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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Blyth Standard, 1907-11-21, Page 2ON HUSBAND'S TRAIL. WIFE CONDUCTS RAIDERS TO SUSPECTED HOUSE, Divorce Suit to Follow—Mrs, A. W. McMillan, Wall -Known in Pitts• burg Society, Turns Detective to Solve Domestic Troubles. Pittsburg, Pa., Nov. 18,--Atthe haul of a dozen police and dntectives, elro. A, W. McMillan, of Carnegie, early yester- day morning nada a raid on the house of Mre, M. E. Ewing, where ler husband, who recently brought suit against her for divorce, was lying in bed in his paja- mas. Alter elle had seen her husband safe in a cell in Central station Mre. Me. Millan promptly fainted, Thu raid woe the culmtnntion of one of the meet sensational affairs in the hietrry of Pittsburg's stormy socia] world Mrs. McMillan, who is n remarkably handsome young woman, le the wife of Magistrate McMillan, of Cirnegle, About fourteen months ego the city was shock- ed by the report that McMillan, return - Ing home one evening, found State Rep- reeentative L. B. Cook, n prllninent at- torney of Pittsburg, in his hone in com- pany with hie wife, In n short fight be - twain the two men Cook woe seriously stabbed in the back and Bide bylicMil- lan, and for several weeks wns in a local hospital, while hie life wan despaired, of. He recovered, however, and Boon after that Magistrate McMillan Inetituted pro- ceedings against Ids wife for divorce. Ever since that time, It is now alleged, dire. McMillan has been doing eome de- tective Work of her own, in addition to having the aerviere of n private detective agency, which rare been ahad'twing Mc- Millan. Early last evening Mrs, :McMil- lan alleges that she discovered her hus- band entering the house kept by Mre. Ewing. Believing that her husband would remain there for name time, she hurried to Central police station, where she told her story and demanded that the house be visited, A detachment, of officers wns sent along with Mrs. Mcilfillan, in addition to several city and private detectives. When the house was teethed Mrs. McMillan rang the bell and the door was finally opened by Mrs, Ewing, Before the had time to cloee it Mrs, MrMlllnn-had push. ed throhgh the door, followed by the of- ficers. Mrs. McMillan than went into every room in the house until she flintily dhroyered her husband. ' He made every effort to conceal himself, but ass drug- ged triumphantly out by itis wife and turned over to the officers. Serious chargee were later preferred against Mc- Millen: and Mrs, Ewing. DUCK SHOOTER WOUNDED, Roswell Aughney Used Rifle to Pull Duck Ashore, When It Went Off. A Niagara Fells despfat'eh:' Roswell Aughney w as shot by a rifle in his own halide hero Ude morning. Aughney: is seventeen years oldand was 'employed. at one of the power developing plants. .After Afe night's work, he Went down Into. the Gorge. with- a twenty-two : calibre rifle to shoot ducks, He killed a duck, but -e'ould not, reach it, and Welted for It to drift ashore. When it came near he took the rifle by the muz- zle and reached out with the butt to draw the duck in. Just then the rifle discharged and the bullet pierced Aughney's abdomen. The young plan did not realize the serious- ness of the wound, and walked up the long hill before he collapsed. At the Me- morial Hospital the eurgeone hold out very little hope of his recovery, and Coroner Scott bas taken bis ante-mor- tem statement, Aughney re the son of mina', the court expressed the opinion are operated.e. 1 for remelting, and turn out coins of La rd weight and fineness at n pro. fit of about fifty per cent. About 700 of the cones hod been eireuiated in New Turk before the officers teemed the eine which led to Ilenso's arrest. = WERE IMPUDENT. RECEIPTS FOR ITALIAN PUBLIC MONEY SiGNED "DONKEY," Ministry of Education Under Nuncie Nasi Said to Have Been Head- quarters for the Cnmmari and the Mafia, Moine, Nov. 18.—The triol of Nuncio N,asl, former Minister of Public Instruc- tion, on chargee of defrauding the State treasury, was continued to -day. Deputy Capelll, who was at ono time Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Who Is now Pre- sident of the Parliament committee which is inquiring into the Neal case, declared that at the beginning of the investigation he wits convinced of the innocence of Nasi, hut that the ava- lanche of accusation and evidence hail obliged him to change his opinion The committee had been informed by' the deputy that the Ministry under Nasi bud become the headquarters of the Canmari and the Mafia, The committee had examined eertain forged receipts for 'subsidies intended tor poor school teachers and had found flint many of these were signed with fan- tnetie names, such ne "donkey," "liar" R1111 "thief," etc., iehidt showed the fm• pudenee ao well as the criminality of the forgers, Several newspapers to -day declare that Nasi hne in reserve some sensation- al revelations which be will macre At the last moment. These consist of alleged proofs that he gave the missing money to the Into I'rernier Zansrdelli to nssiet In the onti-Austrian propngandn in the Italian provinces still subject to Aus• trip. CONFESSION LED TO A CELL. Conscience -Stricken Man Told Story of Theft to Clergyman. A Toronto despatch: Repentance for wrongdoing landed Rene Sylvester, 240 Ontndo street, aged 43, in n cell of the Wilton avenue police station last night on a charge of theft. Sylvester had been drinking for some days, nod, when he became pnrtially sober, he found that he wns carrying around an overcoat which Was evidently the property of n. street railway employee. Conscience-stricken by the discovery, he consulted Rev. Mr. Cockburn, pastor of the Oak Street Pres- byterian Church, and confessed all. With the reverend gentleman he went volun• tartly to the police station and repeated ale story, with the result that n charge of theft was laid against him and he was locker! up. The police now wont an owner for the coat, SEAT FOR EVERYBODY. New Jersey Street Railway Must Corn - ply Wlth Law - <i Trenton, N. J„ Nov, I8 In the rose of an ordinance passed by the Street Commissioners of Jrreey City requiring the New Jersey Street Railway Com- pany during rush hours to operate en- ough cars from the Pennsylvania and the Erie Railroad terminals, and provide each pasenger with a seat, under penalty of $50, the Supreme Court upheld the ordinance. The court held the ordinance only could be attacked in case of unreason- ableness, and that no unreasonableness had been shown in the case of the Erie terminal, . As to the Pennsylvania ter- 1Villlam Aughney, of 1,0341 Main street, that more ears eau d be run than now DESTRUCTIVE EMIGRATION. Italy Being Drained of Its Beet Pop- ulation, London, Nov. 18,.—The Rome corm epondent of the Lancet says the last re - ','port„ of the .War Office en recruiting drawn attention to the decline in the pbyslcal development and power of the youth of Italy. Thirty per cent. of yming men of 20 years of. age were re- jeeteuu1 as unequal to the Intrigues of the Military service, which are no_greater than tbnse daily undergone by active cit- ye'.fUans. The correspondent adds: "'Toe cause on which nearly all are agreed of thio steady drain of the thews, sinepce and muscles of the population, - aaggrricultural and urban, is emigration. A - mllllon Of the moat robust youth of both `'I:esims of the last deetede'has been with- fretti the coygtrylr@aving the pro - 11 1 0,4 ' T gytd�le weaklings'a mporary one. olitfloiv, especially in 3iatricts, is on the increase." COINS OF PURE SILVER ire Made by Counterfeiter In Ram- apo Mountains, ew York, Nov, 18,—The arraign- ment of Hannan Reuse before United - Stntes Commissioner Shields to -day b3: 'Crated States secret service officers on the charge of counterfeiting brought to light what they regard! as 0111' of the most important finds in the r'nmterfeit- Ing business in recent years. Ileuse was held for the Federal Craul ,Fury. According re statements made fn the Commissioner, IIe1s0 has been producing half dollars of practically pure silver, •-so skilfully made that only experts could detect them. The plant where the coins were produced was 8111d to he In a secluded spot in the Ramapo Mon - Uinta in Rockland county. The pre- sent price of silver, it Is laic!, enabled him to purchase bar Filler or old silver B. C. DIVORCE LAWS. Judge Clement Arouses Great Inter- est by His Decision. Vancouver, Nov. 18,— Consternation reigns in many homes in this Province nen result of a decision just handed out by Jedgc Clement fn the Supreme Court of Beitieh Colombia, In giviing a cheisieu in the divorce case of Watt, vs. Watt, Jedgc Clement announced that tete divoree Incas in operation in l3ritish Columbia have not legally been in effect since 1871. These ore the Incas which wereo1 the statute books of the old Crown colonies of British Columbia, and if the decision is upheld by the Court of Ap- peal all the marriages of divorced pa•• ties for the past thirty-six yeais will be affected. I', order to prevent endless legal tangles over property interests it will be necessary to secure new legislation, both Provincial and Federal, validating all the marriages amt divorces stale under the law, FRENCH-CANADIAN BIRTH RATE. More Than Double That of Other Races in Montreal, Montreal, Nov. 18.—Tile annual report of Dr, L, 'Laberge, Dlodicel Health Offi- cer for the city, was issued to -day. llc state, that h1 the year 100(1 the death rate of the city was 10,28 per 1,000 of population, being 1.32 less than that of the previous year. The birth rate of the last year is returned at 3735 per 1,000 of population, or 1.54 per thou- sand more than in 1005, The birth rote among French-Canadians was 47.00 per 1,000; among other Catholics 21,03 per 1,000, and among Protestants 21,20 per 1,000. Among the French•Canadians the proportion of tmarrial[es was 10.83 per 1,000, FLOWERS AND FRUIT. ONTARIO HORTICULTURAL D15 - PLAY BEATS ALL RECORDS. Sight of a Continent—Increased En- tries Demand Greater Accomoda• tion—Massey Hall is Too Small and Bettor Facilities Are Caller' For, Toronto despalclt: With tentr'ies far - fn excess of last year's, 011d the quality of the exhibits allowing a corresponding advance, the fourth annual Ontario Hor- ticultural Exhibition, opened in the Alas- Sey (tall, nary safely be described as the finest eollectiou of frait, flowers and vegetables ever brought together in 'To- ronto, which, since the shop is the only one of its kind in the Dominion, is equivalent to saying that it is the finest hold in l'anada. Already, indeed, the exhibition has outgrown the facilities at preeeut available for its accommudatiol. The increase In the entries has 11ot beau confined to any particular section. Afl have shared in the advance mow or leas, several to the extent of 25 per cent., while the quality has also improved in a degree that is remarkable, considering the backward nature of the season. In no department is this n.th-ance more pro- nounced than in the apple classes. Con- sidering the high prices that are being obtained and the tact that shippers are working at high prr55ure, n greet allow of apples was scarcely to be looked for, but visitors to the exhibition will he agreeably disappointed. While the standard is perhaps a little 105'08 ne re- gards 1001, it 101)0 the opinion of the. ex- perts present at the opening that in color and variety the display las never been surpassed in Toronto, lir. A, McNeill, chief of the fruit division of the Dominion Department of Agriculture, 80(10 his had experience of judging in such well-known fruit -growing countries ads New Zealand and British Columbia, declared that some of the exhibits were equal to any he hod ever seen. L1 the vegetable section every part of the Pro- vince is represented, the entries now tie- ing noun 450, and in all the classes the quality la excellent, especially celery, cauliflower and imams, A Transformation Scene. In the arrangement of the exhibits, particularly in the large hall, exquisite taste hos been shown, and the general effect is that of a trauafoiie lion scene. Banked up in front with a profusion of pink and n'hite orchids grumped with Anthurium nepenthes and other foliage, and behind with distinct varieties Lit clrysuntheinuuis of shades del fu an artistic framework of palate and fens, with a dusk Isere mei Imre of callas in bloom, the plutfurm tonne a luagnificeut background, rieh in color and admir- ably balanced. The display of orchids is probably the best ever shown at the exhibition, and the 5111110 reufuk ap- plies to the chrysanthemums, Among the leading exhibitors and prize -takers in these sections are the Lute uetate, Brampton, otoeo yellow eltrysanthe- nnlnls, particularly the "airs. '1'hirksll" and Eaton varieties, are u special fea- ture; 31r, 1'. dloIIugh, Alontreal, who has been awarded the liiillnnl Cup; DI', 11, 11, Endear, Toronto, and Sir 11en'y Pellatt, Pot Plants a Feature, In the centro of the hall are staged the pot plants, and a beautiful com- bination they make, with tall palms sup. ported on a base of begonias, primulas, oyclamel and chrysanthemums. Here the chief awards have gone to Colonel bweny, the Steele -Briggs Seed Cont. puny, and Dir, 11, 11, 1'uuger, Ranged round 011 all eidue are tables loaded with fruits of various kinds. There are ex- hibits from no rawer tbau eleven ex• perimental stations, Burlington show - leg 100 diffore»t varieties, lake Unroll displaying many fine samples of winter • apples, with bottled fruit of 110 kinds, and Suneoe making u feature of the hardy apples. .111 less remarkable aro the regular plate exhibits representing all parte of the Province, and afford- ing an exceptional opportuuily of judg- ing twenty vuriettes of the 1?ameuse apple, Fine Display of Apples, Then there is the display made by the 000(0 0 00UIIW10, u 00011ble feature of which is 8110 l 1110 suu8010g lel 110100, which furnishes Mcottestable proof that despite climatic dasud1111nnges 11 eau 001119ete with maty of the oust apple - growing districts in the Province. 181 nue grape section the eaule de• voted to tee ,vingaru exhibits is worthy of special' nienuom,' '111e doe:lepmeut of the canned fruit industry is striking• ly illustrated by a most apput sing dis- play of jams, jellies old preserves, al d an interesting stall is that occupied by Shuttiewurth of Guelpu, who 1011M6 Iww upp:e, c„a uc 11.50,1,00,4 uh twenty different futons, Glee of the 1110.51 111 u.-1= ,ep 101011 of the allow ie furnished ley 1,0 uceuratud dinner table;, The Ifrst award i11 this 00etiol hits been gained by elr. J. 11, Duulop, 00 toligo oueet, with n decuru• Lieu 01 runes :41:i,,)c11 ,•illi 001(018iee taste en a table eel 111 11 laud of Waive fllumfuuled by emetics. .adding nut 0 little to the vim al Alcan are toe floral exhibits uependent from the gallery, the eoutrcp,eee consisting of u combina- tion of cbreauntheuunles uud smilax in the form of a scroll. Opening Ceremony. The exlibilien !rue fm'utully opened duet night by Ml'. 11'. R. Brock in the presence of a I:., e attendance, 31r, h. J, Score, Ole I'rc.,,,'rut ,1l' tau exhibition, !n intr',ducile 5, r- Lr.,c:; ;Minted out that -the 509' not'o5,iy'',il':tbled those in- tel''eted fn n006,1110,1.1 ,1„1 pu,,0uils to ap- prealgte,, 'what "t',' •,I I produce, but 1160 afforded valuable object lessons, '1'he exhibition was the Limy one et its Idled on the enntncent, and -Ids suoaii8 11'x0 proved by the Inca that they tail long ugu Liagruaal the (opacity of the :'1110 ry Ilall, .fie expreserd the hope that the city would soon provide n suit- able building for the exhibition, 111, Brock said the citizens of 'Toron- to ought to feel grateful to those 11'ho bad exerted themselves to produce 0 0)105' Mutt V0111d 1110 be seen anywhere else o1 the anaemia of America, lie en- dorsed !that ,110, Score had said as to the necessity of more suitable ucr0nemo- datfon, lull suggested that provision :MIAMI be made in the Exhibition grounds. He regarded that exhibition au one of the best advertisements that could be had of Chuada, Ron. Nelson Monteith congratulated the promoters of the exhibition on the excellent quality of the exhibits uud, re• farting to the matter of accommoda- tion, hoped that the Uevemmnent would be able to extend further help in that direction. An excellent nnusical programme has been arranged for each of the five days during which the exhibition le open, Iiandltoees orchestra being the contribu- tors last highs!. EXPERIMENTAL FRUIT FARM. An Advisory Committee to Assist in Its Management, Ilea, Ncleou Monteith will confer with the fruit men at the Massey Hall show 'this week concerning the Jordan, exprri- m etal farm, It is intended to ap- point an advisory lward in connection with the farm, on which extensive lm - I pr0r0mants have been made with a view to currying out the proposed work there, Ten miles and a half of draiue have been there. Ten miles and a half of drains Imre been laid for one thing, !the demonstration farm in Clergue !and Walker townships is also receiving attentio,, and tenders are being called I for clearing 100 acres of the square mile l devoted to the fart», It is situated about 450 miles north of Toronto, at a point' where the government railway cuts through it in line almost east and 'tweet, lion, 31r. Monteith will meet the 8(010 fnetnry iuspcctore to -morrow and their dutire wiJJ le,' under consideration. The men may oleo be selected who are to `act es examiners for the stationary en - givers, STEAMER SUNK. FBIG CANAL GATES CARRIED AWAY AT MONTREAL. Fifty Thousand Dollars' Damage to the Shipping—Misunderstanding of Orders Drives Str. Neepawa Full Speed Against Lock ,Gates, Montreal, Nov. 17. --Through aome misunderstanding between the officars , and engineer of the steamer Neepawa, , that boat caused $50,000 danmge to the shipping in Montreal harbor 'lo -night I She was entering lock No. 1 and the captain gave orders to rewerse ns she neared the lock. This was misundei' stood, and the boat went full stlaln ahead and coaled away the lock gates, There was a drop of twelve feet, and the boat erns swept down this Into the river, but escaped serious damage, Three bargee above her In the locks were not so fortunate, These three, the alumna, the Regina, and the Idella, be- longing to the 'Montreal Transportation Company, were swept down into the ri- ver, and collided with the wharf and other boats, Tho Regina Was caught in the huge wave and swept into the river and sunk near the Corsican, of the Allan Line. The Regina tree loaded with 25,- 000 bushels of wheat, and had on board Captain Malette, his wife And four chil- dren, but they managed to escape ea the boat sank under them. She is in forty feet of water, and is damaged to the extent of $5,000, In addition to the value of the wheat, The Hurona was caught epithet the tock and damaged to a considerable ex- ent, She was loaded with 28,000 bush- ele of wheat and flax, and has three feet of water in her hold, (ler damage will be to the extent of $5,000. The 11511n wns lied to the ,•harf, and escaped in- jury, not being carried away by the rueh of water, There is $5,000 damage done to the wharves and locks as well as the delay and inconvenience to navigation. Offl- ehale state that the demagod locks will be fixed up inside of twenty -for hours, and In the meantime the old locks cut bo used by boots which do not draw more than fourteen feet. The whole af- fair will be investigated by Commander Spain, BANK PRESIDENT ON TRIAL, John R. Walsh Charged Wlth Mis- application of Funds. Chicago, 111., Noy, 18,--J'he trial of John R, Walsh, former President of the defunct Chicago National Bonk, on the charge of misapplication of ids funds, be- gan to -day in the United States District Cemnrt, before Judge Anderson, The Mita:tinent against air. Walsh Contains 100 counts. The offence charg- ed is pan eli:dile by from five 10 ten ;'cors in prison. The chief issue in the case is whether or not Mr, Walsh used the bank's funds to aid his own enterprises. The Government alleges that Me. Walsh sub- stituted for the money it is charged he took h'on1 the bank securities of a doubtful character. The defence will claim that these secnrftles were good, and that nobody over lost a dollar be. cause of them, CUT TO PIECES. ; HIGHBALL EXPERTS. AN ATROCIOUS MURDER IN NORTH VANCOUVER. Body of Seven-year-old Clementine Nahu Found In Lonsdale Gardens —Child Had Been Missing Since Saturday. Vuncuuver, 11. C„ Nov, 1S,—Clenien• tine Nahu, the eeve -year-old daugbtor of Captain Nahn, was murdered at North Vancouver ole Saturday. Tho little girl had been ill-treated by a degenerate. The body was found amongst the bushes In Lonsdale Gardens this afternoon. She had been killed by auto with two razors, which lay on the ground along- side bur remains, !ler body was out to pleees. A bottle of gin was picked up nearby. Tbo child lived with her par- ents at Moodyvlile, and on Saturday she was dont to North Vancouver with or- ders on stores, The orders were net fill- ed, and the child was at once searched for. The Provincial police and the whole town searched on Saturday, Sunday, Monday and to -day. The police have gone to North Van- couver from this city, but su far no ar- rests have been made, SAVE THE WOOD BUFFALOS, Ernest Thompson Seton, the Noted Traveller, in Ottawa. Ottawa, Nov, 18,—Mr, Ernest Thompp-- son Seton arrived in Ottawa last ni$$h4 ftoni Winnipeg, and is a guest of 180 E14e eelleoey the Governor-General. This morning Ifon, Frank Oliver had a long talk with Mr. Seton at Rideau Hall fn reference to the latter's six months' trip through the wilds of Northern Sas- katehovau and Mackenzie districts, Mr, Seton is especially interested in having Government take action to preserve the bands of wood buffalos still existing in the far north, and the Government has already taken steps towards herding thea into n reserve. 01111 properly pro- tecting them by the Mounted Police. r AN OPEN VERDICT. Thomas Burns Likely to be Released From Custody, An Ottawa despatch: The coroner's in- quest into the mysterious death of ;lits. Thomas Runts, of Osgoodo township, was concluded this afternoon and an open verdict was returned. A telegram from Provincial Analyst, of Toronto, re- ceived today stated that he could not swear definitely that a sufficient quan- tity of strychnine hod been fount in the stomach of the deceased to cause her death, The husband, Thomas Burne, now under arrest on suspicion of having maxed her death, will probably be re, lensed to•norroe, r' WEDDED TORONTO GIRL. New York Parisian Crossed Ocean Unknown to Relatives. Nov York, Nov, 18.—A notice eent to the San to-niglit announces the marriage of Audinet Gibert, of tide city and Paris, to Miss Margaret McLaren, daugbtor of the late Donald McLaren, of Toronto, at the home of the bride's mother, at Jamaica, Long Island, The marriage notice sent to the Sun office by R. F. Johnson, of Jamaica, says that Rev. Chas. H. Young, D, D„ performed the oeremnny on Oct. 28, Thn announcement was a complete surprise to the relatives in the city, who did not know that he was on this aide of the Atlantic. KILLED 1N PITSBURG. Young Cobourg Railwayman Received Fatal injurlea, A Cobourg despatch: Mr, Jamee R, Duncan, a highly -esteemed young man of this town, was accidentally killed. yesterday on the railway at Pittsburg, Pa. He was employed as brakeman on a passenger train. Par- tisulars of the accident have not yet been received. He was a son of the late John Duncan, coal and wood merchant here. Hie mother, Meters and one brother, Mr, Ld. Duncan, who carriee on the business, live here. The remains will be brought to Co. bourg for interment. Deceased was thirty-two years of Lige. WINDFALL FOR A' THIEF. John Roberts, Convicted of Stealing Chickens, Heir to $20,000. Port Iluron, Mich., NOV, 1e.— John Roberts, aged 25 years, wafting to be taken to the Ionia Reformatory for a period of ono and a half years for stealing chickene, is heir to ,$20,000. Roberts received word tient he would get half of an estate of $40,000 left by an uncle, John Law, who recently died in Stratford, Ont. There are only two heirs. "I guess I won't do notch to that after 1 serve my time,” said Robert, to -clay, 'Pao will has been filed for probate in Stratford. KILLED BY STREET CAR. Toronto Man Slips Under the Wheels at the Soo. A Sault Ste. Marie despatch: While trying to board a ear at tho corner of Elgin and Queen streets, Canadian Soo, at noon today, 0. Thompson, aged 30 years, a Scotchman, from Toronto, was instantly !tilled. The car was No, 222, the conductor, Ma - Donald, and the motorman, McNiven, but they are not blamed. Thompson was waiting for the car, and it was gapping to let him nn, hut while If was still in coition he Flipped under the rear wheels, said bi.s head and right arm store menial GO OUT CN STRIKE AT THE I KNICKERBOCKER, NEW YORK. White Apeoneti Men Refuse to Wash and Dry Glasses—Recruits Soon on the Job—They Make Some Wonderful River Front Decoctions for a While, New fork, Nov, 18.--51r, Murton, who mote 'The _tuuluniy of llelnncholy;' would luta, enrounlerl',I some exee16m0 material fur an appendix to that doleful work had he happened into the Hotel liuekerbocker yesterday, But Dir, Ber- ton is, unforto:rately, dead, 18111 none of the many persons who were saddened yesterday by a strike of the bartrmlare employed at the Knickerbocker was in the mood for literary cantpositiou, White slated decklaauds of Bacchus fell out with slams IL Regan, manager of the hotel, bucaase lie made it part of their duty to wash and dry the glosses used on the burs, 'The indiguatien of the barmen sizzled even as the seltzer siz. /Soil when the fuuert is turned toward the highball glass. They forgot the thirsty public as they meditate(( upon their wrongs, cold the heel. thing tate anybody knew 31r. He- ger had discharged two managers in the service bars doweetairs and and sent right bartenders out into the cold world with then!, Then come the deluge of friorfel and tromderful drinks; for the places of the strikers were filled with bartenders whose past performances in other estab- lishments might have been all right, but whose aequafntence with the cecentriei. ties and fdfosyuerasies of the palates of the permanent guests at the 05010110 11000 fu the Hutd Knickerbocker Iran, less than rudimentary, The dread tidings spread oingq Broad- way Strong nom who beard that there had been n shift in the cut at the base, of supplies hurried to tea 1i.nickerh,cker In 00111ore realms filled with strange drinks hitherto llnn1111101v11 on land Lir sea. lu the chaos which followed the alcoholic cancdy-sni many persons whose interest In water had until yesterday been purely nchderuie bought water and da>tiuh ft, ISclo'e the coming of the hour of the eborge of the 5 o'clock highball. brigade the now men had learned their lessons. They made drinks in the evening like those the old bartenders 118011 to make, and some customers who had considered the advisability =of going upon the water wagon until the crisis was over changed their minds. Also they, celebrated the alteration in their opinions. One of the bartenders who hal been employed in the cafe bar behind which is 11;. 1'nrrish's picture of 011 King Coln, Oo Wolf !topper, et 111,, w0s advt1ecd sere; al numbers. 'lie became n floor manager. There were other peontntions aul n few demotions, mol by the time tin; stars came out and looked down 11pee the city they beheld a scene of pence where n few hours before there had been horses' oaks with domestic instead of imported ginger ale in them and Bronx rurhtuile in whirls there were bitters. At the eonei rasion of tam day's hostili- tins Air. Began nunonnced that'the torn. (lotions of smarty were still safe. In his report of the battle made to his chief of staff correspondent of the Bartenders' (nick called the disturbance a "flurry," N. B,—The bartenders will have to wash the glosses just the same, :t FISCAL REFORM THE KEY. Can Alone Open Way to Imperial Al- liance, Says Richard Jebb, London, Nev. 18.— Adressing the Royal Colonial Institute on the. yrar'.s Imperial evolution, Riclmrd dobb u'gued that an alliance of the partner nations warn the only roast to ultimate federa- tion unbarred, by insuperable epilsl- tion from national sentiment, which in Canada. was complicatrel by French- Canadian racial tradition fostered fon' ecclesiastical purposes. Criticizing the Newfoundland affair, he said the states- mualike solution of the problem would have berm the' abrogation of the NOW- 1'0111011)1d ov- fouod)o)od constitution with 11 View 11) rrsturi05 self-government, subject to the pio :aims of the Mililislt North -1ntetila Act, 31r, Jobb concluded by saying that the pant year would 1101 be in Vain it it timnlalyd lo]mriulists to coneenlrnte their efforts for fiscal reform, which Alcon' multi unlock the political duos' to Imperial, ;Alliance. TO PREACH WITHOUT SALARY, Brooklyn Pastor Astonishes Prosper- ous Congregation by Self•Dcndiaf, New Pori:, Nes.. 18, --"With the help of Uod, I shall 0000r hereafter, 011111r directly or indirectly, receirc one cent for the preaching of the (impel." Asicosaiug h1; pravl,crout c,ngrega- ,Ion, Rev, 1), ,!lieu 'Popper, !mit ,,r of 11,., 1114.;1111 :street 11,,rist'hotel, Brook- lyn, made this nanomincmcnt, What rtc,-rd D0'. Tupper to stake the tummiee- ment is not known, lie' is not a 011111 of large 1nc_'0v,n]tboigh lie his enouglOhi it is understood, to live upon modestly without drawing salary. '1 he congregation is building 0 hand - 5101111' 11,.w 011(1151, 1111,) Dr, '.)`upper's dc- eisiou to preach without salary, the first OH MY't'i'rtl in Brooklyn, will told to the, building fond and lessen the burden upon his people. All slay yesterday Barre. 0.0151 efforts put, forth to provide for the inter- est no it 10011, and this effort wits re- warded with great success, tut it Was not known while the effort was lying made that Dr. Tupper was to take any such step as that involved in his 00110 - what startling announeenelt,