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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1904-12-09, Page 6nit ; .,l richarid,according to the evidence of A,, the*o d woman incourt itwits not mE,,,,,,r,,D t' �P ruitil lrerhrrsbutd had spent all of leer money and the remittances that he had talked about had repeatedly failed to , ^ Fir ivp i<hlat she began to tool uneasy. t - alteiG ries net inoiie to tt fol other t,.• �< �y4 �JU, things already ordered, but that would 4 be all right, so the young husband as- sured her, A night or two - later Mr, ; Thompson did not come back to the ho- tel but he was located the next day "fin The Occupation of Port Arthur by the Jeeps Will a lxospital, where the doctors declared A he rias feigning illness. be Then Almost Completed. Meantime the manager of the hotel swore out a warrant for his arrest on. • a charge of fraud, and as soon as the accused felt well enough he appeared in Russian Reservists Bribe l-rosttrer' Guards land court, The wife went down as a wit- ness, and told a sad story of misplaced Escape in Large ikkgmbelf s. confidence. All of the belongings had London cable: No definite news has been received from fort .Arthur. Press despatches from St. Petersburg as- sert that -the Japanese in their latest attack were repulsed with great loss. Unofficial reports from Tokio state that the silence of the Ministry of War on the subject is causing anxiety. It is also stated that the attack is continu- ing. There are some indications that the prolonged skirmishing on the Sha River, which continued yesterday and to -day, is the beginning of an important engage - ;anent, but news is meagre. The Japanese have mounted siege guns, which are, ex- pected to seriously harass the Russians. The first division of the Baltic fleet, under Admiral Rojestvenslsy, seems to be progressing well. According to a de- spatch from Cape ,tTown, his ships are coaling at Swakopmund. The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Morning Post says that the recent mutiny among the seamen in the naval barracks at Odessa was due to local causes. and was not connected with the general unrest fa Russia, Twenty-five of the riutiveers were killed, and many were wounded when the pickets fired on them. RUSSIAN RESERVISTS. Continte to Escape in Large Numbers Into Poland—Bribe Frontier Guards. New York report says: A London de- spatch to the Times, says that the Lon- don Times Russian correspondents de- clare that Russian reservists continue to escape in large numbers into Austrian Poland. Most of them, especially the Jews, are provided with money and their escape is facilitated by the Russian frontier guards, who freely take bribes for pass- ing reservists across the frontier. The bribe usually in fifteen roubles, but reservists who look well off have to pay more, and are often robbed by the guards after the fee has been paid. KUROKI NOT DEAD. Opposing Armies Close Together—Japs Use Dog Scouts and Rockets. A Mukden cable: A Japanese caval- ryman who has been captured by the Russian declares that Gen. Kuroki is not dead, as has been rumored among the Chinese. There has been no impor- tant change in the situation. Small skirmishes are reported an the eastward, but there is no sign of a dcfiuite Jap- anese advan: . • The close proximity of the opposing lines in neatly places is Ieading to new and unexpc•eted develnpniente. Ileceritly • the Japaneee have ben using dogs as scouts, sending them oat from the tren- ches with long cords attac•Ired. It is al- most i:nposeihle to dot, et these wary animals, which cunningly Imo:its- the Rus- sian position and give warning of, any moment against the Japanese. Some of the Russians have managed, however, to strew the neutral ground with poi- soned pork, thins thinning the ranks of the dog -scout department. A number of rockets were recently sent up by the Japanese in the hope, ap- parently, of drawing the Russian fire at night. Prisoners taken by the Russians are generally well clothed, but are said not to show any great desire to return to their own lines. LOST 7,000 MEN. Report That the Latest Japanese Attack on Port Arthur Was Repulsed. A London cabe says: A despatch from Tokio states that the Erlung, Easter - lung and Majokobujama forts have been destroyed by the Japanese. `Their at- tacks on the Songshu and Keekwan forts were repulsed. The Japanese losses are stated to have been nearly seven thou- sand men. According to unofficial advices from Port Arthur, the Japanese escaladed the parapets of the forts and transported mountain and field. guns, which they employed against the enemy. The attack was directed against Sung- sheshan, Erlungsiran and the north forts of the East Kekwanshan. TO HOLD COREA. Tapanese Preparing to, Build Fortifica- tions to Keep Back the Russians, A New York report: A Seoul, Korea, despatch to the herald. dated Nov. 25, and sent by way of Shanghai, Nov. 28, says: Japanese preparations against possible contingencies and the determi- nation of Japan to prevent the Russians from obtaining foothold on Korean soil see evidenced by a report from the gov- ernor of Quelpart Island, off the south- western coast of Korea, asking instrue- ' tions and stating that a steamship load of Japanese workment with tools and blachinsrsy were landed and immediately began the construction for fortifications. The Korean foreign offices announces Plat Quelpart is closed to alien residence, Sccording to the treaty stipulations, and therefore -it requests the Japanese goy eminent to withdraw its people. The Japanese minister- strongly urges the Korean government to recall all dip- lomatic and consular officials abroad, leaving Korean interests in foreign lands in the hands of Japanese representatives. Korean statemen object to this, foresee- ing a curtailment of national independ- ent action. On Nov. 23, an attache of the Japanese legation at Seoul began daily attendance at the palace councils advising and instructing the Korean statesmen regarding the conduct of af- fairs. (Ion. Hasegawa, on Nov. 23, sent an official deepatel to the Korean Emperor, alleuing the existence at Seoul of a pro - Russian party among the officials and urging that immediate comprehensive measures be taken for the removal of officials interested therein. been seized at the hotel, and she herself, in order to prevent greater embarrass- - ment, had been humbled from the posi- tion of guest to that of domestic. The ease dragged along an the chance of a remittance from the accused's rela- tives coming to hand. No remittance came, and so it was decided to expose the family jewels. The box was opened but all it contained was an old brass watch ease -and chain. A further ad- journment was made, but to -day Judge Chcquet, in dismissing the case, held that no false representation had been made by the accused. Thompson had gone to the hotel, and engaged the rooms, had ordered wines and other ex- tras, but had made no promise of pay- ment. All that meld be :lone in the cir- cumstancee was to enter a civil suit to recover the amount of the indebted- ness. Meantime the Windsor [Intel Company aright retain all the baggage. RUSSIA WADING UP. • To Reorganize a Volunteer Fleet After the War. A St. Petersburg cable: The news- papers give details of a plan of reor- ganization of the volunteer fleet after the war. Passenger and freight services are to be started in view of extensive emigration, and traffic with America via Hamburg and Bremen. One of the most important of the projected rail ays•is to be to Libau or Vinden, for the accom- modation of this American business. THREE-DAY FIGHT. - The Japanese Offensive Movement Continues. St. Petersburg cable: Gen. Kouro- patkin reports that there has been ac- tive skirmishing on the left flank for three hays. The opinion is now express- ed by the general staff that the Japan- ese intend taking the offensive, as they cannot afford to wait until the Ruesians are further reinforced. It is held that the fighting to the eastward is doubtless with tlxe purpose of feeling out the Rus- sian positions preparatory to an advance in that direction; but as there are about 70,000 Russian troops southwest of Sint- eintin, where fighting occurred on Nov. 26, and probably twice as many more in the mountains between Bentsiaputze and Sintsintin, any Japanese move from this quarter would entail serious fighting. At the same time correspondents at the front continue to scout the idea of ser- ious fighting being imminent, Kouropatkin's Report. St. Petersburg cable: (Ion• Iiouro- pat.kin, under yesterday's date, reports that. the ,Jaoaneee offensive movement wlaelx began Nov. 25 near the village <:f 'feint: ,et:•hen was of all indecisive char, et er en to 4 p. m.. Nov. :30, and Iva; elle:•: t . i,y the leve :len fire. Al- though 1.1- thv x;h the fighting had. then Lasted thre<. day::. the Rueel.1n troops were in c::eellent .spirit-. A. later de erten from (len. K europat- kin reports that the rrix'i<• of Nov. 27 pa -sed quietly at Tsinklee,hen. but that the Jap.tn. c re,irx1:e:1 the o,rerr'iee 7 o'tilock this niorniag on the lluesian flank. Gen. Cakhardff to -day telegraphs as follows: She Japanese athlete on Tshn- khetehen was checked by our artillery' fire ,and the fighting ceased at 6 o'clock in the evening of Nov. 27. At no point did the enemy advance nearer than within 600 paces ef our positions. In the midst of the battle a blinding snow- storm caused a suspension of Itostilities, and when the weather cleared at 3 o'clock in. the afternoon a turning movement against our right flank was observed." SIEGE GUNS IN POSITION. The Japs Now Succssfully Harass the Russians. With the Russian Forces a.t Slinking, cable says: he Tattaek by the Japanese upon Gen. Rennenkampff's position on Nov. 24 resulted in three days' fighting at Tsinkhetehen, near Da Pass. Though the Japanese have been repulsed, the Sighting still continues, The Japanese leave succeeded in placing several big siege guns in position, with which they will be able to successfully harass the Russians. 04 HOTELMEN SWINDLED. The Lively Career of Parker Thompson in Montreal. Montreal, Dec. 5.—A case that well illustrates the recklessness that charac- terizes some persons was disposed of in court here to -day by the acquittal of a young l.nglisluan, who gave the name ef Parker Thompson, This 3'oung man arrived in Montreal about a month ago, aceompanied by an attractive young woman, and engaged a suite of `three rooms at the Windsor Hotel. He let it be understood that he belonged to an English family of distinction, whose jew- els, prized for their antiquity, he de- posited in a sealed package in the hotel safe. Shortly after their arrival the young couple drove to a leading outfit tier's, end soon a large quantity of ex- pensive furs and other garments were delivered. Later in the day the tem •'were NEWS IN BRIEF The condition of Macedonian peasants is worse than ever. The Toronto City Council passed money by- laws totalling $1,00,000. Brantford Water Commissioners require $100,000 to pay their way next year. The John Mackay Company's mitis at Bow- manville were burned- Loss over $20.000. Mr. C. N. Smith has formally accepted the Liberal candidature for Sault Ste. Marie. Mr. Carnegie declares that the Canadian census of 1910 will be as disappointing as that of 1000. The first half -year's interest on the On- tario Government loan to the "Soo" indus- tries has been paid. Rev. Dr. Wm. M. Paxton, of Princeton University and Seminary, died at his home, aged 81 years, Dr. Paxton was the oldest living trustee of Princeton. The British steamer Inverness, that carried a cargo of supplies to Yokohama from Ta- coma, is on the beach at Mororan. Frank and Arthur Thayer, aged 14 and 12 years respectively, sons of Captain Thayer, United States Cavalry, broke through the ice In a pond at West Point, N. Y., and the tlder boy was drowned. The Grand Truuk Railway Company will pay $180,000 cash for the old Parliament buildings site, in Toronto ,and with the money the Gntario will erect a new physics building at the university. Fears are entertained at San Francisco that the I3eroid Dollar, which sailed aboat a month ago to Petropavlovsk, Kamchatka, with coal and provisions for the Aleutian fishing stations, may be captured by the Japanese. A license was issued in Washington for the marriage of Miss Nannie Leiter, daugh- ter of the late Levi Z. Leiter, and sister of Lady Curzon, to Major Colin Campbell, of the British army. The date of the wedding has not been announced. Joseph F. White, for ten years orderly in the State Treasurer's office of Albany, N. Y., is under arrest charged with shooting ems. Joseel:iee Russell, a handsome widow. Jealousy is ea:.1 to have been the cause. Tho rc or- ::caking drnuth in Kentucky Is beginning t., decrease tate milk supply in Lnui cillo ;oral dairies have put their clt:ten,ers on ,:alf an allowance, and confec- tioner:: are ur::bie to secure enough milk for use in making certain kinds of candy. Peter Fri Forre tal, a hotelkeeper, of Buffalo, has been i:u;i.ted by the Grand Jury and eharge'i with conspiracy to defraud Freder- ick Warren €.ad •Samuel Atkinson, of that eity, cut rf ' 000 and $.5,000 respectively, in that he maticea theta to go to New York to engage in a pa:ue of "English faro," in which they were to win. INDIANS IYfO3 CONSTABLE. Release Three Prisoners and Take Away Officer's Weapon. Victoria, D. C., Dec. 5,—The steamer Queen City ,from the west ccexst, brings news of a riot at Nootka. Provincial Con- stable McDougall, of Clayoquet, went to Nootka to arrest a chief of the Nootkas and two other Indians charged with desertion, they having signed articles for a sealing cruise and refused to go aboard. Wheu Mc- Dougall attempted to make the arrest an uproar followed. Finally the prisoner was captured. The Indians followed to a store, crowded the constable into a corner, and took away his handcuffs, pistol, etc„ and released the prisoners. Shortly before the Queen City sailed the Indians sent aboard the property taken from the constable. ASIS FORCE TO RESIGN. Ottawa Police Commissioners Intend to Reorganize It. Ottawa, Dec. 5.—•1 sensation was created in the city to -night by the an- nouncement that the Beard of Police Commissioners had smiled for the resig- nations of every member of the force, from the chief down. Citizens had been clamoring for a re- organized= of the force, while on the other band the chief has been zontend- ing that his hands were tied, by reason of lack of authority. The Commissioners have taken this somewhat drastie step with a. view to weeding out some of the members of the force. oo- The World is Good. The skies are bine, the roses bloom And all the birds In 3oyancq sing; If we were wrapped in clouds of gloom They are of our own fashioning. Wo sow, and as we sew we reap, And tares grow swiftly while we sleep. The world is good now after 0.11, And lite is very, very sweet; ' We make our own darts shadows fall And plant the tltoras for our own feet, 11 any in is plunged In woe, "Tis his own folly made It so. E I F NE I� YIRKE Jumped to Death From the Third Floor Landing the Carlton hotel. 1 f His Skull Crashed, and Arm Shattered and He Died in Great Agny. London, Dec. 5 Elverton Chapman, • tailed a man to watch him. The de- ceased remained • in his room all Mon- day. In his fall he narrowly escaped striking the wife of the Mexican Minis- ter, Gen. Gallardo. The body was re- moved to a morguary in order to await. the inquest which will take place on Thursday. Was an Oxford Graduate. New York, Dec. 5.—Elerverton Chap- man, the young man who committed sui- cide in a sensational manner in a Lon- don hotel last night, was the son of E. R. Ohapina.n, senior member of the firm. of E. R. Chapman & Company, bankers,. of this -city. Mr. Chapman is now on, his way south to inspect some of his pro- perties in Virginia, and has not yet been. apprised .of his son's death. The only news of the suicide which has a•eaohed this city, aside from the newspaper re- ports, came in the form of a private cablegram to -clay. The cablegram con- tained merely the announcement that the young mean died suddenly last night. It contained no details whatever. Young Olrapman was about 23 years old, and had recently graduated from Oxford. He visited his home here early in the present year, returning to England during the summer. During his stay here and at the time of his departure he appeared to be in •excellent health, both physically and mentally, and his friends say they are unable to account for his strange action in taking his life. aged 23, whose home is in New York City, committed suicide last night at the Carlton hotel by throwing himself from the third floor landing to the vestibule, where he was shockingly mangled on the marble floor. His skull was crushed, one arm was shattered and there were other injuries, from which he died in terrible agony within. a few minutes. Chapman arrived at the Carlton last Saturday accompanied by his valet. Af- tee' dressing for dinner last evening he left his room and upon arriving at the head of the staircase, suddenly eluded the watchful attendant, sprang forward, cleared the banister and fell three flights to the ground. The vestibule was filled with well- dressed men and women who were pro- ceeding to the dining hall. The band was playing when the tragic incident oc- curred. It was all 'so startling that great confusion at once prevailed, doc- tors speedily arrived. and Chapman was conveyed to his room. He succumbed almost immediately. Chapman moved to the Carlton from Paris. He complained of ill health and apparently the management suspected that his mind was unhinged, as they de- DEWEYR [S T WANT THE JO He Refuses to Sit on international Court to investigate North Sea Tragedy. Washington, Dec. 5.—In a very posi- tive way Admiral George Dewey, the senior officer of the United States navy, declined to -day to accept membership on the International Court to be organized render the agreement of England and Russia for an adjustment of the differ- endes arising from the action of the Rus- sian Baltic fleet an English fishing ves- sels in the North Sea. The action of Ad- miral Dewey will be discussed at ameet- ing of the Cabinet to be held to -morrow, and unless President Roosevelt insists that the Aclmaral ehange bis decision, some other American naval officer will be chosen in his stead. Admiral Dewey gave only one reason for not wishing to serve. He said :that as he would probably be the highest ranking officer of the court, which will consist of it Russian, an Englishman, it Frenchman, an Arnerican, and one .other, all naval officers, lie would become Pxes- ident of the tribunal, and on him would fall the duty of deciding all questions over which there would be an even divi- sion among the other members. His decisions, he explained, would pro- bably be obnoxious in nearly every in- stance to one or other of the parties in- terested, and held that as the United States Government was on the best of terms with both England and Russia, it should not permit itself to be placed in an embarrassing position with' either through having one of its naval officers serve as President and umpire of the tribunal. C MPOSE A POPULAR Y Na, ,author of God be With You Till! We M-eet Again, is Dead. Cleveland, 0., report: Rev. Dr. J. E. Rankin, formerly President of Howard University, Washington, D. C., died here this afternoon of pneumonia, aged 75 years. Dr. Rankin was born in Vermont, He had served as pastor at St. Albans,. Vt., before going to the First Congrega- tional Church at Washington as pastor for fifteen years. After a pastorate at Highland, N. J., he returned to Washing- ton as President of Howard University. which office he held for twelve years, re- signing two years ago. Dr. Rankin was the author of a number of well-known hymns, the best known of which is God Be With You Till We 'Meet Again. He was also .the author of a volume entitled Broken Cadences. He is survived by a widow and two daughters, all of whom are now living in Cleveland. His daugh- ters are Mrs. Harvey D. Goulder and Mrs. William N. White. CIVIC HONORS ACCORDED. Toronto's Final Farewell to Commis- sioner Eva Booth. A Toronto report: The final farewell given last night to Miss Eva Booth, who left by special train at 0.30 for New York, took tht form of a great popular demonstration, which was attended by people of all classes and uy many repre- een.atives of all churches in the city. The procession, accompanied by four of the Army •bands, telt the Salvation Army 'Temple at about 8 o'clock, moiled along Albert street, down Teraulay street and ewung round in front of the City Hall, where an immense crowd had. gathered, all eager to show Miss Booth how they valueu her great work in the city. With excellent precision the "Army" members worked their way through the crowd and massed their bands and torch -bearers on each side of the City Hall steps, forming also a guard of honor for Miss Booth. The Mayor, Mrs. Urquhart, Aid, Rams- den and girl. Hay received Miss Booth, and after the cheering had subsided, his Worship, in ,a brief address, expressed, on behalf of the citizens, warm appre- ciation of the splendid work Miss Booth bad done, not only in Toronto but all. over Canada. While regretting her de- parture, the citizens rejoiced that she was going to a larger field of useful- ness. Miss Booth thanked the Mayor, the City Council and all the officials who had so often aided the .Amy in the past. Sho had also to thank the Pro- Vrncial Government for the assistance given the various branches of Army work. A11 the churches, charitable or- ganizations and such institutions had everywhere helped the work of the Sal- vation Army, and she would never for- get Toronto as long as she lived. She would never cease to pray for its peace and prosperity. The procession then re-formed and proceeded to Yonge street, thence to. King, to York and the Union Station. All along the route Miss Booth was. heartily cheered and at the station an- other very large crowd gathered to say good-bye. The station authorities al- lowed all in the Army uniform to enter the station, and as the, train drew out the bands played "Will Ye No Come. Back Again" and "Auld Lang Syne," Miss Booth will have charge of Sal- vnt1on Army work in the United States with headquarters in the meantime in New York. Commissioner Coombs, who comes from :England as successor to Miss, Booth, will be given a welcome in Mas- sey Hall this evening. ATTACKED BY A DEER. The Exciting Experience of a Minneap- olis Lawyer. Waukegon, Ili„ Dec. 5.—Attacked by a deer, which he thought at first wa.s . coning toward him in play, E. V. Orvis, a lawyer, had an exciting experience at the State game reserve in Minneapolis, Orvis seized the deer by the horns and threw it to the ground, where he held it until his wife got out, of danger, behind a tree. Then Mr, OrVts followed suit and got clear of the deer before it could get at him. Mr, Orvis, with his wife, was walking through the park, when the deer attaakod'' him. A grip that Mr. Orvis carried was rip- ped by the animal's horns. Mr,. Orvis sus» tainod onlr a few brulsea, 1