HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Blyth Standard, 1903-06-25, Page 2NEW SERVIAN KING'S POWER
TO BE VERY MUCH RESTRICTED,
Russia Advises Rigorous Punishment of
the King's Murderers.
Bclgrode, June L'_. -It is unierstoed
that the chief modifications hi Rhe
constitution of 1888 dual with tiro
curtailment of the King's preroga-
tives, but ilia Mup,sty will still re-
main elite( of the ;trey. There will
only be ono Chamber, having a pro-
portional representation of the vari-
ous parties. The ebnstitution alto-
gether will bo very liberal, and the
changes made aro important in tide
respect that they will completely
alter the existing cumbersome ma-
chinery necessary to mtxllfy the con-
stitution.
The King will be deprived of the
power of Incurring eupplenuntary
expenditure, and the Ministers will
be solely responsible to the Skupst-
ehinn, which will have absolute
control of all budgets, the Senate
being abolished,
It 114 reported that the treasure
found In the Konak included the sum
of $1,600,000, being past of the pro-
ceeds of the recent loran, ar:11 $400,-
000, which had been secretly reserved
from the amount credited to the \Var
Ministry and given to Queen Drags.
The Bessie', Note.
St. Petersburg, June 2C, -An offi-
cial note was published In the Gazette
today, recognizing Prince l'eter
Karageorgeritch as King of Servia
and welcoming hie necess1on. In
brief, the note declares that It is
incumbent upon King Peter to
avenge the assassinntton at KI'tg
Alexander and Queen Drags, and es -
presses the conviction that "King
Peter will lee able to give evidence
c1 hie sense of justice end firmness
of will itv iuluptiuq measures at the
(motet to Investigate the abominable
ads:leed which has been committed,
and to mete out riotous punishment
to those traitorous criminals who
have stainer themselves with the
infamy n1taelling to regicides. Of
course, the entire Servlau nation or
army eannot be hell rerextnsiblt for
the crime which revolts public con-
science, yet it would be dangerous to
ilervla's internal ixeace not to exact
penalty for the revolution carried
by the military. Such. neglect would
inevitably react 11 nn unfavorhlc
manner In the relations of all the
states with Servta, and would create
for Servia serious diffieult(es at the
very commencement of the reign of
Peter 1."
A (Tilling Message.
Belgrade, June 2.. -The telegram
of Emperor Francis Joseph of Aus-
tria to King Peter ,nae cwt been
ptrbl(ehod here, because of the Em-
peror's strictures on the murders of
King Alexander and Queen Draga.
King Peter at Chureh.
Geneva. June 22. -Klug Peter at-
tended a Te Deum e'rv(co to -my at
the hessian Church, ht honor of his
election to the throne of Servia. Itis
Majesty was loudly cheered.
To -day a leaflet giving the text of
Emperor Francis Joseph's telegram
to King Peter was circulated, but
the strictures wore, so slurred In the
translation that they were almost
Incnmprehenetb!e The telegram,
however, was otherwise so oympa-
thetic that 1t wan accepted lie -
being
being eminently satisfactory,
IN DARKEST KENTUCKY
THE LAW IS DEFIED.
State Witness Offered $5,000
to Commit Perjury.
• Lexington, Eye June 32.-Froma
staff correspondent sent to Jackson
to lcearll exactly the facts regarding
the offer of $8,000 to Cupl. .1. 13.
Ewen to alter his testimony as to
seeing Jett In the corridor with pis-
tol in hand when :Marcum was atoms -
sleeted, nae been received a sensa-
tional despatch. It bays: From a
source that is rcltable and authentic,
it has been learned that the full du-
talls of the offer of $.1,000 to Capt.
Ewell to perjure himself, was emu-
municated to titato Inspector IJ1nes
upon his lasst vielt here, and that he
reported those fuels 10 Gov. Beck-
ham last week.
.11ho facts in substance are 11101 0
man wont to Capt. Ewen, made his
tho proposition to pay him the sum
stated if lie would either leave the
country or swear on the w:tnesu
stand that he did pot rieugnlze the
a8s(tssbi of Marcum,
Captain Ewen told hie that he
would have to think the matter over,
and mado 011 appointment fur the
man to come, to 1138 house and told
111m to bring the money. He called
upon three of his friends and told
them of the offer. Arrangements
were Houle that when the emissary
returned everything he said or did
could bo heard and seem by two men,
That there might be at Nttiicient
number familiar with the facts, two
other met were selected to conceal
thcnmselvee to overhear the conver-
sation when the millenary returned.
Ho re(unued at the &woinled hour,
and brought with triol fivo $1,000
notes. Ho repeated Ids offer. Captata
Ewen refut od It, and told the man to
take the money back, and that he
could not use it. Upon its refusal, the
emlasary lost his temper and said it
was the worst mistake he ever made,
that ho would find that he would be
burned out, destroyed and absolutely
wiped out of existence."
Had to Leave the country.
Jackson, Ky., Juno 22. -Capt. .3. B.
Elven, the star witness for the cont-
nutun'eolth against Curtis Jett and
Tenn White, for the murder of Mar-
cum, accompanied by a guard of sol-
diers under Major Allen, stole away
from mime at D.30 o'clock yesterday
morning and made his wily across
the river raid hoarded a 'train which
talk ]elm away from Jaekeon for-
ever. Three of ('apt. Ewen's children
went to Lexington on the afternoon
train of Tuesday. Three are with
friends at Stallion mid three re-
mained with their mother in Jack-
son.
Yesterday vitas the mast exciting
day iq Jackson for many iuonthe,
T. P. Cardwell, a city judge of Jack,
son, who has been a prisoner in his
own )tome fur several months be-
cause of threats encode against his
life by the Hargis faction, held the
first session of his court yesterday
rued imposed flues against two of
the Hargis henchmen who wore ar-
rested by the soldiers for assaulting
a witness for giving testimony be-
fore 1111 grand Jury against the men
who• were >;uepected of burning
Etven's 1101110 on Sunday.
Arguments tieing en.
Thu arguments in the trial. of Jett
and White began at 8 o'clock. Judge
B. F. French, for the defence„ was
the first speaker, and he referred to
County Judge Blanton as a 'liar and
the latter wits threatened with im-
prisonment ,by Judge Redwine for
resenting the statement and rushing
at French. Thomas Marcum, brother
of the murdered man, made a power-
ful speech to the jury, pleading for
the punishment of the, men who shot
his brother.
Commonwealth's Attorney A. Floyd
Byrd wilt close that argument to -day,
and then the case will go to tho
jury.
The arse of Curtis Jett and Tom
White, on trial for the murder of
Attorney .1. II. Marcum, was given to
the jury at 11330 this morning,
AMMON IS GUILTY,
Miller, of L'raaklin Syndicate, (,els
Even With Lawyer.
New Yolk, June 24 -Robert A.
Ammon was convicted yesterday of
feionlouvle receiving stolen money,
the proceeds of the "520 per cent."
Franklin ayndtcate. The amount
specifically stated in the indictment
was $30,500. The jury was out Just
IAi minutes. Ammon took the verdict
indifferently. Just before he wag
taker back to hit cell he said:
"Well, I've got as much nerve with
pre ay Miller had,"
Amnion's counsel made the usual
motion; for a reversal of judgment
and a now trial. Judge Newburgor
promptly denied diem and an-
n0unced that sentence would be
pronounced on Juno 29111. The pen-
alty may bo imprisonment In the
penitentiary for not leen than one
Year nor more than five or a fine
of $250 and imprisonment 1n the
county jail for six months.
GEN. MANNINO'S FORCE.
Lack of News Flom Somaliland Is
Coursing Altium.
London, June 122. Ignoranee of
the esaet attention to Soma(tand
and the prevalence of disquieting
rumors at Aden concerning the po-
tition of the force of lien, Alan-
niug, comantildor of the British ex-
pedition against the Mad Mullah,
are exciting concern. Nettling hail
been received from Gen. Manning
in three weeks, and the finest that
Mr. Brodrick, Secretary of War,
was able to tell the Rouse of Com-
mons to -day of hill whereabouts
was that Gen. Manning had pre-
eurnably joined forces with Col.
Cobbe, The remainder of the Sec-
retary's statement on the subject
Wald hardly more Informative. Gen.
Manning. he said, had not asked
for reluforcemente, but the Got -
eminent bad ordered '31501 onmele
to Aden from Indla.
Unofficial despatches from Aden
state that three companies of Brit-
ish infantry and tour companies of
Indian infantry will start for So-
maliland to -morrow, Mounted In-
fantry are en route from Indict, and
the force for renewing the cam-
paign it iii shortly amount to 800
British, 1,200 Indians, and 4,000
nal it es. Meanwhile 1:100,000 of the
(500,000 voted for the original ex-
pedition has berm already spent
without any npparent result of Imn-
portancc,
CONFESSED AFTER 42 YEARS
Tennessee Alan Tells How lie Killed
His Brother -In-law.
Chattanooga, Tenn„ June 22.-Tbe
murder of William Cannon, forty-two
years ago, has just been cleared up
at Lynnville, Tena ht a. statement
made on ids deathbed, John Evans,
n1' aged and respected citizen, con-
fessed that he it was who fired, the
fatal bullet.
(' cion was shot from ambush. Ile
and his wife had disagreed and he
had threatened to Move nor.
\V'hilt they were In am altercation
aC tii0 front gate over the possession
of their children Cannon was in-
stnatiy killed by a rifle shot.
Evans and Cannon were brothera-
In.dnw, and Evans said In justifica-
tion of the ruder that he could
no longer stand Cannon's ill-treat-
ment of his sister.
INDIAN KILLED IN IN.
Stabbing Affray at Hogans-
burg, N. Y.
JOHN FRANCIS THE VICTIM
t'0 11wall decpatcit. John Frames,
an Indian living in the vldage of St.
Regis, was found in a dying emelt-
this morning at Hogunsl ung,
N. f., with a deep stab In the side
of his neck and st-veral eget' gushes
,bout the breast- It Is said that
Fro eels had been drinking during the
day.
Frnucio died itt 1 o'clock to -dry.
Fuller particulars to hand are loth°
:act that it man named John Ekl-
ildgc, about seventy years of age,
employed as tt sawyer in the toy
factory of Lanley & Silkworth, at
liogaushurg, was crossing the bridge
n the village about 11 o'clock itt
right, when he was set upon hy the
1011;1 11 Francis, who knocked him
lawn nod otherwise abused hem, The
all man got 80 and warned Frallele
to keep clear of him or he would
fix him. The rednman continued, and
Eldridge drew his knife turd trade a
gash 111 Fannon throat about file,
glebes long. Eldridge went to the
hotel and went to bed.
Early In the morning Andrew Foul -
ton, it. Hognnslurg Merchant, heard
groans Outside his hone, nus going
>ut found Francis In a dying emelt-
lion. Ur. Slutnrton wag summoned,
the wound was sewn up and Francis
remove.] Ito an Indian wigwam,
where he diel about noon.
Eldridge acknowledged the deed,
cud said that he merely defended
tense"( from the attack of Francis.
rhe Distrtet Attorney from Malone
arrived at Hogansburg this after-
noon.
A big row took place on Saturday
night, In which aft Indian's horse was
shot (lend lir the whites, and n 1
butcher named Macon was pounced
upon by a band of about a dozen
rednten and badly used. Tho 'manes
have been boisterous of late, and
have herr drinking exeesstrtly, and
giving the i ntborltiett very numb
trouble. Eldridge will be committed
to Malone Jait. ile has a family of
three children.
EOTU WERE DROWNED.
Ranier tot dos 1%1an and M'tlt'
1'erish�'d in Cloudburst.
Detroit de!fpatclt : A telegram
from Ione, about 330 inlet prom Hepp-
ttcr, Ore„ destroyed by the flood Mon-
day, has been received by Dr. E. 11.
Ellis, of Detroit, informing him that
his married daughter, Mrs. Alexander
(1. Guru, and her husband, late of
London, Ont., were drowned, The,
telegram tans signed by the doctor's
grandchild, Isabel, a child of 18 years.
The doctor therefore infers that
the four children of his (laughter,
Airs. Gmtn, were saved. He wired the
Mayor of the town to send the chil-
tileim et once to Detroit.
Other Canadians Drowned.
Detroit despatch : MSS Ruth 110.
Bride. secretary of the Canned Goods
Co., of Windsor, believes that the
McBride family reported lost Jim the
(1cppner deluge was that of her bro-
ther, tin McBride'elm had lived
In Ileppner for fourteen years, and
whose family she, understood to be
the only one1by the nano! of M:Bride
in the town.
Mrs. Samuel McBride wag a natio
of \\-nllacebnrg, Ont. There were
seven children In the fatally, the
eldest of w;hlch was a son, 3 years
of age.
A report receival front the stricken
city eays that the McBride family
were drowned to their house. The
daughter screamed and leckohed
from the wirdows to one Louts
Kinney, who, with Itis family, ran
from their house In time to escape.
Kinney saw the whole McBride family
perish.
NOW PARIS
ME MONEY.
Walking Delegate Who
Blackmailed Firms,
STRONG CASE PRESENTED.
Ile Wanted the $2,000 lig' ilitesele
says Poulson- Short (nervation of
the strike King-" 1 Don't Care
for the Law, tin• the lin on or, ler
Any Man nn Earth."
New York, June 22. -The examine -
lien of Samuel J. Parks, the walkiog
delegate of the Jlousesiuiths' ami
Brldgenieit's Prion, Oft Charges of ex-
tortion, preferred against him by
four different complainants, began
yesterday before Justlae Mayer In the
Court of Special sessions. The court
room was crowded with men pro-
minent In the Luilding trades unions,
among them almost as many enemies
of Parks us friends.
Niels Poulson, !'resident of the
Reda Iron Works of Brooklyn, the
chief campbriutuit against Parks,
was cross-examined by ex -Magistrate
Brunn Parks' counsel Asked whe-
ther
hyther he had ever paid any money to
it walkhtg delegate before the al-
leges! putymeit to Parks, ho said:
" Yes, once before. A walking dele-
gate came to mt and told me that
certain of the men in our- employ
were Ixh!nd in their dues to the
union, and that unless these dues
1tert paid they would Ie expelled.
This, of course, would make them
noir-union men, he sold, and their
ctrutinuauee at work for us would
necessitate his ordering a strike, It
was intimated that 11 1 Auld these
tsrt'k dues for the men It would be
all right, so I paid the money, $550,
imeuuse we couldn't afford to have
a strike at that lime,"
al-. Poulson said that he wafted
a year before bringing charges
against Parks because it took him
that long to gel over the effects
of the strike ;that Parks had or -
ib nitI. :asked to whom he Iwd talked
about the payment of mmitey to
Parks, lie said
"1 talked to members of the Iron
League about 1t. They all knew the
exact situation, acid they said it was
too bad, but that there Was no way
out of it, and that I would havo to
glen and bear It."
Mr. Poulson said ho presented the
matter to the Iltstr!et Atorney of
his own accord, and not at any-
body's suggestion,.
"But," o tl Mr. Branum, "you never
made any, charges against the
walking delegate that got your
$350.e
"No; ho ran away," said the wit-
110ee.
Q. Didn't Parks toll you that he
couldn't persuade the men to go
back to work unless you paid them
their w;tillltg time 7 A. No.
Q. When Mr. McCord made this
cheque out for 12,000 you didn't pro-
test about It did, you'? A. No ; 1
know time I lord to pay. Our business
was going to pieces and others were
being badly hurt.
Q. Did you consider that you were
giving it as a bribe? A. I would
not consider It a bribe if I was held
up by a highwayman.
Q. But you wore willing to deal
with Parks. A. -I lord to dell with
him or go out of business.
Q. What did Parks say- to you ? A.
Ile was introduced to me by another
walking delegate, and when we
shook hands be said he was very
much pleased to know the head of
the firm. Tlten I niduxl Ido why he
hod ordered the strike, when Noldlg,
President of the Housemltllo' Union,
had been to me and apologized be-
cause the striate had been ordered.
,At that Parks flew to a rage and
begun thrusting his fists at me. He
shouted, 'To -- with Neldig and
to -- with you. Do you know who I
am? Well, I am Bari Park.
don't cure a -- for the union, or
fon' you or your -- -- Company,
or all the laws in the country. You
fury mo what I tusk or your men
won't go to work. I turned away
and lot lieu go on. I wanted nothing
nloro to do with molt a mut.
The cross-examination of Robert
A. McCord, the estimator of the
Herta Iron Works, who personnlly
paid tho cheque for $2,1100 to Parks,
didn't reveal anything new.
In the absence of Mr. Hatfield,
1'ranole D. Jackson, Secretary of
the Hecht Iron Works, went ou the
stand 1.0 tell tvhtt he knew itbout
Parks, Mr. Jackson said that t In
September, 1901, Parks demanded
that he discharge some non-union
painters who had been (tired for
1110 day to paint the Jron work
00 the new custom house,
"1 told him to send me other
met in the morning." gala Mr.
Jackson, "and I 11vould lot the non-
union men go. He demanded that
they go at once_ Wo both' got
very hot about the matter, and I
finally sold to hien that when lee
sent a message to me, offering to
sell eat Ids union for $1,000, he
sent it to the wrong man. He flew
into a rage and replied: "That --
George Low^ told you that. I can
pick him, I can lick you, and I can
lick every -- D1 the Ilecla Iron
Works,' All this time he waved his
fist in my face. I declined to fight
with him."
The message referred to by Mr.
Jackson came out to the testimony
last week of George Low, luperin
tendert of the Ilecla Iron Works,
Ile dechtred that Parks came to
him and told 119m that unless the
Rosh Iron Works paid him $1,000
he world order a strike on all
their work.
The eXaininrtloll 00e adjourned
until July 1st.
S,MUGGLINO JEWELLERY.
\1'. Cunei and—14--111. Arrested a
Montreal,
Mual,ial, June -,-W. Cu,.,,,, and
1118 vvuta wiio strip a secuur,-nand
store here, were arrested this
morning on it warrant charging them
with bringing dutiable goers Into
('401,111 without 'melee the entry
charges. The complaint was laid
by Mr. William Barbecue of the
customs department. A pair of gold
?er'ing) valuer at 260 were taken
tram the eared of the female pris-
oner, 41114 When the home of the sw-
ooped was marched by Officers Bar -
beam and Corbel! a gold and a sli-
ver watch were found, on which it to
alledged the ditty had not been paid.
There Is also a quantity of jewel-
lery under detention at the customs
house.
It i8 (cutest that information ob-
tained by the customs house officials
is that before coming to Montreal
Cohen reprrv,entel henget( to be a
commercial traveller, and that in
New York he had quantities of jew-
ellery sent out from different shops
on approbation, and then skipped
across tho bonier with the swill.
A IYDDiRE Hal BURN,
And Fourteen Arsenal Hands
Were Killed.
BUILGINGCOMPLETELY WRECKED
London, Juue e2. -Fourteen men.
were killed and thirteen injured
by au oxpioeion in the 4v, ldlte fac-
tory at the Woolwich Arsenal this
morning. Several or the victims
were literally blown to pieces.
The building. teas completely
wrecked. The root was blown off
and the interior collapsed.
The explosion b; attributed toth'e
bursting of a shell,
There were many pathetic see1100
about the gate of the great Ar-
senal, where lh,nsands of relatives.
or the employees besieged the of- ,
ficinls for Uiformntion.
Lat(r.-Sex additional men are
missing, end It is believed they
here blown to pieces. The remains
of the victims were collected In.
buckets,
SENT TO PRISON.
Bulgarian 8l atesntca ',Punished for
11aIti•asance,
8oiln, Bulgaria, Juno 22, -Fortner
Premit;r Itauttehoft, former Minister
of Public Works Tontrheft and former
Minister of the interior Radoslavo(f,
who were Indicted In November last
on the emerge of malfeasance to
office, were to -day sentenced to.
eight months' huprlsoument at hard
labor. The first two named were
charge) with Illegal expenditure of
public stoney. Itndoslavofte was of
a political nature,
LABOR TROUBLES.
Miners' strike leroken-8hirt Factory
Struggle Lands.
Clifton, Ariz., June 22. -Furey one -
returned to wort( on tho company's
terms. The remainder 'are discon-
tented. As only twenty-five etrikere-
were disarmed, the miners still have
possession of th dr aunts, and the
absolute withdrawal of troops is not
deemed advisable. The mining com-
panies have called upon the Governor
of Arizona, asking that a troop of
regulars (sit stationed tit Aforenede
for 0 Mlin er of months.
Olen Polls, N. 1'„ June 18, -The
strike of the operators of the Well
Haskell shirt factory, which has
tooted for nearly ten weeks, has
leen settle!. The agreement pro-
vides for it return to work under con-
ditions prevailing before the etrhke.
The company had made preparationt
to move out of mho city.
GOUT ON HIS NOSE.
Plight ol'a New fork Janitor 'Whose
(ose Surprised Doctor+.
New fork, Juno 22. -Charles
Scharff, (0 ,wears old, a janitor, went
to Bellevue llospital yesterday after-
noon to see the doctors about a
swelling on his Cole as bug as a
baseball, and rest acs blood, which has
been Increasing, until now he is
hawing troubbr to see around It.
After twenty dilators had examined
him they flnall3- decided that the
janitor had the gout, which, they
said, hardly ever reached out as far
ns that, .A peculiarity about Janitor
Scharff's gout Is that it hasn't reach-
ed his feet y -et, having started on the
wrong end of him. They told him
that he might lose both eyes if the
swelling isn't reduced soon, and they
are, afraid that Maxi poisoning will
set in If It Is amputated.
In Luubet'8 Honor,
Leedon, Juno 722, -Tho review of
troops at Aldershot, which leas to
be held by King Edward on June
22, and the unexpected postpone-
ment of which caused come alarm
regarding the Ktng'e health, has been
fixed to take place July 8th', Ie
honor of President Loubet, who
will then be on ]tis 'Alit to Eng-
land .,