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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Blyth Standard, 1907-12-05, Page 2,.t w v' 'r r FOR Bx. S lib ARTNER. dEG1.' ALD 'SPAULDING'S SCHEME RS COURT PRESENTATIONS. Lady Suffiad Denies All Knowledge of the Man—Spaulding Tells Police That Ile is Acting in Conjunction With Daughter of the Fatuous Henry Eating. Loudon, Dee, 2. -"1'vc never heard of Rcgiiuld Spaulding in toy life and can't. Imagine 1101 he carne to dosser my hal111 spun which to hung a fabrication about t debt; avid Ludy Suffield to -day through Iter husband, Ba run Suffield. Lady auffield is n daughter of the hate Henry Buriug, founder of the great 1in- enoial house ui that mune, and a hater sf Lord llevelstotce, the present head of the house, 'elle la at precut a Ludy rf the Bedrhauuber to tier Alajeste, Quest Alexandra. The story of a dent ins connection with her would seen( antes• Ihg, even without a denial, Spaulding Attempts Suicide. Pittsburg, Dec. 2.—Rogineld Spauld- ing, the young Englisbulau urresied acre en Saturday, has made the asiumlding statement that he hub been author• feed by Lady Suffield, Lady of the Bed-- seemlier ed•shatuber to Queen Alexandra, to sego - Nate with Pittsburg milliouairea for ,presentation at the Court of St, Jumei' fora financial consideration. While thin sensation was aweepfug the city Spaulding put a climax to the devetopmelts of the day by desperately attempting to kill himself, Sentenced to fire days in joil, pending investigation, Spaulding wars hurried to the .Nertillon bureau. fie fought every inure lush to take his naeesurcmruts. When the camera wata brought out he leaped toward a tray of ohenlieal0, mud before he could be prevented bud ewal- lowcd the contents of a bottle, Only the fret that lie seized the wrong jar Raved his We. What he wallowed was a vial of salts. Beside it was enough cyanide of potmsla to kill hall n dozen men, hp. oidiug'a revelations regarding Lady ,Suffield were outdo when ho was ar- aigated before Magistrate Brady this id- ' tenon, (Brought from the cell -room at the Central Station, where lie had reposed sines Saturday night, and ar- -ralgned ea the charge of befog n suspici- ;.} . oma person, he was asked what he had to Bary forhimself, "1 can't sec for the life of mc," was the reply, "why you have brought me here. 1 came to America and to Pitts- burg on e. legitimate enterprise, which 1 nm fully able to carry out. 1 "1 have a great friend fn the Count toss ul Suffield. You may not know it, but the Countess and her husband, the line( of Suffield, have always been very dose to King Edward. In feet, they were members of his household while ho was still the Prince of Wales. "Thu Countess and the Earl enter- tained the King lavishly while he was Prince, and largoly through this enter tainmeut they became impoverished, and have continued so since, "More Haan a year ago the Countess of Suffield borrowed u suns of money from ate. She has hen unable to pay it back since, and sem told nue that if 1 knew of any rich Americana who want- ed' to be introduced at court she. would make t..: praseetntiou -in lieu of the money „ .cd ole, L to stake out of it what l , ..I. "11 was 011 this proposition that 1 came to Pittsburg. This amort of tiling Ian Ill( Flu idea 1 won doing any wrong in ad- vertising to introduce daughters of wealthy Pitlsburghcre to the Court of England, (While the Suffields aro often called Earl and Countess, thele true titles aro Baron and Lady.) "I made no false representations when I advertised that 1 would make the presentations. L can do it. It can be done through the Countess of Suffield, who is my friend. If she cam make money through her social influ- ence, what harm is thee'?" That Spnuldieg is not an ordinary numthere is ample reason for believing. Ile hurl all the polish of n drae•ing-roust fav- orite, and his knowledge of English e0 - 0801y is thorough, fruit whatever Buurce ft 1118 been at'currd. and the couff- denee that he has been able to inspire in those Miele the piece declare he intended to victimize is striking, Alen *s yell as women have been Ins dupes. - He advertised lust week for a man post swam-many - seseing $500 to scuipany him on a fur• elgn trip aa eueretery, end received an *newer from a Pittsburg gnma, who, is Worth at least $2,000,000, this man eon', stinted to occupy^,jjJ1e pnsftien iu order that he might be;jirlteoduced abroad by the hngiisluuun. ,he pollee believe Spaulding to be the who under the 00u10 of Oscar Frederick Spate. w•u•; comwett2 with n proposed seine)) to put chine 1st C•t'n ural Park, New York, a few years ago, and rent them to park risitrn:s. NO LONGER AN AUTOCkAT, The Douma Robs Czar of One of Hie Titles, St. Petersburg, (.tor.2.--The Llouut,t' to -night decreed that the title of tutu' coat which baa le.r;.e I,r he, e,„. euro of Ruaiu for crnteriee, i., no longer' tenrlbie within the Russian State alai 18 ineunlp,l t I0. ' wltll 1. 1.0 ilea,,,: .,, l'u;urated by the nmuifisstn issued hy- Emperor Niehell0 on Octuber 30, 1003, At the close of a great 0010111uliuuoi debate the Russian Pediment, by a vote of 112 to 21e, rrjeeted 4br "autocrat," mid th— the addre,ea from the throne unaa1molw. is done in Eng d, d 1 hod Iv, tinge ae1'eI of 1111211 rsinging t, WASHINGTON'S prnlun{;rd charring and the staging of the enttonnl anthem. The result of the genion lo regraded its at fine victory for the Constitutional Demote -ins. under the leadership of I'ru- fresor Paul N. Milukoff, mho euccce ed in toren) 11i 'lhl 1 ' t.' baud '111e e molcrtsv sur. I eal vola wag taken nfter the 110111ure atrltire withdrawal of the Extreme !light Sadat Demrerstlo, members of the I (rup of 'Foil anti the Boles, WILD TIMES. INDIAN DEBAUCHERY ON KAMSACK AND OTHER RESERVATIONS, Girls' School Broken Into and Inmates Made Drunk and Maltreated—Whites and Halfbreeda Took a Hand in the Orgies. Winnipeg, lice, 2. — Unscrupulous whites, bad llnlfbteede azul lndians in search of exeltemeet, have been debauch- ing the Indians on the reservatiolts at ICameack, Keyes 0111 felly, forcing the Douiniot Government to take action and Institute wholesale prosecutions. De- bauchrrive have been indulged in whish have left eome participants lying in the bush in an ineapncitated elate for two days at a time. The Indian sohool was broken into, and the oecemate of one of I the girls' dormitories have ben inloxie- eated and assaulted by a band of young troughs, end bewahling and vice have been rampant at ransack, where the lndians, whites and halfbrcede have indulged in wild and disgusting orgies. These are facts obtained by the Department of In- I dian Affairs, which pieced the matter in the hands of the Comedian Detective ' Agency. her. Charles Driver, the local supeein- tendent, despatched a detective to the scene of the alleged trouble, with the re- sult that genie forty odd prooveutions are titiug place, while n report hits been received by the department show- ing that the sante of 0(10118 111.0 deplor- able, A8 far ars information hn11 been receival there have been twangy -three ' convictions, After working for some time the detective collected sufficient mater- ial to cotviet a 10;ge number of offend: ere, and the department decided on i stamping out the evil at otter. Notice 00111 sent to the reserve that a "give-away knee," nn Indian dance, that usually reaps in meatus and vicious freedom, would take place at 1antsack on Nov, 21. All the steepest$ therefore wen counted on attending, and when they did there was a wholesale '• raid by the police, who worked from early morning of Thurany and the greater part of the following ley, In Filming the men they wanted under ar- rest, On Saturday morning the court was opened at 10 o'clock, and many fines and sentences were lmposl'd. A nen who ran a butcher shop there there was sent to jail for nine months, and fined $900, SUES DOCTOR MISS BELLARD WANTED groom DAMAGES FROM DR, NEVITT, Lady Admits That Surgeon'e Skill Saved Her Life and Restored Her Health, But Says the Operation Was Un- authorized, A Toronto despatch: Admitting that It is only owing to the wonderful result of a skillful operation performed by Dr. H. B. Nevitt, of Toronto, that she is living to -day, \lies Appellee Bellnnd, a young Frnneh-Caiadian lady, sued Dr. Nevitt 10 the Non -Jury Assizes this afternoon for $10,000 dagnmes for performing the to seek, no farther in fact than the in - operation, fair astir of annoy fair appearing efts blocks, Miss Ilelland said in her evidence , In most ly fan alley is a straight that she consulted Dr. Nevitt rt'hlle line between two streets and is for the she urns in a serious condition front mac of delivery' men, stablemen and the tumor and consented to an operation alley ent, In Washington the peculiar plan of the city has resulted in the great- est assortment of blocks of all shapes and sizes, from the little three -sided scrap of heel with r00111 fur 081y one hoose to aglnre8 that measure about six hundrel feet on each of their fou' sides. The hidden world within one of these blocks nil( consist of hili a dozen w•ind- ing'lan08 lined with hovels and stables, to latter being far the cleaner of the two, Not all of the alley houses are Bo Siad, but In all of them there seems, to lfe developed an alley type of family which has lower standards than those of the people who live on regular streets. Of 0011180 ie Washington, with its 100,- 000 colored inhabitants—which makes it the largest negro city in the world—ft is the Barky who to a great extent poptt- 1te8 the alleys: 0f the 200,000 inhabit- ants of these byways about 18,000 are colored. Snow alley has 280 black men, women and children to help it belie its name. But the charity workers in the alleys oc• cnpied by whites say that even when the C0 110097811 families try to climb out of Sodom the albs influences drag them back. The alleys are Wed all over the city, Bassett's. alley. with a half concealed entrance only three, feet wide, is but a few minutes will: from the Capitol. It is full of families having only one room apiece ill )•retched old shacks, with Doom n foot below ground level and with almost no windows at all, The Senators can find Bassett' alley easily. It is only a block from their vele off)ee building. There is no water nr arw'^ fe the epee. althonuh the office building In a modern maryel of luuibitt blind alleys are, of course, the ALLEY SLUMS. TWENTY THOUSAND PERSONS LIVE 1N SQUALOR THERE. Some of the Conditions Defy Description —Blood Alley, Pig Alley and Jonah Row Significant Names—One Near the Senate—Queen's Court and the British Embassy. Washington, Dee, 2.—Tee national capital, with 011 its pride of marble d bronze, its broad avenues and green circles, in nevertheless declared to be "rotten to the core." Tho phrase is Jacob Rise's. Hu "turned' Washington inside out" a few years - ago and went bnek to Now York's Feet Side for a breath of fresh air. Things have taken a turn for the better since then, but the whited sep- ulchre is still a likely metaphor to be used in connection with the na- tion's City Beautiful. Last spring - President Roosevelt got so stirred up over emu reports of the Washington alleys that he appointed n commis- sion to devise n way of removing the lflern1 and moral stench from the people's nostrils. Theee alleys are without a parallel in any other city. There are 280 of them, and they harbor a population of 20,000 persons. When Jacob Riis declared that Washington had a rot- ten epo1 at the core he added: "I mean that, for I have in mind the hidden back alelye, so well hid- den that I pawed them day after day, pleased with the find front the block was making and without rho least suspicion of what it harbored within." Perhaps if he had known the name of some of these pestilent byways he 1110111 have suspected their nature. :Ambush court is nuc, illoorl alley is another, Jonah row ie another, and there are Pig alley, Spinel\ alley, Cat alley end other u011 100 full of signi- f icatoe. But the name is not no unfailing guide. Otherwise Snow alley would not be the tortuous, filthy lane which it really is. And as Queen's Court— not two blocks from the British Em- bassy it would ecareoly have shown itself to the shocked inveetigntors, as it did for years, a labyrinth of dirt, disease and immortality, "The alleys," says Charles F. Wel- ler, of the Associated Charities of Washington, rare hidden inner worlds standing often in close proximity to the chief centree of the city's wealth and culture. Chinch row, not seven . blocks from the White House and only three blocks from Dupont Circle, wa8 indescribably bad." Chinch rows was an arm of Queen's Court, and it was only recently that, after yeere of war upon it, its hovels were torn down. Some of the de- plorable houses remain, however, Bo. near the fashionable centre of the city that the contrast is startling. The ordinary newspaper does not print the sort of reading which the descriptions of ninny of these alleys make. It is hardly fit for anything but the reports of charity committees, and even they furnish an apology with each report. Very few of the nlloy houses have either water or sewerage connection, and it is hard- ly to be wondered at that the health authorities of the city are always lighting typhoid. Prior to 1903 the Govertarnent Bur- eau of Labor collected for several years official statistics of cities, In its shown as having the highest death - rate among tho thirty-nine largeob cities in the country. It was pn'ticularly strong in typhoid t _ ve • tuberculosis, grip and malaria. bulletin for 1902 Wallington was c , Some of the anuses certainly are not far on condition that certain organs were not to he removed, The operation re- stored Alas Bellend to health, but she clailn8 that the doctor duel not follow her instructions, mud sued for damages , for trespass, assault and battery. Dr. Nevitt in his evidence contradict- ed Misr Belland's version, saying that the promise he made was that he would not perforin tine operation unless abso- lutely nrcosoary. Miss Bclh,nd's counsel admitted that Iris client would have dies had the oper- ation not taken place as it did, and Mr, Justice Mabee, who heard the eerie, de- cided that Dr. Nevilt's judgment was to he accepted by his patient, and that 11e took the only course open to him when the operation revealed the real source of the disease. The 010111[ was, therefore, dismissed, STORM SWEEPE PACIFIC COAST. Wires Down and Many Cities Almost Isolated. Vancouver, B, C., Dec, 2, --The big rainstorm which desended on Vancouver late yesterday afternoon did not play any favorites along the Pacific const. Practically every mile of roast from Alaska to ('•nlifornla was swept by the term, which in some locolitirs carried with it rain, and in others snow. 'telegraph and telephone wires all over British ('oltimbin, Washington and Ore: gon went down before '1flw gale. There it no eommunicretibribetween Venc0nver and outside poldfs"''fo-day sa'o from the cast mud south. TWO., P, 11, telegraph lines were curried dower;. 'he vicinity of North Bend, where selci eelirs of mow fell in n fee hours, worst of the Int, Some of these enter . TRIPLE FORGERY. i ARE AFRAID OF from a 11u11g1r, street, burn their ares into the block, Dire and double anti linelly end in u cul de sae. Others are the emus of alleys which are open a1 can end. But one of these open ulleya may have half a dozen blind braaeltings. AS the resort of criminals they possess advan- tages which are highly appreciated, They are like the impasses of !'alis, except that they are less imposing. In 18112 a law was passed prohibiting • any more buildings of alleged habitations • In Washington alleys, Since that time some of the rotten :pots have been cut i away tied a few have withered of them• selves; that is, the .shacks which formed them fell into ruin. But 20,000 human beings are still herded in the 110111 a that remain. In his message Circe years ago the President called the alley slums of Washington by mime and urged their elimination, but Congress hos not as yet been fired with ehnilur zeal. A law for the conlpulbory repair or condemnation of buildings unfit for human habitation war struggled for dur- ing almost a decade. One year the Nouse passed it, but It was defeated in the Senate by the oppeeitlon of only one nen. "And he," says Mr, Weller, "re- presented a distunt State whose entire population was leas than one•efxth that of the District." Everybody who has investigated the alley sltmis snya that there is only one ,ray et reforming these conditions. '!'hat fs to do away 01111 alleys es places of residence, Some of them have so much land abut- ting on then that it seems rather waeto- ful to close them entirely to residents, but in then cases the remedy woula;be to widen and "straighten the alleys, Makr ing then. into small streets, The President's lioules Conuniseion'at• tempted to carry out this work with the co-uperntion of the District Commission- ers. The opening of twolve such streets was recommended, and two of these were confirmed by the courts. Ilut a de- cision by the United States Supreme Court has necked the further carrying out of these plans, and again the only hope fd in help from Congress, If the wives of members once grasp the Lett that they themselves are rather intimately in touch with those sante hidden M(e)re the activity of Congress is likely to be livened up by a few heart to hcnrt 1101110 susstuns, It is an actual fact that veiny of the serranta fn well-to-do households come from alley shanties and go home and sleep there every night. .As for the servants in many of the hotels, no 111011 knoweth where they conte from. Many colored women living in alley houses of the most uncleanly and unsanitary conditions make their living by taking in, wnehing. 11 they went out to 0Ireh it would be bad enough. But the irony of their cleans- ing the clothes of others la exaggerated when they go through the form under We conditions in their wretched homes. Even if one's own servants do not 00100 from elle alleys, or if one's own washing does not go to them, they are the constant menace of every household, for the servants visit baste and forth al- most as freely and irresponsibly as the flies which buzz from the filthy alley to the marble Capitol. Of eouree \Vuahingtonians themselves might fret as much las ever they wished without accomplishing anythings, At least that Is what aortic of them say. They have no votes. Congress spends their money for them and taxes them to supply half the budget. But the people who have Been the alley ehacka and tried to help the alley folk think it is time that somebody was doing some fretting and doing It loud and clear. CARRIED DOWN MOUNTAIN. Lumberman Caught in Log Slide in British Columbia, Vancouver, Dec. 2.—Crushed between two heavy logs and carried down the side of a mountain with them, Patrick Cummings, a hand -logger employed near Chatham Channel, 13. C„ received in- juries from which he died a few minutes later. Cummings 000 working with Andrew Cnlinsky just above the channel when the aroident occurred. Ile was carried down into the wotor, sustaining fright- - ful injuries, Golneky removed him from the water, and, placing him In a boat, - started for Allison's camp across the ebaumel. Berea the ramp was reached, ho0eve•, Cummings was dead. THIS WAS IN TORONTO. Turned a Picture of the Saviour to the WAIL Tronto despatch: Rev, W. F. Wilson, of the Trinity dlothudust Church, made a statement at the annual meeting of the Toronto civic mission today in pointing out the danger of the foreign element, which, he said, is flocking into Toronto in increasing numbers. Mr. Wilson said that in the Elizabeth Street School, located in the "wart(," and where the Jews are numerous, a picture of the Saviour had been turned to the wall. Mr, Wilson further stated Slant he es• tinluted that one out of erery twelve persona in the street were Pirignere. It le probable that Mr. Wilson's state- ment regarding the school will he in- vestigated. SHORT MONEY, SHORT SHOVELS, Foreign QuarryinaboWaLrers' Reply to Cut ges, Bedford, ind., Dec, 2.—On account of tit financial situation 100 foreign laborers who used the pick and shovel at the Hoosier quarriee had their wages • cut from 15 cents to 12% cents all hour. The angry men marched to the machine shops and had two and a half inches cut from their shovels to meet the corre- sponding reduction in w'ngea. They say short money, short ebur^_la. THREE BROTHERS JENKiNS IN- DICTED AT NEW YORK. KURDISH HORSEMEN RAIDING Were Officials of the Jenkins and Wit- AND PILLAGING VILLAGES. liamsburg Trust Company—Another Accusation Alleges Making False Entries. A MASSACRE. New York, Dee. 2,—.1, . n G. Jenkins, jam„ until recently 1'roaldelit of the Jen- kins !'rust Compouy of Brooklyn; Frank .Jenkins, deposed head of the Willlameburg 'frust Company, ural Fred. Jenkins, formerly a director of the latter institution, were jointly indicted today for forgery in 1110 third degree. The indicted men aro brothers, mud the charges agaiuet thein grew out .of loans made by the brokerage firm of F. & J, G. Jenkins, jun., & Company by 1110 Jenkins Treat Company. The transaction were disclosed during the exltmination of the treat company's books made by the State Banking De- partment afttn• the institution had sus- pended. The Jenkins are jointly indicted on four counts alleging that they caused false entries to be made in the 'books of the Jenkins Trust Company, whereby loans made by the trust company to the !'resident in excess of what he could have legally secured 0a en officer of the institution were made to appear as loans to employees of the first of F. & J. 0. Jenkins, jus, & Company. The specific charge agalest former Preei- deot Jenkins is that a certain part of the $557,000 eecured'as a loan from the trust company on October est and stand- ing in the name of (several clerks of P. & J. 0. Jenkins, jun., & Company wits in reality a loan to him, and that the whole amount had been loened to hila and hie firm, and not to the clerks to whom it was nnnu1011y paid. IN THE TOILS. J. F. LAVERN WANTED IN OTTAWA ON CHARGE OF BIGAMY. Wonderful Tales Told at Sault Ste. Marie Regarding the Prisoner's Ad- ventures in New York, sad His Matrimonial Experiences. A Sault Ste. , Marie despatch: J. F. Lavern, alias Lange, was arrested on the American aide yesterday and brought to Canada by Chief of Police Downey. He will be sent to Ottawa to answer a charge of bigamy, Canadian officere were notified of the case by the Chief of Police et Ottawa,and the man was identified from a picture enclosed in a letter from there. It is also asserted by the police that Lavern was connected WItI1 a recent diamond robbery in New Yopk., When taken to pollee headquarters he was attired in faehlonable wearing ap- parel, find appeared to be a man of pros- perity, -t$epromptly asserted his rnno- eence.a ld,llemanded 'a lawyer. Tho police ranaritikedOtie.ipocketi and brought to light 49 cerate, apparently all the Mosey he had. Whew arrested Tavern wee told that American officere intended to no- tify the New York pollee, eo he consent- ed to come to the Cenadlaa Ode without trouble, • Laverne pockets contained' ft number of letters from women, moistly from Duluth, Calgary end Ilancoek, , Lavern to wanted In Ogdensburg N. Y„ on a bigamy charge, It is said he-' graduated from n livery stable to the;.' swell set of New York, and secured $1,000 In jewels from Mre, Olive Jewett. there before decamping from the metro- polis on a marrying tour, Lavern has a wife in Ottawa, where he posed ae a Now York millionaire, While there he masqueraded under the name of Lang. It ns said Lavern has two children in Ogdensburg, aged six and ton years, COLLINS' CONFESSION, Murderer of Miss McAuley Admitted Crime Before He Died. 8t. John, N. B., Dec. 2.—The Tele- graph will announce tu-morrow, from what it declares a source which cannot be questioaed, that a fav bye before hie execution Thomas 1'. Collins, hanged at Hopewell Cape on Nov, 15, for the murder of Mary Ann A1eAuloy at New Ireland, N. B., 11,12108 verbal confession that lie committed the murder. The confession 008 1111120 in the presence of Rev, He B. Themes, who ministered to (.'online in his lout Lours; Sheriff Lynds, and n third party, whose sante Is with- held. Collies said that after killing the woman with the axe he hid it in father \1eAuley's bedroom, where it was not found until mouthy later. Collins' confession was not given out because of bus request that it Ila not published. The e'fciouco in the Collins' trial arae•, eirenulslluntiul, and doubt of his guilt had been sometimes expresoed, FAMINE IN TURKEY. Harvest Generally Light—Grain Supply Already Exhausted. New York, Dee. 2.—Famine prevails in Turkey, according to a cable despatch received by Tho Christian herald from Seerctar)' Peet, representative be Tur- key of the American Brinell of Foreign Missions, and made public to -day. The despatch comer from 1'hilippopolis, and reads: "Harvest generally light here and in neighboring conntrhee. Advices show graln for winter and sped already exltnneted in many planers. Many people will die unless relief c01009 50011. (Sign- ed) Peet" Twenty-four Villages Robbed and Burned I —Danger of Severe Famine—Move- meat in Favor of Autonomy—Sultan Sends Troops Cuusl;uttinople, lex, 2, -The lawless activity of the liurdisb tribes in the Arkentelinrdish di.strivls of F:rz,'roten, Billie, lihaput and lhnrl ekn' ie erasing lively etewe a et the Porte, particularly as the foreign Embassies are argieg Melt prompt measures be taken h)' the (le'- ernuteet to prevent a )l0110ible utusauere, Under the protection of the notoriutls Ibrahim] Pasha, who is known as the -Despot of Ktndiolan," 11/1011011 horse. men 01.0 making raids without disheeiut• imttion, 'Turkish vlllagee oufterieg equut- ly' with Armenian huuiesteads en the penes around Diurbekir• mud Jozleou-Jbn• • Umar. ,Sixteen villages have been pil- laged and burned within the past mouth, n teeee districts, old eight villages in the Cmserte district have met with the wenn tate. ,Several' of these villages W01'0 coup00ed entirely of 1loalei ns, and in most 001s0s the lives of the inhalet- anls were spitted, though they were de- prived ,of all their possessions, 'fbere''hv.a scarcity of food and fodder' el'erywlthri', The missionaries etre doing (heir bolt to mitigate the misery, but outside Ileip is urgently needed, n tete dwage'of a'sovure 10101110 10 to he avert- ed, . The ulri5dmeut 111 fgi'or of autonomy is mining gr-titted in Asia 1liuor, as the popular disaffection against the Gm- stentfn0ple Gurertuueet le very strong. Thu forte has ordered 1100)0 from 10lierpul and Aleppo against the refrac- ture 100)20. ITALIANS RIOTED Coal Shovellers on the Mauietania Do Some Shooting. Now York, Deo, 2. --One hundred Ital• ion coal shovelers who were engaged in landing the mew Cunard liner Alaureta- nia at her dock on the nucleon river to -day, beauno involved in a riot in which a number of piste) shots were fired anti several of the rioters jumped into the river to escape the bullets. The quarrel is 'believed to have been betwee factions from Sicily and those from oth- er parts of Italy, At 'the firing of Ute first shot almost every Italian at work dropped nus shovel, drew some kind of n weapon and joined In the fight, The unharmed once and the other wol•kera fled out of rale of the bullets and call- ed for the police reserves. Several un- armed Relines when pursued by anted compatriots jumped into the river and in one case the pursuer followed brit was outdistanced. By the time the police arrived one Inc. tion hod been put to flight and al- though may shots were fired no one w -as found to have been wounded. Two a'rres'ts were made, KILLS HER HUSBAND'S CHARMER. Wife Fires Two Bullets Into Widow's Forehead at Her Home, Baltimore; Der. 2-3l15-, Artie E. llnith, wife of John li, Ahtitla, an engi• , neer at Skinner's dry-dock, nine into I the, southern notice station last evening and rleclneed; "1 have shot n 001000 who broke up my home." tjie lfegpant office Beni of Mutre: S 1liesent F. Ilrownre t0y n widowthe, where in the rierlor they found Airs, Brown eating dead in her chair with two bullet holes in her forehead. Airs, llnith hits 0 divorce suit pending against her husband, Lust evening she Dont to the Brom' hoose and, hearing voices, enterer. Mnilh litirriad away, loving the widow to he denonnecd by lois wife for breaking up her home. Mrs. Bttl0al answered rather airily, declaring that she prupeeed to keep Alnith. This so angered the wife that she &me a p10tnl from her satchel and fired the Intel shots. elaith has diseppeored. He Las been mended fifteen years. Itis married life hail been happy, though childless, until 1,,, Ise bceane infatuated with Mrs, Brown. f' c LITTLE WRONG WITH KASER. Semi-official Statesment Regarding His Health. Berlin, the, 2e—In cunscquenee of the routes of his ill -health meekly eir- iulnted by the press, the following 8rmf• 01111(01 communication regarding Pm• • peer William was given nut to -tin)': "His majesty at the sad of Wolfer end the beginning of November had a 1 cough mud cold, with catarrh in the brans chbtl tubes, nceompan ed by high tem• pennies!, Ile had, therefore, 10 keep in bed for several dny'e. As his a;njesty thereafter felt weakened, end ns the 11n- geriug 11ftcr•cffeets of his condition 're+s fused to tlisnppeatr in Berlin, he decided, I in accordance with his visit to Windsor Castle, to noire a Any or the southern shore of England for the recuperation of his health. Hie majesty's catarrh is now cured, end his ecneral condition is slaking most entisfnetory progress, pro• grecs that was somewhat reterdcd through a slight straining of the left knee, which lie eustauned during n hunt nt Windsor, Tide, however, is now near- ly completely well. The statements made by certain newspapers regarding leryn- .eeal or ear trouble are quite without foundation." rl