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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1906-08-30, Page 732 LtATIiS CAUSED BY LOMB: • INTENDED TO KILL STOLYPIN. He Escaped But His Young Daughter Was Seri- ously Injured by it. General Min Slain by Girl Who Fired Five Bullets Into His Back. The Revolutionary Committee Has Declared for a Campaign of Terrorism in Russia. REGARDED AS ACT OF CIVIL WAR St, Petersburg, Aug. 26. --Among the small minority forming the inde- pendent, educated public of St. Petersburg there is sincere condolence for M. Stolypin's affliction. He is recognized, except by his bitter antagonists, as a dignified, courteous man, It remains, however, that the most actual impression of the entire tra- gedy is the sense that the Russians regard it as an act of civil war, There is a formidable element in educated society which insists on comparing it to the throwing of a shell into a beleaguered citadel:. They declare that the Government press has taken for its cry: "Who is not with us is against us," and they explain the fearful mercilessness of yesterday's outrage by referring to the executionary expeditions which visited wholesale punishment along the railway where Government employees have struck. M. Demtchinsky, a well -esteemed writer of moderate views, addresses a letter to M, Stolypin in to -day's Journal Perelom, in which the says that all citizens feel for the Premier that he suffered in serving the nation's affairs, but there are only two means of dealing with such calamities. There is force which, as martial law and executionary expeditions show, has failed. It is true troops will suppress public disorders of the masses, but they are power- less against a secret enemy. Thousands of police agents are equally power- less. The entire body of society is the only force that may struggle with a secret enemy, and society will co-operate only when it is given the rights of an ally of the Government by the participation of society in the applica- tion of honest State laws. Se. Petersburg, Aug. 20.—Thirty-two persons are dead and twenty-four wounded as the result of an attempt yesterday afternoon to assassinate Pre mien Stolypin with a bomb while he was holding a public reception at his aeon - try rouse on Aptekarsky Island. The Premier was slightly wounded on the face end neck by flying timbers. The legs of the Premier's fifteen -year- old daughter were broken by the ex- plosion. Under the influence of opiates she is sleeping to -night. Among the dead are: General Zameatin, the Pre- mier's personal secretary; M. Khovo- stoff, ex -Governor of the Province of Penza; Colonel Fcderoff, chief of the Premier's personal guard; Court Cham- berlain Davidoff, Court Chamberlain Voronin and Aide Doubassoff, Prince Nachaehidze and Prince Scherwacridze, two delegates from the Caucasian Nobil- ity, and four women and two child, ren. Stolypin's three-year-old son is seriously though not fatally injured, and a number of persons who are injured are prominent in the social and official world. Some Conspirators Killed. Of the four conspirators who engi- neered the outrage, two were killed with their victims, while the third, who act- ed as coachman for the party, and the fourth, who remained inside the car- riage in which they drove to the resi- dence, were badly 'wounded, and are now in the St. Peter and St. Paul fortress. There are varying stories as to how the attempted assassination was car- ' ried out, and as, to the nature of the explosive used. One report says the bomb was charged with melinite and was enclosed in the shell of a water- melon. Another says the bomb was enclosed in a large vase. The reports also differ as to whether it has thrown after the conspirators had actually gain- ed. admittance to the hoose or whether it was, accidentally dropped before the appointed time. The tremendous force of the explosion absolutely. blew out the front of the Premier's residence and carried away the ceilings above and the floors beneath and the walls of the adjoining rooms. People were liter- ally blown to pieces. Those who were not killed instantly were horribly mnahn- ed or lacerated. The Premier's escape was miraculous, for only a moment before the explosion took plaee he had stepped inside his study at the rear of the salon to speak with Prince Shakovsky, Although he was only slightly injured, he is com- pletely prostrated by the calamity. Was Carefully Planned. The four constpirators drove to the re- sidence in a landau. Three were dress- ed in the uniform of the gendarmes!. The fourth wore civilian attire. It was as- sumed by the troops and police on guard that the civilian was a 'moor prisoner, geho by the intercession of some exalted personage had been allowed to make a personal appeal to the Minister of the Interior and had been brought. under cus- tody for that purpose. The landeau of the conspirators, which was poorly equipped and was similar to that used by the police in transferring prisoners, canto in front of a •part of the villa where there is a great bay window. Here, according to ono story one of the men threw a bomb with great force into the chamber kill- ing every occupant including the poor petitioners, a few women and children and some uniformed attendants of the *Minister. The bomb pierced into the secona chamber, where M. Stolypin was stand• ing talking with M. Koshoff, Governor of Penza. Koshoff was killed instantly, but M. Stolypin was only splashed with ink from a table, Another story says the Atarty psena- trated the house and dropped the bomb inside. The uninjured persons who es- caped death or wounds are mostly too dazed and shocked to give a coherent sto of the oceurrenee. The Czar bas telegraphed to the Pre- mier as follows: "1 comet find words to express my indignation. I hope with all may heart that the health of your lion and daughter will soar be re• adored s tr andlikewr o hrtt of the other persons injured." 'Work of Revolntionista. It is certain that the crime runs eon:- mitted by the fighting organization of the Social Revolutionists hi retaliation for the war wbiclm the Government has been waging against them. Since M. Stolypin's accession to the Premiership e over 1,000 of their member?: rs have been rrested, four hundred in St. Petersburg alone, and many of these have been de- r'ted. To ootnbat thin orusade, the fighting organization, which is composed of a wing, known as Matimists, who be- lieve in setting up a purely Soeialistic state upon the ruins of the autocracy, has deliberately entered upon a duel with the Government such as that which characterized the famous fight of the Nihilists in the late 70's, which ended in the assassination of Emperor .Alex- ander II. 'Within a single year, at that time, a little coterie of Nihilists, under the dircetion of Jeriaboff, made twenty-eight attempts against the Em- peror and high officials, fourteen of which were successful. At the head of the present organization is a prominent revolutionary who is con- sidered to be an organizer equal if not superior to Jeriaboff. All the members of the organization had due notice that to -day's attempt on the Premier would be made, and went into hiding. It has become known that an attempt upon M. Stolypin was frustrated ten days ago by the discovery of the be- ginning of asubterranean passage from the wall of the Grenadier Church, ad- joining his residence. The mining of palaces and residences formerly was a favorite method of the Nihilists, but has not been used of recent years. General Mitt Assassinated. St. Petersburg, Aug. 20.—General Min, commander of the Seminovsky Guard Regiment, who suppressed the riots at Moscow last December, was as- sassinated at Peterhof to -night. General Min was at the railway sta- tion with his family when he was killed. The deed was committed by a young girl, who fired five shots from a revolver into his back, killing him instantly. Madam Min seized the assassin by the hand and held her until the police ar- rived. After her arrest the girl show- ed the police a bomb lying in the sta- tion, telling them to beware. His Death Expected. The death sentence had long hung over the head of General Min, owing to the disfavor into which he had fallen because of alleged harsh methods and cruelties. It was General (then Colonel) Min who commanded the Seminovsky Regiment when the people were shot down near the Teehnological Institute in Sts Petersburg on October 31, and who, it was stated, wanted to set the buildings of the institute on fire and roast •the students inside. Min was sent by the Emperor to suppress the disorders at Saratov after the assassin- ation of Lieut. -Gen. Sakharoff in De- eember last, and when the trouble at that place was quelled was despatched at the end of December to Moseow to assist in putting down the uprising there. On April 24 a member of the fighting organization of the revolutionarists, dis- guised as an officer, who had called at IGn'e residence several times and re- quested to see him, excited the suspi- cions of the attaches of the household and was arrested. It developed that he was a revolutionist, and was armed with a. revolver and dagger. On July 18 last it was reported that some of the soldiers of the Seminovsky Guard. at Kr'asnoye-Solo had served no- tice on General Min that they intended' to kill him at the first opportunity for forcing them to murder 'their fellow - citizens in the 'Moscow revolt and that Min, in fear of his life, had fled the camp. Policemen Killed and Wounded. Deakin, Russian Poland, Aug, 26.—A bomb was thrown at a patrol command- cd. by Police Captain Jabubik yesterday, and, exploding, tore two policemen to pieces and wounded ten persons. Time Monday last killed a Jew. A detach- ment of soldiers attracted. to the scene of the explosion fired indiscriminately in all directions, killing or wounding a score of persons. Girl brOpped a Bomb. Odessa, Aug. 20.—Late Saturday even- ing a girl dropped a bomb in the Nicho- las I3oulevard fifty paces from the palate of Governor•Generat '<anthers. There was a deafening detonation and a wild stampede of the promenaders. No one was injured except the girl. who drop- ped the bomb, whose band was shatter- ed. It is supposed the bomb accident- ally fell from her handl before Sime had reached the entranee to the palace. She and another girl and a university stu. dent who was accompanying them were arrested. Was Itaulbars Frightened? Odessa, Aug. 21—Governor-General liaulbers today for the first time an- nulled a court-martial's death sentence. The ease was that of a peasant named Itymslut, whose punishment neat for a i oll- a rs ten years tical offence was committed at herd labor. It is rumored that I:ant- bars yesterday received a letter from the peasants' union threatening him with immediate death if he confirmed the sentence. Will Kill by Hundreds, St. Petersburg, Aug. 20,—The Central Committee of t he Social revolutionists has drawn up a proclamation, which de- clares that unless the Government fortim- witll alters its policy such acts as the attempt on the life of Premier Stolypin will be pursued to the uttermost, and Government representatives will be kill- ed by hundreds. Private advices re- ceived here from Tiflis are to the effect that a plot on the life of Count Von Vorontzeff-Dashkoff, Viceroy of the Caucasus, has been discovered, and that many arrests have been made, including several others, Czar Gives Up Land. London, Aug. 25,—A despatch from St. Petersburg to the Exchange Tele- graph Company says that 4,000,000 acres of the Czar's Imperial domains will be placed at the disposal of the Peasants' Bank for distribution among the poorest of the peasants, 4•• SUICIDE'S BURIAL. SAD AND DRAMATIC SCENE IN A BRITISH CHURCHYARD, The Clergyman Remained Mute—"Law of England Has Been Kept To -night," Was His Reply to a Mourner Who Reproached Him. London, Aug. 20. —There was a sad dramatic scene on Friday night in the churchyard at Beaconsfield, at the burial of a suicide, who shot himself after attempting murder. The jury's verdict was fele de se, and in accord- ance with the rules of the Church of England, the dead man had to be bur- ied between the hours of 9 and mid- night. The coffin, closely followed by the suicide's weeping sister and other relatives, was brought into the church- yard by a special entrance. The Mourn- ers grouped themselves around the grave by the dim light of a few lan- terns. Close by stood the clergyman. For a few moments there was a pause, the mourners evidently hoping that he would .offer a prayer, but the clergy- man, in obedience to the rubrics of the .prayer book, did not speak, and the cof- fin was lowered into the grave in tense silence, which was only broken at last by the cry of the dead man's sister: "May God have mercy on his soul— more mercy than he has had from man!" Silence fell again, this time to be broken by a man who advanced to the clerkymnan and said: "Are you a priest." "I ani," was the reply. "Have you not said one prayer over this man?" "Not one," the clergyman replied with evident emotion. "By what right do you ask?" "By the threefold right of an Eng- lishman nolishman and aChristian professing to be a member of the Church of Eng- land," was the answer. The clerkyman then said: "The law of England has been kept to -night." By this time a large crowd had ga- thered and a noisy scene ensued. t._• VALISE FOUND. SUSPECTED MURDERER COLLINS BROUGHT TO ST. JOHN, N. B. Articles of Women's and Men's Clothing Found in the Valise May Be Used as Evidence—Prisoner to be Identified and Taken Back, St. John, N. B., Aug. 20. 'Thomas Collins, held on suspicion of the murder of Mary Ann MacAulay at New Ireland, Albert county, on Aug. 19, was brought here late to -day from Charlotte county by Chief of Police Clark and Detective Killen. Collins, the police say, told then' he had been working at Father Mac- Aulay's and left there because the Tat- ter's housekeeper, the murdered woman, was always scolding hint and finding fault. He says She was alive and well when he left on Monday morning. Collins was at Musquash on, Wednes- day last, mid tried to work there, but he left on it becoming known the St. John police were heading for that place. He left a valise behind him there, and in it has been forum some women's handker- chiefs and men's underwear of fine qual- ity. This is looked on as significant in view of some of Miss MacAulay's cloth- ing and some of the priest's underwear being missing. Collins will be taken back to Albert county. FUR THIEVES SENTENCED. Jacob and Simon Gebritski Go to the ' Penitentiary. Chatham, Aug. 20.—Judge Bell pnn- poged two stiff sentences to the fur thieves, Jacob and Simon Gebritski, yes- terday afternoon, when he sentenced them to seven and five years respect- ively. Mrs. Gebritski, wife of Jacob, fainted after leaving the court room. On behalf of the younger man, Soli- citor Brackin argued that as he was only seventeen years of age, and bec.utse he supported his :mother and the rest of the family, and had been implicated in the affair so far because of ,his father, he should he extended leniency. Sinton wept and the father pleaded aloud for a light sentence, but the judge was drbdurate. The charges vete bring- ing stolen goods into Canada, end receiv- ing stolen property, knowing it to be stolen, 4'* CUT HORSE'S LEGS OFF. A. Brutal Act of Vengeance at Gladstone, Man. Gladstone, 'Alan., Aug. 20.—Early yes- etrday morning some party or parties entered the barn of 1 . Bowman, veter- inary surgeon, of this piaee, and chopped the hind lees off his horse, which stood in the stall. Dr. Bowman had been • •eturncd b train, , Mamas llun called to y arriving about 8 o'clock. On gain„ to • 1. the stable he d]scovrmed the animal, So completely was the work done that the deatched parts hung only by the tendons midway between the hoofs and books. 'Airs. Bowman heara noise; early in the morning, but there was a storm 1erraging, and she was thou about gonia he cause, t to investigate 1 a far . slaughtered. So animal ryas• The t there is no Blue leading to the discovery of the perpetrator. FIGHTING AT PINO GUERRA. Was it a Government Victory or .De- feat ? Rebel Gains in Some (Natters Re- ported. Officials of Some Towns Go Over to Insurgents.. Havana, Mg. 20.--Pino Guerra, with a force of rebels, attacked Gumless Pinar del Rio Province, yesterday, hut was completely defented and re- tired with many losses, This was pre- liminary to an attack on the city of Pinar del Rio, The rebels were also defeated. at Caseajal, Santa Clara, Province, and wear Jarmo, Havana Province. The rebel force was dispersed and abase Boned 80 horses to the Government troops, President Palma has issued a de- cree calling the national militia to arms and appealing to all Cuban patriots to defend peace and order. The militia will be organized in each province. Gen. Montalvo has been appointed Secretmmy of the Interior, The rural guards, under command of Clemente -Gonzalez, had a fight yesterday afternoon with a force of rebels under Col. Luseca at Caguajal, Matanzas Province, on the border of Santa, Clara Province. An official re- port says the Government's loss was seven killed and one wounded. Insurgents Captured Palmira, Insurgents entered the town of Pal- hire, Santa Clara Province, yesetr- day. They stopped a train from Cien- fuegos and searched the passengers, releasing them after they had taken from them what arils they had. The police and rural guards offered no re- sistance. Ganzalez Goes Over to Rebels, Capt. Gonzales deserted the Govern- ment forces at Cienfuegos with 50 men and joined the insurgents. Col. Pino Guerra has captured 70,000 cartridges from the Government forces. Details of the fight near Guano show that it ended in a disgraceful rout of the Government forces. The troops ran for safety. Officials Going Over Too. Havana, Aug. 25.—A despatch receiv- ed here from Las Cruces, Santa Clara Province, says the Mayor, the police, nearly all the councilmen and officials of the town, together with all the rural guards stationed there, and 300 citizens, have joined the insurgents. Senator Frias, of Cienfuegos, has re- ceived a telegram reporting a similar state of affairs at Trinidad. Congressman Fatmetino Guerra, who goes under the nicks e ams of Pino Guer- ra, and. the sten under him, still con- stitute the strongest group in the revo- lutionary movement against the Gov- ernment, but neither Guerra nor the Government forces sunt out against him seem yet to be ready to engage in a de- cisive fight for the mastery. Shipload of Arms. Now York, Aug. 25.—'Arms and am- munition for the Cuban Government were shipped from this city to -day for Havana on board the Ward line steam- ship Mexico. The steamer ]las stowed away in her hold 15,000 Remington re- peating rifles, 800,000 rounds of tunnnuni- tion and six Gatlin rapid fire guns for the use of President Palna'a. forces. The steamer Kansas, clinch will sail next Thursday, will carry 3,000,000 rounds of ammunition and 5,000 item- ingtons for the Cuban Government. The Associated Pres is informed that the Government has deckled to is- sue to -morrow an amnesty of thirty days, under .which those persons now bearing arms who return peaceably to, their Biomes will be pardoned.. "WHERE IS BOGGS ?" ANSWERS TO BE SENT TO NIAGARA FALLS, ONT. Many People Swindled by a Stranger, Who Pretended to be Acting foh a Building Concern—Bought Land and Made Building Contracts. Niagara Falls, Aug. 20.—"Where is Boggs!" is the question of the hour in this city. The police and many citizens are asking, and no one can answer. Two weeks ago a stranger arrived in the city, registered at the Savoy Hotel as "W. C. Boggs," and amnmmounced, that he was the representative of the Bos, -sea & Lainring Construction Company, and had come here to establish a branch of their business. "Boggs" rented desk room in the law office of D. B. White, appointed, Mr. White solicitor for the company, used full page ads. in daily papers, had a horse and carriage to drive clients to visit building sites, bought several lots, made contracts with different people to build them houses on his wonderful cheap plan, and actually started excavations and got lumber on the site. Then bills began to conte in to Mr. White for debts contracted by Boggs, end Mr. White found that Boggs had been trading on his name all over the city. When cornered Boggs exhibited bank books showing large deposits in Ameri- can banks. Telegrams elicited that the books were fakes. Boggs then confessed that he was working without proper financial backing. Mr. White instntued proceedings. Meanwhile 'Mimes E. Emery, a liv- ery stable keeper, found that Boggs would nob pay a bill of sixteen dollars for hire of horses and carriage and dam- age done to thein while in his charge. He invoked pollee aid. Brown foresaw this and was taken violently ill. The phy- sieian who attended him said his heart was very weak. .Arrest was therefore postponed. This was on • Thursday. At 1 o'clock on Friday morning Boggs left the hotel by a back entrance, took a train for the States, and has not been Been or heard of since. 'The lumber merchant from wheal he had bought nmaterin] for houses sent wagons and got time luunber back to his own yard. Boggs made his profits from the deposits paid down by those for whom ho was stobuild houses when they Y signed the cuntraets. The amount was usually $''.i. The only bill are paid was that of the hotel. The other people who dealt with 'him ire all losers. Most of the victims are hard-working men, who saw a ebamtee to . secure homes for themselves through his heap monthly v " m talnett p ran. lust how mtretr money Ames serure<i is un- certain. Estimates range from $75 to $400. COLLINS CAPTURED. WILL BE CHARGED WITH MURDER OF MISS MACAULAY, The Fugitive Recognized on the Road by the Driver of a Lady Tourist Party Near $t. George, N. B.—His Arrest Quickly Follows, A St. John, N. 13., de patch: Thomas Collins, the man suspected of the mur- der of Miss Mary Ann MacAulay on Sunday night last in the home of her cousin, Father MacAulay, at New Ire- land, Albert county, was captured at 5 o'clock this afternoon lit the woods twelve miles from int. George, N. I3., while making for the American border, Ile admits that he had been ,at Father MacAulay's house, but he does nob ad- mit the lnurder, He spoke little, chief- ly confining himself to the remark that he was tired and foot sore, Collins is the man named by the Coroner's jury at Albert as the one they suspected of the murder of Mies Mac- Aulay, Trace of the suspect was lost near St. George late last night, but early this afternoon T. A. Sullivan of Bonny Liver, driving a party of lady tourist, met him on the road near there. Turning over his charge to an assistant, as .soon as he could Sullivan returned in pursuit of Collins and gath- ered together a band of four or five men. Word was sent to St. George to Detec- tive Killen of St. John, who was work- ing in that direction. Killen and Mar- shall McAdam of St, George quielcly drove over and Collins was captured without resistance. A shot was fired in the air and when he heard it he fell to the ground. He will be brought to St. John to -morrow. FIGHTING FOR FAiR ELECTION. Insurgents Ready to Accept Result of Such. Roosevelt May be Asked to Send Commission. New York, Aug, 27.—The following cable despatch from Havana is printed here today: The increased reticence of the Government justifies alarm as to the situation. Senator Morna Campos, Murqueti, Liberal, who has joined the' revolutionists, says in an interview in the Telegrafo, that be has no doubt that the rebel chiefs have fully formed a plan which they will gradually work out. He says that honest elections must be grant- ed by the Government. The rebels are fighting for a cause and not for one pian. They are willing to accept any president who is legally elected, even Estrada Palma. The Senator is willing to add his name to the list of 200 Cu- ban business men in New York who pur- pose to ask President Roosevelt to send a commission to see that an honest elec- tion is held and the man elected seated. He does not desire American interven- tion, because if the Americana come, God knows where the movement would. end. He believes that the rebels will lay down their arms if President Roosevelt agrees to send a non-partisan commission to in- vestigate the elections which the Liberals allege were fraudulent. An independent Senator commenting on the above statement, says the appoint- ment of such a commission by President Roosevelt is impossible as it would wound Cuban independence, The parties must settle the matter between themselves. The sending of American troops here would be no solution of the trouble. Pino Guerra ]las stated his grievances and now the Government should make its reply. A DOUBLE MURDER Portsmouth, Ohio, Aug. 27.-- • John Harr and Mrs. Flora Hughes were shot to death last night, and the woman's husband, Jarrett O. Hughes, is in jail, charged with the crime. He denies knowing any- thing about the shooting. The streets were filled with people on their way to church. Harr and Mrs. Hughes were walking to- gether dawn Third street. Just as they got under a street lamp at Jefferson street a man rushed out from a foundry yard, walked be- tween them and fired five revolver shots, Harr dropped dead and Mrs. Hughes died at the city hospital. Hughes and his wife have been separated for some time. t t ♦•t• A TORONTO GAME TO PREVENT PUBLICATION OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS. Toronto, Aug. 27.7-(Special.)—Sonne of the members of the legal fraternity are displaying an eagerness to muzzle the daily press so far ns the publication of ex -parte proceedings at Osgoode Hall is concerned. There is a movement now on foot amongst them, it was learned this morning, to have time Ontario Law Society appear before the High Court judges to ask them to issue orders to prohibit the daily papers from publish- ing writs, affidavits, etc„ before cases for which these papers are made out come before the court for trial. It is expected the Toronto press at least will offer a vigorous fight to this scheme. which is compared to an act of a close corporation. A MATCH TRUST. special to the Chicago, Aug. 21.—A Ch c g Tribune from San Franciscosay • Japan has entered into a compact with the Dia- mond Match Company to forst an in- ternational trust in matches on two con- tinents. An English mnateh eoncern dominated by 'Bryant 8, May will be taken into the eonnbination. Negotia- tions for the formation of the trust have been in p rog ress since the Reaso - Jrtpane5dwar. They were started by Russell Hawkins, of New York, who was sent to Japan a year ago, PINAR DEL RIO BAS NOT YET The Cuban Insurgents' .Delay in Striking Lead* to Hopeful Views. Governxnent is Keeping Back What it Calls "False News" From the Public.. Alleged Government Plots to Secure Assassina- tion of Insurgent Leaders. Ilavana, Aug. 27. —News from the somewhat uncertain shifting "front" is meagre early to -day due in a measure to the Government's determination that false reports from insurgent sources shall not be generally circulated. The expected battle in the vieinity of 1 inar del Rio is yet to be fougbt. Fail- ure of the government forces to take the offensive against the insurgent leader Guerra and the latter's hesitancy in striking the promised blow encourage the hope that peace may be secured without great bloodshed. It is hinted in some quarters that the insurgents do not seriously contemplate the overthrow of the government and would be quite satisfied if by making a Show of force they could frighten or persuade President Paints to restore cer- tain deposed liberals to office and make concessions as to the conduct of future elections. Claims and counter claims are frequent but there is comparatively little actual fighting. At the palace little is given out. The enrollment of volunteers continues horses are being requisitioned and army nurses are being sent to the front. Skirmishes between small bands eon- tinue. From the field Col. Asbert ]las sent the following message to the palace: "We have taken up arms against the government because we have reached the conclusion the law and justice are not to be established in this country by the will of the government and beeause the administration protected by an unscrupu- ions judiciary, daily commits outrages upon the conatitution azul despoil our people of their legitimate rights. It is our sole desire to establish the supreme rule of law and restore affairs where they were before the last eleetion. "l'i'e do not intend to wage a bloody war, because we look carefully when it comes to the point of sacrificing our brothers, Only when we are attacked by government forces will we attempt to defend ourselves, even , then avoiding bloodshed as far as possible. A correspondent at Pinar del Rio of the Havana telegraph, who was arreated yesterday on orders from the govern- ment because it is said, he filed a press despatch containing a statement both untrue and unjust to the government, wires his paper as follows: "In Sabalo I saw Briagdier General Pino Guerra, Colonels Julian Betancourt, Brevet and Julian Cruz. Col. Betancourt told me he had information that the government had commissioned eight men to assassinate him and Pino Guerra, but since they knew who the men were they proposed to hang them before they got in their work. "I intend to leave to -morrow for Guane, there to witness the fight which is due to take plaee between the re- bels and the government forces. Pino xpects re-inforeements at Bosco die Gal- afre." Tpyesvriter Campaign. Havana, Aug. 27.—President Palma to- day gave out a statement in which he says that the insurrection has no ideals and no programme, and that the cries which the insurgents raised do not con- stitute a programme, (deals or justifica- tion for the movement. A STORY OF STOLYPIN'S NERVE, An Epidemic of Crime Seems in Russia. London, Aug. 27. — An interesting story is told of M. Stolypin, the Rttstiian Premier, an attempt to kill whom on Saturday resulted in the death of 32 persons and the maiming of many oth- ers. When he was Governor of Saratov, the Superintendent of Polies there avas being attacked by a snob for carrying out of orders that aroused their resent- ment. Stolypin, seeing what was hap- pening, rushed up between the Superin- tendent and the angry crowd, exclaim- ing: "If you want to kill the responsible official, it is I. The Superintendent as but doing his duty, executing any order- Iie had no choice but to earry .them out! It was I alone who issued them, and Likely to Prevai here I am:" The crowd, surprised at Stolypin's courage, silently slunk away. The Daily Telegraph's St. Petersburg correspondent, connmenting on the out- rage, says: No political reforms can heal the pres- ent moral gangrene which is eating away the soul of the nation. Political motives play hardly any part in the epi- demic of loathsome crimes. The ideas of right and wrong are wholly perverted. Bestiality and humanity are now strug- gling for the upper hand, and the chances are on the side of bestiality. If the Constitutional Democrats were in power to -morrow the epidemic of crime would continue, for the struggle is not between this party or that, but between: rascalclom and mien of law and order. THE JOSH BILLINGS SPELLING; VIEWS OF THE EDUCATORS. What is Said of RooseveIt's Personal Action in Its Support. Washington, D. C., Aug. 27. --Amaze- ment and amusement mixed in about equal proportions here when it was learned the President had started in to reform the spelling of official publica- tions by means of an executive order. ,rust where the President gets his au- thority to commit the Government to the Andrew Carnegie -Brander Matthews brand of spelling reform is not altogeth- er clear, There is no doubt the platter will be brought up in. Congress next win- ter and protests that are not altogether humorous will be made against the Pre- sident's action in introducing new-fangled ways of spelling by executive fint. "We must first secure uniform pronun- ciation before We can hope to have a suc- cessful phonetic system of spelling," said Professor James Morgan Hart, head of the English department at Cornell Uni- versity, when asked this afternoon re- garchng his opinion of the President's spelling reform. "For that reason the proposed new spelling will not be phon- etic, hut will consist merely in the cut- ting off of unnecessary letters, ns 'pro- (.011111' progam' for 'programme.' No great revo- lution will follow in any. event. I cannot say that I dislike the innovation, but the inen at the head of it are not recognized leaders and do not eomntand a very ex- tensive following. They mean well, how- ever, ami are heart and soul in their work. I think President Roosevelt was It bit hasty in adopting the so-called pho- netic system for his State documents. '1'lmere is considerable difference of opin- ion among sehoiars regarding the re- form, but I think I can safely say that a large majority are opposed to it." Professor ('harles Mea.lillan, of Prinee- ton University, when told of President. Roosevelt's plan to adopt the phonetic system of spelling, said: "Why, that almost takes say breath away. I can hardly believe it possible. As far as the practical side is concerned you know that we American people do not change our methods very easily. It usually takes us quite some time to ac- cept an extreme such as this. For my part I do. not think it would be of any value, for when we change our words to spell them phonetically we lose their ori- gin. 'i `len we dwe will have too this begirt over again. Sto 1y the I n piste language is complicated enough as it is now without making it still Worse. I be - him we should by all means retain the old methods of spelling, and I wish I could have a voice in saying what was to be done, whether we adopt the phonetic system or not." 1 r •talo rdat Dr. 'CharlesI. �. ,ret~, tun fi editor Uf thee lest rv t etioner and sec of Washington have been in favor of this movement and, in fact, the whole body of scientific men have been urging us to get the President and the Public Print- es to adopt this spelling." "I'nm against it," said Superintendent of Schools E. G. Cooley, of Chicago. "Whenever I see one of these confounded words on a page it haunts me four or five Lines ahead and as many after. It gives me a pain. Why, the whole idea reminds me of the fellow who wanted Conti •ess to appropriate $50,000 for the improvement of the alimentary canal. It will take about as long to reform spell- ing es it would to reform the alimentary canal. It's all bunk. I know that you can prove mathematically that by cut- ting out a few letters you can save 19 seconds in every eight lines, but I guess I'm a little old-fashioned in my views. I'm against it" Shaw's Opinion. London, Aug. 27.—Among the numer- ous opinions canvassed by the newspap- ers of President Roosevelt's order with regard to a reform in spelling, George Barnard Shaw says: "There has been nothing to it since Mehemet reformed the calendar by making time year consist of 12 lunar months. It serves us right. The thing had to be taken in (land some- how and if we refused to attend to our own exports we must make the best of the two energetic amateurs who have forced our hands." Two More Converts. New York, Aug. 27.—The simplified spelling board to -day announeed that two distinguished British scholars had accepted membership to testify edit' sympathy wkh the new movement to improve English orthography. One is I)r T 1 H Murray, tbe senior editor of the great Oxford dictionary of the Eng- lish language, of which the assoeiate edi- tor is Henry Bradley, who joined the simplified spelling board some weeks ago. The other is Prof. Joseph Wright, editor of the English dialect dictionary. In announcing these elections, Brander Mat- thews, Chairman of the Board, saki: "Prof. Swat, the editor of the English Etv'mologieal dietionary, became a simm- ber two months ago. The simplified spell• ing hemi now contains the tditors of the three English dictionaries, 'Webster, the Century and the Standard. y Pa. --Mrs, Jersey .hire I a. . I '�l .. 'A lamitrtm�'t bar - worth, �an 80,year-old resident of fide place, awaited tine npproaeh of a fast passenger train, Half a mile below the station, eraw'led upon time track, knelt EIS if in prayer, and them. with her face away from the Waling, incoming Meomme- tive, laid her head aerosol the rail, and her lime wagg d ate i inkling. n a n tnkl]n . Des Wines, -Frost was re rtad in retary of the Simplifirdiftpt'liing 13osrd, Iowa lowlands to -day for the fltgrt thss said this afternoon: "The .scientific men this sesstn.