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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1906-07-26, Page 7DOUMA DISSOLVED BY EMPEROR NICHOLAS. The Equivalent of Martial Law Declared in the Second Ukase. Hundreds of Revolutionists Arrested Before the Sun Rose Over the Nation's Capital. Everything Now Depends Upon the Loyalty of the Troops to the Russian Government. TREPOFF, THE REACTIONARY, The dissolution of Russia's first Parliament is an unquestioned triumph for Gen. Trepoff, the man of "blood and iron." Gen. Trepoff is a brave man. He is a fatalist, and does what he regards as his duty;knowing that the bomb or the knife, or the bullet will find hiin when his time comes. There is no skulking behind palace walls for Trepoff. That his life is every moment in dan- ger is proved by the assassination in the palace grounds Inst week of an inoffen- sive dandy of a general who had the misfortune to look like hiin. The assassin hada photo of Trepoff, and, too late, someone shouted, "That's not het" as the victim came within reach. St. Petersburg, Jelly 22.—Russia:y Bret experiment in Parliamentary government came .to an ignominious end Saturday night with the promulgation of two im- perial ukases, the :first dirtsolving the present Parliament and providing for the convocation of its successor ea :Bare, 5, 1007, more titan six months hence, and the seeend, proclaiming the capital of Russia and the surrounding drovineee to be in a state of extraordinary security, which is only infinitesimally different from. full martial leer. This measure of safety is to provide for the outbursts. which undoubtedly will be provoked by this daring mea- sure. It is now but a step to dictatorship. The text of .the two ukases, both of which are addressed in the stereotyped form to the ruling senate, follows: Dissolved— "According to paragraph 105 of the fundamental laws, we order the Imper- ial Parliament di., solved and fix the time for the convocation of the newly e4ected Parliament for March 5, 1007. "Regarding the time for the •new etec- tion to the imperial Parliament we will later issue special indications. "The ruling senate: wild not fail to take proper measures to plaee this into effect. (Signed), Nicholas, Peterhof, July 21." The .text of the second ukase follows: "In• consideration of at report of the Council of Ministers presented to us re- garding the necessity in the future for the preservation of order end public safety in the city and province of tit. Petersburg, we consider it necessary to declare in the above city and province, instead of the state of reinforeed. secur- ity which now prevails there, a state tot' extraordinary areeurity. The ,prefect of the city and the governor of the province are entrusted with the rights thereto atppertaining. "The ruling senate will not fail to take proper treasures to place this into effeet. (Signed) Nicholax, Peterhof, July 21," Goremykin Recalled. the Interior; M. Stichinsky, Minister of Agriculture, has resigned. The Parliament building was closed to -day and guarded by police, who re- fused admission except to the Presi- dent and the Vice -President of the House. The streets are empty and bear the usual Sunday aspect. The Czar's decision to autocratically dissolve the Doutna finally brings the regime, and 30,000,000 stalwart suffrag- ists, headed by the bulk of the popu- lar Assembly into an open conflict, besides demonstrating the terrible truth that the bayonet supported re- actionaries are still confident of the issue of the impending bloody conflict. Thirty thousand guards have arrived here, swelling the forces guarding the capital, which is under martial law, to five army corps, All now depends on the army's loyalty. The task, however, is stupenduous. The outlook very blaek. Situation is Serious, There was rioting to -night en Sad- ovxaya street, near the Nevski. ;Pros- pekt. Cavalry was quickly sent to re- inforce the police. The troops were received with hoots and volleys cf stones. They attacked the rioters with whips. Made Hundreds of Arrests. During Saturday night additional troops were brought in and disposed of according to plans previously adopted. These reinforcements included four in- fantry regiments of the Chevalier Guard, Hussars, mounted grenadiers and a battery of machine guns. The troops occupied railroad stations and bridges across the rivers and canals and the patrols of both police and gendarmes were everywhere doubled. The work of gathering in revolution- ary agitators began immediately after the ukase placing St. Petersburg in "a state of extraordinary security" was promulgated and hupdreds of arrests were' made before daylight. Tartars Destroy Villages. Tiflis, July 21. —Tartars to -day de- stroyed the village of Kaladjak. Thirty persons were killed. Sailors Drew Up Demands. Sebastopol, July 2L —A meeting of An imperial ukase relieves M G.ro• 2,500 sailors from the warships here to- emykin of the Premiership and ap- day drew up economic demands for pre - points M. Stolypin Premier. He also sentation to Admiral Skrydloff. Unless retains his present post of Minister of these demands are fulfilled, the men say, CAMPBELL-BANNERMAN AT IN TERPARLIAMENTARY CONGRESS. Shouts The Russian Parliament is Dead, Long Live the Russian Parliament." London, July 23,—The 14th conference of Inter -Parliamentary Union, was open- ed in the Royal gallery of the Palace of Westminster to -day. Adherents of in- ternational peace from all the parker• ments of Europe, as well as several of those of the western hemisphere were present, Seemly had the conference opened when, amidst a scene of consider. able excitement, Prof. Maxim Kovalev-f• o, a member of the Lower House o Russian parliament, announced that he and his colleagues representing until yesterday the youngest parliament in the . world, would, be obliged to withdraw in consequence of the dissolution of the body they were officially appointed to represent. '.there were about 500 delegates pre - :tent. Lord Weardale (Sir Philip Stanhope), opened the congress, his preliminary sentences of welcome being specially ad- dressed to the Russian representatives, Whereupon the delegates rose in a body and turning toward the delegation of tete late parliament, cheered them to the eeho Lord 'W'eardale also ineidentally men - 1 Honed (.'resident Roosevelt having been associated with then in the work of peace. Premier ('arnpbeld-Bannerman, in re- ply, reminded hie heavers that King Ed- ward am Always been a great lover of peace. The diritii 1i Government, lie add- ed, was in entire sympathy with the ob- ject of the conference. fie especially greeted the members of the Russian Parliament present, and niso paid a tribute to Emperor 11,reholas. who ]unci done so much towards the en- itancement of ideas of peace. It eonki be. safely us.;erred, he thought, that tee Ilu.;aian Parliament, although dieeolveat, was sure to again come into existenee, Then the Premier, in a Gudden access of en•thnsiusi n, shouted: "La i)oumn est mods. Vive la Dounal" (The Russian 1'atlianient is dead. tong live the Rud elan Parliament!) Again the delegates, rose to their feet ttnd a storm of cheering continued tor a couple of minuted Count Apjponye the Hungarian ,Minister of Worslnp, followed, ehorneterizing the 1'remnier'a speech as a "direct message from King r %rin �ard her latter nnnonrpein on leis 41 v t it ,, own initiative his complete adhesion to the work of the conference." _ I the whole of the Black Sea fleet will re volt, 4 Hard Proesed. Detachment. Mitac, (fourland, July 21. — An armed band to -day attacked a detachment of police near Takum, the scene of the massacre of dragoons last December, and killed a private and seriously wounded two officers A squadron of cavalry re- lieved the hard pressed detachment, BEIT'S BEQUESTS. TEN MILLIONS FOR BRITISH AND IMPERIAL PURPOSES, Millionaire's Gifts Show Largeness of Aim and Breadth of Purpose—Docu- ment is Bright Example as to Catholicity, Sympathy and Taste— London Given Nearly Million Dollars, London, July 23.—The Titres says: Tbe will of Alfred Beit was trade public today, and fully verifies the prediction made concerning it a few days ago as to the grandeur of its public bequests, about ten million dollars being thus dis- posed. Tho Times says this will'put to shame the mean detractions heaped upon Mr. Belt while he lived, and not hushed or decently qualified even in the pres- ence of death. "This British subject," says The Times, "whose naturalization and ardent loyalty did not save hiin from illiberal sneers as to his foreign origin, has bequeathed for British or Iinepriel purposes, sums amounting to close upon d2,000,000. His bequests show the large- ness of aim and breadth of view, which do not always accompany benevolence. It is a will, as to catholicity, sympathy and taste, that offers a bright example. The largest part of his bequests goes, as is fitting, to South Africa, from which his fortune was derived. The resit goes in part to his native Pity, Hamburg and part to the capital of the land of his adoption. Through the whole will breathes a profound sense of the value of education, to the promotion of which, in one form or another, a large share of the money is dedicated. London benefits by £220,000, given for educational and charitable puporses." University of Johannesburg. Tho sum of $1,000,000 is left to the University of Johannesburg. A million dollars are bequeathed to educational or charitable purposes in Rhodesia and other territories within the field served by the British South African Company's capital, $125,000 to the research fund of the London University, $125,000 to the Rhodes University of Grahamstown, Cape Colony; $50,000 to the Rhodes me- morial fund at Cape Town, $50,000 to the UnionJack Club of London, $100,000 to the deceased's firm in South Africa for educational or charitable purposes in the Transvaal, $75,000 for the same pur- poses to Kimberly, $75,000 to Dr. Jame- son, now Premier of Cape Colony, end Sir Lewis Mitche, Chairman of the De Beers Company and trustee of the Rhodes Sunday School for the same pur- poses in Cape Colony; $100,000 is, ieft to the King's Hospital (London) round and $100,000 to Guys Hospital (London) and $200,000 is to be distributed equally in London and Hamburg by Mr. Beit's executors for educational or eharitaote urposes. 1' A Vast Total. The suns enumerated make the test total of $9,675,000 not including the value of the estate bequeathed to leis native city of Hamburg, or the art treasures bestowed on the National Gal- ery and the museums of Berlin and Hamburg. It is, however, believed that the aggregate will be not far short of $12,500,000. To Open Up Africa. The most notable provision of the will is that the body of trustees gets control of $6,000,000 to be used itt the development and construction of . means of communication and transmission by railway telegraphs and wireless tele- graphy and telephones in Rhodesia and upon the Cape to Cairo Railway, whieh, with other bequests for South Africa, demonstrate that Mr. Beit's interest in the welfare of'the country in which his fortune was made was equal to that of his old associate, Cecil Rhodes. Did Not Disclose Fortune. Owing to premature statements re- garding the will of the late Alfred Boit, the South African financier, the execu- tors of Mr. Beit's estate to -night gave out the exact terms of the public be- quests without, however, disclosing the amount of the fortune left, which it is believed, will take a considerable time to estimate, owing to the fluctuations in the prices of shares owned by Mr. Belt. LEFT EVERYTHING. SAGE LEFT HIS WIFE IN CHARGE OF HIS AFFAIRS. New York, July 23.—Dr. Carl .schmuck, Lite local physhcian attending Mr. Sage, said last night, that judging fronn what he heard. from Mr. Sage on various oc- ea:-ions, be felt positive that Mr. Sage hari.left everything in his wife's control. "I aur perfectly sure of it," said: Dr. Schmuck. "Although Mrs. Sage is 70 yeaau old, she is wondea;fully well pre - seeded mentally and physically, Mr. Sage had often commented on this fact, and said that she would be quite cap- able of handling, his property when he had gone." New Yea k, July 23. ---The death of Russell Sage was probably less a factor itt to -day's stock market, which opened heavy, than the dissolution of the hats. slam. Dome. Persons conversanit with the affairs of the late :Mr. Sege stated that he had comparatively lithe money out on loam, and that his death wontd hardly disturb local finaneial conditions. FELL NINETY PEET. A Lineman Drops Over the Cliff at Niagara. Niagara Falls, July 22.—Thomas ,�etu•f, •. lineman in the employ of the Ontario Transmission Company, fehl over the cliff of the Gorge at the foot of Eastwood street this afternoon. Ile had a Hear Trop of ninety feet, and then rolled forty feet. Ilis companions expected to find him dead when they got to eine, but bis only injuries are a broken shoulder and a very bad scalp wound. Scarfs home is in Owen Sound. ••i NOTED MAN DEAD. West Ilaven, Conn., July 23. --Capt. Davis B. Woodruff, of Maeon, Tea., fast Supreme Chancellor of the Knights of Pythias for the United States, died here yesterday at the home of itis sister, Mrs. Samuel Cornwell, whom be had been visiting for tie past two weeks. Death followed a nervous breakdown. Ile was 77 years old, a veteran of the (omfeclerate army and a well known Whited in the eolith. MIDDLESEX MAN WON TBE KING'S. Canadians Did Well in the. City of London Match ; Also in the Association Cup Contest on Saturday. The National Rifle Association Meet- ing Brought to a Close. Risley, Eng., July 2t. ---The King's Prize ($1,250, the gold medal and the gold badge), open only to volunteers, was won by Captain Davies, of the first Middlesex Volunteers, with a total score of 324, Ser'gt. Om :tundson, of Edin- burg, winner of the King's Prize in 1901, .carried off the silver medal, and another Scotchman, Sergt. Reid, of Glasgow, took the bronze medal, Staff-Sergt. T. 1I. Hayhurst, of the Thirteenth Regiment, Hamilton, was the only Canadian who reached the final stage of the competi- tion. Hayhurst, at the commencement of the third stage, was 12 points behind the leader, and with but a small chance of coating out first. In the final stage Hayhurst secured 42 at 800 yards, 45 at 900 and 39 at 1.- 000 :000 yards. Out of a possible 335 points Hayhurst scored 305, made up as fol. lows: Score. 1st stage, 200, 500, 600 yards .... 95 2nd stage, 000 yards .. . .. .. .. 84 3rd stage, 800, 900, 1,000 yards .... 126 Totals .. ... .. .., 305 Hayhurst will get about $40 in prize money in this match. The winner gots $1,250, a gold badge and a gold medal. Captain Davies, the winner, had a tot- al score of 324. Lord Roberts inspected the Canadian team. He spoke a few words to each man, and hoped they would be winners of many prizes. Later Prince Arthur of Connought inspected the team and view- ed the pavilion. In the match team of seven members, between the Leeds of Commons, the for- mer won. Hamar, Greenwood, formerly of Toronto, shot on the Commons' team. In the St. George's match, Captain Mitchell was 54th and won 100 shil- lings. Mortimer was seventh in the Stewart match, and won 40 shillings. Shooting as the nominee of a lady in the Ladies' match, Pte. Blackburn was fifth, winning 40 shillings. In the Blackwood competition, Black- burn, and Bayles won 20 shillings. Capt. Mitchel won 20 shillings in the Loder match. Lieut. A. II. Semple, 78th, Truro, is the winner of Lord Stratchona's special prize, offered for the Canadians. Major R. Dilon, 34th, Oshawa, is the winner of the Canadian Club special prize. For the Barlow prizes, shot concur- rently with the first stage of •the King's Prize competition, Major Dillon was 3911, winning £3; Pte. Smith, G: G.F.G., Ottawa, was 88th, winning £3; Pte. Drysdale was 133rd, winning ;C3. In the St. George's Cup, competition, Piper Leask was 157th, winning £2; Ca- ven was 100th, winning £2. In the shooting for the Association Cup, at 200 yards and 600 yards respect- ively, Captain W. H, Forrest, Oth Regi- ment, Vancouver, was fourteenth, win- ning 60 shillings; Staff-Sergt. Hayhurst, p.3th Battalion, Hamilton, was forty- second, winning 40 -shillings; Pte. Allen, 7th Fusiliers, London, sixty-sixth, win- ning 40 shilings; Staff-Sergt. Bayles, sev- enty-fifth, winning 40 shillings. In the Mitchell Rifle Sights Competi- tion, Allen, of London, was second win- ning £5; Bayles and Kerr won 40 shiI- lings each. In the Wingrove Competition, liug gins, Skedden, Hayhurst and Mitchell wen .£1 apiece. In the Stickledown match Skedeen was second, winning .t'': Mortimer, Hayhurst, Bayles and Cann were all in the money. In the Corporation of the City of Lon- don 'Match Mitchell was third, winning £10. Semple was sixtn winning 1'7 10s; Dillon seventh; Forrest, eighth, Hay- hurst ninth, Skedden tenth. and Morti- mer twelfth, each winning C5. FELL FROM BRIDGE. BAD ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY. Buffet Car Topples Over and Four Per- sons Killed -The Train Was Bound From Spokane to Nelson—Car Crash- ed Down Into a Deep Canyon --- Wreckage Took Fire. Nelson, B. C., July 22.—The buffet car on the Creat Northern train from Spo- kane to Nelson was derailed on a high trestle at Beaver Creek, near the bound- ary ,and crashed down the canyon last evening, killing four and injuring seven. The wreck is one of the worst in the train of British Columbia. The was filled with Nelson, Kaslo and Ross- land people, and these towns were in a fever of excitement last night until the extent of the disaster was known. The dead. are: Judge Townsend, of Rossland; M. D. McKinnon, purser of the G. N. R. steam- er Kaslo; W. J. Smith, saloonkeeper, and one unidentified miner from Spokane. The injured are: Mrs. W. B. Poole, of Nelson; Miss Wragg, of Cranbrook; Louis Bergeron, Stillwater, Mimt.; the porter, Charles Summers, Spokane; Edward Jones, color- ed cook on the buffet car; Conductor In- gerham and Brakeman Paden, The train, consisting of a baggage and smoker, first-class coach and buffet car, had crossed the boundary and arrived at Beaver Creek, a narrow, difficult can- yon. As the train was crossing the trestle that bridges the creek tho buf- fet was derailed, broken from the train and hurled down the steep preeip'tee, a distance two htutdred feet below, where it came to a stop, a tangled mass of rntbbish. Mire from an overturned cook :stove added to the terror of the situa- tion, The passengers in the, other coaches made their way with difficulty to the wreeked ear, put out the fire, and cont. menced the work of rescue. Mrs, Poole was taken out with her little boy from the debris. Townsend and the uniden- tified man were nneovere& battered out vesting will rhe general throughout the of recognition. Charles Summers fear- Province about Aug.10,but ho l .far ,,.tot u d the full i . y nlrrred, atrngKled out from a hole rains can#inure. it will probably he froirt in the ear, and ono by one the resew, three to five days later. ere accounted for all but Smith and Kinnon. Finally, their bodies were eee but they could not be got at. ,Judge Townsend was one .of the old miners in the Kootenay, and through all of the gold rushes. Ile the firet Justice of the Peace in Ito land, and the name Judge stuck to h through life, Phoebe Smith, as be was called, w a remarkable ebaracter in the Koot g ay, and brother's lmbody d sto a double lot t come from iing' Irene, where ho too could be bur when his time came, lie was an orph and a cripple.. McKinnon was a young Scotebman. Of the injured, Mrs. Poole's condition is serious, and the negro Summers has little chance of recovery. est OVER TIIIR1Y KILLED was WAS 1111 LIS CU. Between Passenger Train and Extra Freight Near led an Rockingham, North Carolina. Engineer and Two Firemen Filled—Most of the Victims Were Colored People. Charlotte, N. C,, .July 23.-- About also is said to have been killed, will the engineer of the freight saved himself by jumping. Only a few of the bodies ex- tricated from the wreck have been destroyed,iden- tified. Both anal the awt•eck blre ocked the track. Railroad then, citizens and the passen- gers who escaped injury immediately set to work to recover the dead and injured imprisoned in the wreckage, nearly all of the victims found to be negroes. Both the second and first class coaches were overturned. It is possible that the death list may be somewhat augmented, Thirty-eight Killed. TUG CUT iN TWO. TEN LIVES LOST AT THE ENTRANCE TO VANCOUVER HARBOR. Steamer Was Running Fast to Make Up Time—Something Struck Her and Caused Her to Sway—Warrant Issued for Captain's Arrest. 'Vancouver, July 21. —The most la- mentable marine disaster in the history of Vancouver occurred on Saturday af- ternoon, when the Union Steamsbip Company's tug Chehaiis was cut in two by the Canadian Pacific flyer Princess Victoria and ten of the sixteen people aboard were drowned, The dead are Dr. Hutton, the expert on oyster culture. Mrs, Bryce, the wife of Purser Bryce of the steamer Cas' sair. P. J. Chick, purser of the Chehalis. W. II. Crawford, assistant engineer. Two deck hands, unknown, Two Japanese fire- men and Chinese cook. Barnet Benwell, ten years old, son of a prominent Van- couverite. The saved are Capt. Howse, P G. Shallcross, Theodore Rich, J, 0. Ben - well, R. H. Bryce and Chief Engineer Dean, - Purser Chick had just laugiingly said to Mr. Benwell that the flyer had to allow smaller boats the right of way when there was a terrific crunching and the Chehalis was torn in two, Mr. Benwell, whose son was drowned, says he and Purser Chick were penned like rats in the cabin. He managed to get to the surface through one of the small windows. The tug was passing through the nar- rows at the entrance to the harbor en route to Blundel Harbor with a party intea'ested in some oyster beds at that point. The Princess Victoria left her dock one hour late, or the disaster would not have happened. She caught up on the Chehalis in about two minutes, the former going about seven knots and the Princess from eighteen to twenty. There is no explanation as yet as to how the tug was struck. Both vessels appeared to have had sea room if they had main- tained their courses, Survivors of the Chehalis say the Princess swerved from a heavy incoming tide or some other reason. At an rate, the tug was struck six feet from the stern on the port side and went to the bottom in an instant. The drowned include Dr. W. A. 13, Hut- ton, late Registrar of Manitoba Medical College, recently surgeon on board tho Angelicnn mission boat Columbia, ply- ing up the northern coast. Dr. Hutton was an expert chemist and had made a spocial study of the oyster culture. An order for the arrest of Captain Griffith of the Princess Victoria, bas been despatched to the capital. AUSTIN CHAMBERLAIN. MARRIED ON SATURDAY TO MISS IVY DUNDAS. Son of Former Colonial Secretary and His Bride Subjects of Widespread Interest—Presents From King and Queen. London, July 21. —At St. Margaret's Church, 'Westminster, this aftetinoorj Austen Chamberlain, son of Joseph Chamberlain, the former Colonial Secre- tary, was married to Miss Ivy Dundas, Pew society functions in the past had attracted so much popular attention. !enormous crowds thronged the ap- proaches to the church and gave the bride and bridegroom a rousing recep- tion. Joseph Chamberlain was not present being confined to his residence by a bad attack of gout. Both houses of Parliament were well represented, and the presents were un- usually numerous and costly, King Ed- ward Queen Alexandra and the Prince and Princess of Wales being among the donors. 4•I TRANSFER TO HEAVEN. STRANGE REQUEST OF WOMAN TO STREET CAR CONDUCTOR. Toronto Junction, July 23, --Two Junc- tion women got on a Dundas ear, and when the conductor came to collect their fares one asked for a transfer to Moor and McCaul, "Give ane a transfer to heaven," said the other woman. The man with the fare -box stared at 'ter. "A transfer to heaven," she repeated, 'pito seriously. "What line do you want to get, lady?' he asked. "I want to go to heaven," she repeated again. . ►one don't issue transfers to heavdro," explained the conlnctor, thinking to lir weir her. But site was still persistent. "I can tell you Low to get there. though," added the man in uniform, The woman quite emphatically informed hint that she didn't want advice --she wanted a transfer to the skies, The conductor left her at this point, concluding that she was either a sign joker or very crazy. 4•41,- ARMY •►ARMY OF MEN WANTED. Twenty Thousand Harvesters Required by Manitoba Alone. Winnipeg, July 23.—"Manitoba and the •west will require front twenty to twenty-five thousand imported harvest hands to handle the erop this year." said W. J. Black, Deputy Minister of Agricul- ture, Official reports from all parts of the Provinen indicate, that the crop wilt be the heaviest yet harvested. last year :Manitoba plaeed 12,5110 neon front the east in the harvest fields, while Saskat- chewan used about 3.500, but for this year.Manitoba alone will require close to 20,000 men. It weeld appear at present that her - twenty persons were killed and more injured as the result of a head-on eolli- sioti between a through eastbound pas- senger train and an extra freight, near Itookingham, N. C., four miles west of Hamlet, at 8.30 o'clock last evening. Many of the victims are said to be negroes. I'p to midnight the official re- ports sent to the general offices of the Seaboard Air line showed that nineteen dead and twenty-three injured had al- ready been taken out of the wreck. The officials of the road attributed the dis- aster to the failure of the telegraph Raleigh, N. C., July 23. --It is reported operator at Rockingham to deliver orders that thirty-eight persons were killed in to the passenger train. As soon as the the collision between a passenger and news of the wreck reached Hamlet a freight train on the Seaboard Air line wrecking engine was sent out, and the collision near hamlet, N. C., yesterday. dirisioin superintendent and other offi- Norfolk, Va., July 23.—It was stated dais of the road hurried to the scene and officially from the general offices of the took charge of the relief work. Ad- Seaboard Air Line Railway this morn - vices from the wreck are meagre. ing that the bodies of twenty killed and The passenger train was No, 44, rum twenty-four injured bad been taken from Hing from Florida to the north. En- the wreck near hamlet, N. C. Of the gineer F. 13. Lewis, of hamlet, and Fire- dead bodies recovered eight are white and man Hill, of tate passenger train, were twelve negroes. Of the injured five are killed. The negro fireman of the freight white and nineteen negroes. WOKING IN NEW YORK FOR SON 4F MURDERED MILLIONAIRE. Strange Story Told by a London Barrister -Who is Searching for a Lost Heir. New York, July 23. —The Tribune says: John Cox, an English barrister, who is staying at the Waldorf, is look- ing for Henry Pollexfen, son of Capt. Pollexfen, a retired seaman, who was murdered in London last winter. He says he has a fortune for the young man; in round numbers nearly three quarters of a million dollars was found deposited in London banks in' his father's name. Mr. Cox had intended, he says to con- duct a search for the missing heir quiet- ly and through the proper channels, but the loss of a Spanish gold piece bearing a portrait of the missing heir forced hien to insert the following advertise- ment in a paper yesterday: "A reward of $1,000 for the present address in America of Henry Pollexfen, son of Capt. Pollexfen, who was murder- ed recently in London, also suitable re- ward for a Spanish gold piece bearing portrait and inscription on one side, lost on Fifth avenue yesterday." Mr. Cox was found last night at the Waldorf and, after saying that he was a member of a firm of English barristers, with offices at Bishopgate, he told the story of Capt. Pollexfen's life. Briefly, it appears that he had been for the greater part of his life the cap- tain of a British steamer. Nobody be- lieved he Ind much money. He retired early Iast fall. Those who watched him closely found that he was eccentric and frequented queer places. He went into the quietest section of east London and rented rooms from an old bachelor. He kept to his room for a few weeks and carefully guarded an antiquated sea chest. About the opening of winter he changed his mode of living. Mr. Cox said he gave dinners and lived high for a time. One night last November he was murdered, his chest broken into and *100,000 in Spanish gold and other valu- ables carried off. The body was found in a trench, and a man named Masters is held for the murder. His firm took up the case and, on examining his papers, found that he had deposits in various banks amounting to fully three quarters i.f a million in money. "Where did he get his money?" "Well, it appears that he came across the wreck of a Spanish ship off Hayti, many years ago, and found in it a for- tune. Coco, a negro, a servant, was the only person who knew of the money. He said he had been told that it was found in this wreck. The .son and father were estranged about a year ago and the son sailed to this country. He has not been heard of since." WIFE'S TRAGIC END. HUSBAND AND FEMALE DOCTOR CHARGED WITH MURDER. Mrs. Agnes Bridant Died at Toronto Private House as Result of Illegal Operation—Medicines Alleged to be Supplied by Lillian Miller. A Toronto despatch: Mrs. Agnes Bri- dant, residing at the Bristol apartments, corner of King and Jarvis streets, died at that address yesterday morning as the result of blood -poisoning caused by an illegal operation, and the husband, Edward Bridant ,and Lillian Miller, prac- tising as the Dr. De Voss Medicine Com- pany at 210 Queen street east, are in custody, charged with her murder. It was itt 10 o'clock that Crown Attorney Corley and Detective Sergeant Duncan and Deputy Magistrate Kingsford were sent for to take Mrs. Bridant's ant& mortem deposition, but on arrival at the Bristol°Apartments she was dead. The husband was present and told then that his wife had been getting medicines from 1)r. De Voss. Sergeant Duncan and the Crown At- torney went over to De Voss' office and made a thorough search of the premises. Tltey found a number of appliances used for certain purposes and also a number of boxes of pills. There were also sever - all hundreds of letters from women, mar- ried and otherwise, asking De Voss' ad- vice. All these seizures were put on the patrol wagon and conveyed to the de- tective department. After the search the deceased woman's husband and Dr. De Voss were placed under arrest and conveyed to the City Hall, where they were formally charged with murder. The deceased woman was about 25 years of age. Dr. De Voss hails front Vov- ington, Kentucky. She has advertised extensively and has issued attractively printed circulars, a number of which were seized by the police, advertising her medicines. The male prisoner says his wife did not tell him What she was using the medi- cines for. The female prisoner's husband is Michael J. Miller, five years ago a mem- ber of the Board of Aldermen at Coving- ton. He has been engaged itt connection with a gasoline launch business at 39 Sherbourne street. Last night during a visit by Detectives Wallace and Tipton to his wife's place he afforded the of- ficers every assistance.. It is stated that $500 was deposited in the bank by Mrs. Miller on Thursday. Although the police have a large amount of corres- poideneo connected. with the business. there will be no publicity of the names of tie correspondents, and the police hope that nobody will be induced to dis- gorde money to anyone under throats of exposure, Detective Sergt. Duncan last night reenlled tt fantoue case in wltieh many people paid money to an impostor who threatened to expose them. The Chief Coroner yesterday instruct- ed Coroner J. M. cotton to eommenee the investigation at Miltard's :undertak- ing ndertaking rooms at noon today, The Mill - tion of the dead woman was first brought to the attention of the Chief Coroner by Drs. Winnett and Rose, who were called in but declined to interfere. The Chief Coroner knowing the woman to be in immediate fear of death, no- tified the Crown Attorney and the party of officials hurried to Mrs. Bridant's apartments. ♦•* VILLAGE IS TERRORIZED. Citizens of McGregor, Ont., at Mercy of Roughs. Windsor, July 22,—From complaints re- ceived by Magistrate Bartlet, a reign of terror exists in the village of McGregor. There appears to be an organizatized gang and respectable citizens cannot se- cure any protection. Citizens complain that the county constables either are un- able or unwilling to eope with the situa- tion, and the lawless ones are allowed to do as they wish without fear of be- ing molested. Friday night Samuel Macfarlane, fore- man of Seott's lumber mill, was the lat- est victim of some of the gang. He was set upon by William Lucier and M. Drouillard, it is alleged, and received a terrible beating. His eyes were put in mourning and his face cut in two place -t. Magistrate Baartlet took his complaint and the two men will be given a hearing next week. In the meantime the Ma- gistrate will try and devise some way in which to put an end to the actions of the gang. THOUGHT IT END OF WORLD. Young Immigrant, Terrified by Thunder- storm, Tried to End Life. Brockville, Ont., July 22.—The chief constable of Smith's Falls arraigned in the Brockville Police Court yesterday a young English immigrant named Walter Francis, employed as a farm hand in the Township of Elmsley, on a charge of at- tempting to take his life. During an electric storm, Francis, who had previously displayed signs of insan- ity, became terrified, and proceeding to his barn, was in the act of hangipg him- self to a bean when Mr. Ward his end ploycr, carte on the scene and prevented him. 'lhe than stated that lie thought the end of the world had arrived. Ife was remanded to jail for medical examination. AN ESCAPED LEOPARD. It Attacks a Man in Winnipeg Amuse. ment Park. Winnipeg, July 1.1.—One of the per- forming l. -o panls at present on exhibition in the amusement park here escaped front its cage to -day and attacked a Lystander, lacerating his arta badly. It also wounded an attendant, who went to the spectator's assistance. The animal was finally recaptured on the roof of the building. CAN WAR PUGGAREES• Ottawa. Ont., Jnty 23..-• (Speeial,)—A militia order was issued to -day giving permission to all units of the permanent force to wear pug+„ arees with helmets. The badge is to be the same as that worn on the cloth field service cap, ex. cent where a :•pecial badge has been authorized.