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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1902-05-01, Page 7MO BE PEACE OFI MAY BE WAD — Meantime Men •and Material Are Being Sent -Out, BRAVE NEW ZEALANDERS. cestrian to Station Slay 5—Tie Num - bee of Canadians gattistea ei.ttiting la the .West—ItesslancPs Big VontrIbution—Itattery Men and Dragoons to Go. London, AprIl !Z.—Speaking in Lon- don to -night, M. larbdrick, the Sec- retary for War, said: "We are per - hales in sightor peace, but in the in- terval we aro sancling out men and • material to carry on the war for another year or two, if necessary, that being the only spirit wherein the Government can interpret the will of the nation and approach; the arrangemente for the conclusion of peace.' ^ Brave lento Death. London, April 25.—A parliamentary paper was issued by the Government to -day dealingwith operations in South Africa. It states that since June of Met year the Boers have destroyed farms in 21 districts of (Jape Colony and Natal. Tee official London Gazette pub- lished a despatch from Lord Kitch- ener, mailed from Pretoria, in March, reviewing the operations since Feb. 18. It adds little to what has al- ready been published. It describes the sweeping movements in the Wilg'o River and Klia River districts, culminating in Gen. DelVet's partial euccessful break through on Feb. 23, when Col. Garratt's Now Zealand corps had 58 casualties. The des-. patch says that their conduct re - fleeted the highest credit, and noth- ing could be finer than their be- havior. Lord Kitchener mentions 00 officers and 158 non-commissioned officers and men for conspicuous gal- lantry. Many of the latter are dead. • . I , Not Going te Visa Kruger. T.he Hague, April 2.5.—The report publisaed in Paris that Mr. Steyn, ex- Preeklent of the Orange Free State, is coming to Europe to consult with Mr. Kruger, Is entirely without foun- dation. On the other liana it Ls true that the -Boer agents in America are renewing their entreatlea that Mr. Kruger visit the United States next June. Ile will possibly comply with these requests if sufficient presuure is exercised, although he has often nos - allay expressed his disgke o.0 this. plan Canadian Daligereesly 111. Ottawa, April 25.—Corp. T. S. McL, Howard, of Moutrend, Ls daugerously ill !roan a gunshot wound received at Kleinhareit'a River, South Africa. He is at Klerkedorp. Reneged to Date. Ottawa, April 25.—I1. haa been ar- ranged that the (marline with 750 Of the Mounted Rifles, shall sail from Halifax on May eta. The Winifredian, with an equal number, will leave on May 12th. As sooh afterwards as can be arranged the Corinthian wilt ether its course for Cape Town with the re- maining 500 soldiers. Lieut. -Col. Mac- Donell, who has been selected for the command of the western regiment, 1111 arriveo in the city this afternuon an1 has had an interview with the Minle- ter of Militia and C4enera1 O'Grady - Hilly. Up to date 1,324. including 100 men of the pen/taffeta corps, have been enlisted in Ontario ad the east- ern Provinces reit 0; a total number of 1,082 required. Tele leaves 008 to be raised in the west. Recruiting in the west started yesterday, with the result that 276 men were en- rolled. British Coltunbia contributed 7e, the Territoriee 99 and Manitoba 101. The thousand and old re- crulte In the east were ob- tained at the following points: Ontario—Ottawa 180, Toronto 158, London 72, Hamilton 64, Guelph. 62, Peterboro' 51, Port Hope 28, Brant- ford 22, Kingston 21, Windsor 18, St. Catharines 10, total 686. Quebec —Montreal 125, Quebec 81,. Sher- brooke 18, total 174. Nevi Brunswick —St. .Tolin 87, Newcastle 24, Moue - ton. 20, Fredericton 11, Woodstock 0, total 118. Neva Scotia—Halifax 82, Springhili 39, Sydimy 20, Kent- villell, Truro 11, Yarmouth 2, Mid- dleton 6, total 179. Prince Edward esland—e87. • At Winnipeg. Winnipeg, April 25.—About forty additional reorulte were added to those enlisted for . South Africa to- day, There were also additions at many points in the west, but at sev- eral recruiting etationst-namely, Vir- den, Carman and Brandon, none suit- able offered, and recruiting was de- clared closed. The Virden correspond- ent of the Free Press vires that the country is in too prosperous a con -- Cation for men to enlist, and none • want to leave it. Ammig the visitors to the immigration department, to- day were two young Scatchmen who came to Canada a few months ego. They wanted the department to sup- ply substitutes for them, they being engaged as farni hands. They are jubilant at having, been accepted in the fourth contingent. They are loath 10 leave Canada, bat are tempted by prospect of military adventdre. Closed at Montreal. Montreal, April 25.—Recruiting for the foerth contingent, aii far as Mont- real 19 cencerned, is !intuited One hundred and twenty-five. In ell have been steorn In hero. The. last .batelt will leave for Halifax at mon on 'Stinclay. ,•,* so* • Beitery Men to file. Kingston, April 250—Eighteen mem- bers of A and 111 Battevies, R. 0, la A., who volunteered for service in the Third Mounted Rifle:), lin.ve been aecepted, and were Went in this af- ternoon. Tbey leave On Sanday mere- ing for Halifax. More or the battery Men May be aecepted later. The recruiting °Moors at Kingston were Strict, and that accounts for the comparatively email number of re - bruits !rem title dist:net. ellen Roseland, B. C., Aprli 25.-- Thirty - fent' men have been oworn 111 here no troopers In the Canadian Mount- ed ItIfieu, fourth veglment, now being raged for &nth Afrlea. About forty Mall w1 fbe taken on the etrellgth, awl Rooslandte recOrn in this( resipect is not eurpaseen 111 Canada, mule - teen coneldered. Eighteen Dragoons May Go. Toronto, April 26.—The long and eagerly leoked for permessien tp enlist a oertaln number of the Dra- goonat Stanley Peteraelea for no - the: eervice was reeelved y.esterday morning. The orders are for eighteen men of this brance a the leerniallent Corps to be sent from, here, to be selected with a view to their appoint - meat as non-commissioned °Hamra Ten ol these men have °Thready gone to Halifax in verious eapaeitios, so that but eight more remain to be Wiesen here. The eight Men will be p1etlee4 at Stanley Barraelns this neorniug freni those who have volunteered. Lieut. - Col. Nateresse medical examiner for thin distriet, will be ou hand to in- spect the men. Considerable Inter - is enanifestea among the men as to tear prospeets of being aelected, Ottawa, Aprli 27.—Major Maude, military seerettary to His Excellency the Governor-Geueral, has received the folloeving answer to a cable sent by bent orn Aprti lelth, enquiring as to the conditionof the danger- ously wounded at Hart's laver, leareh alst: "Cape Town, April 27.—Referring to your telegram of ARAL 18th, Far- rier Sergt, IlIcHugo is convalescent: Corp, Williangeon has loet his right eye and half right fore -arm ; doing well. Both up and about at general hospital at Elandsfontein. Pte. .T. Tennant Is In general hospital 18, Johannesburg, condition unehanged since admission; sight soinewhet im- palred. ("Signed) Casualty." Farrier Serge Mellugo enilleted nt Rosslaml, and was dangerously wounded in the left chest. His mother is Mrs. John iefaakall, Custom House, London, Ont. . Corp, Williamson enlisted in Guelph. Ho was wounded Lib the face and right fore -arm. His mother is Mrs. Catharine W. Lane, Clyde, Ont. Pte. J. Tennant enlisted at alone - ton, N. B. He was wounded in the head. lain• father is jamas Tennant, Frederteten, N. B. . Date of :tailings. Ottawa A.pril 27.—A change has been made in the dates of departure of the transports for South Africa. Instead of sailing on May 5th and 12th the Cestrian and Winifredian will leave op the 8th and 15th respec- tively, The reason for making the change is that the duties first se - incited would have involved making on Sunday, and the elinieter of Mili- tia wished to. avoid this. All the men required for the four regiments have been eultsted, and reeruiting was stopped yesterday. The seleotion of officers for the regiment to be com- manded by Lieut. -Col. MacDonell has not yet 'been completed, but some of the appointments have been made. Major Homer, of the Mounted 'Billet!, Winnipeg, will be second In command. Capt. E. F. Mackie, of the 90th Bat- talion, and Lirtet. A. W. Strange, both. of whom served in Stratliconaa Horse, have been offered and have accepted commissions. Capt. Mackie may be adjutant of the regiment. Delareses Movements. • London April 28.—Cabling from Johannesburg, under date cif Friday, April 25th, tlie correspondent of the Daily Telegraph says that Gen. De- larey, with his staff, arrived at Klerksdorp, Transvaal, yeaterday. A .epeclal despatch received here from Pretoria. shows that Delarey had been In consultation with Ids commando two days previously, ancl that the other Boer leaders are trtill moving about consulting with the burghers. From this it is inferred that the proepects for peace are improving, Messrs. Reitz and Jacobs, two of the Boer peace delegates, have re- turned from Balmoral and gone to Pletersburg to interview Command- ant Boyers. FRENCH CURET BEATEN. Not a Single Ministerialist Elected in Paris. AN UNPARALELLED DEFEAT, Paris, April 27.—Paris has not elected • a single Minieterialist to the Chamber of Deputies. Eight Na- tionalists, six anteMentsterlalist So- cialists, four antioillInisterlallet Ile - publicans, and three Conservatives were returned. It wee th.e worst de. feat the Government hoe ever sus- tained in Parte. The Ministerialists lost four eeats, and another new constituency was won by the Nationalists. Reballoa ing will occur in 29 districts. The Nationalists, however, suffere,c1 severe cheek in Algiers, where M. Drumont, the notorious tuati-Semile, was turned out by a majority of 000. The polling begansat 8 o'clock this morning and closed at 6 o'clock this evening. The total number of eau- didates was 2,615. Of this number 353 stood in the Department of the Seine. A. drenching ram In Paris did not prevent the Voters from going to the booths. The vote cast every- weere wag about 20 per cent. heav. lee than the last elections. The rale ceased in the evening, and immortal crowd) gathered on the boulevard) In fron-t of the newapaper °crime where, notwithstanding the prohi- bition of the police, illuminate -a sheets Were displayed upon Willa the reeults of the elections were flashed iinmediately they were re- eelved. No disturbance worth mentioning occurred anywhere in the eity. Dur- ing the day the authorities toolc stringent preeautions to elope with pOseible disordere, and strong W- iese of police kept the crowd) i,n 1110, tion. The Glair° Republictu Guard was quartereel in the public) build Inge. Dense crowds, composed chiefly of Nathenttliste, assembled in front of the offleee of the Lib -'e Parole and the Gauloice and the Echo de Paris and greeted the first eleetion nouneements, which included three Nation:rink eittories itt Parts, with tremendous cheering. Following are the latest reperts Train the Varlow) districts : Minister. tenets, 165; antleklinisteriallste, 125; reballote, 18. Large Irish EntIgnitlen. London, April 27.—Einigration teem the 'West of Ireland to Amerieft Is ftssuining What is balled "alarming proportion." During the last fort- night hundreds of emigrants- have passed through _ teitterick en their way to Cork. TWO special trains [rem PorterlIngten carried nearly 1,800 emigre/at', metitiy young persons ot beth emelt, eviele other parties of 1.:00 er more luta itelle on board the Steatriett WAS JAMES QUIRK'S DEATH ACCIDENTAL? The Family Physician Firmly Believes a Fall Caused it. Brantford despatch. — The Quirk inquest, whelk hae now been twiee adjourned, was resumed toelight before Coroner Fleette, Chief In - Spector Murray, who has bean work- ing on the ease, was pretient during the proceeding% The first evidence taken was that of the medical man, Dr. J. W.. Dig- by, the phyffician of Mr, and Mrs. Quirk, He told of a telephone mes- sage he Mel received calling him to the hotel, andt the Butting, of James Quira need on the floor of tee harnees room in the barn. When he reechea there he was told by John Toole, Qairk's partner, that Quirk had fallen down and killed himself. After the arrival of the pollee the body was removed on rough boards to the hotel. In a further conversation with Toole the latter ventured the remark to the witness that Quirk had Xenon down the ladder which leads to the chicken left. De. Digby was one of the physicians who was present at the autopsy, and read the post- mortem report. T.here were alto- gether five wounds in the head to- wards the left side, the first one being just over the left eye, one and a half inches in length, and three-quarters of an inch in width, a jagged wound of a triangular shape. Above this was • another wound about half an inch in length, extending still farther backwards on the skull, and towards the rear were three other wounds, the most serious fibout the centre of the ekull, about two and three-quarter inches in length, cutting through tho skull and cauelug three free - tures. This was a clean, straight cut, and in the opinion of Dr. DIgby was the immediate cause of death, Tne wounds appeared to have been made with fairly sharp !instruments. What Caesed the Wounds': Asked for an opinion as to what might have caused the wounds, Dr. Digby testified that they could have been caused by a fall on such things as the corn cutter and sleigh run- ners, which were represented as lying on the floor. "Can you Imagine, doctor," asked Crown Attorney Wilke, "anything that could lie on the floor in such a position as would fit the head and cause those five wounds ?" "If a man fell down among a lot of debris it Is quite possible. I saw lot of rubbish about there, and Mr. Toole told me he had removed some of it." Dr. Digby was firm in his opinion that each:lent from falling from the ladder leading to the loft might have caused all the five wounds. With the exception of the wound in the Centre of the head, that was the cause ref death, they were all scalp wounds. The Crown Attorney asked him for a definite opinion on the point, and Dr. Digby said: " My opinion is that these wounds could have been pro- duced by felling clown the ladder, and that they were more likely accidental than produced by biome I think, most decidedly." Dr„ Isranit Diners. .A. medical pbn1oui decidedly at vain- aneo witft this was given by Dr. Harry- R, Frank, tau physleian Who Made the autopsy, "1 do not think," he said, HO/It the wounds could have been caused by a fall." "50 you believe ie poesible that the deceased could have fallen through an aperture and theee wounds be caused ?" A.—No. The witnees was questioned- as te what instrument might have caused the wound% and replied that they were probably caused by a heavy triangular, not a ethane instrument A aquaro bar with an angular edge would bave caused the wounds. Night of the Tragedy. A further description of the events in the Commercial Hotel on the Sunday night of the tragedy was given by Mr. George Taylor, a boarder in the hotel. When the wit- ness ran out to the barn on ltearing the adisturibeensie he said to Toole, who went out with him, that Quirk meet have fallen off the ladder lead- ing up to tho chicken coop. Toole said, "Yes, I did not want hint to ban - Ole them." Toole then felt into one of the podeets of the dead nan, and, taking out some tells and silver, and a knife, handed them to T,aylor, in- structing the latter to give them to lard. Quirk, whitili he did. In. con- versation. with Toole since the latter had expressed the opinion that the death was not the result of an accident. The last -witness called, Andrew Doyle, threw very little light on. the mystery. Doyle is a mechanic, and, moreover, a chigken fancier, and had often assisted the dead man, Quirk, In tho care of his game fowl. He had met Quirk for a few mtnutes on the night of Ids death, but that was all. About noon on that Sunday, however, he had gone into Quirk's chickeu loft to feed the birdie There were at the time four or five hens sitting, but mine were to come out that night. The Crown 'Attorney questioned the witness as to whether there was any tovering over the window of the harness room, and Doyle said Imo vas sure there was not, as in that case the room would bave been dark. Blood in the Loft. Next morning, after the death of Quirk, he went into tee chicken loft again in company with the constable, but saw ito change in it since the previous day, except that a couple of the birds had been changed in the coop, While ite was there Mr. Fred. Westbrook, of Toronto, a brother-in-law of the dead men, came into the loft with a lantern and pointed out HOMO ettaine of blood In the loft to the left. of the ladder. The witness had also noticed finger marks of blood on the bottom of the ladder and on the corn cutter. At the conclusion of this testimony Crown Attorney Wilkes asked for an adjournment for two weeks in or- der that a further enveetigation might be made, and the coroner granted an adjournment till May 5S - TOO EXCITING HERIL. One Convert is Dead and Another Insane, A QUEER STYLE OF PREACHING. New York, April- 28.—Ramsey, N. J., was struck about four weeics ago with what might be called a revival cnelone. The town uever Dad any- thing like it before, and as to the advisability of having it again, there is wino division of sentiment. One person died last Monday in Morris Pleins asylum, who took an active part in the revival work and lost his reason soon after the revivalist left. Another person, a woman 2e years of age, was taken to Mor- ris Plains .A.sylum yesterday noon a raving maniac. She, too, bad been one of the most exalted workers in the revival. The first victim was the Rev. Carle- ton Banulsi•er, who for ten years had been the pastor of the Lutheran Church in Ramsey and was very much respected and beloved in the com- munity, irrespective of religious creed. The second victim was Miss Grace Montrose, the daughter of Mr. William S. Montrose, in Ramsey. Miss Mont- rose was wrought up to a high pitch of excitement during the ten dose) the revival meetings wero going on. On the Sunday after the evange- ilist left, Miss Montrose, then -clear- ly demented, started but on her salvation mission. She went to one of the village hotels and battered on the door lin the early learning. When the door was opened to her sho told the hotel proprietor that she had two sermons to preach that day and that one of them she 1m -tend- ed to deeliver In hie hotel. She was with diffieulty induced to go home, From that day on she went from bad to wore° until last week It was decided that there war4 nothing left to do with her save take her to the Morris Plains Asylum. The revivalist who so shook up the village cif Ramsey is the Rev. G. W. Elehelberger, of Pulaski, Tenn. . Ilia ,language was replete with slang and las manner often of the rudest. He affected the Sam Jones - Sam Small' style of pulpit Oratory. He reared at people to "move ep" and "to stand up" and If they didn't respond Ito Would about to theme "Get out of the hall, than I eatet 00 abytiang for you." On one oacaelon Pahl efoifittt to- eentect this style of evangelization. Ile pooled etf lea Coat a'ight 111, meet - big abet offered then and there to give the evangeliet a sound thrash- ing. Mr, Moffatt's tropes/1e was not fiecerited, and ho was finally appeas- ed, but Ito did not yield to Mr. Meltl. berger's evangelical methods. Settlers Nearly Starve. St. John, Nfld., April 27.—A party of 22 men belonging to the settler Kite left het in an Ice floe off the northern coast, she being short of proviltions. They travelled 100 miles, having only two pound) of bread aplece. They were four dive and nights on the way. lemma the party broke eloWn from weaknene and others reached the settlement ninuist starved. 1tbbnt was sent to the weakling% Apprelienelon le reit for their safety. TORONTO PRI_NT_ERS' WAGES. union antsCempositerso /tierce, LInotypers, Reduced. Toronto, April 28.—The Toronto branch of the Typographical Union has made a demand upon the several newspapers of this city for a kiew Fettle of wages for the operators of linotype machines and compositors. For the printers engaged in night work a flat rate of $21. per week is asked. That well affect the men working on .the morning papers,. Compositors, the men who set type by hand, engaged on the mornigg papers how- receive a minimum wage of $15 per week. The linotype men, who operate typesetting maehines, receive a minimum wage of $15 per week and a bonus of 8 eents per 1,000 ems for everything over 23,000 ems Per night. At this rate the machine men average $25 per week each, some making as high as $30 per week. It is, therefore, proposed to reduce the machine men to $21 per week and place the compoaitors on an even footing with thean. For the day men, comprising the .printers who work on the evening papers, a flat rate of $18 is demanded. The men aro now In receipt of a. minimum wage rate of $11 per week, with the usual berme co the linotypers. On Saturday night the Typograpla teal Union decided to present an ulti- matum to the newspaper companies, which states that so far as the mem- bers of the Mien are concerned the new, ec,a.le will go into effect on 'May 8th. UNDER CRIMES ACT. Proprietress and Indicor of 'Waterford star Prosecuted In breland. Dublin, April 27.—The first prose - cations under the proolamation, Issued recently by Earl Cadogan, the Lord -Lieutenant of Ireland, putting in force three sections of the crimes ace in many districte of the country, resulted, last evening, in the sen- tencing of Mrs. O'Italtony, proprie- tress of the *Waterford Star, and H. Lynham, the editor of that paper, to sixty days' imprisonment each. Mrs. 011itliony ana Lynhani were convicted under. a charge of intimida- tion, in preeenting tenants from using their farms. Mrs. O'Mahony was admitted to beet in the sum of £200 ($1,000). The intimidation of which tire, O'Mahony and Lynhain were con- victed le alleged to have contested of publications in •the Star, Which tended to prevent the lawful occu- pation of land from which •tenaute had been evieted. DENIES IS GENUINENESS. Creator of National Libritty to Parts Endorses ('axon Clic% niter. Pares, April 27.—Curator 01 the National Library, states that be &VII endorses Canon Chevalier's opin- ion that the Iloly Shroud of Turin, which seine 01alm bears a reprenenta- tion of the Saviour's boay, le not au- thentic, Cann Chevillier proved that the shroud was weirs In the four- teenth eentery. et do Moly, n (Heart - meshed archaeologist, has written letter to the Temps saying that ha lehotograplied the shroud in the Na- tional Library and obtained a nega- tive similar to that produeed by photographing the Turin shroud. Mr. James York's sash anti door factory at CheeterVille and a quan- tity of lumber, Were burned. !FORTY LIES IN JEOPADOI, Attempt to Blow Up a Tunnel at Niagara Falls ON THE CANADIAN SIDE. Power Shaft Was in Peril—Wire alto Selp 10 Dynamite—Chief :Mains Investigating the Altair—It 111a) ilitVO Been an Outsider's Wavle -- Contractor Thinks It Was a Joke. Niagara Falls, N. Y., April 27.— An attempt to blow up the tunnel of the Canadian Niagara Power Com- pany with dynamite has been dis- covered, and the Ontario Polioe and detectives aro trying to find the persons engaged in it. The tunnel is for the developuient of the power Qi liorseehoe Fall. It is being built la Victoria Park, en the Canataan bide, and runs north and mouth from a allan 1,60 feet below the manacle. Nigat anti day ellifte are employed. between time shafts eraneuouy severed the wire leading from an tasetric battery used la dieeharging blasts, anti connected the enu with the cap of the dynamite cartridge that had betel placed between two boxes containing 75 pounds of dyna- mite. Hod the attempt: been auctions ful, the tunnel would have been de- stroyed and from 20 to 40 lives lost. The 7..1 pounds of dynamite was in a natural position in the tunnel, where It was customary to place dynamite awaiting use. The disc:every was made by a negro, who at once noti- fied the foreman. Ilteuriea as to the Attempt. Niagara Falls, April 27.—Tee plot to kill t.;6 men anu do thousands of dollars manage by 'putting Meet wires to 75 pounds of uynamite in the Canadian Niagara Power. Company's tunnel on Friday night, is still a mys- tery. Contractor Douglas inclines to the belief that "Nipper" Clark, a negro, employee, did it for a joke, and 111 order Lc make himself a good fellow, discovesed it. Clark was the first to reveal the plot. Chief Mains has been examining the men on the work all day. To shatter Douglas' theory, Chief Maine paints out that the flailing of the connection ol. the exploding cur- rent with dynamite was quite a for- tuitous affair, the blasters discover- ing that. they needed an extra stick at the last moment, and so sending Clark. The mon in the daeknese of the tun- nel, all dressed alike in a suit of rubber clothes, are easily confused. The other theory—that it was the work of an outside hand—implies that a man similarly dressed must have eetered the tunnel and left it between 6 and 7 o'clock. No one was seen to have done so. The day shift might contain the man, but this is not generally believed. Some sharp detective work is ex- pected within the next Sew days. Can- ada abhors a dynamiter, aa three men in Kingston prison can testify. ASSAULTED A PRIEST. Farmer of Sandwich West is De- clared to be Insane. Windsor, Aerie 26.—Abraham Time - ret, farmer, of Sandwich West, was taken into custody yesterday by De- tectives Mahoney. and Campeau, and lodged in Sandwich jail. On Sunday last, Theoret attended St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church at River Canare, and announced that Ile was Christ. Went Father Marseille, the venerable priest, aged 78, who has officiated at St. joseples since 1864, refused to recognize Theoret in Ma assumed character, the latter assaulted the rev. father. Theoret was pulled off before he had time to do any harm. Theoret was taken to hie home, and, a day or so later, was found in the River Canare Ceme- tere, digging a grave. He said that he was tired of life, and intended to kill himself. Coroner Bell, of Windsor, examined the man yester- day, and pronounced him violently in- sane. He will be taken to the asylum at London. Ho is a married man, and has a wife and six children. THREE MEN DROWN. A Vessel Driven Athere Near Point Peteettad W reeked. Toronto, April e8. --A. despatch aem eVintibor says : ViL1uin sight of lame with the life-saving crew from Point Pelee going to the rescue, and bul a mile away from them, -three membere of the crow of the schooner Urilee It. Ciribble went down 1.0 wat- ery graves Saturday afternoon. The old selmoner was loaded with coal 'from Ashtabula to St. Ignace, and for many hours had been battling, with the terrific southeast storm which all day was sweeping Lake She was lu tow of a steamer, and the towline broke, leaving the Schooner at the mercy of the waves. See, became waterlogged, struck the bottom, and -three home al Ler went to pieces, and left her crew rang - Ong in the water with nothing bet- ter than hatch covers and stray bits of wreckage to which to cling. Capt. Thomas Waxen and two of las men, more dead than olive, were washol aehere. They were thrown upon the beach two miles below Lea- mington, and thi,ro picked up by fish- ermen. Capt. Wilson was unconscious, and his mon were too Weak 'rein their struggles with the storm to • aside from saying that there were three ethers on the Wreck. The lite -saving *row, which was on the Way* from the en -:1 of Point Pelee, could not reach the seem of the wrack. CORSET CAUSED DEATH, Yount -v. Woman's nettrt nioPttired hi thets.quetZe. Lorain, 0., April 27.—Frankie Friend, ogee 27, of Norfolk, died here last night under peoullar. elecuin- teatime. She got off a ear from (love - lane and became faint and weak. Rho was aetlisted to the waiting room by two women and Wee sent to a phy- eicianal offlea She was dead when PIMA on a 0011011. A post-mortem examination 50 - day Owed her heart to be entirely out or place on account of her Corset, Winell Was ten eine toe Mall. ITALY CliECKS URITISI-I PLOT. movement to natnalio 41 Protector. - ate Over '1 elpeliten London, April 21,-4144s aiY0terions Itahlan lineettenenita Whioll have been 00 pereletently essertea and denied as directed against 1.'ripoll aro now explained in despatches from Rome. They have been duo to the ditreoverY Of what le praotically a plot, it is said, 'tp procIalla a British protector- ate over the Tripplitali hinterland. Portraits of Xing Edward and small British flags wore, 11. 1. alleg- ed, distributed by wholesale in towns and villages all through the Muter - Laud, and negotiations were opened. by the Britian agents with the abn1.- bY whase influence 1 so great over the Aerican MOhamtuedans that the Sultan would Pete a good deal, even 1,11 these hard times, for his holy bead. When Italy remonstrated against these aid:motherly proceedings the Britieh Government so the story goes, plaeed them to the eredit of their over zealous agnate in Egypt, and entirely repudiated Ube latter. The incident is clIsYsed, but it eats Left considerable uneasiness, both In Rome ana Constantinople, which France le doing its best to inerease. CURLER DROWNED. 'Samuel liarstone V.etina of Yaelaing Accident at Winnipeg. , Winnipeg, Man., April 27.—The Amon launch, linseie B., owned by C. k'. Bunnell, proprietor of the elaren- don Hotel, left here early yesterday morning with a party of fifteen on board. Sam Harstone, an employee of the hotel, was one of the number.. At Lower Fort Garry, where tee current is very strong, the yacht's canopy was caught by the ferry cable and it turned turtle and immediately sank with all on board. Everybody managed to seramble ashore with the exception of Harstone, wbose body has not been found yet. He was unmarried, but leaves surviving him the following brothers and sisters: John Harstone, Principal High School, Lindsay; Leonard Haretone, Town Solicitor, St. Mary's; Mrs, Noah Quance, wife of the principal of the High School, St. Thomas; Mrs. G. F. Thompson, wife of Purser on a San Franscisco liner. Harstone was one of the best-known curlers in the D6 - minion. HYPNOTIST IN TROUBLE. Puts at Whole Family to sleep, but. Fails to Arouse Them, La Salle, Ind., April 28.—Alarmed by the unusual quiet at Lite home of Rudolph Bartag, in the village of Ticoma, near thial city, a -eom. mitte.e of ueighbors forced an en- trance and found Bartag, bus wire and five children all in a comatose condition. Efforts to arouse them were futile. Leo Lonzer, a youthful amateur hypnotist, confessed that lie had put the Saintly "to sleep" with their consent four days ago and had been 'unable te revive them. He sold he had visited the house daily -and tried to arouse them, but • .without success. To -day he managed to awaken two of the Children. Brooding over his predicament bias brought him to the verge of nervous prostration, but be promises that he will arouse all the rest af the family as soon as be regains his nerve. The villag- ers will not, permit pbysicians to in- terfere. ANOTHER TROOPER DEAD. Appointment to 011tiee in the Fourth Contingent. Ottawa, 'April 28.—(Special)---It is now understood that Superintendent Strickland, of the Northwest Mount- ed Police, at Prince Albert, will be adjutant to Col. A. C. MeeDonnell, • th•e Oth Regiment of the( 4th con- tingent. Quartermaster Sgt. Rowan of the Northwest Mounted Police will be quartermaster vrith efaeDon- nell. The Militia Department has re- ceived a cable from the casualty de- intatment, announcing the death from enteric fever of Trooper jos. Drury, at Klerksclorp. Drury belonged to Maple Creek, Man. DROPPED NINE STORIES. Wonderful Escape ef Three Mee in an Elevator Car. Buffalo, April 28.—Miraculous es- capes from death followed the drop- ping of an elevator iu the D. 8. Mor- gan building shortly before mon yes- terday. Imprisoned in the car of the broken elevator, three men dropped from the ninth floor, falling to the stone basement, and tho fact that any of the men survived was due to the partial working of the safety <Matches, Which blackened the speed of the car. One of the passengers escaped with a broken leg, the elevator man was pickol up unconseleue, and the third man received only a scratch on the hand Investigation began at once to at:certain the cause of the accident, and agents of the insurance company ane engineers of the building diecov- ered that the counterweights balanc- ing the elevator had broken loose. Why the so-called safety clutches ,failed to work and thus atop the ear is a subject which will be brought to the attention of the elevator people. OFFERED PAY NOT TO WORk. titterican Wiudow Glass Company's Method of Killing litivals - Indianapolis, April 26.—The Amer- ican Window Glass • Company has Made a tender of $100 each io all blowers and $75 each to all gatherers uow in their employ who will refase to take deployment with independent factories during the summer. The of- fal., to restrain workmen front eon- trneting or taking empleemene 'with independent taotories la unprecedent- ed, and means that if the plan thould prove sweetmeat the trust will have to pay out thousands of dollars merely to prevent any of their bloev- ere Ow gatherers front working for liner lOngth of 'LIMO in any WindoW glass factory that is not in the tenet. The workmen haVe ilot deckled what 'they Will do, many of them wanting to be free to, work if they choose. Carpenters Want. Eight Hours. Torento, April 128.—r11te Amalgam- ated Union and the Brotherhood of Carpenters find joiners held their final Meeting before May let in Vies torte Hall on Saturday arternoon. The Soint organizetbns include more than 700 carpenters, meet of whOM were present. It was resolved to stand by the demand lehieli lIfte been made from the beginning, name - au eight-hour day and 80 cents an hour. The Men are particularly determined to fight for the eight hours, and It in predicted that es many bis half the. eitrpentersin the city May be laid off On Thiirsday 11 they adhere to their esolution. MUSLIN AS A HERO. Queer Trial of the Multi. Murderer Brigand, HE POSES AND STRUTS •••••••••••••••-•,,. end be 'People tend Even th Court Gilleittis 'Yield to f1lnt.-41or4 to Get Wiloesses—May ins -ape, and* it' So Wilt Macey he -Killed. Rome, April 28,—X1443Q11719. the Italian brigand, the story of wil080 aong defLanoe of the entire force of the Government and the police auth- orities 'has been followed ,W these despatoheis, is still rivetliag the attention of all hie coillatrnmen. Hie telal, which begain,at Lucca, last week, is assuming a chargater which at one tante lo Sensational and. at others ridiculous. It is always thea- trical. Every newspaper in Italy prints lonag reports of the trial, and the papers have enormous «ale, The excitement extends front the royal court to the lowest cottage. There to an almost unaverreal belief that Mussellno- will not have to wait to be condeinaed, but will escape through the connivanee of sympath- izers. The fact that it is known' that he made thirteen cutteriapts to com- mie murder, most of *Moil were 8110 - easeful, dote) not excite any horror among the people. He declares bn impassioned rhetorin that he lia,s ex- erelsed the sacred right of avenging himeelf on his enemies. • In the trial in the court at Lucca, illussolino heatro himself as the mas- ter of the occasion. The judge, the jury tbe carraineete, the ilawYers, and journalists bow down to 'him and accept his caprices with the greatest readiness. Alt first he refused to speak; now•he constantly interrupt/1, and is immediately listened to in deathlike silene.e, and his remarks ere followed-- with thunderouti ap- plause, and sometimes by hyisterical wMeErPuelliscgiiino declared that with tit() exception Of traitors he never kill- ed anyone unless attacked. The only carbineer he "ever attacked was one who fired twice at him. His explanation of his treatment of a man of the name of Crea was a typical one. He said Crea sold the newel of les whereabouts to the po- lice and had even determined to shoot him. Museolino continued "He levelled. • a gun at me. I frightened him, seized and took away the gun, took the cartridges out, reloaded the gun with shot, and told him to walk away. When he had gone a little distance I shot him in the legs to give him a lee- • son. I did not like to WM him be- cause he was the father of a fam- ily.. . Such. touches as this last arouse sympathy among the peeple In the court -room and sometimes enthu- siasm. But now' and again the brute in him overcomes the hero. There have been undignified scuf- fles with gendarmes, in which Mils- aolino has often had the upper haute for he le immensely strong. On Tuesday last eight stalwart gen- darmes with difficulty held Ilan down when in a, moment of fury he had attempted to strangle a wo- man witness who ha,d addressed him with disrespectful words. It is a curious fact that although there are a dozen families who have had some or their members killed or wounded by Mussolino, one father, a earl:Amer, is the only one who has come forward on the prosecu- tion's side. .The .others, who are Cala,brians, regard the case as a family vendetta., and 't private af- fair, and refuse to soil their honor by going to lava But if he escapes they will try to 'shoot or stab him unless he shoots or stabs first. :HUNG ON TO THE WIRE. Occupants of Seow Ferry:Save Them.. selves From Drowning. Kingston, Ont., April 27.—On Sat- urday evening the scow bridge used between the mainland and Howe Is- land broke away from one of the wires by which it was propelled. One of the men, howeveze grasped the other wire, and for three hours the party held an and saved the craft from being helplessly thrown upon the heavy seas. Finally ropes were secured and the seetw pulled baele to .,the• mainland. In tho party were J. Foley and his three sons, and a friend witb, a horse and wagon. Tele men's action un- doubtedly saved them from drown- ing. FIVE BURNED TO DEATH. A. Terrible Tragedy at St. Norbert, Bia Otto bit. Winnipeg, April 27.—The house of Jean Baptiste tionehem, a French butcher'residing is St. Norbert set- tlement, was destroyed by fire last night, and the family of five young children, four girls and one boy, blamed to death. Another daughter Is dying, and the, father and mother are in a serious condition. The blaze astsaiertepde. While the inmates were --- Two Boys Drowned. Rat Portage, April 27.—Two bbttbe boys, aged six and three and a half Year respectively, eons of Richard G. joss, of First street, Went out to play yesterday find were soon after missed by their Mother, When they could not be fouled upon the etreet pr at any of the aelgIbbors, the po- llee were notified. It Was aseertained that the children bad beem seen play- ing in an old boat on the shore of the creek, and the men began to drag the stream. About 6 o'clock last evening one little lad was brought to the surface and about the other was found. British Wheat Imports, The Met year of whiell fairly emit - pieta sta.tinties of the wheat im- ports of Groat Britain are (wadable is 1000. In that year the imports were about double the borne pro- duction and amounted to 08,1815,000 cwt. The principal sources were as follows: United States, 82,588,70; a31177?noot1771,81,8111,0285E;44,000,4020.1r!Initionylll,e.Adue..ist,,a16; 800 ; Reitman* 758.100 • Turkey, 181,200; India, 0,400; ail% 2,500.