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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Blyth Standard, 1902-09-11, Page 7ROOSEVELT'S CLOSE CALLS Electric Car Hit Drag, Killing His Detective. PRESIDENT'S HEAD CUT. The Carriage Was rinteshed to Perces -tovereor Crane Sustained Some Drulses•-Story or (tow Ills AM - dent Happened --Motorman DIG. regarded Signals. Pittsfield, Mase.. Sept. O. -Presi- dent Roosevelt, on the hast day of his tour of New Eugiend narrowly es- caped death or serener Injury in an accident near Ulm city, In which one of his body guards, Secret Ser- vice Agent Wm. Craig was killed Outright, and D. J. Pratt, the driver of the coach occupied by President Roosevelt, Governor Crane, Secre- tary Cortelyou and Dir. Craig, sue - teased a fractured skull, which It Is feared will result fatally. The conch, which was a regulation Tally -ho, was struck by an eleetrie ear on the Pittsfield and Lennox Street Raiiwuy about 9.80 o'clock this forenoon. The accident happen- ed at a pont about a mile and a half from tine city, near the P1tte- fbeLd County Club House, while the President and his party were en- joying a coaching trip from Dal- ton, Governor Crane's home, where be and the Preeklent spent the ought, to Lenox, a distance of about AO conies, over the Berkshire Iihlie. The oar was On charge of Conduc- tor James Kelly, with Motorman Luke J. Madden on the front peel - form. Tose ear struck the coach in the rear, and smashed the back of the vehicle, turning it over, and throwing its oecupants to the ground. The oar was not badly damaged. Motorman Martini ao•i Conductor Kelly were at once arrested and brought to PLttslleld. Pratt, the driver of the coach, was also brought here and pieced in the Pittsfield Hospital. Their W ouede Dressed. ' Tile President who, in falling, sue- talnod only slight bruleee and a few eeratches, and Secretary Geo. H Cortelyou, who euffered in a manner similar to the President, with the exception that 11e wan cut on the head, with the other member; of tato party (vent to the country club nearby, where their wounds were dreamed. In a short time they pro- ceeded to the Courtle Hotel, at Lenox, arriving there at 11 o'clock. Au Eye-Wituess' Story. A witness of the accident et.ttted ibat the motorman was speodinghle MS Ia order to reach the club. The President, Governor Crane and Sec- retary Cortelyou were piled up in . a heap "Into awestricken crowd which witaoamed the accident rush- ed to the President's carriage, but With no expectation that he world be found alive. The President was out on the right side of his clan, and his face Is swollen. He Is also guttering from severe bruises, The President retained his complete com- posure, although he was sollcttone Jar the rest of those la the carriage. The oainitement was intense, and rumare flow thick and fast' that the President had been killed. Atter remaining at the scene of the aeoladent for an hour, the President determined to continue hie Journey to fbtonkbrldge where his train wart 1 e on a tiding. Ho arrived at LinoX shortly after 11 o'clock, but sect a courier ahead, requesting the people to refrain from cheering. Af- nag a brief .stop here he was driven to the train. In the carriage next the President's when the accident happened was Dr. G. A, Lung, of the navy, who accompanied for Juet such an eerrg'enoy as this, and who( was promptly on hand to render tte Lnt- ar a to the President. But the Presi- dent was disinclined to receive metes oat attention, Baying he was but slightly hurt. THE 1.ATIIBT The Driver of the Carriage 1s Dead, Too. The trolley car came, up behind the President's carriage at terri- fic speed. The carnage was strnek as it ware crossing the tracks ding - orally. Craig, while standing up Lu the effort to warn the trolley car back, was knocked from the box Ito the track and the car passed over him, killing him instantly. Tule carriage was knocked to one side aid wrecked. The President wae thrown out and the wreck of the carriage fell agninet him. Ido tuts Pinked lip Hleed(ua from a crit on the right cheek, but he wan able to get on his feet at once. Secretary Cortelyou was un- conscious when peeked tip. He wag badly hurt on the back of the head and cwt on the face, but goon recovered enough to ask for the President. Governor Crane wae badly bruised. Representative Law- rence was the least hart of any of the party in tits: President's car- riage. The driver of the carriage, D. .1, Pratt, was eery badly hurt and has since dial. The President's !Outlet'. vtoekbrldge. Matte.. apple 3. -The Pr:oldeut'r phystctaft, Or. Lnig, says that the President and Mr. 1ortelyem received slight temente elope about the head tied face, but that tiro InJurieo are not at all serlone and flu' scheduled stops would be made. 'Ihe Dead Detective. Lenox, Mnss.,, Sept. 3.-Wi111nm Craig. the secret service operator, who was k111ar1, wan a matt who late been on daly tie I'reeldentiat guard at the White Donee fur many years. Ile was 13 yearn of age, weighed over -90 pounds and was mere than six feet tall. Ile was u former member of the Queen's Grenadiers and was :in expert broad swordsman. Years ego he gave exhibltleee with Duncan Ross, awl was credit- ed with limey victories over 1110. Men on Car That Struck President's Mg are Halted. PLat:rfi:11, Maes., to pt. 5. -Motor- tnan Madden awl ('ouduotor Kelly, of the car winch struck the Presl- dent's carriage, remained in the station house from 11) o'cluel yes- terday morning, when they were taken under (wrest, nodi t1.C!0 in the evening, when bull wan fucntsh- td. The charge against thein is manslaughter. Go'. Crane, lu relating hie expert - :Mee, Said that Ile heard the gong of the approaching rttr in ample time and immediate), rose and warn- ed the motorman to stop. He says that the man apparently pall no attention to hie signal, or thee() of the troupers aion:sotte, and the oar conthnutd on. It struck carriage with great force. WHAT THE MILLERS WANT. Railway Rates a Live Ques- tion With Them. WOULD KNUCKLE TO GERMANY. To router (Sept. S. -Car Sher Lewes, freight rate discriminations, advle- ability of admitting Newfoundland into Confederation and tho tariff were the four principal questions diecueeed at the annual meeting of the Dominion Millers' Association In the Temple building yeeterday after- noon. With reelect to car shortage, it was thought well, In view of tho tact that the Government apparently had no machinery to force the railroads In this nutter, to continuo the prac- tice of approaching tete railroads themselves, even ti, as 1t was evi- dent, the method had thus far availed them but little. The Executive Committee made the folluw'Lig recommendation, whIrh was endorsed and the committee ittstruet- ed to prepare the proposed resolu- tions and forward them Oi the proper authorities: "Owing to the prefer- ence granted Great Britain our grain and grain products arc practi- cally excluded from Germany by a practically prohibitory tariff, and while the products .of the United States are admitted under a low tariff, although the duties charged by the United States on Gertpan goods aro from 50 to 100 per cent. higher than Canada charges, It might be well for this moethig to consider the advisability of paseing resolutions In favor of our Government Imposing retaliatory duties on German Imports and withdrawing the rebate granted Great Britain, unless. Great Britain grants a similar rebate on colonial agricultural products. The following officers were elect- ed: , President, W. 0, Batley, of Hamilton; First Vice -President, John Gotdle, of Guelph; Second VIoe-President, Hedley Shaw, of Theroid; Treasurer, William Gal- braith, of Toronto; Secretary, C.13, Watts, of Toronto; Lxecutlee Com- mittee: J. 1). Flavelle, of Lindsay; Goo. Cioldle, 01 Balt; M. McLaugh- lin, of Toronto; R. Noble, of Nor- val, and H. V. Rice, of 3t. Mary's. The Treasurer reported total re- ceipts of 81,000, and expenditures of WS. The central wheat buyer reports that during the year the following purchases were made: 1,064 cars of Manitoba wheat, 155 cars Ontario wheat, 81 ears euro, 4 cars oats, 7 care barley, 1 ears rye, 1 ear bran; MAY AFFECT MARRIAGES. Italian Princess' Applleatteu for An - nutmeat of Ftrat Marriage. Rome, Sept. S. -The ease of Pr:n- ceee Ro(4)411o8l, tor the annulment of her first marriage with Freder- ick Parkhurst, of Bangor, Me., In- vohee it point of canon law, the decision of which to considered in church circlet, as liable to affect thousands of marriages of :'nthe- lics and non-Catholtes to the Unit• edntee. The application for the annulment was fined 11 months ergo. It Is now said that the petition's delay is because the propaganda was unwilling to decide in favor of tiro supplicant oa a point which might possibly raise the question of the legality of many other marrin.gee. The Princess' lawyers expect to secure an annulment and have Just formally complained of delay in reaching a decision which they at- tribute to malevolence. YENEZUELA'S REVOLUTIONI templates the purchase of the Clover ONE wLett at the prevent time, as It would be difficult to secure control. It Is thought that a big deal is on In con- nection with tho Omni Trunk that will be of more far-reaehlnie Import - n nee titan the purchase of the Detroit & Toledo Shore Line. This, however, nem neressary for the completion of the plans of the Grand Trunk nuau-y agement, 1111 The Government Party Gains A RACE TRACK MURDER. by the Delays. Quarrel Over a Dice Game A BIC BATTLE EXPECTED Led to it. In Four or Five Weeks -A Cowutry Without Rade and Bridges - Conditions of the Two Arrnles- Castro lu Position for Defeuee. (Correspondence of the Assoeiatuti Press), Corneas, Ventznela, .lug. 81. -During the lust fortnight the Vene- zuelan revolution has lost time and ground. The hnsurrcctionlpte were a Alert time age In undisputed posses- sion of Carupano, Cumuli, Barcelona and (Oars, Haat 1910 say, all the east- ern coast of Venezuela, but owing to tho ability and akitl of General Velu- tL(i, a Corsican of eatraordtnary in- telligence, n largo commercial port has been wrested from them. Gen. Castro le at Satz Casimiro, hitt vanguard being at Camatagun. lea le awaiting rcinfon:resents, in order to Attack the revolutionlats, who are ut premed at Alta Grecln '10 Driblet)) His army, which is collimated at 5010 men, is well tanned and discipline((. t;ttctro's first lieutenant, General Lto- pokto &(fists, is at Villa do Cure with 2000 mat and General Arauco has An army of 3,000 moo magnet on the frontier of the estate of Trujillo. Seel. aro the available forces of tho Gov - Te troupe of the revolution are much disseminated. General Matos, tato revolutionary leader, has during the past two months been inactive at Zuieazn, survey'ltug the arrival of his 5000,000 cartridges, which reach him slowly. (toads I/o Not Exist, the rain falls in torrents, and tate mules, which are the only meane of trantaportatlon, sink daily up to their shoulders In the mud; and as each mule can carry only four boxes of 500 cartridges each, 11 is necessary to employ, 2,500 mules to transport the 5,000,000 cartridges of the re- volutionists. The revolutionists were dangerous before the government went out to attack them, but now their ability to attack the govern- ment has become problematical. It is no longer a local war which they will be constrained to carry on, but an invasion. This does not mean that the revolution will lose, nor is tide event suggeeted ; but General Castro le flow in a position. To Defend HlmarlG He 1011 neverthulless have mash to do to mike the struggle nlclortous, btcauee the rpvolutloniste, in ad li- tho' to Matos' artuy, have about 3,000 tiu'it at Alta Gracia. The "n- virtms of Valencia are overrun With retolutloiti$s; Lor Ttqu'e ix nisi in titter power, and 1,400 are lodged hu the monituhle between C'aracae and Lt Gbaira. Nrvertieless, the Govern- ment lives, commands, makes itself obeyed nud le feared, which proves that it is not yet cruehol. A Hattie Is Expected to take place between four or live weeks, either (car Alta Oracle De Orltueo, If Statue cart bring over his ammunition and advance his army, or betweru Aragulta anti Strata Lucia, a valley by which the revo- lutionists ,will probably atempt to pass in order to reach Caracas. From tt financial point of view, President Castro las regained his lust prestige through the arrival of the million bollvars (colli worth about 20 cents), in ellver, brought to hlm by the steamer Philadelphia. This euro has enabled him to face certain Weav- ing engagements and to prove to 1119 adversaries that ho has Nun] in the coining of eilver, even with 50 per cent, profit, certain legal resources which will avoid the neceestty of having recourse to forced loans. ACQUIRED BY GRAND TRUNK. 1)elrolttand Toledo Shore Line Sale Contirnved, Cleveland, 0., Sept. 5 -The report circulated in financial circles here and at Detroit yustorday that the Detroit & Tottxlo Shore Line, one of the EvtretaMoore e,eetric (motion properties, host been sold to the broad Trunk Railroad, waeoondrmcd hire tc-dny through an authoritative sourca Tho Grant Trunk otic assume ail outstanding ludobteenese if the I) trolt & Toledo Shore Line, aggro gating about $1,',1,11041. The equity of the Everett -Moore eytabcute from the sale, 1t is stated, will not exceed $100,1100. The acguieitiou of the Detroit & Toledo Shore Lino means a great deal to the Grand Trunk. It opens up a lino of connectioue nt Toledo which Is very valuable, and enables tete Grand Trunk to tap the coal fields of Olilo and West Virginia through the rands running into Toltdo. It means either tate purchase of the Toledo, St. Louts & Western by the Grand Trunk or the making of a close traffic agreement by which the Grand Trunk will gain ay entrance Intl St. Louie. At St. Loud it will connect with the Et. Louts & San Franeteco and open up a now Croute from Canada and the emit to the treat sentiment. It le not thought tine Grand Trunk con - OMAN'S INNUMRNIiI. Little Girl Half -Roasted on a Hot Stove. SALT RUBBED IN SORES THE MURDERER WALKED AWAY. (Saeed by save e'oaade Glade 1,p Beffal0 despatch: Two nrgroes, l'ettee Juluiwou ane Yellow 110511 - doe, lona a tiler gawu at the Iia s- truck lust night. .t sudden quarrel aoiee and both drew revolvers. 'letdown's bullet went wild, but 4da:eon's struck ilobiti,ou right be htu.l the eye and killed him 1n- et.ntty. Johnson calmly put his wenputt In hes pocket and dieap- peered. "Pewee" J huson has a first nano, but n one known what it IR. leo line bawl reputation. The other uebrroes say he is1 desperately prone to shoot on the slightest pro- vocation. The Chicago police want him for burglary and the same charge Ie hanging over him to At- lanta. Robinson was a quiet fel- low. \either man had any regular occupation, but did odd Jobe about the stables. There are many stories told of the fatal fight. The most intetligie blr versice: is that shortly after supper a half dozen nrgroes started a crap game between stables t: and D. all went well until Rubiu- eon claimed an Interest In a quar- ter that was on the ground. " Fifteen cents of that's mine; Ito said. '"Tie If yoS twin it,' replied John- son. The nrgroes about thought that Robinson was In the right, but they forbore to interfere, for they knew his opponent's reputation. Robin- son demanded his share of the quarter before the dice were thrown and the argument grew worm. The negroes around sought to warn Robinson and one whisper- ed that Robinson had a revolver in his coat pocket( Rubinson did not wish to be second man when the ehooting began, so he drew and Ilred. Johneoa'e shot catm) in ideated the same instant. The other nrgroes flew at the first move, When they reached ehclter they peeked out., tat the. scene of hostilities, and saw Rubinson lying still on the. ground. Johnson was stafejng up wiping his revolver on her shirt. Am no 1110 else questloatd Ile right to the whole qun.ter he picked it up and walked away. There were enough wlttteeeee to have stopped him If they had the pluck, but the uegro'e reputation stood him In 3(0011 stead. The news that a man had been killed Spread slowly. Although the murder watt outside the city limits the Buffn,o pollee took charge of the ease. A colored rare follower, known ns 'Penwa`,'lits been Itero two or three seneOus and got in trouble one('. He Is molt likely the man now wanted. Johnson is described tie 19 years old, five feet six Inches tn11, riress'd it a hluo coat and striped trous,+rs, and wore a blue hat. MOUNTAINOUS LANDSLIDE, A Gruesome Disaster Beyond the Caucasus, 700 FEOPLE WERE KILLED. Vienna, Sept. S. - Correspondence received here from Tiflis, Transcau- casia, Resole, gives a graphic ac- count of n dieoeter which occurred August 17, when, as the result of a landslide, supposed to have been due to seismic disturbances, some 20 villages wcro destroyed and nearly 700 persona were killed. On the northern slope of Mount Kasbeck flee the watering place of Trunkaa. Early in the mottling of August 17 subterranean disturbances were noted at Tmenkau, but the hun- dreds: of bathers at the hot springs utero scouted the idea of tt catas- trOplie, and In spite of warnings re- mained in the town. At 7 o'clock of that evening the entire valley where the hot tlprings are situated was fillet( with adeaf- eaing notes resembling thunder, and loud underground rumblings were heard. The valley stream swelled to the dimenxinns of n mighty torrent, and, sweep'ng down, It curried with it huge ()lecke of rock and lee. The entire northern elope of Mount Kuebeck, with ilio glacier above, then began to stove rapidly. Village after vlllr1go was swept away, and everything in the p,ttit of the land - elide was dextrayed. Within a few mtnutex the valley, which 1s nearly twelve miles long, had been dertiet- u til let a wall of rock, lee and earth. The volley wae completely f111ot1 up in sow pewee to a depth of nearly 1.(X33) toot by the matter which watt hurled into it. .t fierce hurricane raged at the time of the landslldrl, and the bodice of people and animals were flung by the wind to a great height and dashed against the rocks. ' the Mutat Guardlau-The Story Told Under Oath by the Girl's Father Almost Ilatlles Belief. Vanconter, Sept. tl. -- if the evi- dence taken at the preliminary hearing of the case of Mrs. Isabella 'idle, charged with cruelly mal- treating little )fyrtle Prances de Greek, is true -and It was sworn to on oath the story of the ease is the most unique, and al the sumo time the most shocking and hlde- oue in the criminal annals of Western Canada. Isabella Kelly now stands com- mitted for trial on chargee ofltav- ing ordered the torture of the lit- tle girl by burning, through the agency of a red-hot poker, cutting the child's hands, rubbing Balt Into the open wounds, and otherwise In- flicting tortures of hideous nature. The Uhlld's Story. Myrtle swore that at the !mamma of Isabella Kelly, wito le a woman probably 45 years of age, Walter Kelly, aged 18, and Oliver Coch- rane, IS yearn of age, caught her and despite Iter struggles put her on u heated stove in the kitchen of the Kelly house at Douglas Bay. At the time it Is alleged that the Kelly woman was in the house, but paid no attention to the heart- rending screams of the burning child, who howled piteously for (help as her flesh wall seared by the heated metal. How the Kelly boy nud little 011ier Cochrane could have done the sickening bidding of the woman le not brought out in the evidence. According to Myrtle's scary, the woman cut her hands till they bled, with a large knife used in the slaugh- ter of sheep. Not satisfied with the pain produced by Ute elite, it la al- leged that the woman In fiendish der light rubbed salt lute the bloody wounds that the pain might be the greater. The Father's Story. The story of other cruelties al- leged to have been practised 011 aha child by the Kelly woman came out Lit the evidence of Myrtle's father, W. H. de Greek. He etuted that his daughter, who Is twelve years of age, was brought from Douglas Buy to Van .'Voda on August 17th, at his order, Mrs. Keity would not send the cella home although she had been exited to do so. When Myrtle reach- ed her father's hoagie, he examined her. itorrlble burns he found on both hips. On the right leg, fro( the foot 10 the knee, were the tell-tale scare 01 fifty burns, and on the left leg from the foot to the knee twenty-five half -healed scars were visible. Myrtle told her father that the burns had been Inflicted on her by Walter Kelly. at the order of the woman. Walter had putt the stove parker Otto the coals of the kitchen range, and white at white heat, he had wttlulrawn it and chased her round the room burning her when. ever he could corner her. The evidence of the father lends a vivid hnpresetani df the hell that kit- chen ntuet have been when the al- leged oarntted of torture was being carried out. According to alto story of Myrtle to her father, the boy fiend chased her till sea was exp hnasttd from loss of breath, and then while helplose, he seared and sizzled her fair young flesh till her body- bore the raw, ragged nark.. of the poker lin a hundred places. The fattier found blank and blue marks and welts on the face, neck, shoul- dere and back of hie child. She told him she had been burned and whip. pest eel often that sir had lost count of the number of times.' .after the periodical tortures, she wale placed La a barrel of water to recaperata. Dr. Christie, of Van ,.tads, who treated little Myrtle, corrolirir;,ted the evidence of the father tie to the nature of the wounds tonne on tIro Ohlid, and Dr. Christie further stated that they could not hnve been a lf- Inflicted as el/limed by the Kelly w.t- man. Isabella 'Kelly alleged +1190 that Myrtle 01183 times tried to burn down her honer, put canelte potash in the porridge, 91010 wateii's, and otherwlsr go ca a great dal of trouble. Mrs. Kelly was brrntghl to the cit,v from Van tach this meriting by Constable Lucas. Hale fur Printed Matter. Attic(' the Pottmneter-lleneral on June 19th raised the postage on tainted natter from 1 cerate a pound to 5 ccnle, touch of it Inas been shipped by express, as the companies only charged 4 cents. But subsequently the Canadian ex- press companies decided to raise their rates to 8 cents also, and the regulation went into effect ou Wednestlay,