The Wingham Advance, 1902-07-31, Page 7LMUTMN6, WIND, RAIN
DO ENORMOUS »A1flAW.
Storms
Extend Over Europe and
America.
Toronto, July 28. -Toronto woes
the Beene of a severe cleetr:oal storm
Late Saturday afternoon, during
which bele a,great quantity of
water full, The oleetrlcah flashes
ware numerous, aped the atmosphere
weaned in a peculiarly favorable con-
dition
ols-
t• fs u e the
o • the tans siU f
it uPh t m
d to
daugei* W clement.
High ?ark, where thousands of pic-
e nioken s were making merry 011 Sete
urday altegrnoon, wast the scone of a
clietreebtnp; fatality. Mrs• eveiliy, wife
Of John Crellly, a foreman at the
park, wap killed by 11g;,li;tuing, tier
husband ana a young lad were ' in-
Jared, and considerable damage was
done' to the house. Tale eleotret storm
acterame.uie;t the rain alis drove al,
the merry makers to *Hueter, Air, and
iters. Crellly, titch fatuity and a few
frieuds diad' been out, 1n the punk, and
when 'tile rain came down they hur-
ried into the house, which is Moulted
lted
at the head of BousLead avenue, just
across tete ravine. The House is a
one-story frame structure. About 5
o'clock 111e lightning struck the
ollimney, shattering it and wrecking
the roof. The current passed dews' the
chimney, never the bottom of which
'Aire. Greilly and a friend, Mrs. For-
rester, were seated an a sofa, In
front of the woman, lying on the
floor, wile a dog, while Mr. Creilty
and a young lad were standing near
the doorway.. The 'lightning struck
Mrs. Creilly, killed the dog and
knooked clown Mr. Crellly and the
young lad, The current then struck
the opposite wail, tearing the wall-
paper and wrecking the woodwork.
3taango to say, Ars. Forrester us-
oapeti. She bent over efrs. Cro:Ily, and,
with presence of mind, hurriedly pro-
cured a stimulant. Ars. Crellly was,
however, beyond all earthly aid.
Freak of the Lightning.
• A peculiar freak of the lightning
resulLed in the death of 1.4 sh'aepi,
owned by the Morrie Abattoir Com-
pany. The antinale were In a bunch
under a tree an the Independent
roach. The bolt name down the tree
and the sheep died so suddenly that
their peaceful pos'itlons was not
disturbed. A, boy saw them lying
under the tree, after the storm,
and thought they were sieeptng. An
investigation showed that each was
dead.
Many wires were burned out in
the telephones, and in a great many
buildings the source of light was
cut off. , ---
Disaster in Detroit. •
Detroit, July 27. -As a result of
a terrific windstorm early to -day the
brown hoist, used to lift and carry
heavy plates used in ship building,
lies on this deck of the Michigan Oen-
tral car ferry Transport, at the
Wyandotte Shipyard, ,a total wreck,
...utile the upper works of the car
ferry are for the 03091 part{ smash-
ed to kindling .wood. The brown
hoist is an immense piece of ma-
°hinery, which runs on a track 40
feet high and about 500 feet long.
Just before the storm broke out the
hoist was safely anchored about 400
feet up the track with two clhalite.
The Michigan Central car ferry
transport lay at the dock directly
in front of the brown ]hoist track.
.When the storm broke the chain
snapped. The immense hoist ran to
the end of the track .and jumped
110 feat to the car ferry. The dam-
age le estimated nt $5'0,000. Other
towns within fifty guiles of Detroit
report considerable damage to pro-
perty, but no lives lost.
J:ugland Swept by Storni..
London, July 27. -Tile gale zvtiieh
prevailed in England Saturday
caused great destruction to crops
tltrougltout the iJnited Kingdom. In-
aeming steamers report terrific
weather on the Atlantic. Tim rough
weather continued round. the Brit-
ish Boasts Saturday evening, and
has been general throughout Eur-
ope. A cyclone occurred in the
Liege district, at Belgium, Satur-
day. Navigation on the Liege and
Maeetriclit Canal was stopped by
fallen trees, and the greater por-
no* of the crops were destroyed
ar hopelessly damaged. Enormous
damage was dine in the tows of
Liege,
itlnily Houses Uarooled.
Oxford, Miele., July 27. -Tho worst
storm ever known in the history
' of Oxford swept over a strip of
country reaching from Thomas to
Rocheeter, a distance of 18 Mile%
this afterttoon, beginning at 1
o'clock and fasting 25 minutes. in
this village several houses were tu,
roofed. The corn crop is levelled,
while wheat and oats are lying in
a tangled mass. Orchards are strip-
ped of their fruit and the losses
to .farmers will amount to thou-
sands of, dollars,
letoods in Texas.
Dallas, Texas, July 26. Tho fioo;l
situation 10 Texas has net improv-
ed any to -day, and in tome (!de-
triets bas become mare serious. I.n
the western part of the State, par-
ticularly, the rain Continues to
fall, and there is little prospect of
an early resumption of railroad
tree ie.
('.ioudbutst in Horttellevllte.
Elmira, N. Y., July 26. -At 7 o'clock
to -night Hornelisvilte and Canestco,
N. Y., were visited Joy a cioudburst,
which flooded the country for lulled,
washed out the 'Erie Railroad tracks
for males, and wrought untold dam-
age. 411 trains on the Erie road from
the west are stalled at iiornellsvills,
but west -bound trains aro sent via
Corning over the Rochester division
of the Erie to Buffalo. The fall of
rain made a roar like the Cataract
at Niagara. ''.Cho Erie Railroad ex-
pects to have its tracks restored to-
morrow.
appliqued onto tete skirt. The walet
'watt made high at the noels;, and the
sleeves puffed at the elbaty, accord-
ing to the prevailing fashion. 'Oho
iunt 'was of white ohlffatl and Jaee,
with witito ostrich plumes. Her only
J (Wets eonststee of a collar of pearl*,
with 'bars of diaangnnds, and a brooch
of diamonds: The+ bridal bouquet wae
of jessamine and white orchids, to
which wase attached a cluster of blue
The etapitai mass was celebrated. by
Blshgop Byrne, assisted by Revs. Philip
Cronan and William %teddy, of St.
M ry's praise, Rev. William Meehan
being 'Seated in tine sanotuery. 'Cite
mass was preceded by a brief address.
by Bishop Byrne to a tone audlblo
only to those in the oht1noel.
Crops Entirely Destroyed.
1S'oodetoek, July 27. -Several. fam-
ilies 011 the seventh lino, East .Oxford,
liavo suffered severely from the
storm whleb passed over that sec-
tion on Friday. 'Steps are being taken
to procure seed grain from the Agri-
cultural College for them. Oa several
of the farms there is scarcely a
thing left to feed stock with next
wlntter.
James Haylow, whose farm is near
Oriel, was one of the greatest suf-
ferers. He aye there 'were still hail-
stones on the ground on his farm
Saturday morning. After the storm
they lay around hes house to a depth
of eight to ten inehos, and he had to
shovel away apath to get to his
door.
Some Woodstock people were mit
there, and carried hailstones they
picked up back to the city in their
lutundkerehtofs.
Mr• Hnylow says that about 1,000
acres of crops were destroyed. `
FOREMAN SHOT
board the steamer at Liverpool, un-
laced a cover of one of the life boats,
crawled in and re -laced the cover.
On the fourth day out they were
obliged by thirst to show themselves,
t breaker of water was Ln the boat
B1 STflLKERS.i but they ltd not knish it. '.ands will
ue taken to E11island and cont
bock to Lieerpool on the Cevie's re-
turn voyage.
Ugly Outbreak at Koh-i-noor
Colliery,
ROCK MINERS WOULD WORK
Petition to be Allowed to Return-
'tuginuu at 1)ttiltth Shoots a
Stone -thrower, Seriously #ujur-
tig 111n1 -Fera r Saadi StosVit1Vllys
Pound on Coyle Four Days Out.
Pottsville, Pa., July 28. -Daniel
Lenderman, foreman at the Icoliluoor:
Colliery, Shenandoah', was dhot to-
day, near his home, by a crowd ot
strikers. His face and shoulders aro
torn with btukslfbt, but it is tihougltt
he will recover. -
Albert Lenderman was chased and
shot, and Cour other non-union men
were badly beaten.
Want to Lao to Work.
Wilkearbarre, Pa., July 28, -It Is un-
derstood that the Hock tamers will
petition the Executive Iloard of the
Mine Workers' Union for permission
to return to work. It le said that
the employment of thus elate 01 an-
thracite miners would not affect the
ie1tuatlon.
The announcement by the °trivia's
of Oxford colliery that they will re-
a unto operations August 2nd is being
diecueeed bore, but as yet Idlers is
Ino evldonee that the operuters will
take similar action. Tjte opinion pre-
vails throughout this region that
there Will be no attempt to break
the ,strlko before September 1.
Shot a Stone., Thrower.
' 3,)uluth, Minn., July 28.-- JUMPS
Taylor, master of the tui; Abbott,
of the !local beano!' of the Great
Lakes Towing compeity, last night
allot George Wilson, engineer of
the tug (huher at West Superior.
Two allots were fired and Wilson to
expected to die. Captain TitylAx',
v*11a to under arrest, says Wilson
Anti °there were engaged in throw-
ing stones At las bloat, and that he
warners them not repeat it, but
they did not heed its wanting,
MILIIOWS WEDS uauows.
Pour Small HIOWttW Lyit.
Neta fork, .Tuly 28.•-0.1: hoard tiro
'White Sten Lint' steamer Cevic,
•tvllich :arrived last night front Liv -
enema were lour snt11l lioy stow-
. ftways, their ages ranging front 9
W years. The boys stole oil
NIXON POSED AS
• OUTLMN IRACY
To Win the Confidence of an
Actress.
NEARLY COST HIS LIFE.
('DVDs 1)os,eended on elite and club-
bed 111,11 Into Insensibility -A Zoo
Panther J.seupes into a Park,
Torrtfl tau Chtidreu-A ilig taunt
on Now.
Seattle, Wash., July 28. -William
Nixon 'tried to win a woman's con-
fidence in the guise of. outlaw
Tracey, and is nearly dead as a
result of his act. He told an actress
in a music hall that he was none
other than the desperado, and
threatened her Tile if she told.
Later, ;when be re-entered the
theatre lie was attacked by police-
men and the proprietor, Joe Wil-
liams, a 'brother of Deputy Sheriff
Jack Williams, who was wounded
In beetle with Tracey at Bothell,
July erd. Nixon was pounded into
insensibility and has not fully re-
gained his faculties yet. The mis-
take was discovered when the man's
features were compared with a
photograph' at police headquarters.
et hs almost a miracle that the
policeman did not shoot first and
investigate -afterwards (7) as he was
told positively that the man was
Tracey and a reward of nearly
THE CASHIER
WAS PLUCKY.
Faced Bobber, Club Against
Pistol;
AND SCARED HIM AWAY,.
Crowd Chases .Deeperado uud Arrests
,.
Ulna, After Woutld#et„ Ulm, and
Takes 111n1 to Jell fur 'Safe It eepe
tag -Tile Cashier's Story.
J? rtv111e, Ind„ July 241. -Ono lone
bandit armed with a revolver made
a desperate attempt to rob the
i ortville bank of $2,500 yesterday,
but because the asslst8411 cashier
proved equal to the emergency the
thief is now locked !n jail at Green-
field, the °Minty seat, whether lie
was (taken to avert the vongeanee
Of a mob.
Tho mart's arrest was made af-
ter he had fired one bullet at 4s-
eistant Cashier Prettipo, Sled to a
sparsely grown grove half a mile
from town and fired several• shots
at the posse that had pursued and
surrounded him. In the fight in the
woods the fugitive was disabled
with a charge of shot fired by a
member of the posse before the
arrest was made. •
Robber First Assts for Change.
Tho robber entered the front door
of the bank at noon, while all the
employees except Pretttpo were out
at luncheon. Advancing to the Cash-
ier's window, the stranger asked
Prettipo if he could change .e 25 -
cent piece. Prettipo turned to got
the change, and when he again
faced the visitor the robber was
holding at arm's length straight
across the counter a big revolver.
For an instant the cashier wait
etarl,led, but befone he could say a
word, the robber demanded, with
an oalth : "Give me $2,500."
Pretttpo Springs for a Club.
Prettipo, who is a than .of small
stature, refused to comply with the
demand. At the same moment he
dodged behind the counter, and
snatched up a stick that was at
hand. The robber fired a bullet
across the counter, which struck one
of the bars 01 the little gate at
the window, glanced off and buried
and Said he had been employed at
Indiunapolle,
Halt is suffering from a score of
4101 wounds, the most serlous of
welch is over hie right eye. alis breast
and legs were also peppered with
s'liritt, None of this wounds will prove
fatal..
RAT DEFIED THE LVDWTE.
-.-
London, July 27. -In spite of the
secrecy maintained as to the latest
experthnerite with. the aid target 91111)
Bello Isle, it devrelops that the re-
sult was a decided triumph forr the
conning tower, witch, though cover-
ed with old compound armor, with-
stood the attack of 9.2 inch guns.
Al rat, which was imprisoned its the,
tower, in order to ascertain the re-
sult of lyddite fumes and concus-
sions, was found to be uninjured. The
destructive effect of lyddlte was
shown by two torpedo nets roiled
h on the Sidesof tel
vessel, These
nets
were utterly ruined by a few
slkots. .
BAPIU TRAN1T RITE."
Unidentified Man Ends Hip
Life in New York Hotel,
LEFT POISON TO SUICIDE CLUB.
New York, July 26.--Bequecthine
time ane -pound eau of cyanide of pot-
assium from which he had taken a
portion to "The Suicide Club of
Greater New York," an untclontiiied
man ended lee life in the Hotel Mont-
gomery, No. 00 Montgomery street,
Jersey City, some time yesterday
morning. He registered shortly at -
ter midnight as "J: W. Wallaee, Buf-
falo, N.. Y" He was well dressed in
dark clothing, cleanly shaven and
slightly. bald,
When the chambermaid was unable
to arouse him the door was forced.
The man was lying dead, completley
dressed. On. a table were two let-
ters, ono addressed to the landlord
and the other to the coroner. Tlie
first letter read as follows:
July 25, 1992.
"Mr. Landlord, -I hope you will
forgive me for the trouble I make
you, also for the liberties I take
with your house. I pecked it out
because it looked the most suitable.
Please give the other letter to the
coroner, also the band eatohel, and
oblige, • "Unknown."
'1'Ite second letter was as follow9:
"Mr. Coroner ; My Dear -,I am giv-
ing you a great deal of trouble, but
I hope you will forgive the expense
I ani causing you and your, city, but
I am determined to eud this lite of
disappointment, with no higher hopes
The Collier Van Alen Wec ding'
on Saturday.
BRIDAL GIFT OF HALF A MILLION.
'Newport, R. T., July 26. --Newport
society found plenty of topics for
future chats Over the teacups in
the wedding to -day of Miss Sarah
Stewart Van Men to Mr. Robert
T..CollierA
14r. and "Mr ii .Collier drove over
from Narragansett Pier in their
victoria, only arriving in time to
be present at the nuptial mass,
which was delebrnted at St. Mary's
March.
And then even more noticeable
Was tbo absonee of Mr. James• J.
Vito Alen, .the bride's Sather, and
her grandmother, Mrs. William Am -
tor, from tete church, although they
both were jiresent at the previous
wedding ceremony, and Mr. Van
Alen bad dutifully escorted Itis
daughter to the altar and given
her away. Title failure of Mr. Van
Alen and Ars. Astor to attend the
church ceremony is generally tut -
d retood to marl( their disapproval
of the marriage and also of the
bride's change of religiort. Sole ems
braced the Roman Catholic faith
severat menthe ago and yesterday
morning, in company with her line -
band Mesh 'to be, received choly com-
munion at Sit. Mary's,
A. Itch lliliten Wedding Lift.
ARCHBISHOP MACHRAY,
Primate of Canada, Who is NOw Lying Very
111 in London, England.
COL. T. B. EVANS, C.B.,
Commander of the 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles,
Who Have Just Returned From Africa.
Naturally the parties direetly in-
terested would not discuss these
matters to -day. IloweVer Mr. Van
Alen may 1(411 in regard to his daugh-
ter's wedding td -day, it is known that
itta gave Itis consent to the snatch
telt0tt the formal announcement of
the efgagend>nL IV1tN ionic in Juni'
Inst. It ie also known that Among
tho wc'ddtag preeonts receival by the
beide WAR one frt>nt her rather of
nearly half a million d„llare. Mrs.
Aston's gilt wils a superb di:tut•tnd
brooch. Miss Mav Van Alen gave her
sister a cheat of table salver, and
Col. and Ittrs. ;opse Jacob Astor and
Mrs. thine Wilson were also repro
mente(1, their gitte consisting cgfltand-
E01110 pieces of Enver plate.
)it.fr. Collier's, gift to the bride was
le 'tiara of Malam11tte
The Widest; g;owli rutin simple and
elegant. It wee entirely of white
Melt point lace, made over ivory
$7,000 is Offered for the desperado,
dead or alive.
A Panther team in New York.
New York, July 28. -After gnawing
Its way out of a wotodent boil in the
Zoological Garden} 113 Bronx Park, a
young panther,' just arri.ved from
Mexdco,waliced up to a piendo party
of women: and children, and aston-
tsited by 'their panic, jumped over
their heuds foto a tree, and has
shame lad keepers tend other hunters
n, weary chase through the Bronx
Park jungle. The panther is a fine
spechuent eighteen inches high (art
leo shoulders, nee feet long, and
forty-five pounkls weight, He was
shipped from Moxieo its at boar with
slats, from which he escaped, owing
to the laxness of a keeper. Si1x
keepers, with- shot gams and nets,
started ofd to capture him, with
directions 'to ehoolt him only if it ap-
peared necessary. SI:glt't seers rapid-
ly made their wiry from the Park,
but only a fleeting glimpse of the
animal was obtained, altthongh the
hunt wa,s kept up until night.
KAISER AND POLE
Wilt lento. Posen at the Ileud of Ills
'troops.
Berlin, July 27. -An appeal of Po-
ligh noblemen to Bmperor William,
askting Mm to postpone his visit to
Posen, iii September, in view of the
strong feeling aroused by las anti -
Pettish. speenh at bran ieeuburg, has in-
fluenced Ills Majesty in the opposite
direction. The Posen correspondent
of several Berlin papers say that
the Emperor itis refused to confirm
the programme of festivities ar-
reltged to leis honor. Ile has expressed
his (Metre to enter Posen at the head
of lite troops, 00,000 of wham will
attend the autumn manuoeuvree.
It le his intention to show the po-
pulation that be 10 master. An en-
ormous detective rand pollee force
wilt bo present on the 000008ioll of
this visit. Tito regnlnrttons forbid the
opening ot windows and this presence
of slgkut seers 011 baleohie . Te
workmen now 011 strike threaten to
snake (demonstra:ttons. The Polish
Committee advises the population to
stay quietly at haat(.
Cutu'esslon to king Leopoitt.
Breesels, July 111. ---The Petit Dieu
alln)nnees that King Lt'.opoli etas
obtainel from China a concession
of 125 beet(uree (about 300 acres)
of land north of Tien Tslu.
itself in the side wail. Without a
moment's hesitation Prettipo with
his club started for the robber.
The noise of the shot had attract-
ed attention from the street and the
robber seeing that he might be oor-
nered, ran out of the door and north
to the railroad, then west on the
railroad two squares, whence he dis-
appeared in a patch of woods on
the outskirts of the town.
Posse Captures the Bandit.
A posse of twenty-flvo then was
organized and the robber was sur-
rounded about the middle of the wood
which is a thin stretch of truer In
which it was difficult for him to
hide, A demand was made for his
surrender. Instead of comply'ing ate
opened fire on the posse with his re-
volver. Seeing that he Intended to
tight and fearing that ho might
wound some of the posse, John Dilly,
who tvas armed With a shotgun,
fired at the robber. One of the
phots struck a finger on the hand
lit wlh1eht the man held his revolver
and he dropped the weapon, throw-
ing both hands into the air and
shouting that he was willing to give
tip. Under close guard he was
taken to the Fortville jail and lock-
ed up. At night there were threats
of Lynching and )te was taken to
Greenfield. •
Cashier (lives the De alts.
Assistant Cashier Prettipo made
this statement about the robbery t
`"A matt abo ti 5 feet, 9 or 10 inches
tall, wearinga black coat and a black
derby het, walked into the bank and
asked ane to change a quarter into
l
ti co kelp. I moved away to .get tete
nickels, and when I turned back 10
hand ellen\to eine 1 was looking into
the lmuzz1e of a big gun. The stranger
said, 'Give me $2,500 quick.' I firmly
refused. I then dropped under the
enunter as quickly ash I could, and etre
fired at nhe.
"I moved gteckly Along tinder tete
counter and canto up, intending to go
at hint, 1tat in a flash the stranger
was out of the door and gone. I -think
I saw the math live or ten )emotes be-
fore he sauce Onto the banit walking
up and down pasb the window. Ile
walked by and looked in as it waiting
roe a Chance to catch me alone.
Admlt9 Ilea lame la e. A. flail.
Greenfield, July 26. --.Lying ori
a
Boit lit hitt 0011 in the jail and Nulfer-
tttg from gunshot wounds Infileted by
119E oaptors the one robber who at-
tempted to (hold up the Portvhhkt
bank 'tits ovening Confessed thea he
Was a plumber. Ills name is C. A.
!tail, end his how le eft Marion, 0.
When !irk questioned. by the officers
Tlali Dahl he was too sick to talk, bat
he eitexward revealed hie identity
tttliscripti00s to the Toronto rice -
meters 1'uthd have reached $10,4$5,
'whit(, Katie, with a scant train.( and the Connell has voted $.5,00q,
T1a►td::ohne nietlailiolt5 of point were making to date $11,005.
'� like a madman he ran iiovre thesim
sltreet (radliu+g for n, polio extxan,
COAL
TJIe imllce ray tht tito rnotbepito' I(rilbtewl! k i 1
One into 'WA bedrpogln,�ololred the door
t y ook 11e ltiron nn# fly
biibti4 lion, ti14 tlheai choked tOOW t0
NExT pjit
"" tltru'lli�, Tf site 11ad attempted spy' vi,o-
i
New York Begins to Peel
Effect of Strike.
FATHER AND SON DROWN,
(:aught on a Bridge by a eraiu The)
1P@il foto the Water -Louisiana
Negroes Orgaeulze to ;flight by
Colutl$otitlon the ." dint Crow "
(%ars on (.lily t.itaes..
New York, July 28.-Predictionrs
that anthracite coal will be ten. dot-
iaels a ton Within forty-eight boors
are made by one of the largest
wholesale dealers in this city. The
statement was made after reports
were received showing that the lo-
cal market is absolutely barren of
coal, of both domestic and steam.
Indication of the extent of coal
famine comes from Plainfield, N. 3,
in a despatch which says there is
less train 100 tons of anthracite In
the yards there, and that for the
first time in Lite history of the yards
soft coal has been stored in them,
and that ane half of the total
amount In store is bituminous.
Father and. Sou t'erish.
New York, July 26. -George Stough-
ton, aged 52, and Ms ten -year-old
son Claude have been killed, says a
World special, by dropping from the
railway _bridge, which crosses the
Winooski River at Burlington, Vt.
Stoughton lead been out of work
several tveeltrs. Ile and the boy were
sitting on the Outer edge of the
bridge as a train passed, and al-
though the place is wide enough to
admit of persons remaining there,
bolth fell to the river below, the
father's arms wound around the son,
Tho water where they struck is only
a Yew feet rdeep, but both were
drowned. r
Against ,aim Crow Curs. "
for 'the future. I hope to find in
death a liberation, for whom life en-
slaves, death liberates. In the satchel
you will find evidence of self-deetrun-
tion, also ane pound can pf rapid
transit, which, after inquest, you
can give to the Suicide Club of Great-
er New Yorlc, if they see fit to call
for it. There's enough to last the
club some attic time. Key of satehal
in small packet of pants, also' all the
money I have, $8.`25, width please
000 to give remains such interment
as your city provides. 'Unknown.).
The can Minded to as "rapid tran-
sit" contained cyanide of potassium.
The name of the maker had been
carefully erased. When the body
was removed to the Morgue, it' was
found that the man had out all the
marks from (tie clothing, leaving
nothing by which he could be identi-
fied.
TORN BY GREAT DANES.
New Orleans, July 26.-A mass
meeting' of the leading negroes of
New Orleans was held last' night for
the purpose of opposing the enforce -
mane .off the law providing separate
street cars for whites and blacks. The
meeting determined to organize a
stock company to run vehicles
throughout the city for the exclu-
sive accommodation of colored people.
THE APPEA TO ROUSEVELT
mice 011 this ohtldren while ilia were
'together 'LIMIT would, (certainly leave
been Route outory, they FAY. An empty
whiskey flash found, en the floor of
the 'bedroom, le connection With Diss.
Metade'r( %sedition whets foetid, aide,
eti.'tes that some time during the
morning, .the polioo thiult after 911e
had killed Altee and Mary, Mrs• Meade
drank a good deal.
Alice and Mary day on thee bed side
by eldo and Jot:anna WWI tet their
feet, lying at right anglosl to thegr,
Mrs. M fell in a stayer in a front
room In treat of the door. No polsau
woo S about a ut t o meat and- ne
box, bottle or package tl at Might
have contented I y, but the doctors
think that thea Witanan took some.
t14ng hestd a liquor. -
• The Yotatt Deed, Too.
New York, July 2B; Mr9. Mary
Meade, who etrangie4 her lithe obit -
Oren, Alice and Diary, to death at
their Itoine° In Brooklyn last Satur-
day, and them took poison, died .in
the hospital to -day.
TEXAS SKIES
BEAK BADLY.
The Anti -Imperialists Demand
Searching Enquiry
INTO THE PHILIPPINES CHARGES,
Great Deluge Causes Im-
mense Loss There.
TRAINS ARE FLOOD -BOUND.
'Three Lives Lost at Stepheusvtlie
anti Much Track Washed Out -
Traffic at a Staadstiii-Muuy
Buildings Undermining by the
Torrents.
Dating, Texas, July 26.-A. deluge of
rain which has been pouring over
Central Texas since Thursday, and
the ono which has been covering the
western portion of the 'State since
Sunday, has not abated. In addition
to three lives lost at Stephensvtlle,
there has been much property dam-
age. Within four hours at Cameron
yesterday fifteen inches of rain fell.
A thousand feet of the• Santa Fe
track was carried away and a por-
tion of tete Arkansas Pass road de-
stroyed.
e-
s tr oyed.
Little River rose twenty feet in
eight hours, and is now bank full,
but slowly receding. The streets of
Cameron are badly damaged, and
farms in the bottom lands are being
flooded.
At 'Galesville ten inches of rain fell.
Big Springs is probably the great-
est sufferer from the flood from a
property standpoint, as the 'water is
over the town from four to twenty-
two feet deep. The track for ten
miles west of Big Springs has been
washed out and the bridges are gone.
Fifty passengers are water bound
here, and no attempt 'will be made to
run trains until the rain ceasee and
the water recedes.. The foundations
of brick and stone buildings are dam-
aged and many are expected to col-
lapse. The damage will to enormous.
Lake George, N. Y., July 28. -At a
meeting of representative anti -im-
perialists, held in New York city last
spring, a committee was appointed
to investigate army conditions in
the Philippines. That committee has
since then been prosecuting its in -
OW -ride. /At a 'meeting justt hold at
Lake George an open letter to the
President was adopted. Tile letter
was signed by Charles Francis 4d -
ams, Chairman; Carl Schurz, Edwin
Burritt Smith, Moorfield Storey and
Herbert Welsh. It charges among
other things, as the not uenatural
result of military operations inspired
by the "kill and burn" order,that out
of a total population in a single dis-
trict of 300,000, not less that 100,-
000
00;000 perished, It alleges that front
the early beginning of operations, it
has been the general praetice, if not
actually the order, to kilt those
wounded int conflict. It denounces
Secretary Root's commendation of
the cruelties exposed, and closes by
saying: " We hold ourselves ready
to direct your attention to concrete
oases, tlhe investigation of which de-
monstrate the following criminal
ante, contrary to all recognized rule
and usages of war, on the( part of
officers and soldiers of tate United
States.
" First - Kidnapping and murder,
under ctrculnstanees of aggravated
brutality,
"Second -Robbery.
"Three -Torture both ot men and
of women, and rape of the( latter.
"Fourth -The infliction of'death on
other parties, on the strength of
evidence elicited through torture."
Poynter Brooklyn Woman's Cruel
Death in Parris.
Irarls, Juty 26. -Mine. Edmond
Semple, who before her marriage a
year ago was Miss Louise Ruttier -
ford, of Brooklyn, was set upon to-
day by two hunger -maddened Great
Dann dogs, width had been secured
to guard her husband's country
house at Annecy Lake, anti so ter-
ribly injured that she died two hours
after the attack.
Mtue. Semple visitels her relatives
in Brooklyn Last Christmas. Her
husband is a prominent business man
In Paris. The Semple home at An-
necy. Luke Is isolated, and follow-
ing a recent attempt by burglars to
enter the place, M. Semple purchased
tavo powerful Great Danes as guards.
The dogs proved so ferocious that
they were confined in an iron eth-
closure Burling the daytime for the
safety of the family. M. Sempis wait
advliacrd to starve theta, so that
when food was given to thein they
would remember Kielty their bone
factors. 50 they had nothing to ea
for tet days,
'When bine. Senipie entered the
Iran enclosure to feed the dogs they
beeped upon her like hungry tigers.
They bests her to the ground, and
as elle vainly trioti to defend her-
self their teeth 'sank in her tome
And body. The CO/Lehman was torten
etrloken and ran to the stable t0
get a pitehfork before attempting
a 1eAYue. When he returned the
Greet Thtnes had fearfully torn
their visnas. lee fought dile brutes
Into a earner and kept teem there
Mehl the (tot>k etnnmont'd neighbors
and earrie(1 Mule. Semple from tete
enclosure 'la a trying condition.
A CRlIY MIITHEA1S CHIME.
Strangled Her Three Children
and Took Poison.
A CANADIAN HONORED.
ittneish Free Masons Recognize rdr.
Robertson's Services.
London, July 27. -Tile Duke of Con-
naught, 'Grand Master of the Grand
Lodge of Free Masons, England, was
notified by Mr. Jahn Ross Robertson,
Past 'Grand 14Taster of the Grand
Lodge of Canada, of the eabled reso-
lution of the Canadian Grand Lodge
at Windsor, conferring the rank of
Past Grand Master upon His Royal
Highness. The latter expresses grate-
ful thanks and high appreciation of
the honor, which he regards as an-
other proof of the loyal feelings
entertained towards the mother
country by tete Free Masons of Can-
ada, and requests that the same be
transmitted to the Canadian lodge.
The Grand Secretary of England, in
communicating the above, says that
the Duke of Connaught desires that
to reeognttton of the zeal which Mr.
Robertson has evinced for Masonry,
and the important services he has
rendered, the rank and dignity of
Past Grand Junior Warden of Eng-
land be conferred upon him. It is
understood Haat Mr. Robertson has
accepted the honor, which is the
highest past rank 'conferred by tho
Grand Lodge of England.
ONE CHILD'S LILE SAVED
New York, July 27. -Maio insane
by weeks of semt-starvation and
worry about iter children and her-
self, as It is supposed, Mts. Mary
Meade, 30 years old, of No. 99 Em-
erson P.ace, Brooklyn, murdered two
of her edhtldron yesterday morning,
tried to kill the third, anti then
mado an attempt on her own 111e.
The mother matte the three i1ttle
girls from their play in the street,
Woe them into a sxlualid bedroom
lit
the rear of her apartment and
choked each into unconsciousness.
Two wero.ktl1ed, but the third Itved,
because the mother, as it is sup-
posed, .topped her work long en-
ough to stimulate her courage with
whtskey, with the result that a
spark of life was left he the little
one, and after that the woman at-
tempted her own life.
The woman's husband, wito to a
night watchman, canes home from-
work
romwork at 9 o'clock yesterday morns
mg. hall an acme after the
mother had k:hIed tbetr (h.lrlre t, and
stumbled across the body of his wife.
lyingon the floor across the doors
way.
Ile rushed into the Indrawn, where
leis children were accustomed to
sleep, and amend the three little gilds,
two of thou with ribbons tied tightly
aroun(1 their necks, the third cold and
still, With the imprints of her meth-
etat flttgers on her throat. One of tete
Widen whoso nook Wass 'tightly
bound in a ribbon was gasping for
breath ,but Meade didn't flake that.
MIGHT HAVE BEEN WORSE.
Without Caused a Shall Wreck Near
Woodstock.
London, July 25 --The washouts on
the Grand Trunk, east of Woodstock,
caused a bad accident. which Engi-
neer John McFadden, of No. 225
Colborne street, and !fireman Chas.
Lowry, of this city, met last night.
They were Wring a light train out
to where the washouts were, with
a. bridge iseepreeior ten board, who teas
to examLne the bridges in that neigh-
borhood. They Were naming about
25, miles an hour, and, seeing no siee
nails, crashed into a caboose which
had been left there. Both men jump-
ed. Mr. le l:'adden escaped with much
lighter injuries than his fireman,
only one foot betng hurt. Lowry was
less fortunate. His left thigh was
badly bruised, his arm hurt and his
iheatd tujnred. Botch men were taken
to the city, where Dr. English at-
tended to them.
DROWNED IN WELLAND RiVER
TWo Young lien Upset, Prom 'Their
Boat.
Welland, Ont., July 27•, -,-`Iwo young
men Gordon Beckett, sort Of Wm.
Beckett, And Fred. Riddell, tt young
Entgi1911 lad, aged 10 and 20 respec-
tively, Were drowned In the Wetland
River at Beckett's Bridge, about
seven miles west of Welland, on Fri-
(laty evening. They went in bathing,
and teen, heard playing and laugh -
Ing for some time, but after a While
everything became quiet, and tvlteii
people went to Investigate there was
nothing bat all upturned boat to be
}Men. The bottles 'were found Silently
afterwards, but life Was eltinot. The
funeral 'tool( plaoo to day'.
At Newport i't to eaid that the en-
gra;emene of Reginald C. 'Vn,nder-
ltitt and bliss Kathleen Nelitton,
daughter of arra. Frederick' Noitsona
will be torinalty an.nounec't1 before
the end of the present season, or
Ile thought that all Were dead, and early da the fall, , • t