HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Blyth Standard, 1908-02-06, Page 2MURDERED HER.
Percy Boyne Confesses He Mei
Mrs. Corndia WSW,.
V4'as led Manny to Take Young
Woman to ltsffalo.
Boy of Eighteota Tells Detroit ?slim
How He Slew the Woman.
Detroit, Mich., Feb. 1, --reser atria,
a boy of *keen, ee VFsed'rlle, one.,
toeing/it covets:see. to tete Levi pekes
that:. Ste is tete awnakeac .a lis., Newell*
Wetcly wita AAA food dead in her MHOS
here three 1100 61 see. Reyes'o okay
has norm heat saaeeked Mia arc seoies-
sion dbtniaed bt heal pukka ftaw a
s>spoot. It baa pitch, teifsit,gdriGoewat'd
ass w81 teii, deed gb'ea fin ere* wool,
colddrtaeded 4erle4,
Emig heeler llq... was Ifuoeaie be-
fore Chief of Donate rex aiLleeeasll. ye
adutltted he tree is lite lamas es lotus
sight of tee muis&e•, limb k* vane the
weinea slain, bet *at *milia• sea mid
the duel, lis would tab glee M. dikes
man's came to Ute pollee. life nese sent
back to his colt ant tett to woke a
cleats breast of tete *dear. Lees' a
Detr'oit,Siad railed Borns is tete all.
Slt. Srioeteet lea, hamlet Mon a Bible
and left, ':A few bows after be soot up
word. t. Olief MoDesoeil tient he was
redly to mato a full .otsfosei.e.
The cOafea.isa Borers forty-v,vro :rye -
written page,, It is not Pratt ant in
detail, hat is briefly t4 feat*+ira. " I
want to time horse of Mts. Welch ae
night to role her. I had made Arrange.
menti to ge te Buffalo 'fila it young
woman of tete city, and but lot tike
necessary funds, so I peeede no my
mind to steal front Mrs. Welch. Mrs.
Welds was vatting a letter. She 11144 -
ea and asked me to pe her a ,tamp. I
said I had one, and she ,mil she would
buy it, + She went te tete kitettea to
get her 'pocketbook, .n4 I followed.
On entering the kitetaen I turned mut
the light and caught held of her threat.
She called to the Asp, 'Sick 'int,' but
they did not mild.
'r; put her head reader any left Arm
And Idt, her with my right fist. Boon
rhe stepped yelling end dropped limp.
I got a strap and apron and tied her
hands and feet. Then I carried her
nto a bedroom and ,thr:w the body 011
It
ee floor, putting a pillow under the
cad. I searched her clothes and got
1
14 and a
pair of diamond cartnget
Thou T -locked the door and Ieft. I
stayed at a hotel all night and next
morning met tate girl I hied made ar-
rangements with and went to Buffalo.
I tried all day to sell the diamond PAT -
ring. :to jewellers, but nouldn't, and
finally; sold them at private solo for
825, I stayed in Buffalo two dap
and then went to Toronto, where I
stayed with a cousin for a day, and
then went to Woodville.
"!'caw many newspapers in Woodville
telling of the mysterious murder in
Detroit, but did pot let on that I knew
anything about it.
"Two days before my arrest my moth-
er came down in the morning while I
was eating breakfaat, She was pale
and haggard. She came over to nee and
laid her arm on my shoulder,
"'Percy,' she said, 'I had an awful
dream last night, and I can't get over
IL I dreamed that 'you murdered some-
one and stood before me with blood on
your coat. The murdered man or wo•
man lay at your side. Percy, what
have you done?' I laughed!'
The clue given the police which result-
ed in Boyne'. arrest was furnished by
Mies Rose Laviek. She roomed with
Mrs, Welch, and was in the house on
the night of the murder. She got up
about 11 o'clock and went through the
house. She saw Boyne in the hallway
talking to Mrs, Welch, When the
Laviek woman got up next morning and
went out for her ln•eakfaet site saw
nothing in (Reorder, When rhe return-
ed she saw the doors locked. When
eke came back a second time she found
officers guarding the !louse and wars re-
fused admittance. She then went to
chief McDonnell to get a permit to get
her clothe., and was held.
The girl told the police of Boyne's
presence in the house, and it resulted
in hie arrest. The Bible was presented
000w00 Tmm,nntfw dmf cmf calf emfw
pony here. He made the confession
soon after she gave it to him.
♦'.
MR. KING AT WASHINGTON.
President Roosevelt's interest In
Labor Legislation.
Ottawa, Feb. 3. -Mr. W. L. Macken.
lie King, Deputy Minister of Labor, re-
turned to -day from Washington, where
he was a guest on Saturday last at the
banquet of the famous Gridiron Club,
with President Roosevelt, Mr. William
Jennings Bryan and others of the best
'known men of the States as chief speak-
s On invitation of President ltoose-
'ge1t i,;Mr. King wait a; guest at luncheon
',,and discussed for
Preuident the labor
4$a" 'dad ,the United
latter maniteoted a keen
tater in the work of the} Canadian
' Labor Department, and especially in the
provisions and operations of the..indus-
trial disputes act passed last /Session.
The act has most favorably impressed
/ . the President, and he has recommended'
to Congress legislation along singing'
lines. The gpestion of the relati0tfif
botween capit 1 and labor," he eaid to'
Mr. King, "affecting as It did the great
,anasees of the people, was of paramount
interest to him." The President also
dl.euseed at some length many of the
questions which were of common concern
to Canada and the United States, deelar-
innig ion b .Oddi .deemed of Ana
whieb .leewld interfere be pr.7ewt tits
woe friendly redetiene lee4awoea tla Owe
.enairlas *t all Mmes.
S1rlwr is (ilea day M. nig lied Mew
taws lei* Mr, Strewn Reareterg of
Cor.nae. eel Leder; %watery of bate
Root, sed blee•Pres4d.at Penisembs.
2.,iv it PRISONERS
HELD IN POLICE PRISONl3 AND
BARRACKS AT LISZON.
Republieens Have Made Acether At.
tempt is Capture Premier Frame.
-Piet to Take King Prl,ener-
Reghne*t eel Intently Disarmed.
New Ywr1r, rah. 1---4ka Emelt bee
r.saived 11. 4ett.s*sg mite dsmpesek
beg Ma4rt11: L.44 received have
to -day Iwo IA.ken rad eteroat1 .
made by wteer'eltwo aeeltffg at 4b. great -
ter Irma eke rsrimirces eaptbtd fedi•
a4a first a morn miens Onto .j *Haire
*chis he rsreeanl, is ttpite of the eiil
.la 1 daiats.
rk. i ereeTeer. lair, mead. mealkiee
s4ldatpt, R ft dieted, f* emeine y, eke
FreSiar, Penun Pissed, rime reaedeaa
ie still parded by wintry; the gone of
the Ice Ilsogiturat of Ar'4ifory has. lees
dersird of Beier iee/mit leAce kg ibe
efinros; bks Alla re t*o 1r4th todlim45 5
.l 7nkoiry bare hear twkoa twat' ken
Men, qui a Alit .R9 diimot orw4 as CSe
part ad V414104 fire regier sera of !Ozzie/
be alarm kion Caries it Ste Sorel
Mew
A sestet eeaeorehip boa bees eetaltede.
ed et LIe1ea, all eke nemwparet .arras-
ppendsw4e bate 'sees rapell4. s.1 Wes
Tealler te eflear'tr ,unaided, Tee Ave*
.1 its eapitst aro due* demoted, pee-
p1a wir. peke he patios are ixemptly
ife penned Tel *e p.iree ell swayar•
reefs hats 14.41.s +rate, t�swayt.ss taker te4.
.ttwtely ieettttang two eapt.iae of poi
lie*.
1. At plica ,riven exd *area.tre
there aro areae thea two eheireaw.1 paf-
foam, Geo gore el Pert Teem 9uese0
eve trained An t1e Riser Tapas, taatend
el landward, toil t.00A4 ATM ,1 06tsr be-
side their Gana, aid the Council of Min-
isters remains. in permanent tertian.
Premier Pi'e.e. Med farmed the Klug
te awpend the constitutional psutraa-
teea, .red A. litre mealier of Arrest4 h90e
followed the nrsnen1ien,
.
WARDENS ELECTED.
County Cour,.ils Choose Their
Presiuing Officers.
HURON -Robert McLean.
LINCOLN -Frank Lowery.
HALDIMAND-William Bain.
WATERLOO -Dr. R. J. Lockhart.
HASTINGS -W. C. Farley.
ONTARIO -William L. Pariah.
ESSEX -E. J, O'Neill.
VICTORIA -Dr. R. M. Mason.
PRINCE EDWARD -Delos Spafford
LANARK- - Ebbs.
LEEDS AND GRENVILLE--J, B.
McMurchy.
OXFORD -J. A, Fleming.
WENTWORTH-W. A. Emery.
KENT --George Johns.
GREY -R. J. Ball.
SIMCOF D. C. Barr.
WELLINGTON -John M. Young,
MIDDLESEX -D. D. Graham.
BRUCE -11. 13ilket
STORMONT, DUNDAS AND GLEN-
GAIIRY-E. P. Callahan.
PRESCOTT AND RUSSELL --J. N.
Lapointe.
WELLAND-Donald Sharpe.
NORFOLD-O, Walker.
PERTH -G. Hazenflug.
HALTON-J. McKibbon,
ELGIN --C. 0. Limon,
LAMBTON-Jamos Smith.
SACRED PALLIUM.
Grand Ceremony of Investiture of
Archbishop O'Connell.
Boston, Feb. 3, --The sacred pal -
Hum teas invested upon Archbishop
Win H. O'Connell by His Eminence
Cardinal Gibbons at the Cathedral
of the Holy Cross to -day with all the
pomp, dignity and solemnity which
sixteen ooenturiee have contributed to
the ceremony of conferring final au•
thority upon the head of an archespie-
copa'- diocese by the person represen-
tatives of the Pope himself, The
splendor of tho decorations of the
altar, the granduer of the music of
the Mass, the imposing array of bish-
ops and priests, of the twelve states
together with representatives of the
political life of state and City, and,
finally, the placing upon the should-
ers of the head of the church in New
England of the white pallium from
the tomb of St. Peters in Rome by
the prince of the church hi this
country, made the occasion a mem-
orable one in the religious history of
Boston.
SEVEN MEN LOST.
Eighth Man Rescued Clinging to a
Raft at Sea.
Galveston, Tex., Feb. 3 -The Nor.
wegian ateamer'Molina, arriving at Twe-
ets. City;yepterday, landed Thomas Neil-
n,=£"the only survivor of a schooner
that went down in a Carribeo:n etorm a
month ago. He was picked up clinging
to a raft at sea by a tramp steamer
and transferred to the Molina at Prott
greso, Seven of his eompaions on the'
wrecked schooner were lost.
KILLED VILLAIN.
WOMAN TELLS HOW SHE KILL-
ED HER TRADUCER.
CieIoa Sell Defense -Thought Hs
We* Aleut M Kill Wilsons Medio
Betaking Up Home,
Gowan Peb, 3. --'fie "sheat and int -
pie dtu,.," of bks poor" f.usd eholvieat
semiotic* ra Judge lakeil.a' ()earlwa
*Inlay atter•neate Ickes Ya. Alphas
Aeeeisaa, 24 ywets 514• told why s
kilt glee abet end klllwl Peva? ad
e.
lest Anital.
Het glee it .elf-deteews.--iba4 sk. abet
se pined bar life hues b*asieewe
Dal wkatker Pi.tlbp Perm* lel mei-
ra >. kid poabet or est .del wkether
10.
ariesdsd to drew 1k sa4 nae tt lead 1e
ed hen .!eppe4 by a bailee le lis lmd.ia
oat gasattsae Ina tregnsatty asked site
els elowifies of wnwrittw law, ]lad else
a t1 4. 1st Mal
It 'kw ober? is tree, bi is a mew pia
of bee egged 4. 4104 rtatn•lbsen Sew for
jws4 0400. 7h09y ware ae therm girls
°ismage 'ns tappets, or hereditary de:
pnewor he it. The trams did vat kill
tell Md beware 10. lad hlusyd ler a•
baton be AM eiarsd .f ate. ,asaordigg
4a ear obsio , abs sae a rare wawa, e
geed wise end a peed meeker, 11.4 A.
Abet Phillip Twee* Immo*, sot 1.*istt
With reisi se ler bons abed happiness, he
d id iodate*! leer, hailed, ma hailed, tennis; kw
wood or iekt*g leer hie.
T.etltlee Threugh Interpreter.
II dart sst4enaes she 4.14 ler trap -
Ile. kale &tighter Anita, fear waa4
o rtdd wke Okayed az inperteat pwirt is
promleaiat g eat of les aadl.rt aa.m,
seri wU* Mrs. Florulli, eke ..art faker.
peek", Who traaslotad Ms. Aaewles.'o
eestleceian and wawa 4m4inewy fames
;1etebea113 eke whole eons for Mee pawn
ealiea. ,tie Mn.. lseolone gave Ler 4a-
blsamc her little daughter beam, sea).
leas, read the mother frequently halted
to smile at the shied sued .peak to her.
A4 15.4 tk'beide girl begin to try for
her steelier, -awl after being taken to
the e.rrt .r for a ehort time was allowed
to go to her mother, who then held her
in arum for meet of the afternoon. Noe,
kewever, eke, got down and etood beside
the st.nogrepher'a desk, staring ouri.
mealy at the exhibits for the State which
lay there, s revolver and eeveral bulletin.
hire. Anselone told of coming to Am-
erica with her baby two genre after het
husband, and of going with him to lire
with her brother and his wife, to, whiek
house Phillip Ferreo soon came ea a
'boarder. Ferreo first tried to make trou-
ble between the brother and d it' la wife,
and threatened to kill the man if th
woman would not yield to him, Ile
made threats to 21rs. Anselone four
times, at one titne showing her his re-
volver and saying: "By this gun your
brother shall fall." Under these circum.
stances, one of thigh was the foot- that
Ferreo showed Itis revolver conspicuous-
ly every night when he sat down to
supper, the brother and his wife left
their own house to the Anselones. Fer-
reo also left the place, but continued to
visit them.
Tells Story in Detail.
Following is the story of the shooting
and the events leading up to It as told
by the little Italian woman in the plain,
cosmic dress with the madonna shawl
on her bead and the baby on her lap.
"One day Phillip came into the house
cursing. I was sewing trousers. When
lee sat down I asked him why he cursed.
I said people who cursed were not wel.
come where I was. Ile kept on cursing
and I asked him again why he cursed.
Then he jumped up and said: `I want to
eat with you.' "Why do you talk with
mo that way?' 1 said, 'Leave nte. Then
he grabbed me by the hair and tried to
drag me to the bedroom. I tried to
pueh him away, and my child began to
scream and he let me go. As he went out
of the door he said he would go and
tell my husband that he had eaten with
me, and that my husband would leave
Q. In your dialect what did ire mean
by that?
A. -He meant that I mac! been unfaith-
ful to my husband.
Q. -What did you say to that?
A. -I said, "As long as I have done
no wrong I do not believe that my hus-
band will leave mel"
Child Tells of Attack.
"That was Saturday night," continued
the witness, "and the next morning, Sun-
day, assoon as my little one awoke she
went to her papa and said: 'Papa, Phil.
shall not come here again, because last
night he grabbed my mamma by the hair
and beat her.' My husband WAS angry,
and asked me to explain why Phil. beat
me. I amid he beat me because he was
trying to force me to eat with hint My
husband did not believe that, and I asked
him to gel. Phil. and tisk him before me
if that .was not the truth, About 7
o'clock my husband (same in with Phil„
and then he said to him, '1 want to know
why last night you beat my wife.' 'I
did not beat her,' he said. 'then the little
child said, `Yes, pap*, he did beat my
mammos,' But Phil. said no,
"Then my husband was angry and he
said: 'Tell mo the truth, or as sure as
this is St. Joseph's dry I will kill you
both. Have you eaten with my wife? If
you have really dome it, you may take
her; I do not want her.'
"And Philip said, `I will take her.' I
began to scream, 'You have betrayed me.
It is a lie, and I hope some one will kill
you.'
"Then Philip spial again that he had
eaten with me, and my husband said,
'Then you may have her; 1 don't want
ler,' Then Philip struck at me, but my
husband struck me first, and„{,hey both
beat me, and my husband left, Mad I have
never seen him since. Before Philip left
he threatened me and said, 'You heal!
.fall into my hande,'
Gets Revolver and Kills Him.
She then told of arming herself with a
ravelrar whiek her UAW lel lett
ked ,ef meeting rat.* secs day akortly
afterward. He taua/d her wStle the
sumo of hte plane, sad is her war she
drew ler *rely* to bbo erswded area
and diet tab the greened si her feet,
Porto, Asn, *u4 a passives tack ta pa
away heel bar. Sia /ham $sgpht ancien
rewires, slide eke real mus .ftsetirely.
'1s day that I htild him," Ake raid,
maw hen rroa we window Riadue
end down the street la frostof the tease,
se I ailed in my Indian. ,After I had
called ler to deka said, 'Idifeai.., 1 rut
ons lensed,' oe I Aorta one be tet a
leaf of heed *4 M. seers. I west Ike
rear way. M I weal !awe the scop, a
ealebtar acid that my solea* wins bad
denuded sty istAiestd t'. leave ace wtia
wslkt.e rep end down ly iia lige. As I
walked arrear /hs geed tie 4s.o to else
alley .,reel and irlflt) seas beintsi tree.
'D...t be rrtglet.aed. I west b walk
wit* yea,' ba arid. I' te.11 hiss be rebs
bisa.elf away from ray stgll•
'Tian he heron b .sea, cad Sid deet
be would kill vas, rad nada a wsbfeet
silk hie lu&td tossed kis kip p,.*ee. I
did net ibis% what t did, bed I' woe sur
is was pity to ktl me, sad I threw rep
my Maned with my revolver ea it ma +let.
Tea I dropped the nr.lyee seg ma,
silken eras inowiaa it I bed irit kis,"
reale'. Attorney }Set leer ems anew
iced tits wawa far over half ea hear,
waited Wallas ler ts.tlstarn, end will
emitiane tie exawintt.a titin .eralag.
Oaevtebsf et Permit Trtai,
Oa kw Sean tei.l, *Sege Julep Kars-
ten, site did riot go ea tie cured and bA
ler Mary, and was foiled guilty of mut.
dor and rsuhe.ed t. hanky pare is tit
penitentiary. The severity of tke sea
twos, following (lowly realises of a.
eu tt.1 for waltbtee women elefe atla.ta
ea the grounds of Na. "unwritten law,"
WOW a protest wind club wean,
handed by tars. Pred.riek River, mrd
mew trial wed granted *y Judge Kereten
au the pound of error ib the resold. Most
Aaseleue le represente4 by Bernard P.
I4asase.
WOMAN SLAIN.
MARKS ON JOSEPHINE MALONE'S
THROAT MADE BY FINGERS.
Maniac Theory Advanced-Olayton
Wotnan's Husband Acts in Janes-
ville, Double Mystery.
Janesville, Wis., Feb. 3. -Fite or L=
feeding physieiane who re-examined Jose-
phine Malone', body this afternoon said
marks on her thront and neck were
made by fingers. Dr, St, John disagreed
and intimated the marks were not there
when he made hie examination with A
microscope Sottlrrl: y. Dr. Gibson, who
helped in Saturday's examination and
was present to -day, accounts for their
presence by saying the body on Satur-
day was in a serni-frozen condition, and
that the embalming fluid and thawing
from the tissues developed the marks,
then not noticeable.
District Attorney Fisher thinks the
death suspicious enough to warrant the
employment of a detective. lie pays the
county should investigate both the Ma-
lone case and that of Madeline Clayton,
whose death was similar, and whose
body was found across the river, a hon•
dred yards away from that of Miee
Malone,
William and Frank Malone, brothers
of the dead woman, insist rhe was mitt•
dered, and consulted an attorney with a
view of forcing the police and District
Attorney to take action. City Marshal
Appleby is the only official who believes
the death resulted from eulcide. He sees
no need for an investigation.
Frederick Clayton, husband of the
dead Chicago actress, arrived last night
and is aiding in solving the Malone pro.
blem, stating that he believea its solu-
tion will mean the clearing ftp of the
myetery of his wife's death,
The theory advanced by the District
.Attorney and relatives of bliss Malone
is that the woman was the victim of a
maniac, who choked her and threw her,
while alive, into the river. One of the
persona tweeted of the crime was
brought'to the morgue to -day, but be
showed no evidence of ever having seen
the woman before and thought he was
invited there `to aid in the solution of
the death as a detective.
A Milwaukee detective, who arrived
this afternoon, stated he did not believe
the woman went into the river of her
own will.
Just what action will be taken is
doubtful, as District Attorney Fisher,
while expressing a theory of foul play,
does not believe there is sufficient evi-
dence yet to call n Coroner's jury, and
has no funds at his disposal to employ
a detective.
It is possible the Malone family will
employan investigator to work under
direction of the District Attorney.
UNDER ARREST.
C. P. R. Engineer and teel Car
Man in Trouble.
An Ottawa, Ont., despatch: Matthew
Moran, Haman Flagel and Emery
Soubliere, the first mentioned a C.
P. R. engineer, and the latter two
the crew of a street car, which was
run down at a level crossing on Jan-
uary 3rd, were arrested my the police
to -day on a charge of manslajighter,
In the mix-up one man waa killed
and half dozen passengers were ser-
iously hurt. The electric car being
smashed to atoms. The men' wera
released on bale to appear next Wed-
nesday.
HORRID EYES
GO TO PRISON.
A CLOSE CALL.
GRIMSBY SUMMER HOTEL MAN
CONVICTED OF BIGAMY.
Vi'fe N.. 8 Teriffise That Leslie 1404
Threatened t0 Kill Her, Yue Sew
Oeuti rust $*l.t Hkn,
--
Dined Seca.. Trots, Ill„ d ii
(apeM.l )- •J a•ple b. 1.14i., ..DSM
*.time abed lopttnixt, WAS dear
Juetp Sender's Ocie of tipsy, said
was esween504 to a ideas is Idea Peat
Matta; .f tram .os blew yeare. Moo
ye1.a 'W1. 104, wile lie. 2, t.eb eeL Oh.
S td. "1 wee a ALASimetee d la a'praeat-b
laevo slew Laird ass eaten lq lea
Se ea.ie Ise. be to by *AN kwsttd syas
add I weld vet i(eiM 1., 1. Mnot-
abed »y We reread Masa-"
Ttesaos44se Attorney Vlbs4 r144614441
A defeat* ed fib* martia4. Boase 4.
Bowie Geode, kite flet wile.
Leafs adi4. "1 sorer atoned *ea WO.
Asda 1* Caaml a, lot 1 admit Mat flee
*we sbnie(a do 11641.. 1 lama �awotied
kW
**pp k. ht ,0,440. ago. )l& w.t
d esk a rail girl and good eleger that
I omat4 tssr6setran from raan•If,4 lar,"
The sds4or of AM tryst win
.s44, seleakiag 1r.r finger et the iehad•
fat, who gateman, "Yon liegielly es .Aes11
ay draw, aid law Our( esu dalr.1a her
ammo sed 41m name sf liar shldirsat
Yea *Ai me yea WWI married 4e kir
tke day ed Mit. *wears?, Deassibsr 14,
1*M.*'
L.wtis'e a44.rss7 was appeeabd 1R
the Newt, as lea re pumaiiem, 71. 1. -
fame bud ite mem, on the teary and
pajama sb4.»S11 ed Leda flak learns
wee a* fleet merridg.. 'limy m4.1* l.,
legally Serried ,Nina Wright,
LISBON RIOTS.
SEVERAL PERSONS MORTALLY
WOUNDED TO -DAY.
Political Disturbances in the Sired*
-Pollee Dispersed the Or.wd--
Premhr Has Difficult d.14 Almad
.f Him --T. Expel Suspicious Per-
sons.
Lisboa, Fpb, 3. --The polikial sit.
nation here shows no sign of improve-
ment and the tension between the
contesting parties ie growing greater.
Doubt is now expressed as to whether
or not President Franco will be ,bis
to triumph over his republican and
monarchistic enemies who have com-
bined against him.
The police continue to :search ac-
tively for new plots and conspirators.
Numerous arrests are being made.
The King had signed a decree which
practically empowers the police tri-
bunal& to expel suspicious persons
from the country. This was done be.
cause the limited prison accomoda-
tions already are crowded. Dome of
the leaders of the agitation will be
transported to the Island of Timor,
in the Malay Archipelagos,
Prisoners Shot.
Lisbon, Feb. 3. There wan an out-
break of political rioting in the streets
of this city this afternoon in whioh
shots were fired and some people in-'
jured. The disorder,, however, were
brief. The police having received
warning in advance, acted promptly.
The crowd used revolvers and for a
few minutes the - firing was heavy,
but it rapidly gave way and was did.
parsed before a show of lorce. An of-
ficial statement .issued after the en,
counter says a number of persons re.
calved mortal wounds. There has
been no further outbreak and the
city is now quiet.
TRANSVAAL TO MODIFY ACT.
British Govermont's Blue Book on
Asiatic Question.
London, Feb. 3.-A Blue Book deal-
ing with the Transvaal's treatment of
Asiatics nes omen issued. It ,hows
how the Imperial Government brought
pressure on the Transvaal to modify
the proposed restrictions on Asiatics
before the Registration Act wee cane-
tioeed, and obtained assurances which
was the result of representations mads
by Mr. John Morley, Secretary for
India, and Foreign Secretary Grey
to the Earl of Elgin, Secretary for
the Colonies.
Mr. Morley warned the Earl of El.
gin that the Act would have an unfor-
tunate effect on public opnilon in
India, and urged strong objection to
certain clauses, Sir Edward Grey
pointed out that the Act would involve
friction with foreign States, and he in -
Fisted upon limiting the Transvaal's
powers of expulsion. It was owing to
the Transvaal yielding on certain
pointe that the Act was not vetoed.
As it stood before it was considerably
more drastic in some of its provisions.
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SAVED HIS SON.
Father Crushed to Death by Locomo•
tive at Staten Island..
New York, Feb. 3, -John Gladys, a
machinist, lost his life at Great Bills,
S. I., today in saving that of`his :cleven-
year-oid son. The boy and hie' father
were .walking along the tracka-of the
Staten Island Rapid "Transit Company,
when the little fellow stepped directly
in front of a moving train, -Seeing the
peril in which the boy had placed him-
self, Gladys rushed after him and had
pushed him out of danger when he him.
self slipped on the i"y track and fell
directly in the path of the engine. He
WAS so badly crushed that he lived only
a few minutes. The bee woe unhurt
REPORTERS WAKE WOII A1'S FROM'.
HES: DEATH SLUMBER„
Tardy Notice of Marriage, Inquisitive
City Editors and Empty Laudsnent
Bottle Figure in Near -Tragedy,'
New Turk, Feb, 3. ---Mrs, Guide B.
D'Amron Sens, of 124 West B11tlt
street, was arraigned before Magistrate
Barlow in the West Side ceurt, today
en the charge of attempte1.... euiokh..
Rho night before lire. Snare had gone
around to various newspaper offiee* in
this city inserting a notice of her
marriage on September 1, with George
11, Sears, of 230 West 1224 street. Then
• he went home and took two ounce (if
laudanum and had it not been for tits
curiosity of various city editors mho
wanted to know why she vias 00 tardy
in announcing her marriage, she would
have died from the effects of the doer,
A3 it teas the reporters gut there jest's
in time end smnthoneel on •ambubinew
which took her to the Roosevelt Hos-
pital, where heroic treatment seised
her life.
Tiris• afternoon she !tad roecnutedj.
sat thieutly to he arraigned before the
nagtstratc. Alts Sears denied any in-.
teetion of committing suicide, and is024
that she had simply taken an overdose
of the drug. She was discharged for
lack of evidence anti lett' the court in.
company with her huslwnd,
Of bite the couple have not been liv-
ing together, int Mr. Scar, denier, guy
separation or any difficulties with his
wife at all,
1'our years ago Sire. Sears was sepa-
rated by a decree of divorce from her
Hest husband Robert C. D'Atnron, neve
in this city, whomshe had nutrried in
1807 at the age of seventeen,
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CASHED BOGUS CHEQUES.
Another Swindle on St. Catharines
Merchants.
A St. Catharines despatelit Frank 4,,
Carroll, 30 years of age, and generally
well known, started out from home on
Saturday, made several small purchases,
paid for them with worthless cheques,.
received the ctlsh difference and left the
city, nothing since having been seen or
heard of him. E. W. Smith, shoe'
merchant, was the first "Victim. The
Carroll family deal at Smith's, m the
and the
young man was well known to the mer-
chant. Ile purchased a $4.50 pair of
clines, tendered a cheque for 815.35, pur-
1 porting to be drawn by the Berlin Con•
slruetion Company on the Imperial
Bank, Dort Colborne.
Mr. Smith asked nn questions, but'
handed over the shoes and $10.85 change..
Burleigh & Donnelly, shoe merchants, had
a similar experieneo, the purchases
amounting toabout $5, and the cheque
to $18,05. Chptoid William McEvoy
coshed a cheque for $12, and Walker &
ALUs, druggists, and P. Donnelly, hotel -
keeper, are also said to have lost email
amounts upon similar cheques.
Carroll's family are honest, respectable
people, and the merchants could not be-
lieve that he had done steels a deed.
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ROYAL DRILL SERGEANT,
The Kaiser Reviewed Regiment of
Guards at Potedam.
Berlin, Peb. 3.- Emperor William
to -day reviewed the First Regiment of
the Guards at Potsdam, and after the
amen had marched past His Majesty took
the, regiment in hand personally and
drilled it for an hour. At the conclusion
of these exercises Emperor William
passed along in front of each company,
picking out and questioning individual
recruits 00 various subjects, but princi-
pally concerning German history.
He asked one man if he knew the fable
of the Schildho•n monument@ in the
(irunewald. The man .said lie had nover
heard of the monument, whereupon the
Emperorremarked that it would be a
good thing for him to read more. An-
other recruit had the vaguest notions re-
garding the Princess of Wenden. The
Emperor then asked a Pomeranian if he
knew hew the Iiohonzollerns had come
to the throne.
This recruit was no better informed
than his fellows, for he answered stolid.
ly, "No, Your Majesty."
The temperer then sent a number of
officers of high rank into the lines along
with the soldiers and called on the re-
cruits to pick out and name each corps,
division and brigade commander pre-
sent, This was done without a mistake.
CHANGE IN MATRICULATION.
University Candidates Must Secure
Forty Per Cent. in 1909.
Pel( 3.--A new standard for
the junior nuduioulagion examination
hos been adopted by the univercaity of
Toronto. Candiclatea 2 1900 will be re-
quired to make 40 per cent. of the
marks of each paper. In the past to
pass the examination, 33 1-3per cent.
On 00011 paper was necessary,
The higher standard is to be demand-
ed at MrMctster, Queen's, and the Wes-
tern universities.
The official ehatement hatuded out by
liir.,,Ias, Brebner, the rogistrar of To-
ronto University, is 00 follows:
1. The pass standard for 1909 will be
40 per"cent. on each paper,
2. The recommendations of the prin-
cipals of approved echools will be ac-
cepted in lien of formal examinations
in English, grammar, and arithmetic in
July, 1909.
3. In determining resulte the confi-
dential reports of the principals axe
hereafter to be considered.