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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1904-12-30, Page 6Fill.i_ a large ntunbelt of skilled mechanics wAITING Foo L front Kiel anti 131rinen. The shute newspaper reports that it thousand.ull• skilled Russian trorkinen have 'struck or p:IRT O9 r(0,.1.'Pettywere c 1111 1� t 1 1771 iii 1,11ll llovrrnmellt \work Intl i rliuk uu - the gloulul 1ha't (lernlaa :skilled •\vollcnlen . were 1'eeeivintt• thrive the wages that `�' prthey (the striker.) were, ovens Will Then Get More The first miler of the new }Reek Sea ograunucen has been placed with the t I l�icolaieff shipyard. a battleship of 16- f Guns and Men. 600 toms,. of the type of the Paul 1., \veiled is. now being built in a Battle shipyard. . o s • THE LADY AND THE LACES. New Wrinkle on One of the New York Floor Detectives. J New York, Dec. 2ti.---This story is tol among t� he department store sleuths o an alleged episode of this rush season A. man pushed into n crowded store wiping his briny. and panted in the elft of one of the floor detectives: "See that woman, -George: the clever looking one in the black dress?" indicat- ing a woman who had ,just entered the store. George stew her, "Well," said the perspiring stranger. "watch her; sere', the limit: she's just come from our store. We know her: she's been playing the game there for some time: she'll load up like a pack horse if you give her a chance. I've piped her off 1111 the afternoon and have shadowed dyer up here. \Watch her, 1 tell you." The woman in black approached a eouuter on which 11%1 a display of Iaee handkerchiefs, and, looking around cau- tiously, Slipped about; half a dozen of then under her cloak. 'What'll I te11 you. fl'orge? Pipe tier." said the sleuth from the other store, as he nudged aleorge in the ribs. From the lace haudkerehief vomiter the woman in Meek visited the silk hosiery milder and then went to severtl1 others. At each s11e helped herself gen- erously and dexterously. (George. with the other sleuth. followed at a conven- ient dist:uk•e. •the (woman. when she started to leave the store. not only had a load under her loose fitting cloak. but her pnekets were bulging. "Leave it to me. George. I know her game. I'll get her for both of us." said the visitingr sleuth. You stand here at the door." George .stood at the door for five min- utes. Then he wont out into the void world and is still looking for: • 1. The woman. 2. The other sleuth. 3.A job. o.m WANT TO PAY THEIR DEBTS. German Military Expert Says Russians Cannot Win. • Fishermen Bribed by Russians to Give False Evidence. Berlin, Dee. 2,:. -Gen. Meckel, form- erly military adviser to the Japanese, is quoted as saying that the German general staffs concurs in his conviction that the Russians Have not the faintest chance of winning the war, the result of which is already irrevocably decided. Admiral Rojestvensky will be 11S power- Iess as Gen. Kouropatkin is to turn the scale in Russia's farcy. C1en. Meckel does not believe that the present than- quility in Manchuria will continue through the winter, but he says that Field Marshal C)yaum is wise to defer attacking, if possible, until the fall of Port Arthur affords pini big reiuforee- ments, espeeially artillery. The lireuz Zeitung, which. is very in- fluential in conservative military cir- cles, is gravely impressed by Gen. Mee- kel's statements. It preaches the yel- low peril. and exlhorts the white na- tions to organize diplomatic opposition to the aspirations of Japan. whieh, it declares, menaces Great Britain in In- dia, France in Siam and Tonquin, and the United States in tIle Philippines. JAPANESE DESERTERS. Mukden Reports That They Are Arriving Daily. :lfttkden cable: Deserters from the Japanese army are arriving here daily. They report that there is much suf- fering from hunger, but more from cold among the Japanese troops. 'Shiny Chinese bandits in the service of Japan are going to Mongolia, whir'h fact is regarded as indicating that they are not being paid. The Japanese are changing their ar- rangements of the brigades. regiments and divisions. which makes it more difficult to utilize information brought to the Russian headquarters by pris- oners. Deserters say that the strength of the Japanese remains about the same. CAPTURED RUSSIAN VESSELS. They Were Bound for Vladivostock With Contraband. Tokio ea11,' The Japanese prolroi ed cruiser 'l'su-hi:u:l seir:'d etas British steamer Niaretia bol 1.1 fee Vladivo- stock Jiff 1 ls,tu. (' ,rea. test:en An examine: t n of the Nigretia's a. rust showed she h.:.l .1 1;11,:.,• 0 2,uitit\ ,t eair- tl aban,l of war en 1 edio was sees to Sasebo f.,r trial ',f„1,' the prise court. The Ni retia 110.1 •.,0 1 ,4ud effieers 120.1 I11011 of tlu' Husain! 1.>I••,. 1 1-h 111 destroy- ers who t. (ap:!.1 frtuu 1111 •r:in:mlt at -Shanglta and were artcsilling to r.• - gain tilt Russian lines. BRIBED HULL FISHERMEN. Secured False Testimony Regarding Torpedo Boats. Hull Cable: 31r. Itee:•h ing, director and principal owner of the Gamecock fleet of trawlers, confirm, the story that • Russian agents bribed some of the fish- ermen to sign statements to be used before the commission of inquiry. Mr. Beeehing says that three foreigners carne to Hull and treated the fishermen to drink, and boasted that they had oh taine.d 18 signatures. They paid sonie of the men 4:25. and offered one man $1,250 to go to Paris and give evidence that lie saw torpedo boats among the fishing fleet, guaranteeing to keep the wives and funiilies of any who might so testify wherever they wished, if they thought it would be unsafe for them to return to 11u11 after ]raving testified. Aceording to the Chronicle the brib- ing of the Hull fishermen had the full cognizance and authority of the Rus- sian Embassy in London, irrefutable evi- dence of which will be submitted to the. North Sea. Commission, if such a course is neeessary. WORK ON NEW FLEETS. Extensive Increases to Russia's Navy Assured. St. Petersburg cable: The Admir- alty has 1er'elve,l the Czar's authorisa- tion to proceed immediately with an ex- tensive -ship-hnihling .programme on both the Baltie and Mack Seas(. The treasury has 1)0e1 instructed to meet the Admiralty's requirements. Admiral Biriloff has established head- qunrters at Libau, :Jud will Snllrrsise the preparation of the next squadron ttlsa.t is to proceed to tate far east. His command at Cronstadt will not .he placed in commission until his depart- ure. The Journal of the Shipping Irt- terest states that the only repairs ne- cessary are to the hulls and engines of Biriloff's ships. No structural ahem - tions are needed. The work has been delayed by the scarcity of skilled labor at Libltu. Biriloff is now importing in the shipyards of Lange and Son, at d f • • • Congregational Body Feels Needs of Cen- tralized System. A Toronto report : There is a move - mem on font aI2102(1 Canadian Congrega- tionalists to free all their ("hurdles from debt by the end of the year 11105. this: projeet arises from an offer of aid frum the English C'ongre'gationalists. At a meeting of the Jubilee fund Committee at the lorthem ('ongrega- tional Church yesterday afternoon, at whirls the Rev. Hugh Pedley, of Em- manuel Church. Montreal. presided, it Was a11n ol1llel'd that two -t birds of `.ire total debt had already been prov0ted for. That is. $17(1.00(1 has been sus: - sin -Died to wipe nn( ata indebtedness of i2-1oess!. Uf this sum 1liatiot1 bus Ilren' donated by S, 11. 1', Maul', ni (;ttohue. inntl" Sri ',I 2< q 1111 t 1 • 1 s t 1 .11,OP on the e (.::,Belau that a 511111(.1,m amount. exel:l-•i\e of iliis tau 1:e (doained. The outline, of the plan is that :'atilt 1 cloned' sha11, as f -r as possible. pay its (rise (hdas. if they tale nimble to clear i 111ea1tsr1,,•s rh(,• \rill It;• hires'd front a central fund. some eongi eget ions have 10•141 off, 1-0.1 as 1)110'! 115 41 tar every dollar they rats '. 111 het. J. K. 1'nswori12, of 11:11.::l - ton. the 00eording seer„tart', has ('lune from 1 visit to the \\ est, briuging with hint a similar report. GREATEST WEST THERE IS, Sir Wilfrid Laurier Talks of His Holiday Trip. Chicago, Dec, 20. ---Sir Wilfrid Laurier passed through Chicago to -day on his way home from dyes trip to California. IIe was seen by an interviewer anis ex- pressed much satisfaction with the in- fluence Ills rest hall upon his health. It is til.tnnlary to pas flattering opin- ions, 1111t it is a mere fact that Sir Wil- frid appears to be benefited immense- ly by his holiday and is undoubtedly ready for the trying work of a session of Parlilnrcnt. Mien the interviewer saw him on his car it was evident that work had met hint half -way, for his table was piled with formidable docu- ment,. and he was dictating to Mr. ]3oudle snit, his private secretary. Sir Wilfrid was full of praise for the kind- nees that had been extended to hint everywhere, and spoke of the contrast betty; ten the south, which he had just left, With eon's abloom alo11.1 the high- ways. 1111;1 the north, with air and other suggestions that the thermometer was not tll\\tlwn 171 .lune. "But." he added, "the north is, after aril, the best of this continent. I never \wets SU assured es I am now that west- ern Canada is the greatest of till wastes. l have just conte throw] the 'United States west, laud what do 1 find? 1 find that for hundreds and hundreds of utiles the tl hilt travels through what ('stn o111y be described as a desert --a sage brush desert -which to the eye of the traveller looks wery hopeless. Irri- gation nlay do much for parts of it, but I 401 toll that the greater part of it will he forever what it is now. In the same meridians in the Canadian west wc' have the finest grazing ground in the world. Let.mo say again, deliber- ately, that the Canadian west is the greatest west there is," Sir Wilfrid said this with great earnestness and quite evident pride. 11 e 111 THEW METHODS l\ OBTAINING LARGE SUMS OF MONEY SIMILAR. MRS. CHADWICK.'i Born in obscure town Wed a prominent doctor, Claimed vast securities. Made financiers trust her. Forged to extent of $18,75o,000. Used Andrew Carnegie's name. Spent money lavishly. Worth not one cent. MME. thUME3E. T. Born of obscure parents. Married a French deputy. Said she had $2o,000,000. Had strange power over men. Borrowed over $r2,000,000, Used millionaire's name. Gave fortune to friends. Found to be worth $a.00. Speaking further, he said that it \y1a5 asserted ut times that most of the pro- ducts of the earth grew best along the highest latitudes where they could he produced. He had found this conclu- sion verified in a remarkable degree by his !observations in California. The Californian fruit looks very fine, but it is undoubtedly inferior in flavor to our best Canadian fruit. He spoke especial- ly -of apples tinct peaches. 'Cite sante was true of Canadian wheat. Cana- dian wlleltt was ah•e.tdy not a luxury, but a 1eeessity in all parts of the con- tinent 'a here people demanded the best flour. -The United States is as great (-wintry." Sir Wilfrid add,d. "but with- out national egnti.in or self-glorifien- tinn, we ea11 say that we leave in C,ul- ada. an (•glte11y promising lance." POLYGAMIS APOSTLES. One of Thein Who Had Five Wives Now in Canada. Washington, D. C., Dee. 20.- Charles H. (liven, who was retained to collect evidence by the Protestants against Mr. Smoot, testified to his active knowledge of polygamy in Utah. Ile said that Apostle 'Taylor is reputed to have taken two wives within two or three years, and that Apostle Cowley has taken a new wife within three years. 'Taylor now nae four wives, said the witness. He thadou aght both men were hiding in Can - Continuing, ]ie said Apostle Merrill has nine wives, two taken snlce the manifes- to. Consulting the church encyclopedia the witness said. Apostle Merrill has 45 children and 127 grandchildren. Attorney Taylor then brought out tt great mealy names of persons reputed to be living in polygamy, together with dates of marriages and the number of children horn of these plural marriages since the manifesto. Witness Owen testified to swearing out an information for Apostle Heber J. Grant and of his holding out his poly- gamous relations in an address before a 1'tah :•(•urinary. Mr. Owen said Grant left the country and has not'sinoe returned. -m.® ALLEGED CASE OF MURDER. Circus Employee Said to Have Thrown Man From Tcrain. • A Toronto report: Inspector William (seer returned yesterday frons St. 'Phomas and Chatham, where lie has been investigating an alleged case of murder. On duly 8 Yorepaugh and Sells Bros,' circus showed in Chatham, and the next day in London. The body of a man supposed to be an employe of the Circus was found on the tracks between Chatham and London soon after the circus train pissed through, and it was supposed that he had fallen froin the train and was killed. The circus was in St. Thomas on July I, On that day a hardwar'e store was robbed, and five men, giving their names as Robert Proctor, John Brown, Rich- ard Murphy, lir Shanks and Home Good- hue were arrested and convicted for the robbery. Each was sentenced to one year's imprisonment.. Goodhue was kept in the St. Thomas jail and the remainder sent to the Central Prison. Goodhue has stated that while the 1 train was on its way to London, Proe- 1 tor robbed the man and then threw him from the train. Proctor is a negro, and is 24 years of age. Mr. Greer will leave for St. Thomas again in a few days. A NEW VICTORIA CROSS. Bravery of an Indian Mounted Infantry Officer. London. Dee, 20. --The Victoria Cross has been bestowed upon Lieutenant Ii. A. Carter of the Indian -Mounted 111- Efantry, for conspicuous bravery in So - 1 maliland. During a reconnaissance near Jidballi on December 16. 1003. when a small boils- , of troops \wire retired before a force of dervishes outnumbering. them by thirty i ;3o one Lieutenant Carter rode back { alone 400 yards to the assistan.ee of fel- 1 vete Jai Singh, who had lost his horse, and was almost within the grasp of the 1 dervishes. Lieutenant Carter picked up the se- : poy, placed hien behind him on his horse and carried hien safely to the main force. o.• POISONED BY EMPLOYEES. Fate of Missionary, Wife and Child in 1 India, London, Dec. 20.-A despatch from Luck now, India, says that the wife and child of Dr. Benjamin, an American mis- sionary', of Nimar, Central Provinces, have been poisoned by employees of the mission. The victims drane the tea which was served by the cook, and were seized with sudden illness. Dr. Benjamin was away at the time, and medical treatment was not available. Mrs. Benjamin and her child died in great agony from poisoning by arsenic. The cook, who has been arrested, im- plicates another employee of the mission, who had been reprimanded by the doctor. He had persuaded the cook to administer the poison out of revenge. TRIED TO HAZE GOULD. Youngster Drew Revolver and Kept His Tormentors at Bay. New York, Dee. 26. -Five sophomores of Columbia University attemted to cap- ture Kingston Gould, a fellow student and son of George Gould, to -day to haze hila. After a chase of a, block and a half in upper Broadway, near the university, young Gould turned on his pursuers and waving a revolver, warned them to keep away. They kept on, and Gould after repeating his warning discharged the revolver. Gould then fled to a fraternity house, and the sophomores returned to the col - lege campus, secured reinforcements, re- turned, and blocked both ends of the street on which the fraternity house is located, hundreds of howling students • were on guard. Young Gould was later rescued by his father, who took him away in a carriage under the guard of three men, supposed. to be detectives. NE reatteereeesse S IN BRIEF Francis. Langrill, one of the oldest live' stock dealers in Canada, is dead. Colonial Secretary Lyttelton discussed in. Glasgow the proposed colonial conference. By a Dec. royal2Sth. decree the Lower House of. the Hungarian Parliament was adjourned, until Temiskaming Railway temporary bonds ta- the amount of $5,000,000 have been taken over ' by two prominent English banks. Walkerville electors carried the by-law for a $50,000 school. A storm on the northern coast of Portugal• caused great loss of life. stoThere. Robert Simpson Company, of Toronto, has bought out Mr. John Murphy, of Mont- real, and will establish a branch in their An order for ten days' committal to jail.. was granted at Ottawa in the Division Court against City Solicitor McVeity. John W. Ward, C. P. R. agent at Har- grave, Man., was sent for trial on tbe- charge of burning his station recently. Anthony digging ra tield,lowell in y's,nie was severely injured by a pig falling on him twenty feet below the surface. On the advice of his physicians, Mr. Levi Annis has declined to run as the Liberal can- didate in East York. The Governor or Iiieff, Russia, has issued a proclamation to the Czar, announcing that officers will be held responsible for the con- duct of their men. James W. Goodman, who was arrested is New York, on complaint of Col. W. C. Greene, of the Consolidated Copper Company, that he intended to harm Col. Greene, was discharged from custody. Mr. Thomas Fyshe, General Manager of the Merchants' Bank, denies absolutely the statement that the Merghants' Bank and Royal hank are to be united. The manufacture of caustic soda and bleaching powder has been given up by the - Canadian Electro -Chemical Company at the Soo, owing to the United States competition. The indications in Fall River, Mass., were. that the manufacturers would not agree to submit the strike issue to arbitration as pro- posed, but no official statement was made - by them. Emperor Nicholas has purchased the entire private collection of Vereschagin's pictures, which, it was announced, had been offered for sale at auction, for $50,000. David G. Stevenson, of Schomberg, suc- cumbed to the injuries he sustained by be- ing struck by a Toronto Metropolitan trol- ley car. Mr. Robert Thompson, of the firm of Robt.. Thompson & Co., wholesale provision mer- chants, of 'Toronto, died yesterday at his residence, 466 Church street, after an illness of two weeks. Prank P. Sargent, United States Commis- sioner -General of Immigration, predicted that the fiscal year ending in June, 1905, will see- the greatest influx of immigration that the country has yet seen. Thrilling rescues of nine nuns, Sisters of the Order of the Hotel Dieu, of the French,, Hospitaller Sisters, narked the progress of a fire at Chicago that swept through the con- vent and destroyed it. A cablegram has been received at the U. S. State Department from the acting Ameri- can Consul at Asuncion, Paraguay, stating that the revolution has been successful and that peace has been proclaimed, Ring Alfonso has signed a decree author- izing Senor Ojedo, the Spanish Dlinister at Washington, to sign the arbitration treaty with Anierira. The Ring consented to the establis-hunent of a Spanish-American college in Madrid. Two large industrial establishments, the Pasou ielo Fibre Let.ther Company, and the flour mill of E. T. ee 11. K. Ile, in the vii - lac e of Passumpsic, Vt., were burned, in- volving a finenotal Ions estimated at from $70,etk to $77e000 , In a quarrel growing nut of a snowballing bout in New York, between the ehildreu o2 Felipe 8cilaboro and Jo elth Saverino, of East 30th street, Sa\erino was shot to death and Seilaboro was fatally wounded. The'MMitt eiota State hoard ot✓- Pardons granted a pardon to Col. Fred. Ames, brother of former Mayor A. A. Ames, of Minneapolis. Col. Ames Was Chief of Police, and was con- victed of "graft" during his brother's admin istration. Liberal nominations on Tuesday: Hon. John Dryden, South Ontario; W. J. McCart, Cornwall and Stormont; D. B. McColl, West Elgin. Conservatives -henry Eilber, South Huron; Fort William and Lake of the Woods, Dr. Smellie. henry D. Meyer, jun„ one of the directors of the St. Charles, Mo., Savings hank, the cashier of which, Anton N. E. Ispagel, is alleged to have been short In his accounts, died at an institution to which he was remov- ed last Friday for treatment. In response to appeals from missionaries. of the Christian churches in Japan, a com- mittee has been organized in the United, States to secure contributions in aid of sick and wounded of both Japanese and Russian. armies and of widows and orphans in Japan. United States Secretary of State Hay trans- mitted to the house to -day a report on tote best means of combatting and treating tuber- culosis 51111 of averting its propagation in. penal institutions of every kind. Dr. Ransom. recommends Governmental supervision of • penal institutions, sanitary and airy build- ings and a revision of punishment and exer- cise rules. POPE AND CANADA. Eastern Bishops Received -His Holiness is Satisfied. Rome, Dee. 20. -'.lite Pope to -day re- ceived in private audience the Right Rev. James C. McDonald, Bishop of Charlottetown, 1'. E. I., the Right Rev. Timothy Casey, Bishop of St. John, N. B., and the Right Rev. Paul La Roeque, . Bishop of Sherbrooke, Que. In the course of his audience with Bishop La i1ocque, the Pope expressed his satisfaction at the growth of Cath- olicism in the Diocese of Sherbrooke - and said he was exceedingly pleased with the strong evidence of the solidar- ity of Canadian Catholics, as shown by the letter addressed by the Episcopate there to Cardinal Richard, of Paris, sym- pathizing with the condition of the French clergy. His Holiness repeatedly said: "I thank the Canadian bishops for their sympathy." • o Too Much Practice. (Puck.) The Adispose Lady -The human f1y seeing to he out of sorts to -day, The Circassian Girl -No wonder; be told • tee the twins worn imlisposed last night and ha pod to walk the ceiling with them for four - soure.