- dition next month to investigate a report brought by Indians of the finding of a well-preserved body of a 'mammoth in a glacier northeast of St. Michael. The Indians say the body is 20 feet high, and the tusks over .a feet thick. The report is that Is 'was frozen solid and can be removed in one piece., 111,1ti8 aelear 9Netta$essY1a' eteallers leerliir—Baron Won ivlannlicher, in- ventor at the Miahlnldcher rifle, is \dead.; 1 t ,. Port said—Tile - Rnxislsian battleship Auroira, tile transport Orel, the eol- Iwer Slara'Liolff, and nine torpedo boats, for the far east, have entered the I4u1ez Ca xal, I , I , Toronto, Ont,—- The Master -in -Or- dinary to -day, fixed Feb. 9• for hearing argument in the Atlas Loan case as to the priorityof debenture holders over depositors. 'Rome—The P1ope has ilssued a per- konal order transferring the elec- tion of •bdeholpis who do not depend on the propaganda from the special comiandrision of cardinals to 'the con- gre,gation ter the holy: office, of which t he Pape its Prefects, 1 I3averh111, Maes.—Ex-City Treasur- er Jmo. A. Gainers, now,, ender indict- ment ;by the Grand Jury, for alleged em'bezelemexit ori the cittyPs funds, is said to have admlitted that he had Warted without au'thority', coun- terfeit city Wade, aggregating in -value, 0815,000, , tt t New York—Cbar- leis M. Schwab has made to the four first mortgage bondbolderu, who are prepsthng the action for a permanent receivership for the 'United ,2lta,teis shipbuilding Oompace , what its tantamount, says the Times, to an offer releasing his hold oet the Bethlehem steel property. New,Yo2•k—Plaatrs formulated ; re - have been adopted -unani- mbnus15' by the committee on. grain trade, recommending the esrt:ablish- memrt of new grades, was approved, after an addition, authorizing the gradi!xig of western rye. The princi- pal feature of the plan its the exten- rsilon of the New York delivery: eye - tem to Buffalo, s'o that that grain can be delivered at that point run New York contract. The recommeu- dationts are to take effect on reb. (list. , i , . DIED AND GAME TO LIFE. li rsr.rrected lean Tells of the Happi- ness of Heaven. Ilttrrlaburg, Ill., Jan. 25.—The clays of miracles are not passed, according to 'Chose Men:liar with the death and return te'iife of Ulysses S. Roberts, a citgarxnaker and pnysieian. He had been affl.cted with consumption for nearly a year. Top weeks ago Ills condition boname worse, and a few days later ,tie called his wife and two children to his bedside, and, kissing t hem good-bye, told them of the fast- approap,1ung end. In the presence of the family, his pastor, Rev. A. S. Maxey, 01 the First Methodist .Epis- copal Church, of this city ; Attorney It. ti, Marsh, his family plays:clan ai;d a number of 'reIn,tives, he died. An undertaker was called. Twelve hours had claesed since the spirit bad left the b..dy, when suddenly the fee - ere lying -en the cot smiled and open- ed its eyes. !lir. Roberts then spoke and asked them thw long he had been gone, and, when told, he said : "That's strange; it seems 1.0 me I have been gone 1,000 years. I have been in Ileav9n and I have bean happy •" He told of his meeting his father, who had long preceded him, and other relatives and friends. Many questions were asked by the pastor, tier. A. S. Maxey, concerning Heaven, and the description given by him Was wonderful. "But," said he, "I have just seven day's to ,remain on earth, wwiben I will leave you until we meet up yonder." W1,en asked by Itev. Maxey as to how Jesus appeared, he said He was most always happy, except at times when He beheld this earth steeped in sin: Reber is expressed a desire to return to heaven, and, true to Nis prediction, on the seventh day, and at the very, hour named, he again Med, I , , , . , , f t BEAVERS FOR ST. LOUIS, An Addition to Canada's Exhibit at the Great Exposition. Ottawa Jan. 25,—The Dominion ex- hibit at St. Louis reemises to be an excellent one. Several consignments have already been mocked and slap - pal, and others are being prepared for able vent. The Cana Tian 'build- ing is about two-thirds completed, and will easily bo finitdi*ed for the a;lmittance of the exhibits. Another int•.:restieg . feature hue been added to the exhibit which Can- ada in sending. It will have a large fancily of !.leavens. Those have all been secured, and will be brought to Ottawa Alertly before the final-ex- babasare shli:pea. GIRLS iN DANGER. Mormon Missionaries Filling Orders for Plural Wives. Naw! York, Juin. 20.—What Ls con- strued as a menace to the school ' girls in New York City has just been revealed through information which has reached a prominent educator in a letter from $alt Lake City. The revelation is that Mormon mission- aries, :whose work has lately caused so much protest, are paid for their work teeter the return to Utah. It ie said that $5 is paid for every girl over 16 who becomes a convert, and Gf the missionary succeeeds In "plebe - lag" bee—using her to fill an order for a plural wife-eshe is worth from' $40 to $60 to lam. This letter, which comes from a man Who was formerly a Mormon and who is closely allied in friend- ship with the heads of the Mormon Church, is in reply to questions on existing conditions among the sect, which the Now York Educator, lathe interests of the schools, is now. in- vestigating. The letter says— "Every missionary gets so much per convert—if he gots them to Utah. Tho missionary makes from $800 to $2,500 for leis term. I can point out, at least 800 Mormons in Salt Lakel City who have from two to five wives. 'Plural wives are as much inl vogue as they were :25 years ago." CLAMORED FOR DIVIDEND. Lehigh Valley Stockholders UrgeThat- ' it be Declared. Philadelphia, Jan. 25,.— Sibdckhold- ere bf the Lehigh .Vaileeyj Railroad Coimlpan'y for three hearts to -day; cla- mlored for a &videmd at the annual meeting led the company. The poi - ley: of the admdneetration was ques- tboned, and intimations were throtwin taut of ulterior motives on the part of the officers be failing to declare a dividend when prorfito ap- peared to warrant. Strenuous op- poeition was made to adopting the annual report of the President and directions becMi ,, of a clause aulhor- i;zing• a general consolidation mort- gage, securing $150,000,000 ixi bolade. The report was adopted bel 457,767 Ishares inn `fawnor o11 and 1,- 711 agaimist. 1 A resolution urging the incoming :board of directors to resume the pays-. mean or dividende wase cedoiptted. The companly has not declared a dividend for eleven years. - , YiELDS TO THE EMPEROR. Austrian Archduke Gives Up Marriage to Professor's Daughter. Vienna, J'an. 20.—It elate learned to -night in well-informed circles that• Arclii duke Ferdinand Charles has, owing to orposltion of Emperor Fran - Cis Josel:lig, giving up his project of marrying b',rauicin Czuber. It Is said that be consulted his brother, Arch- fiuko Otto Francis, who privately ap- eeote{:ed the Emperor in the mat- ter. H'is Majesty refused emrirati_ Cally to give his consent to the met: - Maze. Archduke Ferdinand Charles finally renounced leis intention of making the professor's daughter his wife. 'Be will seek to forget the af- fair in foreign travel. ONLY PHYSICIAN ILL. People of Grand Mar- ais Down 'With the Diphtheria. • Duluth, Minn., Jan. 20.—T.hesteamer I3on Amt has arrived from Grand Marais, on the north shore of Lake Superior, with, instructions to not re- turn without a. physician, and two or three trained nurses. Diphtheria is raging there, and the only physician is critically i11 with• the malady. Fico deaths have occurred in ten days anti twelve other persons are sink. The sick have been without medical atten- tion since T:ursday. Dr. E. L. Cheney. has wolunteerod his services, and one trained nurse„ Emma, Boyd, has volun- teered. Two more trained nurses are expected before the steamer leaves to -morrow morning. I t •• SCHOOL FOR RAILROAD. Engineering and Transportation at McGill College. Maltreat ltreaI, J'an. 20.—McGi11 Univer- sity, through Principal Paterson, today announced that $12,000 had been received for the establishment of a railway department, or school of railroad engineering and trans- portation in general. The Canadian Pacific and Grand Trunk both. do- nated $5,000, and the Canadian Northern $2.000. A request has been made to the Government for a con- tribution from the I. C. R. The sum of $20,000 ie .required. ANOTHER LITTLE WAR. Britain Called on to - Chastise More 'Wicked Arabs. Aden, Jan, 20,—Owilla$ tie the 'hos- tile attitude of the Sdbhai trlbe,two gums of the Oth Mountain Battery are being attacked to the Boundary' Commission, and the Aden Field Force is being collected at Musemir, on the Subhai border. The Subhai tribe can muster 8,00) fighting men. It ie only a fesw, weeks since an- other Arab tribe, which plundered the mails, was chastised. Several vil- lages were destroyed by the British, and fifty prisoners were taken. , GOT $IO DAMAGES. London, Jan. 25,—In the cn.se of Charlotte Jones, wife of Dr. Jones, of llageraville, vs. the G. T. R. Corn- pan•y, at the Assizes to -day, pla,ln- tiff claimed $2,000 for wrongful ejection from a train. Dr. Janes is axe Indian, while 'bins. Jones is a White woman, and they live on the Six Ka- tona' reserve. The agreement oS the railway' and the Six Natlonts,Indlans in 1875 was that in consideration el the cempanlvl being allowed to build their line throttle] the reserve, the railway' woluld grant trap portation at half fare. Mrs. Jones claimed dam- ages on account of her being refus- ed and ejected. A verdict was re- turned (for pontiff for $10 and oo rt e. r , Deserving Confidence;—No article so richly deserves the entire confl' dense of the coinmunity as Blrowan's Bronchial Troches, the well-known remedy, for coughs and throat trou- - tales., -_1 , . _ :.