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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1902-06-19, Page 7"COL." LYNCII IN COURT ON CIIAR6E OF TREASON Nature of the. Charge to be Pressed Against Bina Presentation of Case by Sir Edward Carson -A British Citizen Who Took Up Arms Against ills Country and Boasted of His Doings ---What the Detectives Who Arrested dint Found on Hitt( -•---tie is Remanded to Jail Tel June at. Loudon, Tune 14. -Bow street po- llee court was crowded too -day. The investigation into the charge of high 'treason brought against Colonel Ar- thtir Lynch, lormerly of the Boer army, who was elcoited Member of Per'lament for Galway in November Inst, and who was arrested at New Haven Wednesday,. on landing there from Franca, was begun. Mrs. Lynch and other frion•Is of the accused were present. The Solicitor General, Sir Edward Carson, opened for the prosecution. Ile referred briefly to Colonel Lynoli's Australian nationality, resldenoe In Parip, and departure thence to the TransvaL1 in Janutt,ry, 1000. The Nature of the Charge. "The case for the prosecution," Bald Sir Edward, "will be that on arriv- ing 10 South Africa, Lyneh tools ser- • vice with the Transvaal Government, raised aregiment, of wiilolr he acted as commander, to fight in its be- half, and actively fought against Gen. Buller's operations. Lynch was in Pretoria January Irith, 1000, and wrote to tite Transvaal authorities, ndtifying them of lila desire to take up arms. Jan, 18UUi, he signed a field cornet's certilioate, describing himself as an Irishman, a British sub- ject and as born in Australia. But ho declared his willingness to light for the South African Republic, in Order to fletend and maintain its tndepondenoe. i.ynoh Moo took rho oath of a11ca6danee as a Wit burgher, the certificate enabling him to do as well as to accept ,t bom- misSioa from the Transvaal Govern- ment, Lyneh then raised the so-call- ed Irish Brigade, joined the invading army in Natal, and issued an appeal, t±igneii "Arthur Lynch, Colonel, Irish Brigade, inviting Irishmen to assist the two republieet" The Hon. Charles Russell (second son of the late Lord Chief Justice, Baron Russell of leiliowenl, repres- seitting the defendant, said that Lynch hail faced the proceedings like a man, What be Kaci Clone he had done openly, and he desired to fecill- tato tite inquiry as much as possibble. Remanded to Jail. After the police had furnished evi- dence of the prisoner's arrest, dur- ing the course of wh'ieb Detective Inspector Walsh testified to find- ing in. Colonel Lynch's pocket a vis- iting card of Hamilton Holt, intro- ducing Colonel Lynch, of tate Boer army, to three Amerloaus, A. S. Hardy, United States Minister at Berne, Switzerland; Herbert W. Bowen, U, S. Minister, Teherne (now Minister to Venezuela), and Professor Richardson, of the American Sohool at Athens, and some testimony had been presented regarding Col. Lyn.oii's presence "on commando" in Natal, the grimmer was remanded to June 2ii. CYCLONE AN +': AVE SWEEP OVER KURRAC E. Assassinated Russian Minister Exiled 60,000 Persons. His Successor Proposes to Permit the ,Filled Ones to Return as Far as Possible -Will introduce Milder Measures if He Can ---Chicago Murderer's Narrow Escape From the Vengeance of His Pursuers. ' Bombay, Tune 16.-aA. bad cyclone, met the exiled people to return), as aocoinpanfod by a tidal wave, bee wept over leurraohe, the principal seaport town of the Province of Stade. Wholesale Expulsions. • St. Peter>aburg, Juno 16. -An en- umeration of the persons. inelud- lag wording people, exlieiled from various cities during the last two alnd a htaif years of the administra- ttibnl of the late M. S'piaguine, the Minister of tale Interior, who was assassinated, April 15th, drawn up by the instruetions of M. Von PIeheve, wito succeeded lei. Siplaguine, shows the enol on's total of 60,000. 1L Von Piehwo leas decided to clean, this slate so far as possible, and per - he does not desltre to inherit the hatred inspired by M. Sipiageine. It Is said that Plelere is inclined to adopt milder measures generally, but trite Reaetionists, under the leader- sltlp of Comet Sheremetieff, are still influential with, the Czar. • coved ,Front Vengeance. Chicago, (Tune 16. -Shot by his pursuers and cut in a dozen places by a mart whom he had shot through the heart after a desperate fight, Joseph: Haddox, colored, took refuge roar the grounds surrounding Harlow Higgiebotham's residence, Twenty - Moth street and Michigan avenue, Ieet night. Before the police discov- ered lits hidingeplace he made gool his escape. Haddox ;tad s let and killed Robert Fulton, also colored, as the result of a fight over a pool game. CLUNG i0 BOAT FOO DAYS, Terrible Experience of Three Owen Sound Fishermen. CALLED IN VAiN FOR HELP. Owen Sound, Out., June 15. -The steamer City of (Jollingwood arrived in poi(t' at 3 o'clock yesterday after- noon towing behind an upturned sail - stoat. Connected with the incident is ono of the most thrilling &ts.rios of the [Georgian I3ay. On Wednesday at noon three Mam- mon, Thos. Jones, Andrew Park and a boy of seventeen, named Ronald Claremont, all residents of Owen Seurid, were sailing about eight miles from Cape Croker, and about thirty � miles from this port. Shortly after the trio Riad dinner a ballast bag caught between the cleat and bloek, and jammed the halliards. A. squall of wind at the same time caught the litho draft and overturned iter, All three of the occupants could stvlan, and clambered back on the side of tile upturned boast. A small Kam about four feet long was not sub- merged, and they sat on that, cling- ing to each Other all through Wed- ttebday afternoon and Wednesday night. They sighted the tug King early in the morning, but were not :noticed. On Thursday Jones feared the boat would sink, and, climbing over the aide, (Went under the water, where ho rointtined until ho had ex- tricated several 'ballast bags with 0 pike pole. Tide made the boat more buoyant, but cold and hunger were beginning to tell, and it was almost impossible for Jona; to keep his com- panions awake. During Thursday night they sight- ed the lights of several vessels, bet were unable to attl'aot attention, On Friday the pangs of hunger were 1,0 terrible that the Men re- sorted to desperate reeourcee to pet eoine'tlting out of the ''oat. Jone:a used tie pike pole for low - oral hours, and then secured three tett" poltatoes, These were eaten ravenously. On Friday evening the Steamer J. II. ,Tones 1>aalaed In the distance. Chilled With the colts and exposure, tinreinont's hands and face etarted to swell. Ile fell Into it stupor, and would havo fallen ;from the aide of the boat but for JCiti('4y. All throne:11 the long hours of Fri- day night J,011'4 tvatteht'.i his half.• liuconeeious c0ntpant0tts. When ilio day broke on Saturday morning no vessel was in sight. Jones kept his comrades up by cheering. words. Ile pot hie coat( oh the and of the pike pole as a signal of distress. At 10.30 the City of Coilingwood hove in sight, and Captain R. D. I'oote Haw tate segue' of distress, and Ioevercd a boat to the rescue. When brought to the deck of the steamer Park and Claremont could not etani without assistance. Capt. Foote treated the rescued men with every kindness, and they arrived at their ,homes yesterday afternoon, after passing through an experience that few have lived to relate. A FATAL ERROR, Drastic a Dislefeetant in Mistake for Water. Ottawa, Juno 1.4. -Wm. Pennock, of the 1neurance firm of Pennock lufaeeo;a, Flgin street, met a sud- den and sad death early this morn - Ing. Ile arose about 4 o'clock in the morning to take a drink of water and used a glass in which there wns a disinfectant. As soon Os 11e discovered his mistake he gave the alarm, and Dr. Freeland and Dr. O'Brien were soon on liana, but were unable' to be of any avail. Deceased was 70 years of age, an old resident of the city .and has Many relatives here. GRooM LOST HIS WAD, Out Fortunately lie Managed to hall the Bride. Aylmer, June 14.--.M'r. Yorke Her Icer and Miss Farr, Malahide, were quietly married on Wednesday af- ternoon and carne to Aylmer to start on their honeymoon trip. Me, 'harper had MO in ids pocket book and thought he had placed it securely in Itis 1111, pocket. Tile happy couple when its Aylmer made a change trt rige at Pieren's livery. Mr. and Mrs. Itartwr started for Site 'Teiont:te, and when near New Sarum Air. lin,rper felt for his cash and found that it was gone. The bride and groom returned to Ayl- mer. bat were unable to firm aur trace of the missing wallet of limey. Nothing daunted, they got a new t;upply null lett this tnnrnine for Quebec, the hind of the habitant. There le do trace of the I seeing 01910')'. Mr. harper (topped tat tow- er:() planes in Aylmer and letting in Wel out of the bnr;gy he thought the 1fl trey had Hull( i1 true of Bite pocket. FALSE, OF COURSE. Story About Destruction of Douuci- ere auris at Vitae. Ottawa, Jame �.6.-(p dial). -A to - port stats been received at the Dlount- ed Pollee Department froze Suporin- tcndeet Constantino in widolt lie statins there is not the sligittest truth in the report which was widely circu- lated regarding the' destroying of laoundary monuments. A man by ilia name of Rapinskymade tie affidavit as 1.0 the destruotion of the supposed boundary monument. He has a disrep- utable character and was run out of the country for soiling' liquor to rho Indians. Tito eounettry being surveyed at the time was the one between British Columbia and the Yukon Ter- ritory. Indians travelling in parties erect small mo iumente at their camp should any member of their party die, It, is (tat unlikely, therefore, that the destruction of one of these first gave rise to the rumor. Supt. Constantine also reports by wire the loss on May 8th of Inspector WaliteT's guar tore. CIIAL 3TIE CONTINUES. Dynamite Resorted to to Terrorize Workers. MINES EXPECTED TO FILL UP. Wilkesbarre, Pa., June 15. -The first; violence by dynamite during the Mello) (incurred yesterday morning, when a, charge was exploded at the house of Samuel Applegate, a spe- cial polIeeman for the operators, in West Hazleton. i rAppiegate has three sons working at the Cranberry colliery of Coxe Brothere & Co., and had heard, he says, that the houses of twenty- three men wlio did not sympathize with the mien movement were to be dynamited. Half -an -hour after inidnlght yesterday morning, as he salt on his side perch, there was a terrific explosion not the front, and he rushed there, to find the porch shattered and the windows blown ,[n the, recent on the ground floor William Steoker was asleep and was thrown from the bed. Upstairs were Alis. Applegate, her two sons and two daughters and three other girls. They were badly shaken, but not hurt. Steoker ran out with a re- volver and fired in the air, while at the same time several neighbors, awakened by the shook. also fired. Some saw several men disappearing down the street, but they were not recognized. 1 Tile dynamite hard been; exploded by a fuse fully fifteen feet long. While Applegate and Stecker were returning from tihee Cranberry col- liery whtt1rer they had gone to re- port, they were held up by two men and Steeleer was relieved of his re- volver. They made no resistance, as four other armed men stood close by ready to assist, if necessary, int over- powering them( Slow Destruction of Property. Patrick Gflday, President of the Cenitrai Pennsylvania bituminous dis- trict of the United Mince Workers of America, came Imre to get President Mitchell's comsentt to continue the strike against thus Sonm1a.n Shaft Coal Company, near Portage, Pa., and also the finiancial support of the notional organization. He received both. Asked as to how the miners ex- pected to win, in view of the fact that they have practically reached time limit of their resources in this re- gion, Mo replied): "By tee slow des- truction of mine property. By that I Mean that if they do net give the mien the hours and pay they ask for tete mkni will not consent to go into the mines and preserve the op- erations. ';Ute collieries will fill if the strike is not soon ended, and the mitres will begin to squeeze or cave ; 1( SHOCKING SCENES. Harrowing Tate of Volcanic Disaster 14'1onn St. Vincent. Thu horror Of this oveewhohning calamity can bo understood best when individua1 cases of sulfeting aro singled out and described. On the Island of tit. Vincent, where sixteen hundred were killed and many were fearfully wounded by Situ, I saw some things so pathetic that I hope 1 may never look upon sueh scenes again. from all directions the maimed, bandaged, creeping and limping victims of the volcano's fire were coming into Kiugstowu. I saw a native and his wife, both of them blistered and swollen with the flames that swept from La Soufriere, walk- ing slowly along, leading a little burro. On the burro's back was a largo basket, and in this three lit- tle children. They were burnee 50 horribly that at first I could scarce• ty tell what they were. Yet they were still alive and the poor father and mother hoped to get them into Ieingstown so that they ,might be saved. The father told me that bo Ltd had five little children when he had started out from his home to- ward Ki+ngstowtt, and that on the way two of them had died. He and Its wife had stopped to bury them and had then moved slowly forward with the three which still lived. The burro was blistered, too, and limped with his wounds. And when I thought that on the Island of St. Venom and on the Island of Mar. Unique there wore thoueatnds of such situations of the bitterest sufferings I began to realize the fearful ex. tent, the horror, which two great volcanoes had suddenly inflIeted on a happy people. 'l'o one who has not visited St. Pierre in its ruins It is impossible for words to convey any ilea at all of the terrible destruction. The clmnl of gas and fire and sand swept over tite city on meekly that of those rescued from the ships none were blinded. One poor man, who Is yet in tate hospital and may live, huts all his face burned away except Ids eyes. Ono charred body was found with a pair of gold spectacles un- harmed on Ito nose. A bird was found In ite cage, dead, but with its gor- geously colored feathers untouched. Copper wine in private safes melted and ran together as molten cop- per; ethers were simply heated. Ac. count bodice were found in a demol- islted house with ,,scorched pages. 1 was in the runts five days after tee eatastrophe be'for'e any attempt nad been made to burn or bevy bodies. There wore thouwands on the streets, iyitt.g across each other and in heaps. Many were thrown clown Lett their lswks with lege end arnie etretebed eat. Many lay on their stomaelis with their hands et their hoses, as Outwit to keep out the gas which was killing them. Hundreds of nue there were found with their rhii dren. The Marred hely of a young eird wee finial, heir beetle (gasped townt'3 the image of the Virgin. . t3. 11Ieleee In Lrelto's '1 'eokla. CENERAL OELHEY SURRENDERS With Eight Hundred Men Lichtenburg. UEWET MAKES A NEWFOUNDLAND'S PRICE, alight treeerttte with Canada ou (Mood Terms. Utellfaa, N. S., June I.G.-}Ion. A. 13. Morella,leader of the Opposition In Noweoundland, is III the city. Ile says that confederatt'ant le wholly a question of terene, thud as the pow- erneeenet only can arrange these, un - at ion will not be a, practical question Premier lea Y SPEECH Warmly Thaulcs the Wonten for'lhelr Support and Accepts DeWitt as the Will of Providence --- Neither DeWot Not: Steps Wounded -A Task for Milner. Pretoria, Juste 1:k.-tioneral l)elarey has surr'enderod at Lichtenberg, Tilansvaal, with 800 men, Di9Wk:T BLAMES A Sieleit )l1. Accepts Defeat as the \Aiil ul Providence. Lembo», June 10.-Dospatolies re- ceived iter, from Soutli Africa show that the surrenders of Boers are pro- eeeduig with the greatest good- will. The total of the mutter wile leave already; surrendered number a8,- 500, and the British are extending every possible kindness to the men who come in. The a•ppearanue of General Dewet at tite camp at Moberg was the sig- nal for a great display of enthusiasm. When he arrived at the camp, Gen- eral Dewe( was at owe surrounded by, thousands of Boer men, women acid einldren, wild struggled and clamored to shako the hand of their hero. He mounted a taible and de- livered an, address. Ile warmly, ap- plauded the etautteh support that the women had given the burghers dur- ing the war, which, he sale, had greatly, encouraged the men in the field. Continuing, Dewet roeone- nteitded his hearers to ,es 1oya1 to the new Government, and. ,iatd : "Perhaps it is hard for you to hear this from my mouth, but God has decided thus. 1 fougiit until there wos no more hope of upholding our cause, and, however bitter it may, be, the time hastaow come to lay dowse our arms. As a Christian people, God now demands that we be faithful to our tiew Gov- ernment. Let us arubutlt to His de - Neither DeWet nor Mr. Steyn, for- mer President of tite Orange Free State, was wounded during the war. DeWot has not seen his wife for two years. Tiles Repartriation Committee, which has been formed to assist• the Boers in returning to their farms, has a gi- gontlo task before 1t. Tile concentra- tion camps will be converted into sup- ply depots to provide the returning burghers with tate means to rebuild and restock their farms. The wives and families of the Boors will, if de- sired, bo maintained at the expense of the Government while the burgh- ers are preparing .the farms for their reception. Two thousand of the National Scouts, who fought upon the British side during the war, will immediately be disbanded, and each scout will be provided with a pony and enabled to return to bus farm. A rusk for Lord Milner. New York, Juno 14. -Tete London Tames' correspondent at Pretoria, in a despatcit to the New York Times, says that It is evident that the total surrendered will be near the estimate of 17,000 made by Botha. Tho great friendliness which Is being displayed between the Boers and the British is undoubtedly due to some extent to the revulsion of feeling which came nwturally alter the extreme discom- forts of the campaign. There is Little questio:l that had there been no nego- tiations for peace the war could not have lasted many weeks longer. The Bo-rs were ev.dently approaching the hast stages of exhaustion. The rag- gedness of many commandoes Is al- most indescribable, and to see Boer warriors scramble) for sugar served out by the authorities, and eat it like bread, was enough to convince one o2 their previous privations. The only persons against whom the Boers are inclined td show any feeling are those who served in the National ,5''Cotite. With the end of miltary difficulties the problelns facing Lord Milner are rapidly springing up on every side, The organization of civil government over 'the vast areas, though it has long been prepared for, means a great rush of work. Tho repatriation of the Boers and their settlement on lands smolt as British disbanded troops are anxious to take will in- volve work the complexity of which it is almost impossible to realize in Eng- land. • THREW HER CHILD TO DEATH Demented Mother Drowns Her Girl ,(aid Herself. St. John, N. B., June' 15. -Word came by letter to -night of a sad case of suicide and murder, which oocur- red on Thursday, near Grand Valls. Mrs. Dennis Cyr, a young widow', look her little boy and girl to the bank of the St. John River. Site threw the girl, aged G4 into the rushing water, and then attempted to seize the boy, .aged 7, for a sim- ilar purpose, but he freed Mattel! and ran home or.ying. Tho woman then jumped in herself, and was carried away. She wets in poor elrcum- ele.enceq, and demented, LOST AN ARM AND A LEO. Baggage i'lieeker'I`erribty Witted, at 'Toronto Station. Toronto, June 10,-A shocking ao- cidoot occurred not the Union Sta- tion shortly after 5 o'clock yeste- day afternoon, in Willett .ratuettate- Yemen, a baggage ehecket, 1:8 years of age, all but lost his life instantly; and although hopes are now held out by the Mo tioal men that he Will sur- vive, Ito will be forver bereft of lits Left arm and left leg, both of -which were lt;lupu aced at the Emergency Ilospitah. The ttnfnrtnnti.te matt wits taking the ntuflber of home ears as the Buf- falo train was entering the station. Nob seeing it, lie Stepped backlvarde, and in a trice had been struck, knock- ed down, and terribly mangled under the moving train. Dr. Chamberlain was in the station at the time. Ile lead checked hie baggage for t. lis- tnet point, and was in t110 trot of hurrying to With his train when'Itle attention was drawn to the aetl- dent. Giving ile all thought of his journey, he attended Stevenean nn- thi tate ambulance arrived trotn Court Street ,Station ter take bit:n' to the '1':Inergonoy Ilotspitnl. urticas Laurier and: Premier Bond agree to nt�ahe It so. He duos not taloa Df'r. Mond is favorable. The Pre i r still see to make a fisher arrangement between the colony and the United States, and if lie ane• coeds, confederation, will be 'mpas- stbte. If Ur. Bond agrees urn good tonne ids opponents will consider thew on their marital Mr, Monate rays the ternee must bo generous. Tale ooloniy would (le- tatand a large price, but le `vonthl it. Ile says no existing party in tee colony 'wcutd Make confederation an lesute, SFIIIIITIN STAGE IIEACIIEIII Strike Troubles Seem Worst at Wilkesbarre. • TEAM DRIVERS WILL' HELP, Wilkesbarre, Pa„ June 15, -Some men lying in ambtisdi shot and sev- erely wounded Cl}tarles Bobioson, a coal and irma podleeanba.n,.at tiro Oly- phtyantt colliery of the Delaware & Hudson Coal Company, this morning, He is now in a hospital with a rifle ball through: his right lung., There had been trouble at the col liery earlier in tate night. A. Pardee Si Co. Ylatve offered a re- ward of $500 fox the dynamiters. William Gersinger, one of the six 1 men who held up young Applegate and a cotmpaelon after the assault, and robbed them of a wretch and pis- tol le in, cueetody. T1hn other five have not yet been eaptur ed:. 'ro-day's Development. Wilkesbarre, Pa., Juno 16. -As far as can be learned the strikers' ef- forts to hare the fire bosses and other bosses street:, to -day were not as great a suzmees as was expected by the union. It is generally believ- ed the number who wenit out was not great. Jasper Clark, of Toledo, Interna- tional President of the Team Driv- ers' Association, who came here last alight, saw President Mitchell. Clark says his union will do every- thing possible to help the miners. Anulher bhoottng. There was a general shooting af- fray near the William A Colliery of the Lehigh Valley Goal Com- pany at Duryea shortly after mid- nigh't, No one was hurt. Reports are conflicting. Residents of the neighborhood say several coal and Iron police left the colliery after midnight, and were attacked by a number of men who were lying In wait. They managed t0 beard a car for Pittston, it is said, with- out being injured. All this is denied at the office of the Lehigh Valley Company, who say some Italians leaving a celebration fired revol- vere. NINE SUFFERS Ft1M CHILI aught it Attending Tattoo at Aldershot. NOT THOUGHT TO BE SERIOUS, London, June 15, -King Edward to- day is suffering from a chill, which has prevented His Majesty from at- tending to -day's church parade of the Aldershot garrison. Tito chill Dame as a result of his prolonged stay outdoors last nght upon the occasion of the torchlight tattoo at Aldershot. His Majesty's chill is a slight one, accompanied by symptoms of lumbago. The weather last night was ex- tremely cold, and it rained at inter- vals before their Majesties left the brigade recreation ground. Icing Ed- ward returned to his apartments chilled from the unwonted exposure. These reports of Ills Majesty's ill- ness have naturally caused appre- hension, but there is ,a,pparentiy no reason to anticipate serious results. An authentic) statement from Alder- shot this evening is to the effect that King Edward is slightly indis- posed, but that his indisposition is net of a serious nature. Sir Francis Laking, physician -in - ordinary to His Miajesty, •was sum- moned to Aldershot early this morn- ing, I•Ie prescribed for the King, and recommended that to -day be spent in perfect quiet. Queen Alexandra and the other members of the Royal party attended the services at church but remained in the Royal apart - meats' for the rest of the day. t has berm learned that the King iernee in the afternoon. This is con- sidered a. good reason for hoping that Itis indisposition Is only tem- porary. No official bulletin concern- ing Ilia efaijesty's condition has been issued. If King Edward does not attend the review to -morrow the Prince of Wales will receive the sal- utes of the troops in behalf of Ilia Majesty. A LITTLE DELUOE, Essex Visited by a Dewni,our Wheel Threatens Crops. narrow, Oat., June 16. --Tied heav- lent rain whit.11 over fell in thin sec- tion of the country ,early deluged title village yeeterday meriting. Al- though the rain lasted but little over oat hour, such a quantity of water fell that tate large Govern- ment drains were wholly incapable of carrying it away. To ilio west and north hundreds and hundreds of aieres of farm lands are still cover- ed with water, la many places four feet deep. It le :eared that uuiess the water arable away quit•kly the (Tope. largely corn, will be utterly ruined, In earth of the village side- walks are floating and lawns are ()overed. Rice Still is Hopeful'. Toronto, June 10. -;•'.Coe bad, but ie can't be helped," tam' what I''red. Leo Itice said on Satttrtlay, when his notinenl, Mr. T. C. Robinette, X. C., visited itim tut the jail and told Illm that the Supreme Cottrt at Ottawa had rel'ttee.l to heats ids appeal. Rico &till hovel" for a. commutation of lite atert6ilce> BOER SURRENDERS TOTAL, ABOUT 12,000 TO DATE. Faud Pasha Murdered by Order of the Sultan. All Quiet et Wilkesbarre TO -day -Company lies Extra Guards Out lie Protect Workers -.---The Pawtucket Street halfway Strike.. --'Soldiers Preserve Order -Arrests of Rioters ----A. Treasurer Arrested Charged W Fraud.. S.ondonlilyy June 18. -.-Its was announc- ed here to -day that 86d Traansvaal' Boers surrendered yesterday, bring- ing the total of surrenders for all elle colonies up to .about 12,000. Murdered to Order. Vienna, Tune 18. -Tine Mlttag's Zeitung to -day states ttltat Fuad Pasha, who wits recently banished to D in sous, has been murdered to than place by order cif the Sultan. Fuad Was recently a high official In the Sul'tan's staff, Secret agents denownoed idea as a participant in plots against Abdul lea'mld, Oe the tilleasieet evidence the Sultan lead biro imprisoned, and dater banished to Dan:aaseuls. emerged With Fraud. New York, June 18, --Charles 5. Shiveler, Secretary and Treasurer of the American District Telegraph Compa,ay in this city for many years, was arrested to -day, at the direction of District !attorney Jer- ome. IIe is accused by the com- panyof speculations far half a dozen years, amounting to between $16,- 000 and $17,000. The nOso was re - [erred to the grand jury. , The (Great Coal BItne Strike. Wilkesbarre, Pa., June 18. -For the fleet time tilde week there was no strike demlonstratkm at the Lehigh, Valley Cotanpany's A'Yillsam A. col- liery art Duryea to -day. The ef- forts of the miners' Headers to have tinee. mien keep the peace wore suc- cessfuil..Tihe attempt to shoot a div- ision euperinttendent of the Lehigh Vpa41ey ny ised tIbe com pany to setOdmpatextrh, cocaos antd iron po- - lice about the colliery, in conspicu- ous places to -day. It is (hie com- pany's lnftenttion to, take no more chances of having its employees in- jured. Late last night an attempt was Made to starts the'pumps is the col- lieries of the Susquehanna Coal Co, at Nanticoke, but the -engineers quit work almost le a body. There is a very large number of armed coal and iron pollee in that vicin- ity. icin- let President Mitchell said today that the strike was complete. Ile repeated his assertion that the etiepensloii in ,West Virginia is nearly complete. ire Vawtreket Strike. Pawtucket, R. 1., June 18a Tito militia assisting the local authors- ties here to maintain order, owing to the street railway strike, clear- ed the streets to -day of all debris, some of which had been placed on the tracks to hinder traffic. The street railway company woe not- ified by Gen. Tanner, in command of the troops, that the lineswere unobstructed, and preparations were made td send out care. The spirit of the irresponsible element, to whom yesterday's turbulence is attributed, seems to have subsided. There be a strong feeling among all of tlio citizens against tate deputy eheriffs who had discharged fire. arms during the strike. The feel. Ing towards the militia is more frien1i1y. Mayor Fitzgerald called on Gov- ernor Tomball to -day to have the militia withdrawn. Ho considers its presence as contributing to disturb- ances. He says be will guarantee protection to the care. "The , offi- cers on their beats, together with the specials can protect the ears," he said. The first oar run from Providence was without guards on board. The troops lined the streets along the route. Five arrests were made by the soldiers. Some, stones were thrown, and the drivers and • con - Motors were hissed, but the out- bursts were quelled by the soldiers. COTTON GROWING,. IWpIIEB IIN NIS DEFENCE. British manufacturers to Encourage industry. London, June 16. -,The Lancashire Chambers of Commerce and the As- sociations of Cotton Operatives held an important joint meeting here yesterday • to consider the question of encouraging the growth of cotton throughout the Empire. It was decided at' the meeting to organize a British Cotton Growers' Association, to foster the growth of cotton in British colonies and protectorates. A guarantee fund of £o,000 tvae subscribed. A com- mittee was also formed and em- pcnvered to send experts throughout lite world to collect data on the improved methods of cotton culti- vation, to acquire land for exper- imental stations, to establish piau- tatione and to instruct natives in the methods of cotton culture, and to maintain cotton exchanges to facilitate buying, selling, and trans- porting the crop. SIBERIA FEELS FAMINE. helpless Crowds ace Blocking to Irkutsk. St. Petersburg, June 16. -The fam- ine in Siberia is spreading with ita- creasing intensity. Reports from Irkutsk sltatw that an enormous cumber of famine -stricken people are flocking to that city. They are camped in the open, without shel- ter of any kind, are clad In rags, and are dependent entirely on pri- vate' charity, which is quite inade- quate to cope .with. the distress. The Latest crop reports from Western, Northern and Central Russia show the conditions in those parts of the empire to be flourishing. Reports from Orel, Meff, 'Kazan and the provinces in the northwest aro satisfactory. On the other hand, the conditions are very bad in the Trans -Caspian territories, owing to thought and locusts, which will ne- cessitate Government relief and re- solving to the amount of 500,000 roubles ($250,000). Cattle plague also prevails in the stricken die- tridts. VIOLATING FRUIT MARKS ACT elle Inspectors Report Fraudulent 1'.ckage of mail Fruits. Ottawa, June 15.-Severai twee - tors under the fruit marks act have reported to tate Department of Agri- culture that strawberries and other small fruits are beteg sold in various centres, packed in .sueh a manner as to violate the fruit marks act. Large and solid berries have been found placed on top to cover fruit of smaller 1150 and poorer quality at the bottom of the boxes. Directions have been lamed to the iuspeetors to enforce the provisions of the fruit marks act against ITand in tlttt packing of small fruits as vig- orously as against fraud in the park- ing of apples. The lnspee.tore will (•fait the various centres from tune to time to carry out those instruct - teens. e , DUEL AT MiQUE:LON. .110lionatre and Prominent Lawyer lexct,attgo Pistol Shots. Halifax, N. 8., June 15.--.Infarmat,- tion reached (fere yesterday of a duel on 'Senility at Savo)-0i•iI, neat' St. Pierre, Miguel mi. 'The principals wore 1,. Degasse, a millionaire, and a pro- minent capitalist and lawyer of Mar- ttuique. '1'htey tv-eat to the find lit 0 o'clock in the morning With their (meonds. The weapone Were revolvers. One shot each was fired. The Iawver'e Millet grazed tite mlliioualro'e Lead Mel ctlt his ear. I>egateg s shot lodged nt Itis adversary's feet. After the e'cchani"i0 Of shots the lawyer proposed to his 1pponentthat they becontri friends. Thtgoese refused. st, they parted enemies, to meet again Meter the code. Slaughterer of Unarmed Fili- pinos Interviewed. MADE SAMAR A WILDERNESS, San Francisco, "June 16, -Major L. 'Le Waller, U. S. Marine troops, by far the most interesting personage to reach here on the transport War- rett,whieh brought the bat tie -scarred rernstant of the fighting ninth in- fantry Into port, expressed emphatic views in the matter of the war in the Philippines. "You meet stop the revolution in the Philippines unless you take the severest measures," said Major Wal- ler in an interview. "You would hate to see your wounded and dead mutilated. Iean- ndt dersoribe the fearful condition in whiolit we found some of the bodies of men under my command, who were murdered by iusurrectos. I re- ceived both verbal and written or- ders from General Jacob Smith to kill all hnsurreotors who were caught armed, or who refused to surrender. "It was the only thing that could be done, and I never questioned General Smith's orders, with one exception. This exception I refuse to state. A fair estimate of the number • of na- tives killed by the mon of my com- mand would be four to fire hundre.d. These were all killed in battle with the exception. of 11 carriers, insurreo- toe at Heart, who were tried by courtmartiat and shot. There was only one ti-oman shot and she was only sightly wounded. She happened to be hi the breastworks of a fort nee men were storming. 1114 dark eyes snapped and his nos- trils twitched at the mention of tite island that General jamb Smith' bad ordered him to convert into a l owI- ing wilderness. "I left Samar a howling wilderness. They tried to make it that for us, but we made it a howling wilderness for them." "Want any more of it ?" "Oh, I'm getting to be an old man now;" Itis face relaxed. "I'm tat my fifties. Besides, they've surrendered, and it's all over. It's always all over whet( they surrender in the l'hilip- piates," and a sarcastic smile curved under his military moustache. OFTAWA MAN DROWNED. Capt. Pouliot Plunged into Canal to Aid browning Niece Ottawa, June 15. ---Captain L. Poul ott, a well-known resident of Ot- tawa, was drowned in tite llideatt Canal on Saturday afternoon While trying to save his niece, Alice Lor - anger, from a similar fate. Miss Loraoger was wading in the Canal, She went beyond Tier depth, and when sinking hercries were heard by Cap- tain. Pouliott, who etas silting on the brink. Ile managed to remelt the girl, and kept her above the water, but when; Belie (lamb to her he sank. Wil- liam Headley, a yotulg man wheaten'. the girl struggling in the water, juinpc'd in and rescued her. FIVE LIVES LOST, Barre, Vt., Jane 16. --In addition 10 gt'eat property damage caused by the cloudbursts over (liar section late last alight, five railroad then lost (.heft' liven, n freight train on the Cetera] Vermont having run into a was'ltout at Middlesex. The dead are the conductor, the engifteoy and fire - Man and two brakemen. The Winooski River rose to spring Crealtet pitch, and tevertil bridges were hashed away. 4000 Tons of Steel Rolle. Sault Ste. Marie, June 15. --No steel ralle hive Bern sent to Ottawa, :ltongh 4,000 tone ]lave been. rolled. Clerguo la waitanyt 'kill ha bait 14,- 000 tcme. i