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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1906-08-02, Page 7NEGRO CHARGED WITH KILLING TIIF{[[ PEOPLE. the latter ,contains nothing they go lien - y. Henry h� or tWaei ytte,In 1.but wile prior tocou- ing to Pensacola worked In Chambers street, New York, for the Pike Manufae- turnng Compauy, was the first to report the conditions at Morale, l yt the wavr not believed. Later a ,piety arrived who said they had esearped and the same tales were toll. ,Alleged That He Attempted to Assault Child but hree,"naehforeigner, enny, tWAmericiumed nt Was Frustrated by its Mother. "The Woman Tried to Shoot Him but He Killed Both Her and the Children. • Alleged Murderer Was a Helper on the Farm and Was the Last Seen About the Place, Canonsburg, 1'a., July 30. -Coroner Sipe and Constable Miller drove into town at 7.30 o'clock today with Either Dempster, a 10 -yetis' -old negro, who had been arrested for tine murder of Mrs. Samuel Pearce and two. children, and the shooting of a third child, last even- ing. Dempster was taken to the county jail at Washington, Pa,, leaving here on a trolley car at 8 o'clock. 'While no bloodstains were found on the prisoner suspicion first rested on hint last night when it was learned that he was the last person seen about the house before the tragedy. Dempster was a helper on the Pearce farm. Ire was taken from his bed about 2 this morning and after a severe exam- ination, is alleged to have made a com- plete confession. According to the story told in his alleged confession young Dempster at- tempted an assault on the four year old daughter, after the departure of • Mr. Pearce, but was frustrated by the ano- ther) who \vent to a bureau to get a re- volver to shoot him. The negro says he secured the weapon first and after kill- ing the mother and the children, sot fire to the house to hide the crime. The feeling against Dempster is very bitter. Washington, Pa., July 30. -Elmer Dempster was safely lodged in jail here at 9 o'clock, the officers ,had an excit- ing trip from Canonsburg, Two at- tempts were made to take the negro from them. Shortly after leaving Canonsburg, a crowd of about 20 men boarded the car and dragged the prisoner and officers from tile car. A fierce struggle followed, but the of- ficers succeeded in keeping possession of the negro, and finally drove the mob off at the point of their revolvers. When Washington was reached nearly 300 peo- ple had gathered at the court house, but the crowd was excluded by taking the prisoner through the basement to the jail. ONE WAY TO CHECK AUTO SCORCHERS Pew York Judge Sentences Scorching Automo- bilists to Penitentiary. New York, July 30.-A Yonkers judge in order to cheek speed violations of au- toists, has sentenced the owner as well as the chauffeur to jail. (George W. Bryant was sentenced to two months 'in the Dings County peni- tentiary by City Judge Joseph II. Neale of Yonkers and to pay a fine of $50. Both men were arrested on July 1st, after having collided with a carriage. Judge Beale in sentencing Bryant de- livered a lengthy opinion on the need of HELP ASKED FOR RUSSIA. GORKY CRIES TO AMERICA TO SAVE checking violations of the speed laws by automobilists. his opinion on of the ,matter is inart as follows: "The e•iminal liability of an owner of an auto who may be present in the car at the time of the commission of a crime of this character is governed by the same principles of law that apply to a employer under similar circum- stances and the question must be deter- mined by the application of these prin- ciples to the facts of each individual case.' constantly ringing to know if any trace of hint had been found, tithe jail officers placed the negro in a coffin intended for ' a white prisoner who had died during the morning and hustled hien off to the depot and landed him safely in the jail at Paducah. RUSSIAN PEOPLE. 1 �' Czar Will Now Inaugurate Policy of Brutal and Bestial Reprisals, He Says -High Class Hangmen and TT Thieves, New York, July 28. -Maxim Gorky, the Russian author, to -day made pub- lic an appeal directed to the people of America to "Help the people of Rus- sia to fret its body from the parasites which suck its life blood." The appeal was in part as follows: ""The czar has dispersed the dolma. "This small man, trembling on ins throne for his life and power like an aspen leaf, has with one stroke of els pen destroyed all semblance of law in Russia and called into life a new series of murders, robberies and outrages. The Russian government will now inaugur- ate a policy of brutal and bestial ie - prisals. The hangmen and thieves sur- rounding the throne and supporting it with bloodstained hands have of late heard many bitter and insulting truths from the lips of courageous and honest amen. They will avenge themselves for it, and their vengeance will be severe. Embittered, accustomed to shed blood, and encouraged by the reign of lawless- • cess, they will once more appall the world by their deeds. They will com- mence to annihilate and destroy the iders of the people, and having de- 4roycd the leaders they will again de - h people, whoare dream- ale war on ) e e to , ing of peace and civilization, and who had been so impatiently hoping for the triumph of justice. The black, blood- soaked wings of death will flutter over the country for months. The exhausted earth will swallow thousands of corpses of men whose only crime was the de- sire to live a human life. Many women and children will perish from bullets, swords and clubs. Many crying out - rages will be perpetrated, The world will be seized with horror and indigna- tion. Here and there public meetings will eloquently denounce the czar and d his band of savages. The speakers will be rewarded by applause and the public will leave the meetings in the proud conviction that they have responded to the callof theunfortunatetr people of a foreign land and thus discharged their duty to humanity, At the same time the blood. of the Russians will flow in wide streams." "Aro We civilized people or are we not?" Gorky then asks. Ho declares that he thinks not, and that the pro- pie rople who live quietly when everything around them is soaked with blood are .-.i-supply satiated animals. "If such crying horrors occur as those which we now witness in Rttssia, true men and women cannot rernein quiet at their sight," he asserts. IIe closed with an appeal for help for Rus- sia and asked, "Are there in this eotut- try living men and will they hear me?" HID NEGRO IN COFFIN. KILLED BY BOLTS. LIGHTNING KILLS A MAN AT A FUNERAL. Another Bolt Enters a House by an Open Window and Kills Two -Still An- other Killed by Bolt in Cleveland. Itentucky Officers Resort to Clever Ruse to Foil Crowd That Cried for Blood. Mayfield, $y., Tuly 30, -The lynch- ing of a negro fiend who assaulted Miss Ethel MeLane, a pretty young telephone girl, while she was on her way home from work, was prevented only by the Police getting tithe negro out of town in a coffin. When found unconscious, Miss McLane had in her hand the negro's collar, which she had torn from his neck It bore the name of Alien Mathis, and when -Viiss McLane had been taken hone the Whole town turned out after n negro bearing the panne, He was arrested near the jail. Mg eolar wits gone, his face badly scratched and one eye was gouged almost out. He confessed, While the telephone in the jail wail Cleveland, July 28. -During a severe ram and electrical storm, which swept over this city this afternoon two peo- ple were killed. While a funeral was in progress and just as the minister was offering the final prayer, a bolt - of lightning struck John Cylisky, a driver, killing ]fins. IIis horse was killed and a panio was created among the mourners. In another part of the city Frank Munn, also a driver, was killed. by his team, which was frightened by the storm and ran over him. Charlottesville, Va., July 28. -During a severe electrical storm this afternoon a bolt of lightning entered an open window at the residence of W. W. Gay, of Aberdene, Albemarle County, struck Mrs. Gay and her brother, L. S. Christus, killing them instantly, stun- ning Gay and two children and almost totally wrecking the building. The entire party were sitting in the room together and the woman had just raised the window on account of the heat. A draft of air blew in bring- ing the lightning with it. Mrs. Gay and her brother were killed instantly. Both of them were severely burned. The husband and the two children, while severely shocked, will not suffer any permanent injury. The house did not take fire. HOUNDS TRAIL FLORIDA PEONS. LASHED WITH RAWHIDES WHEN CAUGHT IS COMPLAINT. their story, if true., pales into insignia - ranee the treatment oriee accorded to the str.fs of Russia. All .three are in the hospital here. I1'arry Lyman, a young American,, who 05100 south from New York, related, iris story before the Court Commissioner, saying that lie attempted to eseape on the night of July 21, from the •camp. "1; was trailed for five miles by a bloodhound, and only saved,, my life by boating off the infuriated beast. When the bosses calve up' they strapped use to a tree and gave me forty lashes, You Can see for yourself what they did," nerd here he exhibited great welts, and eats, some of the latter deep enough to cover a finger, which he said had been done by the whips of the bosses. The condition of John Cook, who also made an attempt to escape, was about the same, Manager Itarlan, of the company, de- nies the s'tatenrents of the men and in- vites an investigation. *.le STABBED BY RIVAL. FATAL FIGHT BETWEEN HUSBAND AND A RIVAL. Cincinnati Woman Views From Window Deadly Combat Between Man She Wed and One She is Said to Have Loved. Cincinnati, July 29. -Edward Day, an expert mechanic of Iladdenfield, N. J., was fatally stabbed this morning 'by Elmer Pittman, whom Day claims won the affections of his wife, Mrs, Gertrude Day, andinduced her to leave her home in New Jersey six months ago; and come to Cincinnati. The stabbing 'occurred duiring .It idespiet oto shrapnel between the two men in front of Mrs. Day's home at 109 East Ninth street. Site stood at a window and watched the duel between her husband and his rival. After the former was taken to the City Hospital she visited him and spent several hours beside his cot, but no one was permitted to overhear their conversation. The fight between Day and Pittman was the climax of a rivalry that began during courtship days, when Mrs. Day was Gertrude Matlock, one of the pret- tiest girls of Haddetfield. Both men were suitors for her hand, but Day, the older, was the successful ont. After they had been married for several years the wife suddenly disappeared from house. For months Day searched for her, but secured no trace of her whereabouts, until a month ago, when he learned that she had come to this city. He found her living on Rich- mond street, and also found his old rival, ElImer Pittman. The husband caused their arrest, but the charge against them was dismissed in Police /,Court. Mrs. Day moved to Ninth street and Pittman was often seen going in and corning from the house. Day was also a frequent visitor there, pleading with his wife to return to him. This morning Day met Pittman corn- ing out of the house. There was a few brief words and the men clinched in a desperate struggle. Day, who is much the stronger, had the advantage of his opponent until the latter drew a long knife and plunged it into the abdomen of his adversary. Pittman was arrested and will be held on the charge of stabbing to kill pending the outcome of Day's injury. The prisoner says that he is an airship inventor. His plea to the charge agains' hint will be self-defense. DEAD IN BED. "HAD NO RELATIVES AND WAS DISCOURAGED," SHE WROTE. New Haven,Conn, July 28.-A woman who registered as Mrs. Charles Williams, of 'Utica, N. Y., when given a room at the Young \\'omen's Christian Associa- tion dormitory earlier in the week, was found dead c ezd in bed to-day.An bot- tle acid •bot tle and a note reading, "1 have no rela- tives and ant discouraged," ryas found en the table. An official verdict of suicide was given. Mrs. Williams was of middle age, very well attired, and Iiad some money in her purse. Say That Slavery Exists -Forced to Go Back to Work by Beatings When They Attempted to Escape Peonage. Pensacola, Fla., July 30. --If the stories that are reaching here daily from the lumber clumps of the Jackson Lumber Company are true, and they are sworn to by more than half a dozen persons, then the conditions now existing in these camps in the heart of the spine belt is on a parallel with those told of the slave traders during the ante-bellum dtiye Chased by bloodhounds, lashed to a tree, whipped. with a rawhide and then to he placed. back to work, with the adnund- tion never to attempt to escape again, are wale of the few charges that have been brought against the company, and sworn affidavits by a number of men who have had this experience are yfiled in the office of the United Mates Court Commissioner, wherewarrants charging peonage and kidnapping have been is- sued, and officers are now endeavoring to locate some of the woods' bosses and foremen of the company to bring them before the Court, It ie alleged that the foreigners, aborlt one hundred in number, are treated worse than the Americans,. They are 11n - educated. a11d cannot speak the language, and when the woods bosses got out of patience with, them they strap therm to at tree and: ply the lash. Co attempt to vi.. tree and ply the lash. Co attempt to escape calls for ,worse beating, while the mea are alleged to be half.,starved. at they lot at the aeeontl table, and if TWO MEN KILLED. BOY'S HEAD WAS CRUSHED. Men and Women Attempted to Mob the Driver of Wagon. Boy Was Trying to Get a Bali. From Under the Wagon, Driver Whipped Up His Horses and Ran Over Him. New York, July 30. ----The World says: 'When a brewery wagon ran over An- tonio Palitza, a 4-year-qld boy Cif 30 East 02nd street yesterday, 300 men and women attempted to mob the driver. With other boys Antonio was playing ball in the street when the wagon stop- ped in the middle of the block and the driver, John Michelini, of 44 Leroy street, went in to see a customer. , 1he ball was knocked under the wagon ant An- tonio crawled under to get it. As `lie was crawling out the driver spra:lg to his seat and whipped up his horses, '1730 wheels crushed Antonio's skull. The crowd. would not let a policeman arrest the driver. Ile rapped for assist, - ammo and the reserves from East 07th station were called. Ileld by the mob 1\dichelini was led to the policy station and locked up. An, ambulance surgeon said that the boy may not live. Crushed to Death at the Steel Plant at West Seneca. Buffalo, July 29. ---Thomas McMahon, 10 years old, who lived in \Vest Seneca, was crushed to death on an electric crane yesterday at the Lackawanna steel plant. Hp was in charge of the crane yesterday and was showing a fellow wo•knlali how to run it. A light rain was falling and overthe motor to n reachedd, llcM,•ah o c place an oilskin over it. .As he did so an ore bucket struck ]rim and pinned him - beneath the ladder and the runway of the crane. His chest was crushed, and ,she died in a few minutes. Carl Tulo, 22 years old, machinist, was killed in a like manner at the steel plant ytstcrday. IIe was repairing a fer- Ilaee and was standing of a runway when a crane struck mins. Five ribs were crushed, and he died. at the Mercy Hos- pital. IIe lived at O3 Hopkins street. FATAL HOLD-UP. ----+ter -a--44-4.+44-+++.4-1-#4 ++ ++++**f $ 4 WAS A LIVE WIRE But St. Catharines Boy Thought It Was Fireflies. St. Catharines, July 3o. -(Spec- ial.) -Edward Thairs, the five- year-old son of Lieut. -Col. George Thairs, and Albert Chatfield, the well-known plumber of this city, narrowly escaped electrocution last evening. The Thairs boy, in company with his father, was pass- ing along Yates street, going to- wards home, when the little fellow left his father to catch what he thought to be some fireflies, which they had just passed. He grabbed at the supposed insects and clutch- ed a live wire, the fire alarm wire having been knocked down across an electric wire by the storm about 6 o'clock in the evening. Finding that he was unable to drop the wire the boy screamed, and Albert Chatfield, who was sit- ting on the veranda at his resi- dence near by, went immediately to his assistance. He endeavored to pull the unfortunate boy away, and in doing so received a shock, both he and the boy being knocked in the road. Young Thairs to -day had two severely burned hands, and is suffering from nervous shock, but is otherwise all right. Mr. Chatfield also feels the shock considerably, and it will be some days before he will be quite him- self again. • +++$-444++4++++++4 ++4-4-tt e "NOW I HAVE YOU" SAID MURDERER AS HE SHOT HIS VICTIM. Mysterious and Fatal Affair at Chester Park -Police Have Been Unable to Learn Cause of the Tragedy. New York, July 29.-A1 mysterious and fatal shooting occurred last nib tt at Chester Park, near Richmond Bill, Queen's Borough, where Henry Schmitler 23 years of age, was killed by Joseph Adams, 21 years of age. The police i ti the cause of been tenable earn to e. have the tragedy. Adams escaped. Schmitler was sitting at a parlor window of his mother's home when Adams approached, and, eoning close to the window, aimed a revolver at hien, at the same time cry- ing out, "Now 1 have you!" As he uttered the words he discharged the revolver and the bullet struck Sehnnitle• in the breast. Sehmitler fell dead and Adams disappeared. ONE MAN SHOT IN THE NECK AND A POLICEMAN IN THE LEG. Boston, .July 28.--A daylight hold-up and robbery occurred in the Charleston district to -day, when a coal meaehant was beaten, shot and robbed, alud a street battle with revolvers between three fleeing rebbere and the police fol- lowed. Two of the robbers were cap- tured, but the third got; away. The coal nrerbaut, Thomas ,T. Ildiekey, 51 years old, of Wakefield', Was shot through. the heck while trying to defend isle property, midi Patrolman 110001an Shield received a bullet in the loft leg. Hickey was robbed •of $'_0O and some valuable papers. Cad's (allege, Cambridge, Eng., elect- ed Mr. IT. F. Dawes, University of 'Tor- onto, to the Wollaston research strident - :ship in physics, value 0:120 a year, one and two year, epee to British, colonial and American un veriltlew. SL PETER'S TOMB. NOTED ARCHAEOLOGIST THROWS DOUBT ON ITS EXISTENCE. o v)o �, use from the ae but two of the p t Pi t moot distinguished erehaelogists in the Catholic t'hurcil,. Prof. M'axueehi and the .Jesuit, Father Grisar, declare Mar- cellus is wrong, that there is a tomb, and that the body of the first of the apostle's is there. Father °riser and Prof. Muraoehi, however, and Mgr. Barnes, another em- inent archaeologist, agree with 14fareellus that the tomb should be opened in order that the doubters should be convinced. A Lt1 KY GIRL. Niagara Falls Young Woman* heir to Half a Million. Niagara Falls, July 30, --miss Mabel Swallow, 19 years old, and a clerk in a Turkish curio store on Falls street, was yesterday afternoon apprised of the fact that site is the sole heir to an English estate valued conservatively at $500,000. The money is left her by an uncle, Jack- son Swallow, a bachelor, who died in- testate six weeks ago. The fortune con- sists of $125,000 in personal property and the remainder in real estate. Miss Swallow will leave for England Sept, 1st to claim her fortune. She has been advised to come at that time. The heiress is an orphan, When her parents were alive she resided with them in Lexington, Ky. The last two years of her life have been spent in this city. Her nearest relative is Mrs, Walter Mack, who lives at Ann Arbor, Mich. Mrs. Mack does not share the fortune. Miss Swallow is a pretty girl with light hair and blue eyes. Her head has not been turned by the good news that slip has received and she is still engaged in her duties at the curio store. FIREMAN WAS KILLED. RUNAWAY CARS CRASHED INTO PASSENGER TRAIN. Would Put Matter to Proof -Letter to His Holiness -Other Archaeologists Disputed Unite in Settle is Desire to Question. New York, July 29. --Catholic intellec- tual circles"the world aionnd have been stirred by an open letter address- ed to Pope Pius X., calling on hint to open the tomb of St. Peter at Ronne and settle for all time the curious gos- sip that, if such a tomb exists, it will be found Ito contain nothing. The New York Frecmart's Journal pub- lished the full text of the letter to- dIay. The letter is signed by a person who styles himself Marcellus of the Old Stones. Ile is believed to be a rioted Italian erchaelogist. For 15 years or more there have been doubts in archaelogical circles as to whll:ther there is a tomb where the famous monument of Michael Angelo stands, and where pontiffs for cen- turies have knelt in prayer before taking up the burden of governing tine Catholic Church. Bat Ito one has been bold enough to publish a letter enlliug' or the reign- ing pontiff to excavate, and so settle the doubts. Marcellns declares, briefly, that there 18 no tomb, or, if such a thing exists, it will be found to have been de- seerated. "This," he says, "is the belief of tine ferenost archaeologists of T.urope. There is still a doubt, and to settle the minds of all and in the interests of science, it is the duty of the holy Father to order nn excavation,' Marcellur' letter" hal drown no iv One Man, Fireman Campbell, of This City, Meets Death- Engineer is Severely Hurt -Passengers Escape With Severe Shaking Up. Mimico, July 30. -Runaway cars, heavily loaded with iron and coal, crashed into the Grand Trunk passenger train leaving To- ronto at midnight near the Mimico yards early this morning, resulting In the almost instant death of Fireman Campbell of this city and inflicting severe injurieso on the engineer. None of the passengers wore in- jured beyond a severe shaking up. It is not known stow the freight ears com- anenced to move, but before being noticed they were going swiftly down the grade front the Mimico yards into the path of the out- going passenger train. Tho accident occurred about a mile and a half west of this point. GRAND TRUNK SCHOLARSHIP. Mr. Lewis G. McNab Successful in Win- ning the Coveted Prize. Toronto, July 28. -Mr. Lewis G. Me - Nab had been allottel tine Grand Trunk scholarship, which covers four years' tuition in the faculty of applied science at McGill. Mr. McNab is seventeen years of age. He has just graduated from the high school ,and is a son of Mr. William MeNab, assistant engineer of the Grand Trunk. This scholarship is open to apprentices and other employees of the Grand Trunk under twenty-one years of age, and also to sons of the regular employ- ees, tinder which latter head Mr. Me - Nab entered. - WRECK AT NEW HAMBURG. New York Central Train Plunged Into River. Fisbkill Landing, July 20. -The Pacific ex- press train No. 37 of the -New York Central and Hudson River Railroad, which left New York to -night at 9.30 o'clook, were wrecked near New Hamburg, seven miles north of Fishkill Landing, and about eight miles south of Poughkeepsie at 11,20 p. m. Poughkeepsie, N. Y., July 29. -The wreck occurred at what is known as Harts Siding. Tho train is reported to have plunged Into a landslide, the engine and one car going into the river. The engineer, fireman and bag- gagemau wero reported drowned and many passengers hurt. A second special train, con- taining a second consignment of Poughkeep- sie physicians, have gone to the scene. •.♦ RADIAL ROAD COLLISION. Fifteen Persons Injured Early on Satur- day Morning. Toronto, July 30. -Through the alleged care- lessness of a motorman in Passing a switch, two cars of the Toronto & York' Radial Rail. road collided with such Impact early Saturday morning that fifteen persons were Injured, only ono of whom, however, Is though to be seriously hurt. The accident occurred about a mile and a half east. of Mimico Asylum. The colision was duo to -a big Port Credit car running past the Mimico switch, where it should have met one of the small local Mimico cars. Tho damage to the rolling stock amounted to $200, and an hour after the accident the tracks were cleared. Traffic Manager W11 - son has settled with a number of the injured regarding damages at amounts varying from 315 to $100. WILL MPMk ZION Ui DE Bowie Saws He Was Chosen by Higher Power Than Man to be Head of the Church. Chicago, July 00. ----John Alexander Dowie will appeal from the decision front Judge Landis of the Federal Court declaring Zion City a trust estate boll. ing that the deposed first apostle has no individual proprietorshp in it. Dowie made title announcement at a meeting yesterday at Shiloh House, which was attended by nearly a hundred sf his loyal supporters. Notice of appeal will be sent at once and the attorneys expect to have the appeal perfected within two weeks. Whether the ap- peal will be seat to the United States ,Supreme Court or to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals has not been decided definitely. In his address Dowie declared that he had never received Looney as trustee, but that it was always simply a matter of contract, in writing showing all Foy- ments to be debts, payable in one pea on call. If the election ordered by Judge Lan- dis be carried out, he said, the people of Zion will be violating the whole theo- cratic idea, the very foundation stone of the church. Ile emphasized that the point that time people had not called nod placed him as stead of the church but he, as God's chosen man, had admitted each individual member into the ehureh. fie held further that Judge Landis errral in confining the vote to those living in Zion City. These constitute only one, fourth of the entire church, PREMIER STOLYPIN'S N DIFFICULT JOB. OBdr Mob Wrecks Brewery-Trepolff Not Murdered -Manager Shot and Killed. St. Petersburg, July 30.- Premier Stolypin has not abandoned hope of in- ducing public men outside of bureaucra- tic spheres to enter a re -organized Cabin- et and carry out the policy of "strong handed reform." Negotiations w'itli M. Guchkoff, Prince Lvoff and Count Heyden, are still in progress. A mob of two -thousand workmen eom- pletely gutted a brewery on the SchI- oussburg road here last night, Before a detachment of Cossacks sent to dis- perse them arrived the men destroyed practically everything. IN POLITICS NOW. CENTRAL FEDERATED UNION TO TAKE UP POLITICS. New York, July 30. --The Central Fed- erated Union yesterday decided to go into politics in accordance with the re- cotnehdation of the affiliated unions made by President Gonlpei•s of the Am- erican Federation of Labor. The plat- form which has been under debate for two Sundays, was adopted in spite of the violent protests of the Socialists who triedtofor e the Central Federated Un- ion into committing itself to the Soci- alist party. it provides for the nomination to of- fice of met with trade union cards who can be endorsed, if expedient by either the Republican or the Democratic party, and contains the usual eight hours, anti - child labor and other trade union feat- ures. Trade union clubs will be formed in every assembly district and the nomina- tions made through them. THE CAR STRIKE. London Has Full Complement of Cars Operating. London, Ont., July 20. -Manager King - of the Street Railway Compen said yes- terday that "with the exception of two cars there is not on our systems what is known as a `strike breaker.' Some of the men are strangers to the public, but they are regularly' employed men, who have been in training for weeks, though not wearing uniforms. Every car is in service as usual, and not only are we able to man them, but we have been able also to provide the usual noon relief. We are fully provided with men, most of Whom are our old men." Mr. Magnus Sinclair, representing the union men. said: "The strike is still on. While some of the men have gone back to work, and while with the additional im-s ported strike-breakers the company are able to make a show of running cars, the carrying of passengers is very small,. A meeting was held this morning at head- quarters, at which over fifty members were present, who expressed their full determination to remain loyal to the last." WANTED MORPHINE TABLETS. Sad Condition of Middle-aged Woman Charged With Theft. Toronto, July 29. -Pleading for her lit- tle vials of morphine tablets, Helen Mc• Jc11op, at middle-aged woman, was placed the cells at the Court Street Station last night on a charge of stealing sone household articles and clothing from Mrs. McLean, 2.36 Site•bourne street, where she worked for a few days. The woman was :Stopping at the Deaconesses' home, Jarvis street, and it is claimed she pre- sented the articles to some of the in- mates', Detective Tipton( effected the ex. rest. 4-** WHEN FOOLS SKYLARK: Life in a Beat is Quoted Below Par. Morristown, N. ,T., July 28. -.Laura 11. Bozorth, of 111outit trolly, and Susie Stiltz, of Smythville, were drowned in Raicocas Lake to -night by the upsetting of a rowboat. They were accompanied by Stacey Ganntt and Raymond Mambo, both of Blount Trolly, who saved them- selves by swimming ashore. They went on the lake about 9 o'clock and the young men began to skylark. This was more than the %boat could stand, and all four were thrown irate the water. The young mean were tenable to rescue the girls. When the men foum they come not sere the. girls they tried to eseape through the woods, but were captured and placed udder arrest, GLASS MEN DISAGREE. Manufacturers Insist on Wage Cut of 33 Per Cent. Atlantic City, N. J., July 23. -Members of the Glass Bottle and Vial Manufacturers and the wage committee of the 'National Glass - Bottle Blowers' Association, representing the 10,000 -workmen in the factories in the United States and Canada, adjourned to-nnight after a disagreement over the wage scale for the coming year. The manufacturers, headed by John Ralston, president of the Conningham Co., of Pitts- burg, insisted on their demand for a reduction in tho wage scale of 33 per cent., while the men stood out for the continuance of the scalp paid last year, without formal agree- ment. • President Dennis A. Hayes of the Blower;, who heads his committee, stated to -night that the agreement would not be likely to result in a strike or lockout, owing to the .present great demand for glass. DOG STOPS TRAIN.. Train Crew Finds House Afire and Saved MANY FATALITIES. MONTREAL MAN SHOOTS MOTHER, THEN KILLS HIMSELF, Their Lives. Lexington, Iiy., July 28. -Near ,Marys- ville to -day a crew of the C'hesepeake &. 1 Ohio train were attracted by the con- tinningbarking rc g tinnwof n to A heavy fo t } prevented anything of the surrounding country being seen, but the crew armed themselves and went to where the clog was barking. They found the home of James Soister on fire. Six inmates of the house wore sleeping, and the train- men dragged teem from the house just as the roof fell in. -♦ YACHTING DISASTER. Eight Victims From Two Capsized Vessels. Anglesea, N. 3., July 29. -Tho yachts coat- ing in from the fishing banks capsized on Ilereford Inlet bar off here to -day, and so far as can be ascertained to-ihight eight :per- sons lost their lives. There were 32 persons in ono yacht, of whom seven were lost, and twelve on the other, :tit of whom but one were saved. 'That no more fell victims to the rough sea was duo to the heroism of Captain 'Henry S. Ludlam of the Hereford Inlet life-saving station and a crew of five tuen. Angiesea is one of the favorite fishing places along the southern New Jersey coast. Attacked by Tame Bear, Sayre, Pa., ,Tuly 28. -Hiram Moss, a. well-known Lehigh Valley railroader, was nttaeked by a tame bear at the Bradford 'Iotse in Tunkhamiock to-ds.y, ands horribly bitten. IIe wee removed. to a \Vilkesbarrc hos- pital in a critical eoulition. 'fine bear had to bo shot to release its hold on Rose. Two Conductors Knocked Off Street Cars and Killed -Accidentally Shot When Returning From Sunday Expedition. Montreal, July 29. -Achille Ledoux, of Cote St. Paul, was out for a Sunday af- ternoon shoot to -day, and in returning homeward his gun was accidentally dis- charged. is- rc c a ed h r "h odd entered s left side The l hi n i terrible effect. ander the armpit with t rr . t The Irian died in great agony. Two street car conductors in different parts of the city were killed to -night at almost the same time while collecting fares. Their names 'were A. St. Ger- man and V. Radon. One 'was struck in parssing by an electric wire pole and the other lost his balance owing to tine overcrowding of the car and fell off. A man of unsound mind named Mich- ael Gagnon shot his aged mother dead with a revolver early this morning and then turned the weapon upon himself with immediaetly fatal effect. He had been mentally unbalanced for almost 30 years, but had never !before become vio- lent. His extreme mania in this in- stance seems to have been induced by whiskey. Starting to drink on Satur- day night, he kept at the bottle off and on until this morning, by which time the few remnants of former reason had disappeared. With a revolver he had mysteriously procured -he first shot at his sister, but missed her and then ran into the kitchen, where his mother sat in religious exercise, and there the dou- ble tragedy occurred. Gagnon 'teas 54 yeas's old, and lived with his mother and two sisters at 227 Papineau road. REAUME TO STAY. SUFFERING FROM RHEUMATISM, BUT IS STILL IN THE RING. Toronto, July 30. -(Special.)- Hon. Dr. Reaume, Minister of Public Works, was in the Legislative building this morning, having recovered sufficiently from his long illness to be around. He is suffering considerably, though, from rheumatism. In answer to questions as to his reported resignation from the Cab- inet at an early date, Hon. Mr. Reaume denied that he ltad • any intention of stepping out. He leaves this afternoon for Northern Ontario on a combined business and pleasure trip. 4 WRECKED BY BOYS. FIREMANKILLED IN ACCIDENT TO "CANNONBALL" TRAIN. Antlers, I. T., July 30. -The south- bound "cannonball" train on the Frisco railroad, was wrecked yesterday, south of Antlers. A spike, had bene driven be- tween two rails on the high side of a curve. The locomotive struck it and roll- ed down an embankment the tender and the baggage car following. John Harlem, the engineer, will prob- ably die. Will Skelton, the fireman, was killed. Detectives believe the wreck was caused by country boys who wanted to see the fv train stop in the woods. Th train was is long one, bearing 200 ex- cursionists from Texas. ENCROACHED ON NEIGHBORS And Galicians Resented Invasion With Scythes. Dauphin, July 29.-A young Galician girl was terribly injured at Sifton on Fri- day. She was playing in a hay field where her father was mowing and he did not see her. She was run over by the mower and one leg severed above the ankle and the other badly lacerated. Word has been received here of a brutal assault on .11 Galician farmer by one of his countrymen. The unfortunate man was cutting fodder for oxen near his homestead and unknowingly encroached on neighbors' land, They attacked hint .vitals scythes gashing him severely about the tread and shoulders. A CLOUD -PIERCER. New York's Forty-one Storey Building, New fork, ,Tttly 29.---"Claud-piereer"--- tha.t is the name iuveltel to describe the building for which the feundatious are 11011, beim laid at the corner of Liberty street and Broadway. Skyscraper was (ce temimmmplatce a term for this 41. storey monster. It is in a elass by itself, a elass for beyond anything ever known before in the "skyseraping" line. Its 41 storeys will tower to a height of 012 feet, topping the Washington monument by 37 feet. Of one hundred and eigthy-five !ho1l- sand immigrants who arrived in ("etude during the lest fiscal year,wae fift,,�`y -eight thousand re from the tatted B'teter.