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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1906-08-09, Page 7400 N[ARLY ° DROWNED IN WR[CK. Italian Emigrant Steamer Ran on Shoal Near Cape Palos, Spain, Wild Panic Caused Many Deaths and Explosion of Boilers Added to the Terrors. Italian Emigrants Fought for Boats, and in Their Fury, Killed Many People. Cartagena, Aug. 5.—The Italian steamer Sirio, from Genoa and d tree - lona to Buenos Ayres, has been lost oft Cape 'Palos, Spain. According to the latest figures, 385 persons; are drowned or missing and 545 saved. The wroek of the Sirio, which was an emigrant vessel, acids one more to the list of great ehippdng catastrophes. Owing to the loss of the .ship's papers, the exact extent of the disaster cannot Ate .ascertained. Leaving Genoa on Aug. 2 with some 000 Italian emigrants on board, ,the. Sirio called at Barcelona, where she embarked some Spaniards. Altogether dies passengers aro believed to have numbered !between. seven and eight hundred. Her crew numbered 120. At 5 o'clock Saturday afternoon the ill- fated ship eves off Bales Heritages, near Cape Palos. Here navigation is difficult, owing to the number of roto Haat are hidden at high tide. The cap- tain ventured too near Hormigas Shoal, with the view of saving time, but, wluttever its cause, the disaster was sudden aid complete. The evening was earn, and many of the emigrants were on deck, when the vessel ran On the submerged rock. The shock was very severe.Shortly after the steamer struck her boilers exploded, which ac- counts, It is believed, for the many 'deaths. Wild Panic Prevailed. The fate of the reseed was apparent tit once, and the wildest panic super- vened, in which terrible scenes weer enacted. Many person were kilted in ' fights to obtain life belts and to get into the small boats. The Sirio filled quickly and went down by the stern. An official account of ,the disaster given out hero says:. "Nene-tenths of the Sieio's passen- gers appear to have been foreigners. The rest were Spanish. One of two bishops who were on board was saved and is now in Cartagena. The other was swept away by the waves while blessing the drowning people. "Sone of the rescued hare been taken to Alicante. The first news of the wreck was brought to Cartagena by afiehermen, It is alleged that the wreck was due to the imprudence of ▪ the captain, who ventured too close to Hormigas shoal, doubtless in order to save time" The bishop drowned was the Arch- beeT(PR.of San, Pablo, Brazil, who was ori Bie way .home. - He remained on beard until all hope was abandoned, blessing the drowning and dying. who bad been trampled on deck. He sank with the ship and Was not seen again. TERRIBLE SCENES. Immigrants Fought for Boats—Captain Shot Himself. Madrid, Aug. 5.—The A. 13. d`. pub- lishes an account of the wreck from Cartagena passengers, who were Raved and are now at Cape Palos in a pitiable condition, being without clothes or food. They say that several fisher- men, who attempted to save shipwreck- ed persons, themselves perished dna the attempt. Thirty landed on the Hormigas Islands about a anile from the -scene of the disaster. When the •teasel struek, there was a frightful panic among the passengers. Many of then) jumped into the sea. The captain and came suc- ceeded with difficulty in establishing some degree of order with the view to getting the passengers off in boats, but the vessel went down too quickly. The panic caused more loss of life than did the sea itself, for the passengers, hud- dled together and struggling, trampled BRITISH POLICE PULL DOWN SO - upon each ether be their terror. A young woman, 'who had a baby in her arms, wn,z advised do abandon the ebikl in order to save her own life. ,,She refused to do so, and both were saved. A large number of sailors and all the engineers were drowned. The eaptai nand all the officers were saved. The survivors are unanimous in con- demning the conduct' of the captain, who committed suicide after his res- cue.' ed and forty foot police and ten bor- Other accounts of the scenes on board ough councillors to -day ousted from the describe how, completely losing control ground which they had seized at Plats of themselves, Italians with knives and tow, West Ilam, the squatters who have revolvers in their hands, fought for life held it since the. middle of last month. belts and boats without regard for the Their tent was pulled down and so was women or children. They shot and stab- their red flag. Their leader clung to bed with terrible brutality. Many were the flag till he was forcibly ejected. The killed or wounded in this way, including others decamped quietly. several of the erew, who were attacked —• by the emigrants. The squatters, who are S eialists, For half an hour the emigrants were seized the land, which belongs to the masters of the situation. They com- borough of West Ilam, with the c•x- pletely overcame the crew in spite of pressed intention of cultivating it. Some the heroism, of the latter, who melee.- benevolent persons gave them tools for vored to save the women and children this purpose and they planted some first. celery. fending the harvest, they ex - One group of Italians held up one of peeted to subsist on voluntary snbecrcp- the boats that was already full and tions, and had been doing pretty well in about to bo launched and dislodged its that respeete occupants, many of whom were killed by knife thrusts. Just as this gang_ were about to occupy the boat them- selves, another body of armed emi- grants attacked them. A fierce fight ensued. BOUND HERSELF SO HER YOUNG When the captain stew that the ves• sel was lost and the emigrants had MAN MIGHT RELEASE HER, eompleted the capture of the boats, h0 Toronto, that., Aug. 0. --(Special.)--- shot himself. The other officers then lost their heads, and there was no one Because her affeetiuns for a certain to direct the work. The Maze, another young man in Midland were evidently merchant vessel, happened to be in the spurned, sMiss Bella Campbell, 23 years ons ty. She saved a number of per- herself with rope and lay Dons from the Sirio) Tho steamer of age, bound. 1lfaria Luisa picked up 38 in a pitiable .for Hone hours at night on the verandas' plight. Among them was a. bride on of a house where her lover lived, in the her honeymoon, and a babe, found rain, hyping that he would rescue her floating in the water, lashed to its mo -from imaginary bandits and effect a re - Sooncorpse. eoeilnttion, this is the story told by Soon after the arrival of the Maria onellneial Detective Rogers, who has Ube, which watt the first Hhip on just returned from Midland, after an in - the scene a French boat and then a vestigation of eirenmstaml'es surrounding • joinned ed and German vessel arrived and the finding of Miss Campbell. Mayor joiin the reyene work. One hinlayyaon, of Midland, wrote the Ate gene,td of the rescued reached ('arta- torney(,eneral's i)epartment, to the ef- gena thin morning. 'l'be were provided feet that efiss Campbell had been found with elothi g ythe officers uncunye}uus on a veranda of :L houserIn ng, Nearly nil of tl who Were(Yatuta that town, and asked that nn invediga saved have reached gena, tion ie field cued the bandits arrested. The coast ptr rntal a terrible pie- The Department have consequently 'Wee. It is strewn with bodies and eided to take 'de - no further action, fragments of the wreck. The broken fishing boats, bodies and wreckage are being constantly thrown up on the shore. According from all informa- tion, the loss of life would have been infinitely less, if the captain and offi- cers bad only remained calm. It seems that after the. suicide of the captain, the officers abandoned the ship, in order to save themselves, without waiting to fulfil the elemen- tary duties of humanity. Many per- sons who were rescued died after they were brought ashore. Among the dead are a number bearing serious injuries. Some had limbs fractured in the iteral panic, wlatile others were wounded by bullets or knives. It is reported that among the drown- ed is the well-known Spanish singer, Lola Millanez, who was on her way to Argentina to fulfil an engagement. The Government has ordered that all necessary measures be taken to rescue the Passengers and care for the survivors, who are being attended in, the circus and infirmary at Carta- gena. IMPERIAL DEFENCE. THE RIGHT OF COLONIES TO CON- SULTATION. Major Seeley Urges Representation From Colonies as Well as From the Great Political Parties. London, Aug. 0.—Discussing the ap- propriation bit! in the IIouse of Com- mons Major Seeley urged that the Im- perial Defence Committee would not be placed on a proper footing unless it in- cluded not only representatives from the colonies and India, but representa- tives Of the great political parties of this country. England was the only country where great )natters of Imper- ial strategy and defence were the sport of party polities, which made the co- operation of the colonies in the work of Imperial defence well-nigh impos- sible. Though the party system might be a good thing in this country, the party caucus was a hopeless thing for the Government of the empire. Sir Gil- bert Parker supprted the idea. In opposing tate suggestion Mr. Bal- four though the colonies should have a national place on the defence com- mittee, but conceived that as the com- mittee was at present constituted that place was open to the Canadian Min- ister, who had given the committee val- uable information -on certain aspects of the military problem in Canada. The Australian Commonwealth, though it never ,sent a Minister, had•consulted the committee and had received valuable assistance. The interest of the great self-governing colonies was largely naval. If the colonies were assured that we were maintaining an adequate navy they would know that they were pro- ticted from all over -sea Clangers. He was positive, however, that the com- mittee if remodelled would never induce the colonies to give us complete control of the forces for which the colonies paid. Any colony could now send representa- tives in ease of emergency. The Premier said that experience was the most satisfactory test. The present committee acted as expert adviser to the Government and the colonies would only be consulted when they desired to bo eonsulted. It was no part of the duty of the committee to prononuce upon the general policy of the (lpvern- ment, naval or military. OUSTED SQUATTERS. CIALISTS' RED FLAG. Had Seized Land Which Belongs to Borough of West Ham and Express- ed Intention of Cultivating It— Leader Forcibly Ejected. New York, Aug, 5.--A special cable to The Sun fron) London, says; Two tnount- A LOVER'S RUSE. • LEAPS IN IrRONT Or LOCOMOTIVE. Victim of ]railing Health Ends Life Under a Train. Baltimore, Aug. 0, --Despondent over his failing health, Charles C. Swope, 01 years old, of 032 South Charles street, a well-known constable, killed himself this morning by deliberately leaping in front of a Baltimore & Ohio Ilailroad train in •tato Camden yards at Ilamburg street and Ohio avenue. Mr. Swope was uneonscious when picked up by some of the railroad employees, both feet having been cut off and itis head crushed, and he did an hour later in the Maryland Univreity Ilospital. Besides Watchman Quarles, the act was witnessed by Foreman McCall, Yard- master William Banks and Foreman Wm. Bowers, of the Baltimore & Ohio Rail- road, all of whom say Mr, Swope delib- erately leaped in front of the engine. EXPLOSION OF A BOMB REVOLUTIONISTS STEAL $4o,00o IN GOVERNMENT MONEY, Seventy Thousand Mem on Strike in Russian Capital—Orators Harangue the Crowds While Police Turn Their Backs and Refuse to See What is Going On. St. Petersburg, Aug. 5.—The general strike has not been narked with the en- thusiasm: and snap that characterized the response to the call last fall. It is a fact, however, that 70,000 men are out at St. Peteneburg, and the authorities ars greatly concerned in consequence. Although the police are reinforced by monnte& patrols in the central districts of the city, all is quiet there. In the workmen's quarters there was a ferment„ Dragoons and !Cossacks were in evidence in the principal streets and pollee pickets armed with rifles were at almost every corner. Nevertheless, the correspondent heard orators addressing erowt!s nut many places, The :police displayed open sides with the men, turning their backs to avoid seeing what was going on. On ]Basil Island the workmen have begun to close the shops and have even stopped eabs, turning the .occupants of them out into the street and instructing the driv- ers to return home. Searchlights front a cruiser sit the Baltic works and from the roof of the buildings are sweeping the Neva, and several torpedo boats built in the United States are scurrying up and down the river. No collision» of importance were reported up to to -night. Bomb Kills Two Persons. Moscow, Aug. 4.—A bomb wee ex- ploded to -day in a room in the Kazan, dfoseov.s railway station. Two em- ployees were killed. When special ecli- tions of tate newspapers to -day an- nounced the inauguration of a general strike in afoscow the populace hurriedly began to Iny in supplies of food ane) other necessities of life. Tilts far the cessation of 'work has not been general. Thirty Workmen Kilted. London, Aug. 4.—A despatch to the Evening Standard from Moscow says that at number of workmen there to -day had prepared to receive with bombs a detachment of troops sent against them when one of the bombs was prematurely exploded by accident and exploded other bombs, blowing thirty workmen to pieces and wounding many others. The sol- diers were uninjurd. FOREST FIRES. STATION AND ROUNDHOUSE AT FARRON, B. C., DESTROYED. The Fire Extends Twenty Miles—Avail- able Force of C. P. R. From Cascade to Robson, B. C., Engaged in Fight- ing Flames. • Rossland, B. C., Aug. 5. —The woods in the section along the Columbia and Western Railway between Castcade and the Bull Dog Tunnel, are ablaze in places. At ]2 o'clock to -day the flames reached Farron, where they destroyed the station, the round house, the water tank and a large boarding house, inflicting a loss of about $5,000. The employees of the railway :w at Farron made a strong fight against the flames, which, after destroying the buildings, passed on toward the Bull Dog Tunnel. The fires now extend along the road for about twenty miles, and the entire available C. P. R. force from Cascade to Robson is engaged in an endeavor to save the trestles, of which there are several, whieh are high and long on this portion of the road. There has been over a month of dry, hot weather, and once a fire is started in the for- est it burns itself out or there is no stopping it. • . *. HARRY THAW WINS. WITHER DISMISSES JUDGE OLCOTZ AND ACCEPTS HARTRIDGE. To Plead Justification—Pittsburger Ac- cused of Murder Will Go on Ttrial, Claiming to be a Sane Man. New York, Aug, 0.—Mrs. 'William Thaw to -day dismissed I3lack, Olcott, Gruber & Bonynge, whom she employed to get every bit of evidence they could to prepare for the defense of her son, Ifarry K. Thaw, after he himself had dismissed the firm jest about three week ago. Mrs. Titaw has been )von over by her son, or was it by his wife, Evelyn Nesbit Thane? TIerafter she will accept the advice of Clifford W. Ilartridge, who was employed by her son after he got rid of the services of the Olcott firm. Titis means that Thaw will go to trial, pleading that he was justified in killing Stantod White on the Madison Square roof garden and that if he was insane at all, it was only a temporary aberra- tion brought on, he claims, by White's treatment of Mrs. Thaw, It also means that the differences that have existed be- tween harry and his wife of one side and his another and other relatives on the other as to the nature of his defense have been Smothed over. NEGRESS STABBED. Negro Who Attacked Her Also Tried to Kill Himself. Olean, N. Y., Aug. (t.—Mattie heed, eel- ored, was stabbed in the abdomen by Charles Watson, also colored, hast night and she may die. Watson then ettt his own throat and nearly pled to death be- fore he was fotuul and given maim] care. Tie will live. The woman says that on her return from it picnic he told her, when in an out-of-the-way place. Haat he hail dec!ded to end both of their lives, plunging the knife into her as be spoke. LITTLE GIRL it aped destroyed the sdjoining house. - - - - i THE RED PERIL THAT THREATENS RINGS When the William explosion warred John Shoemaker, it. miner, was at work MURDERED in the mineiiand the added cavo in prom above hint caused a blockade of the Erin farmer's Daughter Was. Shot by Hired Boy, The Deed Was Done by the Lad in a fit of Temper. Was Arrested Later at Acton, Trying to Escape. Guelph, Aug. 5.—Little Mary A. Ber- dina Sevael:hammer, the thirteen -year- old daughter of Thomas .A, Swackham- mer, of the 4th lite of Erin, was shot and killed by a young Scotch lad named Peter Wylie. The tragedy occurred at the father's }tonne, about six o'cloek on Saturday evening, and Wylie was arrest- ed shortly afterwards at Acton, just as he was about to board a train for the east to make his escape. The motive for the terrible deed can- not be ascertained, though it is known that Wylie was in a fit of temper at the time. eche young prisoner takes the matter abnost unc!oneernedly, and appar- ently does not realize the seriousness of his crime. He maintains that the discharge of the gun was purely acci- dental. Wylie, who is only 15 years of age, was brought out to Canada from Scot- land two years ago by Rev. Peter Wil- son, of Toronto, and after a short time hived out to William Bingham, of Erin, for one year. The term of contract has not expired, but Wylie became dissatis- fied and left Bingham last Saturday. He came back to Darius Kennedy's, where he was first taken by Mr. Wil- son' Kennedy's farm is only a short dis- tance' from the Swackhammer home- stead, and occasionally the two men assist melt other with work. On Thurs- day last Kennedy was to have helped Swackheanmor with his turnips, but was taken ill.. Ho sent Wylie up to tell Swackhanuner of his illness, but Wyllie said he had been sent up to help with the work in Mr. Kennedy's place. Wylie Useless, 'lrylie's services were accepted, but Mr. Swackhammer got little work out of him, and regarded him as a useless one. On Saturday the work was finish- ed and Mr. Swackhammer intended to take Wylie back to Kennedy's that even- ing. Late Saturday afternoon Wylie and Mr. Stvackhammer's youngest son, Frank, went bathing, and on their return Mr. Swaclthaminer asked Wylie to assist Frank with the chores. This he did not do, but on the contrary went into the woodshed, and from an old chest secured the stock of an old gun. He pointed it at Stanley, Mr. Swede - hammer's other son, who was }hitching up a horse to go to Acton, and threaten- ed to shoot hint. Then he pointed it at the horse, and then Swackhammer told him to put it back. This he did and re- turned. In the meantime the rig was ready to go to Acton, and Berdina, the dead girl, had got into .tate rig to go as far as the end of the line with her brother, Wylie also said he would go, and got into the buggy. At the gate Wylie in- sisted on going to Acton, but Swack- hammer refused to take him, saying he was not in presentable shape and that he. was to go with his father to Kennedy's. Wylie was insistent, how- ever, ov ever, and the two lrad hot words. His wish, however, was not gratified, and in a rather enraged state, Wylie re- turned to the house, closely followed by little Berdina. Procures Gun. ' When he reached the woodshed Wylie, with the assistance of a chair, took down a loaded gun, which Mr. Swack- ha)mner tinct ready to shoot a fox which •had been causing him trouble, and as Berdina stepped roto the wood- shed he fired. The girl's left arm was almost completely torn off and the contents of the cartridges were lodged in her lungs. , Mr. and Mrs. Swacithammae, who were picking berries in the rear of the house, upon hearing the report of the gun, rushed in, and were met by Wylie, who said, "I have shot Berdina." The gun was lying across the chair, and the girl was found on the floor in a pool {)f blood. She was carried into the house, but lived only 15 minutes. In the meantime Wylie had escaped to 'Aston, where he was later captuaed and locked up in jail. Coroner Dr. Savage has empanelled a jury and an in- quest has been opened. • Sympathy for Bereaved. The case has aroused tate deepest of sympathy for the bereaved parents, who are most highly esteemed m the neighborhood. The little girl was very bright, well liked by her playmates, her father's constant companion, and a general favorite with older people, and her taking off in aitch a tragic manner is deeply deplored. Reeve Hiram SWQCkhaltlmer, of Acton, is an uncle of the dead girl. CAVE-IN SUS EARTH ON FIRE. • WEIRD PHENOMENON FOLLOWS SETTLING OF A VILLAGE, Mine Gas in Cellar Blows It Up, Killing a Girl, Then Fires a Colliery—Cave in Covered More Than an Acre. Wilbesbarre, Pa., Aug. O.— The mining town of 'Warrior Run, six miles east of this city, was tete scene of a disastrous cave-in at 5 o'clock this af- ternoon. The town is built over the mine of the Warrior Run Coal Company, ail shortly after 5 o'clock a loud rumbling noise, resembling an earthquake, ueas heard. At the same time there 'Yes a crashing of timbers, with several ex- plosions. Tho inhabitants were thor- oughly alarmed, and rushed into the streets, when a hurried investigation shower that a dozen dwelling houses were affected by a eave-inn, and Cure were large fissures in the earth's sur- face, The eave-in covered an area of more than an acre, and the foundations of some of the arouses were Madly wrecked. John Williams went into the cellar of his wreeked house to discover just what the damage was below. Iia earried a taupe and the light ignited a body of gas which had come apt through one of the openings. An explosion followed. 1 and the house was set on fine and Mize - beth Williams, 15 yews of age, es killed. The father escaped. Volunteer fire fighters extinguished the fire after air chambers in the mine and gas ac- cumulated, so that an explosion fol• lowed and Shoemaker was killed. The ignited mine gas is shooting up through the fissures in the earth's ear - face, to -night, resembling an electric light display. An t' mine shows that a further cave-in is to be expected. oxen ton of the interior of the IN HOUSE OF LORDS. DEBATE ON SECOND READING or E$UCATION BILL. Duke of Devonshire Opposed to Violent Disturbance of Educational System-- Colonial Marriages Bill in Commons. London, Aug. 0. ---The debate on the second reading of the education bill was continued in the House of Lords to -day. Referring to the bill; the Dake of Devon- shire said: "It is the duty of this House to .show tato country that it is opposed to the violent and unnecess ey disturbance of our educational system, which has existed for the past thirty-six years, and of which we have no cause to be ashamed. Until we have done this, and until we know how our efforts in that direction are regarded by His Ma- jesty's Government and the other House of Parliatnent, this house well not be called upon to take that final and mo- mentous decision which at sem.) later period will have to be taken, and which may involve consequences far w.:' 1 than any now involved in connection with the present bill." These words from the agate of Dev n - shire are taken as foreshadow ng a t,.t ve conflict in both houses should the Gov- ernment prove implacable and not bring -in a measure more in line wies the opir- ions of the Peers. The colonial marriages bill has passed its third reading in the lb iso o[ Com- mons. FLEET OF AIRSHIPS. Five Machines to be Tried in London— War Office Interested. London, Ang, (i.—What is claimed to be the largest fleet of flying ma- chines made by one man will be ready for trial in the course of a week or two. The fleet consists of five full-sized machines, all of an original type. They have been constructed from models designed by Mr. Edgar Wilson, of Pimlico. The largest airship has elevating screws of 20 feet diameter, and is in- tended to raise a weight of 1,250 pounds, with 50 -horse power. The smallest (intended to lift 'one man) is built on what Mr. Wilson describes as the swift model. A representative from the War Office will attend the trials. - WORKMEN SEE HIM ROAST ALIVE. Man Drawn Into a Baking Lime Kiln Past All Help. York, Pa., Aug. fl. --Slowly roasting before the eyes of his fellow -workmen, who were struggling to drab 9tlm from the opening of a lime kiln; into which he had been drawn by the sudden set- tling of a mass of limestone, whieh had been dumped into the crater where he was working,. Thomas Martin, an em- ployee of the Thomasville lime kilns, went to a horrible death to -day. When Martin's fellow -workmen saw him failing they threw a chain to him and fastened it about his body, but uere unable to get him out until some time after he had died. WHEN TORONTO WAS YORK. Valuable Historical Papers Found in. an English Farmhouse. Loudon, Aug. 0.—The Canadian As- sociated Press learns that a large num- ber of valuable historic papers relating to the early history of Upper Canada ht c been found in a farmhouse in the southwestern part of England. One par- cel contains an original drawing of the elevation and blockhouse of the Old Fort at York, now Toronto, and of one on the peninsula, now Ilanlon's Point. The documents include corres- pondence of Lord Dorchester relating to the military and civil government of the Province, CENSUS ANNOYS WINNIPEG. Assessment Commissioner Declares Enumeration Was a Farce. Winnipeg, Aug. 6.—Assessment Com- missioner Harris to -day vigorously as- sailed the estimate of Winnipeg's p opu- lat•ioan given in the first bulletin !stetted from Ottawa yesterday, which fixe, the population at 110,210. Mr. llarris con- siders the work as done wan a farce, and declares that the population is nearer 115,000, and certainly not less than 110.000. Mr. Barris points out that the census was taken at the worst time of the year, when hundreds of people are away at summer resorts and their houses are actually closed up, so that it is impos- sible for enumerators to cover the work efficiently. •.e. SLIGHT KAISER'S PRESENTS. Berlin Newspapers Hope No More Will Be Sent to United States. T,ondon, Aug. 0.—A despatch to the Standard from Berlin says the news- papers there complain that Emperor William's presents to America are slighted. Ilis portrait which he gave to the Brooklyn Institute of Art is hung in a dark corridor, and the valuable works of German art which he gave to Harvard University are lying in a dusty shed and are not exhibited. The newspapers ex- press the hope that the Emperor will send no more presents to Americas. CHILD DRANK GASOLINE. Daughter of Western Falter Meets a Terrible Death. Kutawa, Sask., Aug, d: ---A little dnughter of lar. Pretty, a farmer living eighteen miles west of this place, .poison - est herself by drinking gasoline on,l-latur- day last. .a young Englishman nand Quick. fifteen miles west of 1eutawa, also met death on Saturday by the accidental discharge of a gun he was earrying on a load of hay. 1Iis death was insten- taneons. Mrs. Mugglns--•The doctor hes advised Stirs. Mnneet to take things easy for a while. Mrl. Ttugeins—T wondered why be bad dis• charged her servant! and was doing be own work. Emperor William Talks About it. His, Good WW for the French People. New York,. Aug. G. A cablegram to the- Sun from Paris says: Tbo Matin ublisltes on interview h Id b it Be 1 correspondent with Emperor William, in which Ilia Majesty said that the yellow peril was not the may danger threaten- ing the world, there being also a red danger. "The Meade of states," the Emperor added, "whether of absolute or eonstitu- tional monarchies or republics, hourly risk their lives. President Fallieres runs the same risks as the Czar, and Presi- dent Roosevelt the same risks as King Alfonso. Those aiming at the abolition of all authority and order by govern- ments are thoroughly agreed, while those charged with the duty of malting order respected are unfortunately disagreed." The correspondent says that at the Diel regatta the Kaiser noticed that the French armored cruiser Leon Gambetta was not present. He thought fits war- ship had been invited to be present dur- ing the regatta, and he said to the French naval attache: "It is a pity the (,ambetta is absent. Come, conte, I know what this means. We are still suspected and are kept in punishment" The Kai- ser enforced his remarks by a genial laugh. Speaking to another French naval of- ficer, the Kaiser said: "It is freely re- ported that T am pleased when I learn that some fresh scandal bee broken out in the French army. It is absolutely false. We Europeans live too closely to- gether, and our national Jives are too in- termingled for us not to feel an evil occurring to any single member, Any • harm befalling the French army fills me with uneasiness. Anti -militarism is an international past. The nation rejoic- ing thereat resembles a city rejoicing at an outbreak of cholera in a neighboring town," FIRED INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION. Decorative Arts of Italy and Hungary and Italian and Hungarian Exhibits Destroyed. Milan, Italy, Aug. 6: Firewhich broke but here early this morning in the fro ternational Exposition did extensive damage. The sections devoted to the decorative arts of Italy and Hungary were totally destroyed, as also was the Pavilion in which were installed the c•:t- 'Obits of Italian and Hungarian archi- tecture. The damage is estimated at $800,000. Several firemen and carbin- iers were injured. The city was thrown into a state of great excitement and vast crowds of people collected about the exposition. At noon the fire was considered,to be entirely under control. Some of the estimates place the loss as high as $2,- 400,000, +2;400,000, winch probably is excessive. The origin of the fire is attributed to an electric short circuit. The authorities reject the theory that the conflagration was of incendiary ori- gin. FOILS PiRATES IN RW SEA Steamer Clan Maclachlan Beset by Horde of Arabs. stick arms chuckin' the grapplin's at the rail. Putting on Full Steam, Escapes. "Why they didn't blaze away at us wi' the guns I dunno. Maybe they had no a ammuneetion. Boardin' was their little game and if they had ever gained the main deck those seventy-five pop -eyed rascals, every beastie o' them a Maham- medan,Bucket at Masthead Signal for Water what chance would us eleven g Their Prey,white men ha stood when our own ma - Deceives Captain at Start—Grapple tivest}tinkin' turned and sgifted over to their But,Engines Driven at sin kind. Na, na. I don't care about too much on't even no v Full Speed, She Escapes. I month after. But just as the air seamed A New York despatch says: In the ' to get fair thick wi' the iron ]rooks the harbor of New York with bow and stern engines got under full way and we shot warps out,alongside great ereaut color- :out ahead o' the •dhow and the niggers pg shoutin like souls i the pit as the ed pier shed lies a brew steamship. • screw churned up the foam banks and nothing -visible about the vessel the lofty mast o' the pirate dropped gra- There'sdually astern. that wasn't made in Scotland. She was "Persons ashore have no idea of what herself, so was her name, and Iter cap- goes on even in these latter days out in Lachlan in red letters o r a black hulltain and officers are Scots. Clan ian- the far east. Why up to live years ago lfelay pirates were no uncommon to pounces her christened appellation on the Malacca straits, and though they ac - each side of the bows. Captain Grey com- i never bothered the mailboats they'd mends her, and when the third officer, think nothint o' a shy at mony a coast - James Robertson, put his head into the in' steamship. I wad na be a bit aston- engine room hatch to call the second as- ished if the heathen sent out for some sistant and felled "Mac" four men an- gasoline motors for their cutthroat swered "Sir:' dhows. Why not. The lobster catchers Steve MeCosh, the extra fourth officer, all use em nowadays and human whites says the why of the attempt of the are better worth and while." boarding party in. the Red Seais that And ItIr. McCosh swung down on the the old ship was hauled off the London- lower deck to clear the falls that haul - Calcutta route, where she hand shored 0c1 the big packages of hides out of the along for many years, and was sent off hot depths. across the North Atlantic in a new lane. ♦ . This is the story of lair. 11IeCosh, inereelj- WIND LIFTED CHURCH - 4 H U RC1' 1 ble as it seems in these days of twin screws and triple expansions. "We'd coaled up at Aden the day beBATTLEFORD CYCLONE CAR.121ED fore and the next morning saw the ship in the Bab -el -Mandeb straits, the Gate nEDIFICE EIGHT FEET. Tears, as the young ladies in the peninsu- lar and Oriental boats like to cal} it. We had just got abreast o' Perini and saw the loom o' it oyer to starboard, when ahead o' us and on the port bow a ee dhow.bit we raised the tall mast o' a nate wire Bucket at the Masthead. "Now there's a power o' these boats that trade along the coasts and across the Red Sea, carrying dates and figs and palm oil and filled wi' Arabs like an ant heap. So we pail no more heed to the craft till we overhauled her and then when she lay not half a mile to wind - war of us she hoisted a bucket at the masthead. Now the auld man's no sk- ean a fool as to slow down his ship for a boatload o' lazy blacks, but no sailor can pass a thirsty crew, so what, does Captain Carey do but set the telegraph at 'dead slow,' and then in another minute the dial read 'stop.' For the empty bucket at the masthead Lightning Struck a House Filled With People, But No One Was Injured— Windstorm Did No Injury to the Crops. North Battleford, Aug, 0.—An un- usually severe electrical storm swept over here last evening and did consider- able damage to buildings in the town, but fortunately the crops are be- lieved to have escaped material injury, as the hail was small and not very heavy. The wind, however, blew with cyclonic fury, and bhe Baptist church, a building 20x37, was lifted from the foundation and earried a distance of eight feet, being badly wreeked. The cottage of J. Gregory, Dominion lend agent, was struck by lightning and the interior greatly damaged. The men- bers of the family were all inside at the time, and, with the exception of Mrs. Gregory, who suffered a slight shock, could only mean that there was no water all escaped. aboard, and the next minute a small boat pttt of>; from the dhow and pulled over toward us. The men at the oars looked to be a weak lot, as if half dead with thirst, and the heart of every noun aboard went soft and opened up at the skinny arms of the black folks in the boat. "And so, as they pulled closer and clos- er, slowly and wi' great pain, even the Calcutta Mohammedans on board, twist - in' their white cloths about them, looked sorry like for the poor brutes below. They splashed wi' the oar blades and tum- bled rover tete seats like they were more than half dead, and the chief officer had just hailed 'em when C'ap'n Grey pet out a big hoot and skipped over the port side. Armed Like a Man -o' -war. "All the rest of us stood luttidled un- der the bridge leek lookin' an' lookin' over at the hyla' skulls below and most of us didn't hear the add than sing out till we saw hind skitterin' up the pilot house ladder and heard the jingle in the engine room. "Then we looked t'other way. and the eyes o' me never saw the like. For there was the great Allow Boutin' for us like a turbtnn roan ci war under the enormous hoist of her lateen sail, and every black erinnin'soul in her, full seventy-five o' the lyin'sons 0' Mohammed, armed turd t glut o' some sort or else a spear as long as the gaff of a Wivethoe cutter. These dhows, you know, think nothin' o' lying in three points o' the wind and d the big black hull was alongside. in no timer "'Sheer off, yott nigger hounds!' shout- ed the eaten, while the blaekgnards twirl- ed their javelins and bared their spiked teeth and steered the black shell so as to come alongside at the lowest free- board. There was a whirr i' the air and the voko of the chief, '\find yourself!' as tt glepplin' iron flew over the side and took a grip o' the iron rail, ,Tatuie Robertson east it off just as the heath- ens got a turn around a cleat, wi' a Retire o' guns leveled at his head. And still the big dhow held use We eouldn't :hake her off. ;,he sailed like a wittily ►' the bog, Patin' up into the wind like a weather vane, WV the skimpy beards waggin' at us from below indtthe drunt- A little baby was sleeping directly un- der where the bolt struck, but, although covered with plaster and debris, it was not injured. Two shacks were also over- turned, but fortunately they were un- occupied. ••• HIGH PRICES FOR HOGS. Revelations in the United States Partly Responsible. Toronto, Au,g, 2.—Authorities at the Ontario Agricultural Department ex- pressed the opinion yesterday that the unprecedentedly high prices at present tieing gelid for hogs throughout the Province is in a measure due to the re- .•ent packing -horse exposures in the i'nitecl States. They point out that the deercese in canned goods exports of the United Ste tee so far this year has .been about $34-1,000, and of this amount the decrease in ,pure alone was $330,000. It is elaim:,l that this decrease has neees- sdtntel a demand for moat, and partieu- tarty pork, from other sources of supply, while the Canadian product has a repu- tation for eleanliness and freedom from revolting manufacturing conelitions, Ex- porters. it is also said, are now trying to hold the market, and eonsequently are willing to pay large prices to obtain ]togs, • ••• • COAL AT BA1 LEFORD ? Unknown Prospector Says He Has Found Big Vein. Bettleford. Aug. (1. --Coal has been di!- eoverecl within a• few miles of this town between the Saskatchewan and l3attleford slivers. The eoal is of good quality, end the finder, who is an old pospector. claims that there is lots of r I At present he will not divulge the whereabouts of the thine and he him- self prefers to remain incognito. but he will restune explorations and if his fur- ' tier discoveries warrant it will endeavor to get, some capitalists interested. Tlae diseovery is of the greeted importance to Battiefutd.