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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Blyth Standard, 1902-10-09, Page 7SEAN 01 HEAD NEB Late Report$ of Massacres in New Guinea, BRITISH STAR1 EXPEDITION, . Victoria, 11. t'., Oct. 11.--Slerti be- fore the steamer Moisten left •Syrl- ned official despatches; arrived from New (bitten, lelllag of Intcrtrihal fights and massacres. The Tugeri head lientete had attacked the San- dna villager, killed a large number of people and carried away many heads. The Menne afterward at- tacked the Tugeri. tllir F. 1', Winter, administrator of New Guinea, telegraphed to the Ooveroor General et Australia: 'Proceeding doen the (forehead alter their raid on tb• Sennett v11- Iagee, the Tugs.;: were encountered by a large hunting party of our ttotitee, among whole were /Wine banana mete. This party at mice attacked the. Tugeri, killed several of them and torted them to aban- don their canuea and take to flight 1n the trash. On nay arrival here from Australia I at once empower- ed J. I. C7trr 1.0 communicate di- rectly with the flitch authorities at Maercke reepecling the Tugeri, and our pollee and eoldlurs will forte a punitive expedition." With regard to alleged rulhlese masascree by the Tugeri, :fir Fran- cis Winter writes: "Birrce my a rr1- val in this possession more natives have been ruthlessly- mar,eacred try other uativee within a radius of twenty miles from the house in which I hen now writing titan have during ruck period been killed In this poosesnlon by the Tugerl. A village on the (.reek! River, not more than six hour)' walk from this, house, was neatly extermin- ated." (fie Brltleh warship Torch has returned to Adelaide after pro- claiming Suwarrow Island a L'rlt- 1111 coaling etatlon. ENGINEER WAS PLUCKY. Drove GR Two hebberr and Killed a `rh1rd. ;Wllllumeporh 1'a., Oct. O. - Flue marked men 10-r111y hnwwered ue the door of the elontutu•evllle. Pa., Electric Clompeny'e yov-er house, wells the tie/spot/rod intention ut over- powering the engineer and 1'rollug a gate ria the office. Engineer Bly, hearing the rlolee made to brenking dawn the door, got a revolver, anti opened fire, killing one robber and wounding two eth- ers Dundeg the tight Bly was shot twice In ten hip and leg. tie will reeov'er. Bly managed to reach the whistle and sounded nu alarm. IVIele do- ing so the robbers drugged their desist comeinnlon ootsblo, so Opp_d his body of ail papers and valuabes, and erloaped. The dead man wan 1101 Identified and he is believed to have been a profeseonol thief, NEW NOSE FOR A WOMAN. ftebultt With Paraffin at n Cincinnati 11 u►ptt nl. Cincinnati, 0., Oct. 4. - Surgery bay made ouch rapid strides within the last decade that 1L is Imposelble to predict where Its emit Iles, es waif again Illustrated at the elty hoept'tat yesterday. In a few days, when tine frlelltls of Maud Frazer g.lt her agate they will scarcely recognise her In the comely girl ar- tistically rejuvenated by the sur- rtaa'e ekUt, Mud Prater was a pretty girl but fpr eine feature, and that was ..Sr node. When admitted just a week ago from her home, at 1,545 Linn street that promineut adjunct to a pretty face wan all awry. In early infancy Ms because afflicted with Ca- tarrh, which In Ian Intensity caus- ed the nasal bones to duty, and as the necro.W developed they had to Its removed. estrange to ray, the touter skin was never affected, ;but aa the mainstay -the bridge and oartllage-wasted away the nose finally collapsed lie a bal- loon from which the air was exhauet- ed t3o little support did It have that at length It only became an ale pendage that would flop from side .to side as she turned her head. It was for the correction of this un- sightly defect that she metered the hospital, willing to undergo any form of torture In Its repair. Where the nose has been,eaten away by a malignant diseas, such as cancer, nlrgeone long ago have fotsad a remedy Ln skin -grafting. In MIN Frazcr'e cure, however, it was necessary to blow It up us It were, and to restore It to Ite natural oontour. A practical knowlolgo rather than surgical skill teas ,eeceseery to devise the mein,, and the 'staff plrrveleien in charge of aha care {Inca both, lie detested to report to paraffin, the same articles Irom whi ly In abscise the uweful product was eternized and purified that it might entry eo diectiee germ's with It. '.Af. ter it lend undergone this process It wee reduvid to a reml-llquld form ani kept eo over a regulated lump When 1111 was ready for Life opera- tion the girl's ince was aleo rare- full,v st'rIllzed and then an anti- toxin eyrlogo wail brought Into re- niesltion. 1'lll:d with paraffin, the needle of the syringe wee the In- serted larder Ilse akin, Just where the eyebrows dlvkle, and the paraffin slowly ejected between the akin end ttreen:e. Slowly the bulbous nose be- gan to form Into Re form"r con- tour, and after the third InJeetlun it looked like a ,well-0.veloped hose, ngnellhe, and without its firmerde- f1ute, With Ile other hetet the Por- gi-011 kneaded It and shaped It un- til Its form Waif perfect, and the nlrr aline Wee eomplelrel. In 'fees than twenty-four hours Ihr ear/li- ne will have h'onleunl to the con- elstrury of the curtilage Hunt oc- cupied the lepaee hefom, and to ail luteole and perpuecs Miss Frazer will leive a sllnpely nose for the reef of her ,lutes. IS THERE A DIVVY ? Are the Soft Coal Men I'leylng With Iia Public'.' The soft coal operators are just now reeelhtg three times the normal price for their real, and that tvlth- rsil paying u einglr rept inure for Ile production. ht other cuuntrlee whet' call rises In price the miters et once lnelst on receiving by a Her In Watgte a share of the additional prollt ; but flue tuft coal minora are rnlsing no such agitation. Then where W the enormous profit going to 'which the soft cont operators are +1t preheat recehlug ? Aro they storing 1t with 1.110 hard cad opera- tors? Is this the, reason why the latter ere doing nothing to end the etrlke 7 Seppusing, fur ergumeltl's cake, that the @oft eoal operators are tIlilillug their pree''n profits equally lvllh the anthrnriti rout ()peril lure, then Pete are revels lug far more than their noroui1 or usual proflte whim both classes of miner are 'working, 1» that MOO truly the miner@ and coal rinsumers are the only sufferers he this strike. -Scot - Halt Aiuerhan. STRATTON ASKS A MILLION. It is Believed That the Executors Will Agree to Chat Sum. Colorado epringe, Col., Oct. 0.-1.11. Stratton, eon of the luta W. 5. Strat- ton, [nee approachal to -day by an ,xrv:utor of hie father's estate with reference to a comproluieee he the will coolest. He expressed hie eillingueee to compromtee, but did not Elam() a Shat. Tltn executor could not make u definite offer evithout consulting welt the attorney@ fur the executors. Stratton saki later for publlcallott that en Iwpuld compromlx, for $1,1100,000, outside of rows for bring. - leg Nutt. It Is believed thea this num or another nearly equal will be agreed on, and the milt tea; b' els- missed to -morrow, SIFTON TRIAL NEXT MONTH. Sacrist filming* of Middlesex Assizes Arranged for November 3. The Silton murder triad has been fixed for a special elttings of the; Mlddlrsex leelior, to be held en Mon day, Nov. 3, at London. Dir. Juetico Britton will preelde, W. R. Relate', , K.C., Crown Counsel, and E. le11.I Johnston, K.C., courted for the de- fence, have been notified. to he ready to go on when the ea -so is called. Notice or the spaced sitting's was given ou Wednesday/it Osgoode Hale! Beelike' rho 9,tlton sit e, the uitlings I will bo for tlbq triol of criminal mat- , Imre and of eucle cLell actions with a Jury as Judge Britton will give epe- clal leave to enter for trlai thereat.' NOT A QUIET WEDDINO, 8yrrcuse Grocer Believes Ire Pub- licity, Sy ruCtlee deupatel 1 George J. Fry, a grocer, who was married last ev- ening to Mbar Emma Hanna, took a novel way to secure a crowd at Ids wetltltng. lie tlo,le not believe In exclusive weddings nor In hurting anyone's feelings, NO he took a city tgreolory and Invited everyone In les nnlghborllood, without any 111e- tSnetion. Ho supplemented Mullet with all the customers of foie store and ended by gliving out a general 4nvitation to neyone who wi meet to come. He scot inrltatlone to the , Mayor, the Board of Aldermen, ! Board of Supervisors and all the i ray and county of Deers. Tho invite- 1 Lone re,u( as fullowe: "You are (welted to attend the weeding on George f. Fry and Ewe tart Hanna on the trite of the court (rouse, Thursday evening. (Seeker end, at 8 o'clock." Three year. ago Fry's fleet wife died and Mew Hanna went to keep house for him. She believed In elm, although ito wee hrokn and she; pan-ned her own watch for $10 to': - start tun In business. Hn contrl- buted a .rick of flour and from that begtnning a largo grocery trade I wet bellt. Saler Fry this afternoon: i "Emma acme to my rescue and I Whetll reward Iter by making Incemy wade. 1 have six women cooking for' my guest/ at the wedding and have prepared for 600. I expect some , Pine presents." MORE PARTICULARS I Wanted by Defendants In Western Lose and "l rust suit. 1 The Moatrval Witness has the fol- lowing: In the naso of the Western Loan and Trust Cempnn.-, Ltd., in liquidation, vs. W. H. Comstock, et al., la which the defendants are ac- cused of misfeasance ht office and breach of trust as directors of the Western Lorin and Trust Con pony, defendant made a motion for more maple parltrulare as to pertain enra- grnpins in the declaration. Judge 1,o igeller maintained the motion in pert and dismissed It In Part. The motion tuns maintain -,i nit regards the four Inst lines of para- graph 00, which alleged that defend- ants had arknowlodgei to owe cud promise' to pay $250,000. I'artl:u- Iars of such acknowledgment and premise to pay were ordered and pnr- tierlare of paragraph, 28, 20, 31 were ordered relating to improper Ir)nn1 made by the directors. Costs of motion agaluet plaintiff. BOER OEIECATES iN CANADA Party Sent to Study Farming Reaches Quebec, WILL TOUR ALL PROVINCES. Quebec, Oct. -The eteaulehit Lake Cllumpluhl, welch arrived 11 port about five o'clock title after- noon, had on board the jloer Bele gates, sent by the Imperial Govern meat on the advice of Lord Milner High Commieeloner In Smith Africa THEY WANT OUR WHEAT. L'.5. Grew Dealers on 1)111y Against Cecinas. i1 Peor', ill., t)rt. li. -'rhe weaned day 01 till.\`i liulu,; (irate, Dealer, 1'('nal- „nittm 11114 nora' (therapy at tend eel Hurn flue prr.rdhtg day. 13ul littlebi liminess trait attetupted In coivon- lluo, rind the day was devoted priu- ellmll;; to 1)(4'01 -making. Among the (supers real wan one hr J. T. Weal).of eliniwapolls, 0o the "Itrp,•n1 of Duty ou 1.'nnmdten Grain," and strong- ) ly ndvocnted the uteahlirr. ern lief, of emenrhnent@ to the roe- slltutlon vt•III role mfr to-tnorroiv, 1114 tvlll tun selt'r•tiva of next 711115 ntert- leg pleb. Milwaukee mid St. Lu tie -I aur prominent Candidates. to tnako a tour of Canada to stud modern ways of farming, rtoelt ralsing, fruit -growing, fruit trteklug etc. Thu party le composed of the following: 31r. and Mrs. W. le Juurte Mr. and Mra D. Lan, of Klerksdurp Transvaal, and 311. Rood, of the Ermelo Dletriet, sumo Slate. e seers. Jooete used Lan were taken prisoners at the Kruu)e Mager at L'aardeberg, and sone to Ht. Helena. Rood wee a fighter from the begin - Mug to the end, Rood and Jooste belong to the Boer race and Lan Is an freshman, living In South Africa fur more than thirty years• They are well educated and speak good EnglLelt. They have fur their wlt*lon the maklug of obser- vations on our ways of culttvatlug or farming, to glve lectures or con- ferences before their own people In the Pew BrItIelt colonies of South Africa after their return. They are Ln charge of Captain Klrkpatrlck, of the South African Constabplary, who le uacomttauled by hie wife, The Boer delegates were mot ou arrival of the steamer her': by 31r. 0. F. O'Halloran, Deputy 3lluleter of Agriculture, who will 0000 0- pany them to Montreal on board the Lake ehamplain, which left at 1.1 o'clock this ovculug. At Mont- real Mr. O'Halloran will put the party In charge of Mr. Moore, of OW Hanle department, ole Will at: - company them around the loun- try. In response to the request for advice from On different 1'ro- vinrlal Departments of Agri- culture, as to the dietrlcts through which they want the Boers shown, the dehartweet at Ottawa has ue,en assured of the heartiest co -opera. time The departments In Ontario, Prluee Edward Island, Nova ficolla and New Brunswick have all totem teered to Bend guides to rond•wt the visitors through the prtnluces. y TIDE Of IMM Is1ATI0N HIS BACK BROKEN. James McClean, of Belt, Falls Prone a Roof. (Inlet report: Jas. Mol:evati, North Water street, was ehlttgling u bonito on Beverley street, and while carry- ing a f)acknge of shingles on the elfp- pery roof fell over the edge, fully 30 feet, Mr. R. L, Murray, who Inver in the adjoining house on Beverley street, he, ,rt( a groan and then the words, "Coate, quick." He hastened into the yard anti fount) Mr. lecEwunn IyLng helpless. "Don't touch me," gasped the injured man; "I am dylug; my back 1s broken." "Can't you move your lege?" Mur- ray asked. "No," wars the response, "They are share" i Mr. Murray moved Mr. MoEwan in- to an easter position and lurrlrsl to notify Br. t'ardou. Mr. McEwen was taken to the halt Hospital !n the im- balance. Examination elbowed hie back to be broken. H1/ body le para- lyzed, but he is perfectly conecluur. Mr. MoEwan is a widower with two children. Ho nae heel here for many years and 1s widely known and liked. MEXICAN TOWN SHAKEN. Taprrhuls Veined by Disastrous ICerthquake. Bon Francisco, Oct. d.-Thehostel- er City of Sydney, which arrived Irom Mexican ports, brings news of a dtwnetrous earthquake at Pi p- acleae, near the southern boundary of M `xleu. Particular's of the event, which occurred On September 21, are not available, the only rimmed having been kernel at Mazatlan on the fol- lowing tiny, wh,rn a telegram had been received curtaining nothing More then the etntrment that e great earthquake hill demolished Rev. ernl buildinge and Inflicted other damage In the community. Thpachula was seriously &m - aged by the big earthquake of last epring, et the time Qtteseltennngo nest many other town@ of Guntemnla were almost refuse OLD STANDBY ODES UP, An Adv.uce lu the litre o ('lug t'ubrero. Toronto report: Owing to a short, ago 1n the tubarco crop of the Vir- ginias and the Carolinas the plea of plug to(utcau btu 11011 ndynnced 7 to 10c. It pained, ride adlnurr uffer•ls old/ mcent orders fur new stuck, but before the gathering of another crop the price may go etlll higher. The plug tebareo from the Southern State@ fir consideree of a higher grade than that grown la Canada, but the advance to tills high grade tobacco will tJonetlres tffet the price of the domestic plug. The tobacco of Kent and Emmet is now quite a factor In the Cnuadlan market. Last year 3,000,000 'mutate of tl went out for rousumptlon. Economical users of the 'southern weed will now look to tho Canadian plug. The Czar has expressed his regret at the approaching departure of Charlemagne Tower, the U. 8. Am- bassador, , • Where Our New Settlers are Drawn From, CABINET MEETING THIS MORNING Ottawa despatch says: The re - tined Ilgurrs of the illlinigratanirr� luras show that durlug the year ending' Jeune J11tlt lust the tell erre vale were 417,230, agalnst 40,1)0 lust yea r, an increase of 18,081. The arrivals for 1110 lust two months wire 15,31.15, all ltrreller of 7,142 over the same time last year. The lntmlgrtnls from Great Britain for the two menthe were '1,8_9, nit increase of 1l7 over the same time brut year. From rtnlllu,nttl Eurtrpo, 5,310, an Ulcerates of 1,74.5 ; from the United Stades, 0,7_0, an Increase of 3,08.. Therm Was a meeting of the Cabi- net title fmelte xi to lease sumo routine bushwes from the treasury bonne. Sir Richard Cartwright ufter- wartbs loft for Kingston. TURKS ROUT ALBANIAN .. 1110 Greek Notable's Have !Been Mur- dered by Uuleartaes. London, Oct. 4.-.1 despatch from Constantinople of yeetenlay'e date soya the Turkish troops who ware seat to pursue several Albanian chelerio overtook tho latter, end a short engagement ensued. The AI- bnnhane wore forced to retreat, The top pillaged andburned two vil- lages. The garrison of Mltrovitra has been reinforced by three battalions of infantry and one battalion ofar- ttllery. The Greek Legation hue Informed the Porte that 150 Greek notables have been murdered by Bulgarians In the districts of Munnstlr and 8a- lonloa within the port two menthe. *CUNARD SHIP SUBSIDY, Urlll,h Government Will Pay 14!780,• 000 Anciently. London, Oct. (1. -Tec directors of tho Cunard Steamship Company sent a letter to the shareholder's to -algid. Betting forth the terms of the pro- posed subsidy. It will include payment by the Government of $750,000 annu- ally, the Company to build two large fast steamers fur the Atlunttc trade. The agreement wilt remain In force twenty yeasts. After the completion of the serried steamer, the company is to roman a British concern, and nn underhlk-' tag le to be given not to unduly raise freight rete@. The Government trill lend the money for the construction of two funned eteamere, chargleg In- terest at the rate of 23-4 per erue per annum. The lona le to be repaid In annual payments, extending over twenty yearn. EPIDEMIC OF SUICIDE, Another leailyd M11(ee Naval °Meer K1111 fllre,eell'. A DOCTOR IN PERIL Scratched Ills Thumb It bile Operat- ing our Patient. Toronto report : Dr. L. Loran Pel - mgr, 40 College 'treat, while perform- - lag a nasal operation on Tumidity, scratched Ills left thumb, and He now hn a critical condition from blood I'obruning. Pr. Peters, i+ylvester and - Stevenson are in conetunt attend-_ time, end, at the beet, think that their patlent will Misr his hand. (lie Idle la in danger, and though the doc- tors' are reticent to meeting of ler MGM, they hold out no upecltlly r't- oouragtng hopes. "Ile Ls In n critical t Condition. We cannot tell how it will j terminate for a few flays yet," one of them said last night. - t The Huldimnnl Old Boys' .(e••'o:•le- '' lien, of Toronto, have onug,leted 11- I rnng,mente with the rrnad Tronk t, run ar. excursion on 1'rldny, O"toe, r 101.11, to CnL'doniu. A. general re- union of former residence of Haldl- nnntel tereety Is to lake place at the 1. great fail lair that le to be held le In (.'nlet1ol,La un the Btlt and 10th e ins`, MOIINEUX MAY 60 f REE[ Prosecution Hardly Hopes for Conviction. IMPORTANT WITNESSES MISSING New York, Ort. Il. -Tree asststaut els/tree attorney, wee Is to prose rule the ease egalnst Roland Burn ham 31ullteux for the murder of Mrs. Gate J. Adams, on December '28 1ttuti, In the cellulite( brauelt of the Supreme Court, Haid to -,hay whet' staked if lie expeeted n convletloi : "L oeser eXtrovl anything where to Jury is concerned. "Is your case as strong ae it wee When you prosecuted 1lolmeux three years ago 1 ' "1 can't expect to lend emelt of an army where all elle Wemeers have either died or fled," he replied. Mantle 3lelandu, cut Imie'rtunt wit - new lu tem elolIPeux ease, who hue been reported utlssing, Is lu Newark, N. 3,, and tions nal Leave her home lu the daylight. She wild to u friend last night that she did riot take any Nuke of being kidnapped again, and wee not going to testifv against Mo- Ilucux under any clrrttfnetlltter'e, not only because of the trickery' with which they captured her lest time, which elle resented strongly, lett be- cause elle would not put the life of an Innocent man In Jeopardy by her teetlmuny. 5110 Indignantly dented that she was receiving any compen- sation to keep away from the isIt- uees etaud. It took seven weeke and the ex- peudllure of a lot of money by two detectives to entice the Melando woman over the stat° flue last time and she thinks It will require five years to tlo the trick aspire She professes to believe that Mollneux Ie Ntwoeent of the crime' with which Ile le charged. A BRIDE'S VAIN REPEL 11 If ('Had Only Seen Dis Man a Day Before," WINDSOR A GRETNA GREEN. Windsor, Ort, OL -Ret, 11. lluvhtgton, pastor of toe Bruce AY entre Baptist Church, Windsor, related yesterday, uflernouu au experience HumeWlntt out of the oielnetry. 1 Couple ram) over from Detroit and were married Ile the pureunuge. The bride war 0 Merman women emeriti sires larger than the groom, and the disparity In their stntute attraeled Mr. Boeing - ton's notice est tlutt !to retttemberbd the weighty frau when rhe called tiepin about ten days later. She war Itoeompanlol this tltno by another gentleman, wattle the paetur mistook for the brother of the womat'e hus- ened. It was evident from their agi- tated appearance that there war 1t greet queetlou at etake. The woman broached the 'subject by aekbsg the pastor 11 ll was true. as the uewe- rrapere saLl, that It Indoor marriages wera not legal. 3fr. Bovingtmt tried to allay the lean of the anxious bride turd was most emphatic in Ida state- ment that the marriages were per- fectly legal If the parties had com- plied with all the conditions. Then imagine 31r. Bovington'e 'surprise Hellen the woman exclaimed: 'Ad a glance I can see our itnlsh. Ve vented to many each udder and new ve can't,' 31r. Busir,gton remarked that he tbumght she had been married a few lays ago, and although the %mottos ',Melted that ettolt was the care elm botigitt the marriage was not legal Out desired to merry again. "If f had only even die mail n day before I worn marrled to de udder, .1 would bo such a happier,* to me," was her parting shot. Mr. Bovingtoo save that (regent - y the moist unexpected answers are received to the prescribed qu"+tlons. Recently- lie melted a bride wit it woe her rtligloue dennminatlnn. Her )newer was "general housework.' Once Mr. Bovingtu n lutialrnl of n groom what war hie occnlvattunanl he Irnelrtetl that he tape n profession- al gnm'dor nod eo desired it entered on the books. At another time n ynkrl from h'ewllde of Mlchlgnu was toll to ea. ata the bride and insten'i of Id sing hes' 4e stepped beck rind elrnine,l MN heel in Oleg a law. a4 I e had been accustomed to de Ili a square dar'edP. Ab80 OD tinily grind ger5 'an, mender W. V. Bronaugh. of the Un- ited etates navy, committed relielee to -day on the battleship Ifearsiarge, et the Navy Yards, by blotting out his brains with a revolver. His I friends believe Hutt he was much worried over hie manifold dullest tte legielative officer, which are con- sidered more arduoue titan those of any other powition of rank in the navy. Purnell F. Harrington. Cap- tain of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, nays that there le an epidemic of suicide In the navy hurt now. Commaoder Bronauge was born in Kentucky, and entered the Navel Academy In 1873, t LODGE ((OAT HURT HIM, nllIrte Chargee In Mull Thnt 11444 Ant. mal Concealed a l.lvet Wire. Ruck en ID:, 111, (artrl -tl \ -.Ono. bough has flied ruin Int the Circuit Cram of Rork Island Comity against the Fraternal Trihnne, 0 fraternal and hrue(felary nrgnnira11,1,1 TIt silt Is brought ngalnst the lodge tad effleers at fort Iteral. Thr 'umpinluanil alleges that he was In- ured for I(1' while being hdllnted not the organlznllon, Ile claims that hr goat was co/loomed vvlth elec- rlcity. rind daft his body cum, in nntnet with the live wire. The ease s attracting much attention, and Is ming watched by unprente uffictre r1 ether ordere, ArcIdrlsttop Jahn J. Keine, St. oats. who has horn in furor Ironlll3 to the past el xruontlts, line expert - 1,00.1 a meekest change for the urea lu the past two days.