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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1906-10-04, Page 7STORM THAT STRUCK PENSACOLA TUL GREATEST IN ITS HISTORY. Great Steamships and. Ocean -Going Sailing Vessels Helpless Before it. ;,Fortifications Swept Away, People Drowned and Others Driven Insane. Drawbridge Over a Mile Long Destroyed --A Scene of Desolation. Pensacola,' Ma., Oct. 1, --•-Not since the Galveston disaster has such a hurricane swept the gulf coast as the one which struck this'lity on Thursday morning, with an all impelling force and raged for twelve hours, the wind blowing steadily at eighty miles an hour with occasional gusts of one hundred miles an hoar. The known loss of life up to date is thirty, which will probably be ineieased to 75, while the property loss will exceed five millions of dollar's, Never in the history of sus port or lin Forida, has such wreck and devasta- tion been wrought, Hundreds of per- sons aro homeless, without food and clothing, and eared for •by charity. Great steamships and ocean going sailing vessels which have withstood the hurri clines of oceans, were helpless before this terrible deatltdealing force and are it to. tally mangled heap upon the beaches, mingled with wrecks of fishing sclioon- , bridge, costing hundreds of thousandeof dollars;. is gone, and three lives were test. It was meal,. than a utile in length and owned by the Louisville & Nashville. Three immense export docks of that com- pany have been swept away or damaged. Every wharf and warehouse along the city has been. demolished, and the red snapper fishing industry destroyed. The immense packing houses have been car- ried away, and of a fleet of about sixty vessels, only two of them remain. Front 800 to 1,000 homes have been de- stroyed, and fully two thousand damaged to the extent of hundreds of thousands of dollars, The city is in a terrible condition, and relief committees are working night and day in an effort to relieve the suffering of the hundreds of destitutes. News From Mobile. Mobile, Alt., via Meridian, Miss., Oct, 1. -Thee revenue cutter Winona, which for a time was thought to have gone to the bottom in the great storm, arrived ers, the tug boats and pleasure boats, at Mobile last night. while thousands of stacks of timber and She was at Scranton, Miss., when the homes and wharves are intermingled with storm broke, and although she weather - this aggregation of wreckage, ed the blow without serious damage, she From Fort McRite to Escambia bridge, had a fearful time in doing so. The wind a distance of 10 miles, the bay shore has at times was so severe that, although the been swept clean, except a few wharves, boat had out four anchors, she was com- aeere floated a fleet of seventy-five pelled to maintain full speed ahead to 1an'go ships before the hurricane. Me- hold her, position. Rae, one of the modern coast fortifica-' While the storm was at its height the tions, has been swept away and five wreck of a sloop drifted pest, and al - lives lost; five other people aro insane though the Winona was having all she from their terrible experience. They could do to: save herself, Captain Hanks saved •themselves by lashing to the bat- lasered a small boat, and after a strug. teries. Fort Pickens and! Fort Barrancas gle with the water, which at times seem- ed almost hopeless, managed to bring off seven persons, most of them women. The captain reported that as he steam - aro badly damaged, the former almost wrecked. Tho navy yards has suffered to the ex- tent of over a million dollars. Five war ed past Daphin Island yesterday, on his vessels were sunk and driven ashore, the way to Mobile a message was sent to floating dock crushed and other damage him through the megaphone, stating, that sustained. there are three hundred people on the •is - Three lives have been drowned there. land, who are suffering for supplies. A The magnificent Eseambiru draw- relief will be sent to thein early to -day. BIG SHIPS IN ° FRONT YARDS. VESSELS dF TWO THOUSAND TONS HIGH AND DRY. Pensacola Mourns Loss of Twenty-six Lives, and Streets Are Piled High With Wreckage That Will Require +�►{ Months to Clear -Fleet of Ships and Barks Utterly Annihilated. Meridian, Miss., Sept. 30. -Informa- tion from Mobile by train confirms the report that Codon, Ala., Portals Bayou, and ]3•atbro have been wiped out. Among' the dead. are some of the moat ,promin- ent people of the coast, including the wife and youngest daughter of State Senator S. McRae, of Washington county, Major D. Stevens, (;.eve Werneth, wife and youngest elaughter, and H. G. Turner, a leading lumber- man. Th entire west shore below Mobile is reported completely devastated. Twenty- fiv bodies have been recovered; and 'lofty more are reported known to have perished. Many bodies of nen ocs are included in this report. The surviving negre>es" are terror-stricken and help- less. Twenty-six Drowned. Pensacola, Fla., Sept. 20. -The vast- ness of the destruction wrought 'by the hurricane of Thursday is new being real- ized. Twenty-six persons are known to 'have been drowned.. Their names are: Quartermaster -Sergeant Overlander, ars. Eva F. Prentice and baby, Private rdatn, an unknown artilleryman, ]'.d- ard Hughes, unknown negro man and wife, Mrs. Lcbran Gonzales, George Gonzales, Mrs. T. F. Matthews and two small children, three unknown seamen from a British steamer nt the quaran- tine hospital, attendants •Collier and Ross of the quarantine station, two un- known Greeks at Bagdad, George Mor- gan, wife and daughter, and an un- UNITED STATES known fisherman. Only four bodies have been recovered, those of Mrs. Prentice, George Morgan and daughter, and Gonzales. Search- ing parties are tearing away debris strewn along the beach, and, although CUBANS INDIFFERENT REGARDING several bodies have been seen, the work- TAFT'S ACTION. ers have not been able to 'reach them. Calls for charity have been made to assist the poor, and everything possible is being done to relieve the 2,000 home- less. In the city it will be three months be- fore the streets are cleared. Of •twenty- two ships and barks in the harbor one remains, etnd it is badly damaged. Some ocean ships of 2,000 tons are resting bit front yards; others have been driven through houses; :tome have their noses. pointed into stores, while others are -4K keeled over on their sides in the bay the beach Only four Fort McRae, on the point opposite Fort Perkins, has been wiped out alntos completely. The United States. naval station, nine miles from here, has been greatly damaged, lives lost, and vessels sunk. The Gloucester is in shore two hundred yards, the Wasp stranded, the Isle de Luzon a complete wreck, as well as• the tug .Accomae and a member of small launches and tugboats. Nineteen foreign vessels are on the beach, twenty-five tugs are either wreck- ed or on the beset', and the fishing ves- sels lost will number twenty-five or more. The list of launches, pleasure craft and others will number nearly a hun- dred. In Mississippi Sound. New Orleans, La., Sept. 20. -'Six per- sons drowned, eight large sailing vessels wrecked, about thirty smaller vessels sunk or ashore, and property damage of more than a million dollars was the result of the :hurricane in Mississippi Sound. The full extent of the disaster there became known to -day, when Ship, Cat and Horn Islands 'were heard from. They had been completely submerged, accord- ing to 'the.reports of tugs sent out from the mainland. All the loss of life and most of the; wrecks oe•'urred at the eastern end of the sound. The worst catastrophe was at Horn Island, where Lightkecgier John- son and itis wife and daughter were swept into •the gulf with their light- house and drowned. One negro was drowned, when the sehooater Daisy, of New Orleans, went ashore at Horn Island. The other four members of the crew escaped. Meridian, Miss., Sept. 20: Delayed mail from Hattiesburg brings advices this afternoon of great havoc wrought iu that section and south Mississippi by the storm. It is .estimated that fifty per cent. of the yellow pine timber has been destroyed, and it is feared that many lives have ,been lost in the. woods. all turpentine orchards are ruined, and the loss is estimated at several millions of dollars. In Hattiesburg alone the toss is estimated at $1.000,000. IN POSSESSION. Troops Concentrating Now at Newport News, Va.-Ignoring Palma's Mes- sage to Congress, Secretary Taft Visited Palace to Pay Respects to Retiring President. Washington, Sept. 30. -The first Un- ited States troops will be landed in Cuba next Saturday, and in the Mean- time SecretaryTaftwillbe tune the band of or tied u on ie backed up by the marines and blue - tugboats out of a fleet of about twenty jackets now in Cuban waters. All is retrain. About thirty fishing schooners quiet in ('uba now, and the insurgents of fifty. or seventy-five tons were moor- intend to lay down their arms. As a od alongside wharves, and two remain precautionary treasure, however, an ex- peditionary force of 5,000 wren will be At Garseb Point fifty persons are sent to the island, and a second division homeless and starving, :with leo way of of the sane strength will be, held an reaching safety. The messenger left readiness for quiet: despatelt if necessary. there Friday morning, and at, that time' How long the occupation will last it is the entire party had been twenty -font' impossible lo tell. hours without food, They have nohaver', Sept, 29. - �Wttlt far less me shelter or clothing. • imitation than neeompauies the aeeession Santa Rosa quarantine station across of a new municipal administration tie the bay from the city bas been dmnolisli- government of Cuba was formally taken ed. here are eight British rtraatieu over to -day by W. 11. Taft, secretary in the hospital. The hospital Wilding of Wiur of the lanited States, who in a was eati'ried away, the right men eling- {rreelnnuttion indicative of the policy he in to the roof. rive were washed tip- would pursue declared himself provision - on this side after a night of terror on al Governor of the island. the hay, The other three and the Promptly at noon Governor lint, As - name were drowned. The United sistnut Secretary of State � Bacon and States quarantine station has been de- Captain Me(oy, (Governor 'raft's s aide-dr- etroyed. camp, varied offirielly at the palace and Port Perkins, one of the anodern forts paid their respects to the retiring Pre- ---(of the country. has been badly damaged, sident. Tgnoring President Palen''s mes- y. ta• sage to .Congress on Friday, Governor Company of Artillery s ,.r t Tho Fifteenth t,om,p y y 'boned there 'deserted the barracks mid Taft spoke kindly to Senor Palma, to post, with their families, and Mutght whom, he said. the people '•. f Cuba, over he batteries, elimbing to the hinbest nn unquestionable cle'bt of gratlttn1 ` point, and Melting themselves to the President, n. 1 alma s brief reply was na and projecting pieces. gu voted entirely to an expression of relief' for the opportunity of shifting the bur- den of guiding the tempestuous republte to the representative of a nation strong enough to .enforce control over it. The fact that the government changed hands from a. position of absolute inde- pendeuco to the restraint of a tempor- ary protectorate was received by, the masses with utter indifference. Business cotithttttrd the same, except for the vigor exhibited by the wholesale merchants, manufacturers and railroads to regain their former trade throughout the island, which bus been at a standstill since the beginning of the revolution six weeks ago. The last twenty-four hours have been the most quiet since the arrival of the mediators ten days ago. Governor Taft abstained from any act that might have been '.onstrueted as late miliating, His decision not to lower the flag of the republic was taken on his own responsibility, as Friday night he was linable to get into communication with President Roosevelt because of a dried in the wireless apparatus on Lite 'vessel on which the President was pro- ceeding to Provincetown, Mass. He felt certain, however, that President Roose- velt's frietel chip for Cuba would prompt lint to approve this act of courtesy to the broken republic. General Funston to -day visited Gen- erals Guerra and del Castillo. The latter declared it to be lie intention to assist the Americans to restore order. RACING IN THE AIR SIXTEEN BALLOONS IN INTERNA- TIONAL CONTEST. Wind Light, and in Wrong Direction, Making Long Distance Test Impos- sible -Will Test Endurance Remain- „ in in the Air, Paris, Sept. 30. - Sixteen balloons averaging over '2,000 cubic metres capac- ity each, and representing seven coun- tries, .sailed from the 'T'uilleries Gardens this afternoon in the first competition for Lite James Gordon Bennett Cup for international aeronauts. The contest was primarily a long-distance race. The da to had been carefully selected when the prevailing winds are from the west in the hope of giving the aeronauts an opportunity to break the re/ord of Count de La- Vaulx made in 1900, when his balloon landed in Korosticheff, Russia, having covered a distance of 1,185 milds in thirty-five hours and forty minutes. But unfortunately to -day the wind was light, hardly more than eight miles an hour, and almost due east, thus, malting the shore of the Atlantic the lmiit of distance, and robbing the occasion of its importance as a test of long-distance aerial traveling. On this account the race was a keen disappointment to the aeronauts, who had come from every corner of Europe. The rules of the contest, however, provided that in case of unfavorable •atmospheric conditions the judges could, at their option, make the test one of endurance of remaining in the air. Nevertheless, as a spectacle the event was a brilliant success. It is calculated that, over a million people saw the balloons as they ascended. Mass- ed military bands enlivened the enormous crowds with music while they waited. The start was preceded by the, flight of hundreds of trial balloonettes and • the loosing of 5,000 homing pigeons. Santos Dumont, one of two representatives of the Aeries Club, of America, proved to be the only one to inaugurate a novelty. For the purpose of keeping afloat as long as possible he had equipped his car with a six horsepower vertical propeller, with the object of lifting and lowering his balloon without discharging any of its ballast. Not the slightest accident marred the start. latch enormous balloon in turn soured aloft amidst the plaudits of the crowd and staled graeefully away to the westward. NO FOREIGN POWER. THE TIME IS PASSED WHEN ROME HAD ALL. M. Clemenceau to the Pope• -French Min- ister of Interior Says His Govern- ment Will Maintain the Law as It Stands. Paris, Sept. 30.-M. Clemenceau, Min- ister of the Interior, who is visiting M. Roche sur Yon, made an address to -day, in which, dealing with the church ques- tion, he said: I see the people seek to foresee what action the Government will take. What is more simple? Rome has refused the law of privilgec made for her profit. She said all or nothing. The time is passed. when she had all, She ought to be content to -day with the right of everybody to a regime of liberty. We offered privileges. She haughtily refused. We are asked to negotiate. With whoa? A foreign power, or what? On the French law? There is no foreign power on french soil. We stand on the French right, not to tyrannize, but to liberate. We elutll know how to resist all fictitious en- terprises. We are sure that time and the evolution of the human disposi- tion towards the diffusion of knowl- edge wilt work for us. Our force is in the right and the resolution of all bt'ranec to maintain it." M. Clemenceau added that le knew the law was not perfect. Message of Hope New York, Oct. r. -T. P. O'Cor• nor, member of the British Renee of Commons and President of the 'United Irish League of Great Bri- taid, was given a reception 1aat night by the Municipal Council of the 'United Irish League of New York, lie was greeted by a gath- ering that filled the banquet ball of the Hoffman House, In a speech Mr. Q'Counor said that be brought a message of hope to America as to Ireland's future. "Thirty years ago," he said, "landlordism bad ruled Ire- land with its power to evict, t6 rack rent and to exile, Now that power is destroyed, except the price, it will receive to leave Ire- land to the glorious future that awaits her. I believe that in a quarter of a century Ireland will have all the rights that have been accorded Canada and Australia," 4 ••-•-•-•-•••-•-•-•-•-•-•-•••••••••••••44-4-•-•-•-• •.• AGE OF INDICISION. anent made last year the 4 overninent succeeded itt getting the railway to cut this down and accept 2,000 acres a utile. The hoard has the power to decide upon the location ad feasibility of the route, considering the engineering diffi- culties, the location of stations and other matters. These must conform to the board's judgment before the Gov- ernment gives the title to the land the railway seeks, JEWISH WEDDING. MONTREAL MAN ROBBED OF $32 ON THE TRAIN. Kingston, Ont., Oct, 1.•---•(Special,)--A merry dance last night followed, with many guests in attendance, a Jewish u•eddin„ celebrated in the synagogue iu the evening, Th patties in the mar- riage were Moses Taub and Miss T. Cricketsen, Edward Mogan, Montreal, who reach- ed the city on Sunday morning, stated • that on the way up on the railway hie pocket was cat open alae. some $3. in bills was abstracted. Th police here could do nothing for hint. DANISH PARLIAMENT, KING FREDERICK OPENS IT :WILL VISIT OTHER KINGS. ENGLISH DOCTOR'S REASON FOR Cepenbagen, Oct. 1. -Tho Danish Par - SOME GREAT DISASTERS, liament was opened to -day by King Fred- erick. His first speech from the throne lie Says That Between the Ages of 55 was almost entirely devoted to the inter - and 62 There is a Temporary Loss nal affairs of the kingdom. He congrat. ulatecl the country on the excellence of of Will Power and Judgment, its foreign relations, and said that with Now York, Oct. 1, -The Sun has the the object of further strengthening them following cable from London: Writing in he proposed to visit the sovereigns of all seriousness a doctor develops a curl- vesicas countries. ous theory to explain the errors which The opening of parliament was attend - are responsible for disasters on land and ed by Ring George of Greece, the Dowa- sea, such as the Grantham railway dis- aster, the collision of Admiral Tryon's flagship Victoria with the Camperdown in 1803 and various episodes in the South African war. According to the writer, at some time between the ages of 55 and 62 men lose their will power and judgment in a moment of crises. This loss is only tem- porary,, the psychological change taking phaco between the meridian of life and the commencement of age. Business men, according to this theorist, who says he has collected data to substan- tiate the point, show similar signs of weakness, irresolution and suspicion at the same time of life, but when they are a little older they are again reliable and wiser in counsel. Rest and patience aro needed. LONDON TO PEKIN. JOURNEY MAY SOON BE MADE IN TWELVE DAYS. First Section of Road From Pekin to Kalgan Opened Yesterday -Being Built by Chinese Labor Under Can- tonese Engineer. London, Sept. 30. -The Times' corre- spondent cables from Pekin as follows: The first section of the railway from Pekin to Kalgan opened to -day. When the road is eventually extended to Viga and Iiiakltta, Pekin will be within twelve days of London. The line is being constructed by the Chinese under a Cantonese engineer, who was edu- cated in America. The Russian Minister announces that his government agrees to an early in- stallation of Chinese customs on the Russian frontiers of Mongolia. BREEDING HORSES. EDUCATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL -RAILROAD OPENED. Toronto, Oct. 1. -(Special).- The De- partment of Agriculture of Ontario is preparing to investigate the horse indus- try in the province with a view to ob- taining information which will be used toward encouraging the 'better breed- ing of horses. 'The province has been divided into eight districts with two ex- perts over each division for the purpose of investigation. The following have been nominated to the new advisory council in the de- partment of education.: Geo. R. Theo - bald, Mount Forest; Thos. McRahtut,. Ottawa; Wm. Linton, Galt; St. J. Keyes, B. A., Cornwall; J. W. Rogers, M. A., and Miss Harriet Johnston, Toronto. Twenty-five miles of the new road of the T. & N. 0. R., extended from new Liskeard to Englehart, was opened to- day for service. Cecil B. Smith, chairman of T. S. N. 0. R. Commission, took a trip over the road and 'declared it ready for service. Is No Longer "Lily," New York, Sept. 30. -•--When Mrs. Langtry arrived in Broadway yesterday afternoos, after an absence of three seasons, ale was greatly annoyed at see- ing herself billed as "Mrs. Lily Langtry„ on all the sheets announcing her engage- ment nt Keith & l'roetor's Fifth Aven- tine 'Theatre. "'Mrs. Langtry" is my dratuatie trade. mark 'end my name is 'Lillie,' not 'Lily,'" she exclaimed when her eye fell upon the offending anuoiuteentents, and she then =Ulna refused to so mueh as rehearse he: sketch until it big fpree of bill platers were sent ont to erase the annoying STEAM ENGINES. THOROLD T6 HAVE A FACTORY TO MAKE THEM. St, Catharines, Ont., ,Sept. 20. -(Spec. iii.) -Thorold is to have a new industry. The foundry and machine shop at lock 22, old Weiland ('anal, owned by Joltn Stuart, and for some time run by the Thorold Foundry and Machine Company, composed of local amen, has been taken over by the Manson Manufacturing Com- pany, of which the provisional directors are George J. Manson and William Man- son, St. Catharines; 1)r. Gunn, Durham; S. 1,. Craig, Brampton, and J. Murray, Paris, They will manufacture a newly devised high speed rotary motion steam engine. The first one made yields 33 horse power, and would be taken for a 10 horse power water motor rather than a powerful steam engine. The company will also manufacture various machines, such as boring mills, drills and stilling machines. "Lily." lits. Langtry was the star passenger aboard the American liner Philadelphia when the steamship tied up at .iter pier vt' trrday morning. Lonlcmg even yomtger than alt her first visit to this country, the actress, with Ilarold Vanderbilt lend - 1 3 in„'her moral support on one band and Purser Ilitmsley performing the same hind area out the left, yielded to interviewers with good grace, ,►.a. 42AILWAY LANDS. Hoard to Settle What the G. T. R. Grant Will Be. Messrs. James Leitch, R. C. (Chair- man), A. 11. Ingram and II. N. Kitt - s011, ihr other members of the Railway and Afnniripal hoard, Mr. II. C. ('amp• bel, the Secretary, and lir, William C. (:no, official stenographer, left for Dort William on Saturday. They will meet there the board's engineer, who has none over the projected route, and will, in addition to hearing his report. make in- vestigations themselves into the mai- ration of the (.rand Trunk Pacific Rail- way for its land grunt, from the Pro- vince, for the Dort William to the main ]ing branch, a distance of about 2(Hl miles. Originally this grant was 3,375 acres to the mile, but under an arrange ger Empress of Russia and many ether members of the royal family and the diplomatic corps, • _► CARNEG'S MONEY. WANTS ADVICE AS TO HOW TO DIS- POSE OF IT. London, Oct. 1. -Having supplied most of the requirements in the way of public libraries, Andrew Carnegie is now seek ing the opinions of school boards and other public bodies in Scotland as to the best means of disposing of the part of his fortune which he prolses to distri- bute during his life for"the benefit of hu- manity, and asks for suggestions regard- ing the most beneficial objects. He says that while he is willing to assist in pro- viding church organs, no money will be given to suport ministers or church ser- vices, which be considers should be paid for by tate congregations. •.• Reign of Silk Hat. King Edward Sets the Style and "Chim- ney Pots" Regain Favor. London, Sept. 30. -The fashionable hatters loudly rejoice and are glad that King Edward appeared at the Doncaster races in a silk hat. Of course every gran who wished to be well dressed at once donned a silk hat. The King's example gave a strong fillip to the trade. The jeat- ters prophesy that the "chimney pot" will soon regain its old status. They declare that only enprice laid it aside for a while. They say it is economical, lasting three times as long as the hard felt hat; comfortable, cool in summer and warns in winter, healthful, and, above all, "smart." A HUMAN BEAST. Man Tied a Cat to the Tail of a Kite. South Bend, Sept. 30.-D. A. Hard- ing, of this place, does not like cath that conte back, and so he decided to start one of bis in a direction likely to con- fuse it. Ile tied it to the tail of a strong kite and despatched it heaven- ward. Lip rose the kite, with the cat crying and squirming. When the kite had gone three hundred feet the cat wriggled loose and dropped to the ground, turning over and over until it landed right side up. But this bit of feline agility was not appreciated by Harding, who struck the four -footed aeronaut with an axe and be was prose- cuted for cruelty to animals. • -• MAY BE FIFTY MILLION. The Revenue From Customs Rapidly Increasing. Ottawa, Sept. 30. -Canada's customs revenue is soaring at an unparalleled rate, aid it would seem as though the rcccipts from this source would total 4430;000,000 at the end of the year. For the month ended to -day the receipts front customs were $4.657,412, as com- pared with $3,016,018 for the same month of hist year. For the past three months the customs revenue aggregated $12.835,743, a gain of $1,500,073 over the first quarter of the previous fiscal acne'. ',SHOT THROUGH HEART. Suicide of ll. Kirkpatrick at Centre- ville. Meaford, Sept.20.-In a fit of despondency, brought on by worrying over financial mat- ters, li. Kirkpatrick, a married man, about 40 years of age, committed suicide at his home at Centreville, one mild and a half from here, this morning. The unfortunate men shot himself through the heart with a shotgun, causing instant death De leaves a widow and five young children. Deceased sato here from Dublin, Ireland, some time ago. •.i MARINES LANDED. Havana, Oct. 1.-A brigade of tear- less, consisting of 750 men, was landed at 8 o'cleok this morning from the Unit- ed States warshit•s Kentn•cky, Indiana and Minneapolis, and proceeded by trot - ley to (laanp Columbia. There was no demonstration ea, any kind. 'Thio departure of timet' Pelma from Havanna bus been postponed until to- morrow. 46 6 KINGSTON'S GROWTH. Kingston, Ont., Oct. 'Lite assessIllent rolls were returned to the City Clerk to-dtty. The population is 18,424, air increase of 1100. The as. sessment .totals $7:067.822, also a sub• stantial increase. There are 3,374 school children. The exeinptioris reach very large figures. $3,369,425, or about hall the total assessment of the city, POLICY KING TAUS MS OWN Ulit Suicide of Al Adorns, Well -Known New York Bucket -Shop Man. through bis head and imbedded itself IA the wall of a hallway adjoining the xoom, Death must have been instantane- ous. The body was found lying on the floor by a hall boy who went to the rooms at 7.30 o'clock wording to his custom, to attend Mr. Adams. W. K. D. Stokes, treasurer of the company which owns the Ansonia, was promptly notified and he called in a coroner. "Al. Adams took his life primarily be. cause of the hounding ire has received tit the bands of the newspapers," sate' E, D. Stokes. About six months ago, Mr. Stokes said, Adams appeared to be greatly de- preesed, and Mr. Stokes asked hint if he was worried by business troubles. "No, it's not that," replied Adams, "but netvst>apers and tnagazinee have been houndingme so long about the pol- icy and bucet shop business that I can stand it no longer, and if they don't let up I will kill myself, I can't stand it, .old man, and there has.got to be stop to it. I am an old man now, and I might as ~yell finish it." New York, Oct. 1. -Al Adams, former- ly known as the 'Polley. King," commit- ted suicide. Adams shot himself in the head some bane during the night. His body was found this morning, Adams had been in poor health sinee his release from Sing Sing prison, where lie had served a term for having con- ducted a poliey'gamo in this city. He was reported to be the finanolal backer of the firm of M. J. Sage i4c Co., of New York, and New Jersey, the offieos of which were raided in August on a com- plaint that the company was conduct- ing a bucket shop, Mr. Adams' son, Albert J. Adams, jun., However, declared that the only Albert J. Adams connected with .the Sage Com- . pany was himself, and that bis lasts was considerable. • The fatal shot was fired while Mr. Adams sat in a chair in front of a mire ror in his room. The bullet passed HAPPY WITH HER CHINESE HUSBAND. Sister of Mrs, Howard Gould Perfectly Contented as Mrs. Sun Yue. San Francisco, Oct. I. -"I ata happy, very happy," said Ella May Clemmons- Sun Yue, sister of Mrs. Howard Gould, to -day, as she displayed a jade ring - her wedding ring. She had Only recently been married to Sun Yue, a Chinaman, who was work. ing -as a laborer at $2 a day in the ruins of San Francisco. • Site was sitting outside a tent, her ]tome in Chinatown, and her blue eyes sparkled and oho blushed as she spoke of her husband. "My husband is in the ruins yonder clearing bricks," site said. "For this he gots $2 a day. Ile works hard and i uncomplaining. He is kind and good to nee. In fact, all Chinamen are good to their wires, We were married after the laws of his country, but don't ask me when ex where." Then she raised her arm and dispplay- ed a bracelet of green jade. "My wed- ding bracelet," she said, as she patted it affectionately. Mrs. Sun Yue'e eyes roamed across th bey where could be located Niles, the beautiful home she once ruled as the wife of Charles Overaeker, a tech merchant. 'Then she enjoyed the same social standing as Mrs. Howard Gould: enjoys in New York. ]3ut the couple were divorced and site resumed her maiden name. After the divorce Miss Clemmons took up mission work and became ksown as the "Angel of Chinatown." -4-0-4-14-444-+-4' N-4-4.11-64-4.41-•-4-•-•-•-+ Saved by Parachute Trenton, N. J., Oct. r. -The clos- ing of the Interstate Fair here Saturday was marked by what for a few moments looked like certain death for Vincent Morris, an aero- naut, who has been making daily ascensions and d^uble parachute leaps. He had ascended to about 2,000 feet, when he cut loose ftom the balloon and began to drop to the earth. The parachute became en- tangled, failed to open, turned up- side down, and Morris shot down- ward like a flash. His weight car- ried him faster than the falling parachutes, and this enabled him to pull the second parachute into position. The apparatus finally opened and Morris' plunge was checked. He came to earth gradually, none the worst for his experience, alighting half a mile from the fair grounds, close alongside a passing express train. Much excitement prevailed in the crowd during the progress of the descent. 1 1••4•414•N 4444 444 .- HM 4/4 LOST FOR DAYS. WILLIAM GALLUP'S ADVENTURE IN BRITISH COLUMBIA WOODS. Beset by Fog on a Hunting Trip -Wan- dered About in the Mountains and Through the Forest Without Food. Vanconeer, Oct. 1. -With his clothes all torn and himself almost a wreck from exposure, William Gallup limped into the city a night or two ago after having made his way through the forest from the Britannia mine, Howe Sound. He was lost in the woods for three days, and thanks his lucky stars he is alive to tell the tale. He had to struggle through densely -grown underbrush, over huge fallen logs, and to cross streams swollen by the late rains into torrents. Gallup was out shooting on the divide behind the mining camp, and took a light dunch with him, as he expected to be out only a few hours. He lost his way, however. After he had travelled a good distance and had reached an alti- tude of 4,000 feet, a heavy fog blew in from the sea and wrapped the moun- tain tops in a blanket of mist. Unable to locate any landmarks, he spent a night wandering fruitlessly about, in danger of death every hour. In the morning he found himself in an un- known district. He blindly turned south, and after spending three days travelling arrived at North Vrrtcouver. ,Tante!; E. Grundall, 184 Harbord street, Toronto, died from a dose of carbolic • aeid. POINT 0i' ETIQUETTE. CHIEF CAPILANO UNABLE TO CALL ON HIS EXCELLENCY. thing was absurd. City Comptroller Gibson, to whom Chief .Joe explained this difficulty, told the Indian in his best Chinook, and also in his best non-Roose- u-elted English, that be would do his best to so arrange matters that Eael Grey and Joe should meet as man and man, and his Excellency will be requested to hear some special remarks from the ebief on the subject of the red men's wrongs. THEY PLEADED NOT GUILTY. THE LONDON BRIBERY CHARGES BEFORE TORONTO COURT. Toronto, Ont., Oct. 1. -(Special). - This morning, before Police Magistrate Denison, the case arising out of the bri- bery charges in the. Gray -Hyman by-el- ection, of June, 1004, in London, was resumed. J. O'Gorman, Wm. Service, Geo. Ardey, Daniel Wiley, Geo. Reid and W. J. Mulloy, of London, being arraigned. They pleaded not guilty to the charge of conspiracy. T. 0. Robinette, R. C., ob- jected to case being heard here, holding the court had no jurisdiction, but this was overruled and the taking of evidence was commenced. HORRIBLE DEATH. Pipe Bursts and Saturates Woman With Boiling Tomato Catsup. Cincinnati, Ohio, Oct. 1.- Betty Honican, a young woman employed at the plant of a catsup company, was fatally scalded yesterday afternoon with boiling catsup. While working at a table an overhead pipe, used to carry the hot fluid mass from the large vats, burst, and she was deluged by the stream that issued forth. Its force was such that she was knocked to the floor and saturated with the boiling compound before she could be rescued. The unfortunate young woman was taken to the city hospital, where it was stated she could live but afew hours at most. POPE AND RIEST. SENDS PRIVATE CHAMBERLAIN TU CINCINNATI PARISH. Rome, Ocq.. le -Baron Paull Von Mathies, a private chamberlain of the Pope, who recently abandoned the world, becoming a priest, was received this morning in private audience by the Pope, who created him a monsignor and appoint- E,ec1 hint a parish priest at Cincinnati, say - "There you will have a vast field For your energies." BABY'S BODY After Shaking Hands With the King it Would be Infra Dig for Him to Call on "the Ding's Man" -No Objection to Meeting Earl Gtey. Vancouver, Oct. L --Having shaken hands with King Etltuurd liimbelf, Chief Joe ('apilano, bead of the Squamislt tribe, considers it email be infra dig for him to go to the Hotel Vancouver to call on Emil Grey, "the Kills s man," when be arrives 'here to attend the for- estry Convt'ntion. Chief Joe says he will been on guard with some of his braves when the laoveruol•Genc girl voiles, but he waxed indignant at the idea that lee should make at call on his Excelleney. "I no can go to hotel with my people," Ite said. "Mitt who saw Ring and sltook hands with him will shake the Ring's than by 'the hands if we meet in the streets, but what would my people think if I went and called on the Bings ligan': ' Found in Barrel by Hostler of London Hotel. London, Ont., Sept. 30. --Walter Miller, hostler of the City Hotel, reported to the police on Saturday that a baby's body had been found in a refuse barrel at the hotel on Wednesday last, and taken by William Lilley, a farmer, along with the refuse for burial. The police visited the farmer's place and found the body, which was eight meths old and badly decomposed. The coroner has called an inquest for Wed- nesday next. Lilley promised Miller to report to the police, but failed to do so. TWO IN FAMILY DEAD. Guelph, Sept. 30. --••News• was received this afternoon of the death, in Danville, Illinois. hospital, of Vincent, the second sou of J. 1I. Waldman, from injuries re- ceived in the 'Wabash wreck at Catlin. The condition of the other two chil- dren, ,Tulin' and Marguerite, is more favoralilc',.though the latter is still in a rt'itiral state. The body of the late Mrs. Waldman arrived in Guelph yesterday. The fune- ral took place this afternoon, and was attended by lrnnd+as of 'ritizeus. THE DREADNOUGHT. Leedon, Oct. 1.•---Toelay being the first anniversary of the laying. of her keel, tie battleship Dreadnought left Ports• month for her steam anis gun trials. lite :Admiralty attaches melt importance to these Wale that the results will be kept The old ehief indicated that such a eecrct..