HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1903-09-24, Page 7THE NORTHWEST CROPS
NOT DAMAGED MUCH.
Walter Scott's Denial in House
)- Borne Out by Despatches.
Ottawa, Ont. Sept. 2L—iSpeclal.)—
Wa1ter Sootte let. P., West Assiult-
beta, took the opeortanity when the
ialoaele Met toelay to deny, the alarm-
ing' Untrue reports eireulatea in eau -
Leda end cabled to Britain regard-
ing the damage to orope lu Manitoba
and the Noleirweirt by the recent
storm!. Mr. &Ott reale tem a To-
ronto newspaper A kltatemerit nitede
by Mr. Stupart, wee is to elierge of
the meteorological service in To -
Unite to the effect that now fell
ail ela,y Satterday, and eaturday night.
eir. 'Scott reao from tim Regime
rewspapere to the effete that a
little now fell late Satarday after -
L0011, but It eisappeered laarlY Bele
d aY morning. The damage to crepe
(lid not amount to anything. No
kerne WAS 40415 in the Regina die,
triot. DO. Scott made a strong lee-
teet against the Government office
ia19 circulating false report. In this
ogee a correspondent ie Toronto of
a London newspaper had cabled that
less than ten pee cent. of the crop
evouke beethreshee. . The - statement
was atterly ridiculous. Mr. Seott
geld that not one-flIte of the dis-
tricts affected by the storm would
be damaged. The storm started in
. the United atates, travelled nor.tie
Weed, and was well spout before
reaching Manitoba. It was confleed
to a limited a,rea upoa reaching Can-
ada.
Sir Wilfrid Laurier 'said that every
one knew by this time that the re-
ports circulated about the damage
eone by the stormin the -swat. wee
grossly exaggerated.
ale • National Transcontinental
Railway was then taken up.
Teo Proposed emendmente to the
bill of which. Me. Borden had given
melee were taken up. Tee object of
these is to bring the Grand Trunk
Into the dontract more completely
and ;surely, than has been done, as tlie
Oppesition tialnk. There were three
cleakes, which in eftect were as foe
lowe.:
The Government ba1 not be oblig-
ee to oa,rry out any of the conditions
until the Grand. Trunk Railway Co.
�a1 have entered, into an agreement
as follows: That the G. T., It. shall
gueraete,e the basis of the G. T. P.
Lor the balance required for the com-
plete construction of the western
division,; tJa,t the G. T. R., so long as
It holdthe common stock of the G.
T. P. to the amount of $24,000,000
Aegean perform and carry out accord-
ing to the true intent tend meaning
7theeeof ael the etimiletions and con-
ditions of the agreement, which, an -
cording to It terms, ought to be per-
formed and cerriee out by the G. T.
Pacific.
'Me Minister of Justice latiniated
that the Government woe prepared
to accept the first Iwo Clauses, being
a,nxioue to Imo the agreement made
tes clear me poseible, bat the third
clause could not be a.ecepted, became
it departed frem the term of the
. agreement.
Mr. Borden proposed a change in
the wording of the emend clause, so
that the T, shall be bound to
guarantee the :Mende of the G. ea.
Paeltic for k Lich an amount as will
produce and provide the sum of
money" required for the balance for
the cenetzuetion of the western Mel-
ee:I. He and efe. Barker pointed out
that if bonds for the face value re-
quirea to cennplete the division were
sold below ear there would not be
ktUrfiCiOnt funds, and the Govern -
meet would leo °ailed on for more
money. After ,some disoussion the
Minister of justice accepted this.
The third elauee was formally pro..
pastel by Mr. Borden as a separate
aneteelment, and voted down.
Assaulted His Mistress.
New York, Sept. 21.—Angered be-
cause the • wife of his employer
called him "lazybones," William
Healy, a coachman, made a sav-
age attack yesterday afternoon
upon Mrs. Hanna Voneiff in her
itoino in Fletbusie Mrs. "Veneer had
discharged him for insubordina-
tion. In his fury ilealy struok her
twIcie on the Tread with a revolver
and dealt her a stinging Wow on
the mouth with his clenched fist..
When she fell on the floor of her
bedroom he fled train the hoese,
but later gave Wiese(' up to the
police, and WAS held on a charge
of felonious assault.
A physician wee attended Mrs.
Veneer had to take five stiteh'es in
the lacerations on her head.
The Blind Singer.
New York, Sept. 21.—Prepara-
tons are being made to bring back
to his Mine in rook1yn Ira D.
Sankey, a world renowned gospel
singer. In a quiet country resort
tee name of which is knewn only
to a few intimate friends, the ven-
erable companion of the late Mr.
Moody passed tne summer.
I. Allan Sankey, son of the gos-
pel singer, said last night at his
home, 309 Park place, Brooklyn,
that on pleasant days Mr. Sankey
takes walks in -the country. In tire
evening sometimes he attempts
again to sing one of the Menne
thee made thim famous. He bus to
be led Ilike a. Plied. Ile is hopelessly
blind; but his old ceeery spirit Is
still with him.
"Don't let my friends worry
about me," he said. " An Is well
with me, and tee road is brighter
WEALTHY MAN MURDERED.
EPILEPTIC DIES ON A CROSS.
Bold Attempt to Rob the Rilichigan
Central Express Car.
alalone, N. re &pee 2L—The body
of 0. P, Dexter, who was shot yes-
terday at his summer home near
Banta Clara, N. et, is now: on the
Way to Mr. Dexter's late home in
Norwich, Conn.
!There further particulars of the
assaedinatioll leave been aseer-
itained •
elfr. Dexter was lo a buggy driving
towards his home. Ahead of him
s Mr. AC Giles, of Santa Clara,
a following him came Bert Rus-
-see, kis farrn-band, with a wagon.
Tee tirst Mr, Giles knew of anything
wrong was when he saw Dexter's
berm running towards him yeah no
driver. Ho steeped the runaway and
Looked in the buggy and foundit
covered with blood. Ho turned the
horse back, and both he and Bert
Ruseell, wh0 followed, came upon
the body Lying In the road. Dexter
Was Belot in the back, the bullet
, entering 33elow the left shoulder,
coming out just over the heart and
lodging in the eaok of the horse.
The bode was felled at the bond
of the road near Dexter Lake, a
loxiely epot, and a, place where a.
murderer could be secreted In the
woods and not be seen by anyone
passing. Tbe assassin evidently wait-
ed till Mr. Dexter roended the corner,
thee fired at hie back.
leeward for Murderers.
New York, Sept. 21.—Xlenry Dexter,
the aged father of Orlando P. Dexter,
of New York, who was assaminated
ir
tom ambush in the Adirondacks, has
enounced that be well pay a reward
e 1 $5,000 for the eonviction of lies
unreel neureeeer. Ever/a toot of the
country about the seine; of the inur- ear was, untouched.
der will be beaten over in the
search.
OddlelL ereign Grand Lodge
Daltimere, Md., Sept. 21. — The
opening exercises of the annual con-
vention ,pf the Sovereign Grand
Lodge of Oddfellows beganhere to -
(ley in Ford's Opera House. There
Edward Roseman, Grand Master of
the Grand Lodge of Maryland, de-
livered an addrese of welcome which
was reepended to, after which the
Sovereign Gra.nd Lodge proceeded to
Oddrellows Temple and began its
secret deliberations.
Attempt to Rob Express. •
Chicago, Sept. 21.-1 bold a,ttempt
by two men, to lock themselves in a
Michigan Centrel express ear, with
the express messenger, overpower
Jiiin after the train had left the yards
at Thirteenth etreet, end then rifle
tho two saes in the eel', was frus-
trateel Sundae night. Wm. Gaeghin,
o,nexprees man, WAS knocked uncoil -
cokes and gagged in the eXcirCEIS car
abortie after leaving. The Merl dis-
covered lie was not the express mess-
enger, and, fearing detect:1cm, fled.
is the theory of reileoed offi-
cial& The exprees messenger who has
chargo of tee cae left Chicago at 8,30
o'clock this morning with ono gime,
a,nd about $25,000 in two safes in the
car. This money, It is believed, was
the object or the attempt of the two
men. Gangbin Wee 'taken to St.
Lukee' Hospital, and it was found
that hte shoulder line been dislo-
cated and that he had sustained
:ewer() Weems. If he had not been
discovered in thee the physicians
say ho woulra have been sineethered.
The police are inveetigeting the
Wee. Nothlng was taken froan the
expanse man and the property in the
DISAPPEARANCE OF HIRED MAN.
James Bossence Missing From Oxford
County and Cannot be Found.
1 Stratford, bet., Sept. 213. —
though ten thousand warnings have
been given neatest practical joking,
the praetiee is just as common as
It over- was. Hundreds of people
have been rendered insane eir even
-kiliEsi outright, as the results of
heartless tricks played upon thene
by their friends and neighbors, and
it is .beeause of the essenee of
to use a colloquialism, he Was • a
witty that James lacifeence, of little eat" AS Soon ne Ole be-
tel= generally known, the lad Was
mane the object of a great many
Practical jokes, seam of them of
a 'Winless eletraoter, others more
and asked idm If he ignele where
they (mulct got Keno whiskey. He
said tbat they could get it At Idle
Half -Way iQtZ.O Q11 the St.
Bead, Wier:Jun(01 "thee Asked Iiim
to get in the buggy with them Red
have a lido. Ho complied, elle
When lee wae floated the two men
told bim that they were license
inspectors, that they Wore look-
ing for WO like blue aU4 that be-
fore they wonld. release idia lia
would heve to give them a dol-
lar, Bossenee was so frightened
that lmid the dollar Wei got
out of the rig, his tormentere Per -
tiler peeking him by saying that
thee would eend tete cenetables
later.
The pretended iiispeetere yes/ net
known,
Young Bozoonee went home, and Per
the remainder of the week wag Boerne
ingly in great fear, Someone tole hen
thee if be were to walk in tbe water
at the mergin of the creek the police -
Mens liounde could not track
eloiveiver, en BattirdaY. nifebto ike
lath of May, the young mati'beearne
much excitei, and 'mid he wee going
away, ele asked fer 'some money, And
Mr. Porter gave bine $5, all tee
change ho ha4 at band. Be Pat 00
itle best suit, a, cleric tveeed one, and
without taking his eletbes or getting
the balance of wages duo hen—Seille
$20 -eve went away, and bee pot been
eeen sines by anyone in the neighbor-
hood. r •
The employer of the miming yoeng
man, Mr, John Porter, was not at
homo yesterday morning, but Ma.
Porter, a eright, pleasare-looking
young women, eves not <1181nel:flea to
Oisouiss the myetery. She said that
young Bowe:pee had w.oriced only six
melte for her leusbalel, when he went
eweey. Iie was a queer sort of chap,
elle said, a,nd a trifle "soft." Neither
Mrs. Porter nor her husbanel had
scolded or quarreled with the boy et
any time, the Only. complaint her
husband had made wAs 'Met he was
In the habit of eteeing out until long
after midnight, end thus incapacit-
ating ben,self for work the next dee.
She did not knowi where he went a,t
nights', but ahe supposed that he wee
out with other young fellows.
On being peaked if the boy. seemed
frIglitemed during the lest week he
was at her plaoe, Airs. Porter said
that he did. Re had said several
times tbet the poeee wore after him,
and ,both Mr. told Mee Porter had
laughed a,t him.
Ile left in, his room his working
euit ef clothes, and a fe.Wi odds and
ones, which he eald he would get
when he returned. Mee. Porter said
tha.t there was still $20 unpaid wages
deo
It appears after hearing every-
thing that could lee mid on the ques-
tion that young Boseence's disap-
pearance can be attributed entirely
L o the effect of a very cruel and
heartless practical joke, played by
eneety-headed young men upon one
who by reasonof mental deficiencies
wee unable to comprehend either
the „depth or the delioaey of this
grade of humor.
Beeeenee has never been photo-
graphed. The description! wee fur-
nisbed by Mrs. Porter, and eenfirmed
by Mr. Burgess, of Eflarrington.
AN AERIAL OCEAN. TRIP.
Attempt to Cross Atlantic in Flying
Machine to be Made.
• Paris, Sept, 22.—An attempt to
anee, dark, clean shaven, some -
What round-shouldered I hair,
straight, dark brown; eyes, blue
and piercing; eyebrows meet in a
point just cameo nose; ears, medi-
ate size, standing out a little from
the head; ohlre not well marked;
disposition, talkative and some-
weat simple.
it was aeon round out that
his intellect WAS not quite so
strong as It might have boon that,
larrington, Oxford County, dlsitp
peered from human ken..
On 00 alat of Marele lasit young
elossenee applied to Mr. John Pore
ter, a farmer near Conroy, for fierione Tie could be made to be -
work.. Ito asked $18 a month, and ileve anything, and conseqaently
as men were exceptionally seeree,
Mr. Porter engaged him for seven
onths
the ults of the cemmunity, the
rural Bill Nyes, es it were, saw to
It that bis "believer" was .constent-
Jeineti Bessence, age 25, but looks ly at eoncert pitch.
five years younger • heiglit, aboet The. elinum Was reached, how -
5 feet 5 Mellen; build, slight, 'would ever, when two men stopped Boil -
Weigh about 140; general appear- Seim° on the road one Bendel night
cross the Atlantic Ocean in an air-
ship is about to be made- by Eliseo
Recluse n noted Preuch geographer,
and Louis Capazza, the inventor of
the parachute balloon and an aero-
naut who distinguished lemself • a
few. years ago oy miring a daring
trip over the Mediterranean Sea
from Franoe to Corsica.
Pecatte, the secretary of the Aero
Club of France, gives the following
facts about the projected balloon
voyage, welch will be made for the
purpose of meteorological investi-
gations.
The start will be made from the
Canary Islands aboat the middle of
next May. An enormoue balloon is
being 'built for the trip, four' times
Larger than the largest ever made.
It will have a capacity of 46,000
cubic feet,. and wee- be spherical in
shape, and 10.11 be inflated with hy-
drogen goes.
The balloon well have two bas-
ket& The upper One well be 'fur-
nished like a ea,bin for sleeping. The
lower one will contain the neces-
sary eogisters rind selentific instru-
ments. The principal accessory will
be a n.onsinkable boat equipped wIth
a. 60 -horse power motor and fuel for
a 20 daysrun.
The balloon will be Provided with
:mane of changingits course north
or south, and pay choose a landing
at any point on the north coast of
South America.
In case Of accident, the balloon-
ists can take refuge in the non -sink-
able boat, taking sufficient food for
six weeks. Whey have no fear of
incurring the fate lor Andre, for the
region they seek is more quiet, the
wends aro mere certain, and the bal-
loon le adequate.
The echeme is being taken up with
great enthusiasm by the Amer Club
of France, and isexciting muchin-
torest in balloon circles all over
Europe. Fames Gordon Bennett is
credited with contributing 00,000
to it..
CHOLERA ATTACKS REGIMENT
Eleven Viethes in the Sbropshire
Light Infantry.
London, Sept. 18.—Infornia,tion hae
been received at Shrewsbury that the
2nd 13attalion of the King's Mae:m-
elee, Light Infantry, which greatly
dietinguished itself at Paardeborg
rube in other engagements In the Boer
War, bad been attacked by cholera
at Ranikhet, Bengal, and that Lieut.
Cia.rter and tee men had died from
the disown.
,1110 mortality from cholera among
British troops in India, which
in 1899 wee the lowest on record
(only one fatal Cage being recorded),
rose in 1900-1901 te 88 out of 107
eases. Nearly a fourth of the deaths
oeeurred among the troope stationed
at Secunderabad, Where the disease
attacked all the carpel in the bar-
racks exempt the artillery.
During the same period; the deallie
from Cliolere in the native army
mounted to 89e, equal to 3.16 per
1,000 of streng*th, cue compared with
68 (0.53) in 1899. In 1000 the total
deetine from cholera in India, were
797,022, Or 8.10 per 1,000. ,
REPORTS MORE HOPEFUL,
. ground Weod pulp Mill, At aoo, Ont.,
Soo, Ont., employieg 100 moo; tao
100 mon; the Sulphite 144, Mill. et
0 MORE 3.0. men;
Mine, at eurleary, Ont., ege
DEsig N AT ID Ns, Lip,1„1!,0",cetiiiit,4172,if:21.iirritt.ItQ
Lord Balfour of Burleigh and
Hon. A! Elliott Resign,
TWOOTHERSWEREREFUSED
Gra,111 in the West Not Badly
Pataaged.
.11rItinipeg, Sept 17. — The latest
news from the country concerning
the temps, as roe:need froze iiorree-
ente, rot:sante* after the re-
ports of great damage Whielt it was
feared the storm of last Saturday
had entailed. The latest adviees,
howeeer, tend to relieve the alexiety",
as they ere generally very- hopeful,
erel indicate a intninatin of damage.
Thrashing will be greatly delayed
ttenrrallY, but the fine weather that
has preveiled iiinee Will prove the
ettivetion 01 the eoulitry. 1
4.,•••••••••
Vour Vacant Cabinet Posts and One
Secretaryship at the Disposel of
the Premier of Greet Britain.
IJondon, Sept, 20.—Lord Balfour clf
Burleigb, S,eeretary; for Seethe:44 and
Aethur Ralph Deuglao Elliot, Finan-
cial Secrete:47J cif the Treasury, have
resieued, and -their resignatione have
been accepted by'. the King. Mr. Elliot
wee uot in Cabinet. These two
resignations maim a total at four
vacant Cabinet metal and one secre-
tareehip at Mr. Baleourei disposition.
Tee Duke ot Dave:es/ere, Lord Pre-
sieent of tee Council, and the Mar-
ceau of Londonderry, President te the
Board of Edueation, tendered timer
resignations Irom elle Cabinet con-
currently; with thbee of Meijer&
Chamberlain and hltebie, and Lord
George Hamilton, but Mr. Balfour
refueed to accept them.
It le not expected that other'rnene-
bete tim Cabinet will press tbeir
reolgnations on a,ccount of Mr. Bei -
Coulee positiou tie° fiscal question,
until alter his speech at Sheffield on
October let, bu.t Mr. William St. John
BrodrIck, who started for Balmoral
to pee the King on Sundaye will pas -
Ably resign the Secretaryship oe War
and succeed Lord George Hamilton
as Secretary) of State for India. This
traneferenee would not arise in the
present orisio but for tbe deep die-
aatiefaction of the country' with tbe
report or tbe War Commission, which
practioalle said tbe administration
of the War Office had not really' im-
proved etnoe tbe close a( 'the .war in
Sou.tb Africa, tbat is to say:, that
Mr, Brodrieles tenure of office had
bean failure no far as the promise
of reforms went. It is predicted that
Mr. Arnold -Forster, Parliamentare
Secretary' for the Admiralty, will
succeed him, but lids is doubtful, as
with the promotion of Austen Chem-
berlain, Levi Selborne, and others
it would mean that the Liberal -Un-
ionists would be represented numer-
ically in the Cabinet far in exeees
of their proportion of represents,.
tion in Parliamene.
With the resignation of Lord Bal-
four and Financial Secretary El-
liott, both strong free tradere, it is
understood that the Ministerial re-
signations are completed and ap-
parently the Duke of Devonshire has
decided to renialn in the cabinet.
It is practically certain that Aue-
ton Chamberlain, Lord Milner and Mr.
Drodriek will take the Exchequer,
Colonies and India portfolios respect-
ively, and the only surprise in the
new appointments is likely ato be
the nomination of a strong man to
the War Office to determine how, far
the recommendations of :the eouth
African War Clommisseon. can be car-
ried out.
Home Secretary Akere-Douglas
started for Balmoral to -night, and
he will probably be involved in the
reconstruction changes.
Ron. Me. Elliott is a Liberal Un-
ionist, and sits for the City of Dur-
ham, which 10 a Moe° constituency.
He is editor of The Eclinburgh Re.
View, and is also a Seotehman. He
Is a. brethem of Lord Minto.
Lord Baleour of Burieigh lea strong
Conservative. He was born in 1849,
and is one of the large landowners in
the United Kingdom. He holds 8,000
acres. He is a Seetchmun.
Ho married Lord Aberdeenes sis-
ter, Lady Katherine Humilton-Gor.
don, in 1876, has been prominent
in public life since 1874-75, when he
was a member of the Factory Com-
missicai. He eves a member of ninny
beportant commissions after that.
Lord -in -waiting to the Queen, 1888-
89; Parliamentary Secretary to the
Board of Trade, 1889-92; Lord Rec-
tor to Edinburgh University, 1896-
90, and Chariot:nor of St. Andrew's
University, in 1900. Re was ap-
piointed Secretary for Scotland In
1895,
The other resignations are; Hon.
Jos. Chamberlain, Secrettery for the
Coloeles; C. T. Ritchie, Chancellor of
the Exchequer, and Lord Geo. Heade
to, Under Secretary for India.
SOO INOUSTIIIES CUR
Consolidated Lake Superior
Takes Startling Step,
Melt; tile Ltikettilperiet
Power Company, at Soo, Miebe em-
ploying 50 Men; the Pine veneer log,
Pule log, eluireoal open:Moroi Along
Algelett coretra3
1,700 mene, the retort plant, at Soo.
Ont., employing 90 mon, and the
Algoma $teel Pleat, at 800,. Opt., em-
ploYing 150 men, will be absolutely
closed dewy to-dAY, leaving at each
operation shtby otic caretaker In
the clay time and two watchmen at
lg/to Prteatg11e' oie1property. 'Ei1e
and
goiret Central main line staff will be
reduced proportionetely. The pro-
I/abilities beteg that not more than
15 of the entire etaff of 90 men will
be retained:"
"It 14 with deep regret that this an-
nouneement Is made but it is Vie
01117 alternative. Foritbe past ninety
daye everything time human intone
gence could euggeet or tireless en-
ergy compass lias been eone to raise
ferule to finance tide immense, mag-
nificent property, bat without avail.
'Me ;hardships that this will bring
upon many officers teed employees
meet be. borne es patiently as pos-
sible, trusting that the future may
bring about a haRIXV Solution and set-
tlement of all difficulties. Above all
else 1 rn.ust ask you to remember
that we ere all lew-ableling oltizene,
a,nd that our miefortunee while
bard to beer, axe not likely to con-
tinue torever, and, are not ast hard as
our ancestors, or even our fellow -
citizens, lime borne and come
through triumphantly.
'The company's loss, on account of
this necessary shut -down, will be al-
most ireetrieva,ble,for tbe reneon that
no pulpwood, Paw -logs, or veneer -
logs will be a,vallable to run the pulp
mills, sawmills, or veneer mills next
year."
Gloomy Forboditlf.T.
Sault Ste. Marie despatch: The
town is totally paralyzed by the
thunderbolt which struck it this
=ening, in the shutting down of
the Consolidated leek Superior
Company's plants. The announce-
ment on Tuesday that the steel
plant and blast furnaces would be
closed dowel for the winter was bad
enough. Even that weiiild have
been sufficient to impair business
confidence, with many resultant
failures, but .thelatest official
notice has sufficed to provoke
panic.
Where it will all end it is im-
possible at the present to fore-
cast, but it is certain that a. con-
tinuance of the depression for even
a few weeks would be sufficient to
Produce a heavy orop of assign-
ments.
Until yesterday it was thought
that a general abet -down of the
plante would be averted, the com-
pany's statement for 'August show-
ing that the industries in operation
had earned a net profit of $160,-
000.
The cause of the sudden collapse
• is that Speyer & Co., the holders of
the $5,050,000 anortgage have tak-
en steps to foreclose. It is the gee
eral opinion that the company's
assets will finally be led in by the
syndicate announced to have form-
ed some time ago. This would have
the effect of Wiping of 1 the slate
the $102,000,000 of capital stock,
and enabling recapitalization upon
a reasonable basis, say at $35000,-
000.
As it is, all is dreary in the Soo
to -night. Scenes on the street re-
mind one of experiences related of
panics in mining eaenps. Men are
wandering abont in evident distress,
and whet it will be to -morrow, when
nearly 2,000 men are to be brought
in from the mines and w,00d and tim-
ber camps alen.g the line of the Al-
goma. Central it is difficult to say.
The netice posted to -day states
that NO MONEY TO PAY THEM OFF
WILL PE FORTI1COMING UNTIL
THE 28th INST. How, will they
subsist in the meantime? The auth-
orities view; the situation with alarm,
and stops are being taken to swear
in a number of special constables.
Co]. Elliott, of the 97th Battalion,
has arranged to call out the militia
in the event of a possible riot.
All sorts of ruiners are 'current.
We are told that the whole thing is
eimply a. move in a freeze -out game,
and that -the late president, F. 11.
Morgue, will be found at the head
of a neu syndicate to take every-
thing over.
The rosy viewof the situation: is
that the enormoua Vent, all in good
physical condition and ready for
operation, will not be long allowed
to reirtain idle. Other - capitalises
will eventually take it over, and then
them wbo have come through the
crisis will be ia a. position to make
sotriC money.
13a11 Management,
Philadelphia, Pa., despatch : At a
meeting of the stockholders of the
Consolidated Lake Superior Cem-
pany Protective Committee, which is
represented by IL Rothermel as
counsel, it was determined to
strengthen further the public stand-
ing of the committee by increasing
Its' membership to five, so as to take
In two now' men of recognized force
and integrity.
Now the comPany is obliged not
only to sltop work on uncompleted
operations, but actually to close
down works which, according to the
report of President Shields, were
3,500 MEN OUT OF WORK. earning profits. Thee, It Is pointed
out, is the result of which the man -
Sault Ste. Maiee, One, ;despatch : aeoment has led the property stock -
emu .nusiness men or tie ea= were holders Nvho demand that the man
given a paralezieg shock to -day
through the closing down of all the
Industrial enterprises operated by
the Consolidated Lake Superior Com-
pany. Just how long the works will
remain idle the officials of the com-
pany here cannot say. The reorgani-
eaten syndicate may secure the funds
they require in a few weeks, or every-
thing may be shut up until such time
as Speyer & Co. eten get title by
toreelosure • proceedings.
The statement issued by the com-
pany reads as follows:
'President Shields, on account of
not hoeing funds to meet pay roll
And Current accounts, ned no imme-
diate prospects of securing money to
meet them, is unwilling to proceed
longer incurring lia,bilities en ac-
count' of its officers, mon and other
creditors, and In consequence to -day
have slispended all operations What-
soevor, except the Tugona Water end
Light Conipany and etreet rallWay
eerviee in the Canadian Soo, and the
ferry service and the street railway
eerviee in the American See. Shall
run but one train per week on the
Algoma Central Railway between
the Seo and end of steel, or about
deer Mika.
"TAM means! that 3,500 num will
'be thrown out Of emalOyment. The
leelen ore mine, employing 1100 men;
the ,Grnee Gold Mine, employing 70
111601 the Idiehipleoten braneb of the
renege, emplOying 50 men; veneer
Mill at Soo, Orit., employing /5 10091
the saw milt, at Soo, Ont., employing
100 miee; the ear shops, tit Soo,
Ont., employing :10 men : the Algoine. lcall to -morrow 0.1te1:1009 fer Eng -
tree Worko, a,t Soo, Oat., employitag rolvd. , .
agement !give them certain facts
upon which a. jair reorganization
plan may be based, and assert that
to -day's developments show. beyond
doubt that a receivership fromthe
beginning of the trouble would have
been the right thing.
DASH FOR NORTH POLE.
UM LOSE 500 MEN,
SERVIA'S REPLY TO PORTE.
An Aged Farmer Murders His Son
and Kills Himself.
Conetentinople, Sept. 21,—The Sere
sloeeOvernen eat& neply to the Per We
representations says measures bave
been taken to prevent bende enter-
ing Macedonia, and that 0 strong
bane whiele wee, prepariete to oneree
the frootier has alreeder been ells-
Perisea, The Servian rpy adds, leoev-
ever, if the perseoutioel of Christians
and the extedeles of the Turkish
troops continueane serious re-
earmo are Lot introduced the Gov.
ernment will be unable to restrain
the popular agitation in teervia. Tee
anfavorable comment areueed by the
ftepointment of Welled Paella, the tar-
dier vale of Beirut, to lee veil of
Brusa, which. ie really a promotien,
eontinues. The action of the Porte
in this connection is regarded tte a
challenge to tho repreeentatives of
She powers, especially to the Ameri.
eten Minleter, who it is thought le
ekely to proteet and may possibly
epinene Reeled Pasha's re.eael from
Brume in -tile betereets of the Am-
eam educational .establisionent in
that vilayet. Reporta from Beirut
say the appointment of Hale Pasha
tobe veil of Beirutt has, cameed much
disappointment. The inhibatants ex-'
lected that Naim Pasha, the veal of
Syria, who inepired eonfideece by his
,orelect when he became acting vali
Liter Reeled Peewee removal, wo.uhl
'tee made vale
Slander Suit Ended.
Beaver, Pa„ Sept. 21.—Tbe slander
suit brought against ex -Postmaster
General John Wanamaker, by .fornier
State Printer Robinson, bas ended
ei a victory for the defendant The
sealed verdict was read in Court this
morning, and found for the defen-
dant.
The A.laska. Boundary.
London, Sept. 21,—Attornee-Gen-
eral Finlay at to -day's session of
the Aleska boundary, continued his
ergument in bethalf of Canada, cit-
ing the utterances of American of-
ficials and passages in the Ameri-
ean emee, -welch he claimed upheld
tbe Canadian contention.
Murder and Suicide.
Norwalk, 0., Sept. 21.— Samuel
Thompson, aged 88, years, muraer-
ed lite son, Leroy' Thompson, aged
51 year's, and then killed himself last
night, at their home, two miles south
of -elle cite.
Two years ago the younger Thomp-
son deserted les wife, which angered
his father, who was heard to remark
Capt. Drake Organizing a New Ex-
pedition.
London, Sept. 21.—The Daily Ex-
press says it understands that a new
North Pole expedition is being organ-
ized by Capt. Drake, wile proposes to
builaa veeeel 01 barkentine rig, with
auxiliary steam power. Sho will be
et 380 tone, and will be provieloned
for six years. With a. crow of twenty
Capt. Drake will leave London in
December, 1901, for VlialiVostotk, rind
go thenee to -Point litarroW, Alaska,
which lie expects tot reaeli 91Ally,
1003. Protkeeding easterly to Port
Petrick, Capt. Drake liepes to make
his first winter quarters in Prince
Petrick's Land, and when the su10.
met arrives expects tO make With his
vessel 80 degrees north 'latitude. Then
with two men and all lils dogs he
will Make a (lath fee the pole. Ho
expeete te; return to the elite in one
hundred days. Drake, who is 33
years old, in an experieneed nave
teeter. , 1
/Orel etre:Weenie left Meniteal kat
evening for risrmir YOrk, Witente he Will
ronelitie :that ho Irak/ goleg to shoot
eouleone and tben kill bimself. Yefie
terday, afternoon the father secret.
ed biraeelf in the barn and when the
eon returned home fired a bullet in-
to ble honk as be was unlatching hie
'mese, the ball obattering the spin-
al column.
Alter making sure bis son was dead,
the old IIICLA went to tile upper Room
of the barn, releaded ids rifle and
Dent a ball into his ow -n prain. Re
placed bus Sorehead on the mazzle
et the gan and touched the trigger
with a twig wideb be bad cut from
an apple tree before eitooting hie
eole
Cattle Killed by Ginger Snaps.
Baltimore, Md„ Sept. 21.—Because
of their inordinate love for ginger
snaps, ele-ven prize cattle belonging
to Edward M. Gillet, of Verona, Bal-
timore county, have lost their lives.
The animals emit Me Gillet $2,750
In England, when they were year -
Like many fancy cattle raisers, Mr.
Gillet has held to tbe theory thet
cookies are great fattenere and
producers ef milk. Last week he
purchased several tons of the eakiiii
that had grown too stale for rani-
ily use.
The door of the barn w,aso acci-
dentally left open, and the Herefords
went on a ginger (map debauch, eat-
ing more than a quarter of a ton
of the cakes. The next day tile
animals were etaggering about the
pasture. The veterinarian weld do
nothing to help the animals, and the
entire herd became clay.
The cakes being dry produced a
great thirst, and the water tbe cat-
tle drank preduced indigestion.
Greek Squadron at Venice.
Venire, Sept. 21.-1 Greek squadron,
consisting of three battleships, bas
arrived here. The vessels have been
manoeuvring in the Adriatic Sea,
watching the deiralcipments in Mace-
donia.
Soule Serious Fighting.
)3algaria, Sept. 21.—Accord-
ing to fugitives who have arrived
at Rile, from Djoumaia a serious em.
gogement has Occurred at Perin,
near Melnikin, in which the Turks' are
said to have lost five hundred men
killed, including two colonels. Most
of the villagea in the district of Me-
linke, are in the hands of the In-
surgents. Seamy of the villages are
In flames.
LADRONES ATTACK TAISAN;
YELLOW FEVER IN LINARES.
Sudden Death of the "Best Dressed Man
in Chicago."
Manna, Sept. 21.—A. band of la -
drones oitteeked the town of 'Balsam,
In the Province of Bangtes, Luzon,
Saturday last, and ecured the guns
of the municipal police. They met
wIth no resistance during the raid,
and subsequently escaped, uninolest-
ce. The town of San Prenetsco An-
aiiap, in the district of Tlaga,n, Lu-
zon, wee subsequently attacked, but
the bend eves repulsed. During the
fight et this Velem one policeman was
killed.
Aisothrr Engagement.
Manila, Sept. 21.—A detachment of
the 28t1i Infantry embarked in boats
had a ,starre engagement oe Toros
Lake, Lenge, on the 10th inst., with a
bend of fa,natical Morose tiering
which Private 0. L. Barnett was
killed. Ono of tee men of the enemy,
,Angle -handed, °eta:eked a boat load
of soldiers. Ile was killed.
Best Dress' el Man Dead.
Chicago, Sept. 21.—Joe L. Day, e5
years of age, known among traveliug
men and downtown bu,siness man as
"the beet dressed man in Chicago,"
died suddenly at the Auditorium
early to -day, supposedly of heart dis-
ease. Mr. Day for 30 years had been
In the tailoring business in the down-
town district.
Yellow Vever in Linares.
Monterey, Mex., Sept. 21.—Dr.
Roy Alartin, quarantine Inspector
Tor the government, who recently
returned from Linares, declares
that city to be dead commercially,
and partly deserted on account of
the prevalence of gelidly, fever. Al-
though' there are less than 200
yellow fever cases in Linares, there
are fully 2,000 people sick with
various ailments. Latest advices
from Victoria say only twelve cases
of yellow, fever now exist in that
city, and the municipal autherities
of Victoria will have stamped out
the fever shortly. Mr. W. IL Leon-
ard, representative of the bridge
and masonry contractors on the
Monterey division, reports 11, de-
plorable situation among the die.
term; t construction camps along
the line. He says that there is
scarcely a camp without fever, and
that there are many deaths.
Ordered to Leave Fez.
Cologne, Sept. 21.—The correspond-
ent of the Gazette at Fez tele-
graphs that the Sultan of Morocco
has requested the French military
mission which; since 1885, has been
training the Shereeflan troops, to
leave the capital.
Ow Yung King's New Job.
San Francisco, Sept. 21.—Ow Yung
King, who for several months, has
been secretary of the local Chinese
oon,sulate, bas been a.ppoInted Vice-
Consul-Getieral. It is thought be
local Oiliness that he will soon be-
come Consul-G-eneral.
o n Kin Arrested.
San Francisco, Sept. 2.1.—Tom Kin,
another Chinaman charged with be-
ing concerned in the Chinese substi-
tution plot, which has already re-
sulted in the suicide of one official,
and the arrest af three others, has
been captured, and placed under $3e
000 bonds.
Saved From the Storm.
New York, Sept. 21.—H. M. Rogers
& Company, of ties city, to -day re -
Weed a letter from Captain Moon
of tbe Flthing schooner Lilla Fernald,
which was supposed to have been lost
in Wednesday's storm, reporting ber
arrival with all hands at Delaware
lereakwater. Also the safe arrival of
the fishing schooner Emily P. Wright,
is reported. 1
GOT SANDWICH AND RIMED.
Minneapolis Man Cut Off His Right Hand
to Obey Scriptural injunction.
elinneapolis, Minn„*Zept. 21. --Cease I front of tile home singing, "Rene-
Newstrom, of 1,129 Seventh avenue Mali, 'Tis Mene," etc.
emote the man who, in a. flt of insan-
ity, out off his riglit hand In obe-
dience to the Seriptural injunction,
which he believed ellOuld he inter-
preted literally, is &till at the City
Hoseital, bat his condition is not be-
lieveil to be !serious. Newstrom ex -
elapses himself as perfectly satisfied
with his actioie and statea that there
is now Ito doubt about the safety of
ble peal. .
Whmt asked to tell about cutting
oft Ills hand, Newetroni Bald that af-
ter wreptling e long well() in prayer
ha was convinced of -the iniquity of
this member. IInetening• out into the
state, be preeured an lien and atruek
eff the hand, evitherst ittentent's
de-
!Oiie axe was very, dull, and( rive
beeves' Were neteeeare, one tor each
finger Of the arm:ding .member, as
he cesually remarked. As 0009 as the
hand wi,s eovered lie threw it on the
W.Oti'd pIle lend rail around to the
When the tether persons in the house
learned whet had occurred they at-
tempted to lake the man to the hos-
pital, but he refused to go until be
had engaged in another eaeon of
prayer. That finished, he walked to
the heepitni without aesistance and
joyfully proelalined that he had pur-
Clewed salvation for hie soul at the
price of hie bend. ,
Tee man has toug been noted for
hie religious ze.al, and of late there
have been tepee that his religion
has gradually beeceme a mania with
itine
Nearly Cut leis Read Off.
Waterbury, Ct., Sept. .21.—Tben151e
Scully, a tetunoter, entered, a lunch-
room here yesterday and ordered a
ham sandwich1. Aa the waiter lald
down the knife with, which he tut
the bread, Solely pleiced it up and
began cutting Ids throat before a
mirror on the wall. Ile nearly deeapi•
ta,tel bilineelf and dkd Within flee
minnteo. Bkirgeteird %ad tO take a
seer() et ttitchrs in Scully's neck
after life was extinet to bold the
head Ou hie ehouldere, ,