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Mrs. Ziegler to Devote All Her Wealth ; NEUTRAL IN RELIGION.
to Educate and Help the Blind.
Now York, Nov. 5.-"I will give all I
have for charity to educate and to make
happy the unfortunate blind of the Un-
ited States," said Mrs. William Ziegler,
widow of the Arctic explorer, who left
a large estate, whoa she was asked con-
cerning her plans for the free magazine
site is to publish for the blind, says the
World, to -day.
"Immediately after it was announced
that I intended to finance the publi-
cation of a magazine for the blind, let-
ters came to me from all parts of the
country begging aid for other charities
and there were letters from men and
women who seemed to feel that I should
give them money," continued Mrs. Zeig-
ler. "That is wby I say that all the mon-
ey I can devote to charity will go to the
uplifting of the poor blind. I feel that '•
they have been neglected by wealthy per-
sons who havo given money to charity.
Very little has been done for the blind
and before my husband flied we had
planned to aid the sightless ones in some
way. Now T shall carry on the work and
devote my energy to making the mag-
azine a Success.'
11frs, Zeigler has instrueed the man-
ngement of the new magazine to Walter
G. Holmes.
Mrs. Zeigler expects to issue the first
number of her magazine very soon.
MISSED THE
NORTH POLE
BUT PEARY REACHES FARTHEST
NORTH OF ANY.
Great Hardships of Trip --Incessant
Battles With Ice, Storms and Head
Winds -Point Made Within 203
Miles of Pole.
New Yark, Nov. 5. -The United
States now holds the record of "farthest
north," 87 degrees 6 Minutes. This feat
was accomplished by Commander Robert
E. Peary, of the United States navy.
The intrepid Arctic explorer failed to
reach the north pole as ho had confident-
ly hoped to do with his specially con
structed vessel, the Roosevelt, but he
penetrated nearer to the polo than the
Duke of Abruzzi's expedition, which had
held the Arctic record, 80 degrees 34
minutes. What Conunander Peady did
and his experiences during the past year
in the frozen north aro briefly but vivid-
ly smnmarizecl in a communication re-
ceived by Herbert L. Bridgeman, Secre-
tary of the Peary Arctic Club. This
communication follows:
Hopedale, Labrador (via Twillingate,
Newfoundland), Nov, 2. -To Herbert L.
Bridgeman: Roosevelt wintered north
coast Grantland, somewhat, north Alert
winter quartets. Went north with
sledges February, via Ileckla and Colum-
bia.. Delayed by open water between 84
and 85 degrees. Beyond 86 six days.
Gale disrupted ice, destroyed caches, cut
off communication with supporting
bodies and drifted due east. Reached
S7 degrees six minutes north latitude
over ice, drifting steadily eastward. Re-
turning. ate eight dogs. Drifted east-
ward; delayed by open water; reached
north coast Greenland in straightened
conditions. Killea musk oxen and re-
turned along Greenland coast to ship.
Two supporting parties driven on north
coast Greenland. One rescued by me
in starving condition. After one week
recuperation on Roosevelt dodged west.
completing north const Grantland and
reached other Iand, near 100th meridian,
Ilometvard voyage incessant battle with
ice, storms and headwinds. Roosevelt
magnificent ice -fighter and seaboat. No
deaths or illness in expedition. (Signed)
Peary.
The Roosevelt.
Mr. Bridgeman said that there was
little doubt that Commander Peary was
coming home. This stems to be borne
out by the routing of the despatch.
Hopedale or Hoffentbal is a Moravian
mission station on the east coast of
Labrador. Twillinga.te is a port on the
east coast of Newfoundland. Mr.
Bridgeman said' the message probably
was mailed by Commander Peary from
Hopedale to the most accessible cable
point.
Commander Peary's polar steamship,
the Roosevelt, left New York on her
long journey in search of the north polo
July 10, 1005. The vessel for whied
funds were furnished by the Peary Arc-
tic Club of Now York, was designed par-
ticularly for Arctic exploration. She
cost about $100,000. The Roosevelt had
a crew of twenty men and Captain Bart -
let.
The previous record for the point
nearest tate polo was made by Captain
Cagni, of the Duke of Abruzsi's Italian
expeditions, who reached 06.34 north or
within 237 statute miles of the pole. the
point reached by Peary, 87.0 places hint
about 203 miles from the pole.
SOCIALISTS MUST ANSWER.
French Minister of War Takes Action
Against Rabid Papers.
home Government, but now a case has
arisen where a colony claims the right
of being heard, and what is more, plain-.
ly intends it shall bo heard. The Pall
Mall Gazette says no surprise can be felt
at the Newfoundland Government's de-
cision to test the legal situation as be-
tween the colony and the Imperial Gov- •
element.
STARTS GENERATOR.
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ELECTRICAL DEVELOPMENT COM-'
PANY'S PLANT.
Everything Running as Smoothly as a
Top- The Company Keeps Its
Agreement With the Ontario Au -
the -cities.
Niagara falls, Nov. 4. ---+The Electrical De- 1
velopment Company of Ontario has made goad ,
its agreement with the Ontario Government
and the Queen Victoria Niagara Fails Park
commissioners to havo machinery running
in its plant by November 19th. A unit of
the power house equipment has been started
and found to run perfectly. When the head -
gate wait opened and tho water filled the
long penstock the twelve thousand horse-
power turbine wheel began to spin as smooth-
ly as a top, and the biggest vertical electric
generator ever started in tho world -was put
in motion.
The mammoth machinery ran as evenly,
smoothly and quietly as a watch, and the
assembled engineers and officials of the com-
pany were delighted with the performance
as well as rejoicing that the company had
been able to carry out its obligations to
the letter. The unit was run for some time
as a test. and then shut down. One or more
units will bo started in a tow days and run
continuously, but no load will be put on them
for some- time.
In order to have the forebay filled with
water to supply tho ,power house as soon as
needed, water was admitted from the Dui -
Perin Island channel, but the remeval of
the cofferdam has progressed so far that the
water now runs in from the river proper,
London, Nov. 5. -Tito Times correspona
dent at Pars cables as follows: General
Picquart, Minister of War, has taken
a decision which reveals the policy of
the Clemeneeau Cabinet on the grave
question of anti militarism. A few
months ago the anti -patriotic campaign
of the Socialist followers of M. Ilerve
became so outrageous that even M.
Jaures was forced to repudiate it. Re-
cently when the French youths were call-
ed out for service under the flag there
was a revival of the efforts to inoculate
them with the poison of Ilerveism. Cer-
tain newspaper posters describer) the
while military organization as a middle
class invention, enslaving the people.
Cases were mentioned, it wits set forth,
wherein the duty of the soldiers was to
fire on their chiefs. General Piequart has
now taken action against the rnbid So-
cialist paper, "Voice of the People." for
provoking disobedience to the military
chiefs and insulting the army.
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NEWFOUNDLAND'S STAND.
AT BUCKINGHAM.
TWELVE PRISONERS ARRESTED
AND PAROLED TILL FRIDAY.
Judge Choquette Will Arrange for the
Preliminary Hearings - Insurance
Companies Interested in the Protec-
tion of tbe Maclaren Mills.
Ottawa, Nov. 4. -Twelve men at Bucking-
ham, named In the verdict of the Coroner's
jury as being guilty of murder or accessory
thereto in connection with the strike riots
were formally arrested on Saturday after-
noon. Pleas of not guilty wore entered in
each case, and the parole was continued
until next Friday without ball. A guarantee
was given by tho Lawyers that all would
appear next Friday. On that day Judge
Choquette will bo present and arrange for
the 'preliminary hearings.
Ex-Ald. W. G. Black, of Ottawa, Inspector
of Insurance, visited Buckingham yesterday
to see that the Maclarents have sufficient
watchmen and detectives guarding the milia
and yards. Ho says the insurance compan-
ies are more interested than any ono else,
as the lumber is insured up to the limit.
Detectivo Picard, the thirteenth man in-
dicted, is in a Montreal hospital.
It is Commended by Several British
• Papers.
London, Nov. 5.--•-7'he. 13irmiurham
Daily Post, commenting on the modus
vivendi, says a complication has entered
into a controversy, already difficult to
guide, which unless skillfully handled.
may be productive of unpleasant results.
In fact it ealls 'for no straining of im-
agination, to conceive that in certain
etrenmstanees the notion just taken by
the Newfoundland Government may have
grave eonsequences. The Post eonelades
by saying that it is not easy to see how
the Foreign Office is to find a solution
should Sir Robert Mond and his Ministry
obstinately determine to pursue their
present tactics. The Globe soya' it is no
longeloner seible for the Colonial Office
to
r
t to minimize the un leaaant
nese of theesituation, It has hitherto been
the custom to blur over any ex)treCsien of
imagipation emanating from our colon-
ies in eoneegnenee of an action of the
BURNS' WORDS.
COMPLETE SET OF HIS ORIGINAL
MANUSCRIPTS.
Brought to the States by J. Pierpont
Morgan -Cost $2oo,000-To be Pre-
sented to the Metropolitan Museum
of Art.
New York, Nov. 5.-J. Pierpont Mor-
gan imported yesterday what is said to
be the most complete set in existence of
the original manuscripts and private let-
ters of Robert Burns, the Scotch poet,
says the Tribune to -day. Mr. Morgan's
agents have ben scouring Great Britain
for the last lb years in order to' secure
the documents. An expense of no less
than $200,000, it is intimated, has been
so incurred. The manuscripts are in two
books of some hundreds pages apieces.
They were nominally appraised by the
United States customs authorities at
$25,000 each and subjected to a duty
of $20 p.c. ad valorem, so that the Mole
gun customs brokers paid $10,000 duty.
It is believed to bo the intention of Mr.
Morgan to bequeath the Burns manu-
scripts and letters to the Metropolitan
Museum hn of Art. The value of his col-
lections, other works uteluded, are said
to bo nearly $15,000,000, but the heavy
tariff has deterred him fro bringing them
over.
STATE IN FRANCE WILL PERMIT
ALL, BUT FAVOR NONE.
Will Be Neither Martyrdom Nor Per-
secution -Catholics Will Simply Be
Placed on an Equality With Citizens
of Other Beliefs.
Paris, Nov, 3. -Tito Minister of Public
Instruction and Worship said in an 'au-
thorized interview that the Government
did not regard, the Catholic Church as
being in revolt against the law providing
for the separation of Church and State.
Tho Catholic Church having simply de-
clined to take advantage of its privilege
under the law as the other religions did,
on Dee. 11 would forfeit its $8,000,000
'worth of property, and thereafter would
live toiler the common. law. 1 .iero would
be neither martyrdom nor persecutions
of the faithful. The Churches, as State
and communal property, would remain
open for Catholic worship. The object
for which the Republican party in France
had struggled for thirty years)` was
Achieved. The concordat was at an end,
the State would. no longer be a support
to religion, and -priests would no longer
enjoy privileges. In both their duties
and obligations they would be on an
equality with other. citizens. In other
words, the State was neutral towards all
religions, and would permit the exercise
of all of them, with special favors to
nope.
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TOOT( THE OATH.
A MILLIONAIRE JOINS STONE-
MASONS' UNION. •
New Yark, Nov. 5.-Aecoading to the
World to -day, Juoub II. Schiff, the bank-
er, became yesterday a member of the
Journeymen Stonemasons' and ,Setters'
Union, No, 8#, of Greater New York.
With uplifted hand, the nnillionaire
financier took a. pledge not bo work tor
less than 70 omits an hour and never to
have anything to do with a non-union
job. Ile was initiated by Win, J. Skin-
ner, business agent of the union, told
theft he got his card.
The formality of making Mr. Schiff it
union workman was necessary before he
could lay the corner -stone of the new
synagogue of the first Hungarian Con-
gregation of Ohob Zedek in 110th street,
just west of Fifth avenue.
o•A
LOST HIS LIFE IN FIRE.
Went in to Save Property and Was
Overcome by Smoke.
St. John, N. B., Nov. 4. -Fire, which
raged from. midnight Saturday until 3
a. In. Sunday, gutted Ungar's laundry on
Waterloo street, and caused considerable
damage to W. 3. & J. W. Myers, ma-
chinists; Wm. E. King, brush manufae-
turer; Sterling 33. Lordly, furniture
maker, and others. The total loss is es-
timated at $25,000, The worst feature
is the death of James W. King, who
was found dead from suffocation in the
brush factory of his brother,. where he
had gone to save property and was over-
come by smoke and scalded about the
face and hands. He was 35 years old, a
commercial traveller, and leaves a wife
and little daughter. -
WASHINGTON ACQUITTED.
Plea of Self -Defence Accepted in Man-
slaughter Case.
Niagara Falk, Nov. 4.-A successful
plea of self-dt fence secured. the nequit-
tai of Samuel 'Washington, charged with
manslaughter, by Judge Wells yester-
day: Washington killed Daniel Little in
this city 00 October (kb, by jabbing him
through the nose uitb the point of m+t
umbrella. At the trial the pris;ancr'a
counsel, F. W. (hIf�iths:, put ka no evi-
dence for the defence. The killing was
admitted, but 'Washington claimed to
have struck Little in self-defence.
.A
AUTOS DIDN'T KILL MOST.
Other Vehicles Responsible for Other
Number of Deaths.
London, Nov. 4. -The Home Secretary
has issued a statement showing that the
number of accidents caused by vehicles
within the +Metropolitan Police District
during the month of September was 3,-
058. These accidents included all of
which the police have taken notice. Per-
sonal injury resulted in 063 cases. In
three eases 250 of the accidents were
'caused by automobiles, motor omnibuses
nn1 motor cycles, while out of 38 fatal-
ities, motor vehicles were responsible for
four.
NO DANCES FOR TRENT.
British War Secretary's Dictum to Mili-
tary Nurses.
Canton. Nov. 4, ---In the intervals of
the hard task of reforming the 'BOUsh
army, i('er.'tan.y of War Hel-lsne bed
to Kettle the question whether tht
autn' at the Net't•y Military Hospital
may go to dames.
qhs) eitalnpio,t of t.h' mtrars in the
House of Commons asked wily military
nurses shorld be on a different footing
in regard to ateneement from offieere.
Idler due thoit;lit and con-nleratittn
:Minister lt:tld:tna' eaune to t -:e eon,ilt-
• 4101L that oe.'atsional at.t"nd:we at
operas), theatres, concerts and a eh
like is not incompatible to the due per -
THE BAiT ACT.
Loudon, Nov. ea. --Premier Campbell -
Bannerman. answering a question in the
.rouse of Comment to -day, Raid the (iov-
rnanent was aware that Netrfoundlsasid
had decided to enforce the Bait Ant, but
he declined to say what, if any, steps
would be taken by the home Govern•
'twnt in eoneequenee of the action of the
colonial authorities.
Military Executions Going on. AU
Over Russia,
Scene Described by One of the
Witnesses,,
The wholesale military executions go -
ins on all over ].tussis are productive of
scenes which for terror and pathos sur-
pass the novelists' wildest imagination.
The features aro nearly always the
same. The majority of the doomed
men die quietly and penitently, Only
the ringleaders, in most eases, /accost -
citable revoluttonista, are defiant. It
is the sheep like docility and penitence
of the majority which give the execu-
tions their most tragic features.
The mutineers, though condemned to
hanging, arc invariably shot, It is ire,
possible to find a nangrnan in Russia,
such is the hatred of capital punish-
ment. 'J'!te two last military :hangmen
committed suteido, and though Gen,
Scallon of Warsaw offered $200 to any
one tvho would hang two Jews con-
victed of bomb -throwing, no ono ac-
cepted. Even convicted murderers re-
fuse to execute on behalf of the hated
government.
This is a picture of how the 'mutin-
eers of the warship Pamiat Axova met
their death. It was written by an of-
ficer who witnessed the scene:
"Into every convicted man's cell was
carried a short coat of sail cloth. They
were ordered to put these on; most
begged to remain in their sailor's jack-
ets but they were told that their sen-
tence deprived then' of their rights as
sailors, and that they must take off the
naval uniform. Upon which they sub-
mitted with sighs and dressed them-
selves.
"When the order was given to Bind
their bands behind their backs again
they begged to be let off, weeping at
the indignity and swearing that they
would make no resistance. But again
learning that as hanging had been
changed to shooting, it was necessary
to tie their hands, they bowed their
heals and submitted, asking only that
their eyes should not he bound. With
one man an incident of appalling horror
occurred. Ile had been, it appeared, a
member of a shooting party which had
some months before executed the .Cron-
stadt mutineers, and in a fit of religi-
ous exaltation, he took it into bis heal
that he was to be shot by the ghosts
he had himself shot. He screamed, fought
and bit, and then subsided into quiet-
ude, begged piteously that he should he
shot by ordinary men and not by spirits.
We did what we could to calm him.
"The men were lined up in the prison
corridor and thence led through the
castle yard to the place of execution.
As they passed the sentries on guard,
they cried: '.Farewell, and forgive us
brothers; we go to die for our limey
sins'
Ono struck up a religious song, and
the others joined in for a moment.
Then all were silent.
"On arriving at the place of execu-
tion, they addressed the commanding
officer with i request to be allowed to
take leave of one another. This was
granted, and each man having• kissed
repeatedly all the others, they marched
steadily to the end of the square, where
a cable was atrstehcd between two
posts. They begged not to be bound to
this cable, saying they would stand still,
but again they were told that this was
(necessary in order to avoid unnecessary
suffering.
"Soon ail were bound and the shoot-
ing party. which was chosen by lot,
drew up in lino before thein. The priest
went around with a cross, which all
kissed. One of the condemned ealled
an officer, and asked who would shoot
him, as he. wished to Ieave his silver
watch as proof that he, being deserving
of death, bore no ill will against his exe-
cutioner.
BICYCLIST KILLED.
Seattle, Wash., Nov. 5.-A despatch to
the Post Intelligeneer from Juneau, Alas-
ka, says Norman E. Smith, a 'Panakee
hotel ratan and bicycle racer, has- been
killed at T euakee Ilot. Springs by lin.>.it
lteid. Smith is said to have had a bad
teputation among the miners, and Reid
chin's to have been threatened by the
hoteikeeper. *••••
UPSET
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JUDGMENT.
Toronto, Ont., Nov. 30 -(Special.) ---
The ;ureter in 05ambers this nrormmg
nps'et the judirment obtained recently dry
the Bank of Hamilton fat'$25,00}agamst
4. M. Culp, It. 1t. Griffiths and three oth-
ers . 'l'k.' snip was the amount of the
h;lt•irautec band given to the bank by
tide defen:lanta in the suit.
eel offenders and aro entitled te be
treated urs first-class itlasde¢noaitaiitw,
r Biel' would give thein gtrit'ilooas of
con arative 'comfort, even to the ent•
playnlent et a servant,
The Government, recognizing the dan-
ger in the growth of agitation over the
matter, lout at length ordered the psis•
onere to be treated as first-class misde-
meanants.
•
I LORD BISHOP.
"After this was read the sentence
of death, preceded by the judge's reasons
In. conviction, but before it was fin-
isbcd the condemned began to shout,
'Enough, we .:now our "hilt ourselves,'
and turning to the shooting party cried
`Shoot straight, brothers, so that the 1
may die at once:
"When the command to lour rifles
was given they again cried, "Aim
brothers, at cur hearts:
"The volley rang out. A11 had becii
killed at once, but as they hung back -
ways, frontways and across the cable,
a second volley was p oured in. Then,
as in some cases reflex movements
continued. a few separate shots were
fired. The bodies were piled on carts,
covered with sand, and driven to the
dock, whence a steamer took them to
sea, where they were buried according
to naval statue.
"The widow of one victim insisted on
accompanying her husband's body,
and as she threatened to kill herself if
refused, she came on board the steamer,
ell the time wailing so piteously
that the b -:tial party lost thea nerve
and threw one body overboard without
sufficient shot., with the result that
floated, wobbling hideously in the rough
sea, and had to be taken on board again.
, "And when the funeral was over, the
court-martial resumed its session, and
began the trial of ninety-four more sail-
ors, all of whom are accused of capital
offenses.
"Scenes like this are taking plaee all
over Russia. In Cronstadt, Sveaborg,
Sevastopol and Reyal ai
re mprisoned
over 700 mutinous soldiers andd• sailors,
many of whom await the fate described
above."
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BILLED HUNTING.
Sandridge, (int., Nov. S.--Dev'd iter'•
clerson, of Burk's Valls., who was visiting
rebttives in the township of .Toly, while
out hunting on Saturday afternoon was
•tcefdentally uiiot by the dic'1tarfe of his
: mit gull. It is supposiet flee stumbled
and fell. tiis tompanuut hurried to him month& imprisonment they were strip-. 1
,titer bearing the shot, bttt he lived only pea and screhe;l,
They vere then
L few minutes. Mr Henderson leaves iprovided only with Onset beds atl •the
if to nlnurn his losscoaxes prison diet, anal were not al -
THE RIGHT REV. JAMES CAR -
MICHAEL IS ENTHRONED,
It Was an Imposing Ceremony and Wit-
nessed by Vast Congregation in the
Cathedral --Last Event of Kind
Took Place in 5879.
Montreal, Nov. 4, -With all the sol-
emnity due to such an important occa-
sion, and in the presence of a vast con-
gregatiou, Right Rev. James Carmichael
was tills afternoon entbroned in
Christ Church Cathedral as Lord, Bishop
of :Montreal in succession to the into
Archbishop Bond, The last event of this
kind 40 Montreal was in 1870, 'viten
Archbishop Bond was enthroned as
Bishop of Montreal in the same edifice
To -day's ceremony was 'iniposing it -
its aiutplieity. Bishop Carmichael at-
teuded by his chaplains and a number
of clergy, proceeded from the ehapter
house to tire main entrance of the
cathedral, the door of which was
cloned. In '.response to the knocks of
the Bishop, Archdeacon Norton, rector
of Montreal, asked, "Who is there?" to
which the response tame, "The Lord
Bishop of Montreal, 'viae prays the
archdeacon and rector of Montreal to
enthrone him;
The door was then opened and a
procession formed. of the choir, the
vicar, the curate, four canons, four
venerable arelidencons, the acting chan-
cellor, three cltaplaina, the candidate and
clergy proceedea up the main aisle of
the ea Urethra to tate throne. The cere-
monies of installing, enthroning and in-
troducing followed, after Which Thisliop
Carmichael was escorted by Arohdeaeon
Norton to the throne.
•A•0
ASItRS INO UNIFORM.
CAN THEY BE LEGALLY DEBARRED
FROM DANCE HALLS ?
New York, Nov 5. -•The ease of Chief
Yeoman Frederick J. Buenzle, U. S. A,,
against the Newport Amusement Mao -
elation, will be e,allea in the Superior
Court at Newport, R. I., to -day. Presi-
dent Roosevelt has contributed $100 to-
ward its, prosecution, as it is to test
the right of any plaoe of amusement to
debar from entrance men wearing the
uniform of the United States. The de-
fendnrvt'e counsel claims, in demurrer,
that there is no law by which an amuse-
ment associaticn can be prevented from
prohibiting sailors in uniform from danc-
ing in its hall.
The demurrer will be heard: to -dap,
and if it sustained Buenzle's counsel will
parry the case to the Supreme Court.
If not allowed the ease will go before a
jury on its merits.
SYMPATHY FOR SUFFRAGETTES.
Outcry Against Government's Treatment
Of Daughter hte
r of Cobden.
n --A Da
me
London , Nov. 5. A.ttho t,*lt pantie
opinion favors tcaohing the suffragettes
at lesson, the action of the altthorities
in treating as common criminals the
women who created a die:turbauce to
the lobby of the House of Commons on
Oct. 23 threatens to raise the prisoners
to the level of martyrs :-rid to secure
then' a measure of public support
which they would never obtain, other-
wise, Son of •threat aro of „entre birth
atul bringing up.
One is a daughter of the late 1'titthar,1
Cobden. The harsh treatment of all has
omitted an outcry and indignant leo-
test.
When they were sentenced to two
CRUSHED TO DEATH.
COLUMN EIGHT TONS WEIGHT
FALLS AND KILLS HIM.
New York, Nov. 5. -An iron colurne
00 feet long and weighing 8 tons, which
had just been placed in position on the
second floor of the new Grand Central
depot in course of erection, to -day, top-
pled over and crashed its way through
heavy iron girders to the basement, a
dietetic° of 00 feet. In its fall, it struck
n workman named Peterson, who was at
work on the first floor, killing him in-
stantly, and seriously injured another
man. The heavy mass of iron did not fin-
ally find a resting place until it had
cut its way through the foundation of
the structure.
John Stetter, foreman for the contrac-
tors in charge of the work and John
Wolff, who was in charge of the crane.
which caused the accident, were arrested.
DEPLORES INSULTS TO SAPS.
Methodist Episcopal Church *Upholds
Action of President Roosevelt.
Buffalo, N. Y., Nov. 3. -The General Mis-
sionary Coinmlttee of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, assembled In Buffalo to make its
annual appropriations to home and foreign
missions, expressed itself In tbe strongest
terms to-daY with regard to tho anti-Japan-
oso agitations in California. A resolution
was drafted deploring the action of the San
Francisco Board of Education and commend-
ing the prompt action of the President in
making good tate treaty pledges of the nation.
Appropriations for 1006-7 were made,
amounting to $862,093 for foreign missions
and 020,007 fcr homo missions.
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SHIP'S CARPENTER LOST.
Swept Over prom the Steanter Halifax
During Storm.
Boston, Nov ,3. --Tho Plant Lino steamer
Halifax arrived here to -day from Halifax
twenty .tours Otto, after a dangerous ex-
itsrience in a atm, during which ship's
carpenter, John McLean, was swept overboard
and lost, Tho steamer herself was consider-
ably damaged by the gale, heavy sea doors
and windows haring been broken and a
Mato started on the starboa•d aide forward,
She was hove to for twenty-four hours,
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HEAD TORN FROM BODY.
Steamship Engineer Rashly put It Out
of a Porthols.
Windsor; Oita, Nov. 4. -To call a
goad -bye to his sisters on the wharf,
0. II. Dyke, an engineer on the lake
steamship Mack, thrust his head
through a porthole and wets instantly
kil}ed ay the vessel veered into the
e
reonc1 street
abutments- of the Vi t.ty s t
bridge, in Chu t;o River, last night.
IIis heal was completely torn from his
body turat fell into the river as his
body dropped +back into the emgine-
raont,
w
ts
OF A METEORIC SHOWER AT SEA.
Oinie of Them Was Fifteen Fit in Diameter
Rose to a Height of 40 Feet.
New York, Nov, 5. ---Remarkable
stories of a meteoric shower at sen last
Tuesday were brought into port yester-
day by the l.'snoenirc liner St. Andrew
and the hamburg -American liner Bra.
galla. One of the nicteors, which strucks
the water less than a mile from the St,
Andrew, is dcseribed by First Mate V.
Spencer as being fifteen feet in diame-
tor, "The first meteor was seen all the
afternoon of Oct. 30," Spencer said. "The
ship was then about 1300 lance northeast
of Cape Race. I was standing on the
bridge, when suddenly an enormous fiery
ball dropped dead ahead. Just after-
ward three others fell. rim iuerevre
travelled s0 rapidly that they seemed
only streaks of fire.
"For several minutes after they struck
the water, spray and steam arose to a
height of forty feet. If one had bit
the ship she would havo gone straight
to the bottom."
Captain Russ, of the Brazalia, reported
Spray.
geeing a meteor at T g'ci4ek on Oct. SO
in the sate waters.
Portsmouth, 14ng,, Nor. 6.• ••-•A matin•
ons outbreak on the part of the five or
six hundred sailors Iast night neeessftat-
od the immediate rnobolization of the un•
tire force in the naval barracks here in
order to prevent the affair from develop-
ing into a serious meeting. The men
had assembled in the gyinnasiunt when
the senior officer, a malt of abort sta-
ture, wishing to administer a repriu osmd
for breach of discipline, ordered thefront
• ranks to kneel so that he could see the
.men in the rear. The order was resent-
ed and some of the sailors tubo refused
to obey were arrested.. Their comrades,
agrieved, ran amuck, wrecked the eon -
teen and other premises, started to break
out of 'barracks with the intention •af
wrecking rho quarters of the obnoxious
officer, and were only prevented from
so doing by the fixed bayonets of an
overwhelming force. A number of the
men who attempted to break out of bar-
racks also were arrested.
SHOD- FOURTEEN.
PARDON COULD NOT TEMPT CON.
VICTS TOI BE HANGMEN.
Kronstadt Authorities Could Find No
Executioner, and Had to Shoot
Prisoners Condemned to Death -
Students Suspend Studies to Mourn
Slaughtered Comrades.
London, Nov. 5. -The Times' corres-
pondent at St. Petersburg cables as fol-
lows: Fourteen .pers+ons, including two
girls, who were executed at Cronstadt
this week, had to be shot because no
hangman was procurable. Oonviets de-
clined the task, even for the promise
of a free pardon and money. The two
girls attended the university extension
classes at St Petersburg and their
comrades to -clay insisted on a suspen-
sion of studies asa sign of mourning.
The ukase on the Jewish concessions
will, it is understood, revoke tate re-
strictions imposed by Ignatieff in 1882,
besides a'elaxntg many vexatious rules
connected with there.
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TWO KILLED 017 HAND -CAR.
Fatal Accident on Michigan Central a
Few Miles From St. Thomas.
St. Thomas, Ont., Nov. 4. -a -A fatal acci-
dont took place on the M. C. R. track
nine miles west of this city this evening,
when three section men going from St.
Thomas on a handcar to Shedden were
rile iota by a freight train and two of
the men were killed instantly. The dead
-nen are W. Buck°, 50 year's of age,
''those home is in •Hawesville, and J.
Jones, a young unmarried man from Ti;
bury. 1.'Ile third man, a son of Bucke,
was thrown a Iong distance, but escaped
injury.
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CLUNG TO PLANK SIXTEEN HOURS.
Dian Swept to Sea in Recent Hurricane
Rescued by Steamer..
Liverpool, Nov. 4: Trite steamer Bar-
rister, 'which arrived here yesterday,
landed a young American, Thos. Ander-
son, of Galveston, Tex, ,'rho had a thrill-
ing experience in the recent hurricane
off Florida, with 140 others, employed
on Long Key he was swept out to sea,.
but managed to get hold of a plank, to
wheel he citing for sixteen hours.
He was about giving up when: the
Barrister bore clown and actually cut
the plank to which he was clinging in
two. He managed to attract attention
and teas picked up.
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BLACK HAND BOMB.
Outrage in Brooklyn -Gang Failed in
Blackmail.
Now York, Nov. 4.--tltrsnccessfnl in
their alleged attempts to blackmail
Frauceteo ;►Iea•.sina, a prosperous tailor,
of .Brooklyn. members of thn so-called
"Illack Ii3nd" Sneiety, or) the pollee say,
t:t-day aturled a dynamite bomb egainet
the Exam door of the tenement in whieh
be lives and eonlneto his bnsiuess, and
rausea damage of $3,000 to the building
and surronuiing property.
THAW BEADY.
SAYS HIS TRIAL CANNOT COME
OFF TOO SOON.
New York, Nov. 5. -"My trial cannot
come too quick for me. I expect • quick
vindication."
This was harry K. Thaw's written
reply to a query sent to his cell yester-
day concerning a report that he night
be put on trial this week for i!de murder
of Stanford White. .
When Assistant District Attorney
Smith was seen in the absence of Mr.
Jerome, he said he was not at all sure
that Thaw's trial would begin this week.
It is generally believed that neither
the District Attorney nor Thaw's law-
yers are ready to go on with the case
immediately.
ROBBED BY PIRATES.
CRYSTAL BEACH,.
BUFFALO SYNDICATE WILL SPEND
HALF MILLION ON THE PLACE.
Building Great Hotel, Making a First -
Class Summer Resort and Establish-
ing Line of Modern Excursion
Steamers.
Buffalo, Nov. 5. -The Buffalo Times
announces to -night that negotiations
are being carried on in Buffalo
whereby the Detroit it Buffalo Steam-
boat Company will become the owners of
the Crystal Beach Steamboat & Ferry
Company and the Lake Erie Excursion
Company. It Is said the proposed deal
would put the Detroit & Buffalo Lite in
full possession of Crystal Beach,, Ont.,
Buffalo's most famous summer - re-
sort.
It is understood that if the deal is
finally eiesed the Detroit & Buffalo Line
will erect a magnificent new and modern
summer hotel at Crystal Beach, located
• near Ridgeway, Ont., and that upwiirds
of $500,000 will be expended in an effort
to give Buffalo a really first-class sum-
mer resort. Likewise the 'Detroit &
Buffalo Line, if it finally comes into
possession of Crystal Beach, will, it, is
understood, put on a line of modern ex-
cursion boats to ply on Lake Erie be-
tween Buffalo and the Canadian beach
during the summer months.
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CONTRACTORS I17 COMBINE.
They May All Be Barred Front Civil
Contracts.
Toronto despatch: The question of
accepting tenders for the repairs to the
roofing of St. Lawrence Market gave
rise to an interesting decision at the
Board of Control yesterday morning.
Three tenders were received from A. Mat-
thews, A. B. Ormsby Co., and Douglas
Bros. The tenders were all near the same
amount, but Dougiae Bros., was the
lowest, the amount being $6,248. In akas-
wer to Controller Ward, it was stated
that all the tenderers bad been reported
► by Judge Winchester as being in the
. combine, and were now committed for
trial on the charge of conspiracy. Con-
troller Ward said he would never con-
sent to give a contract to any firm re-
ported against by Judge Winchester ttn-
tli the cleared their skirts of the
chargees.
It was eventually agreed to ask the
City Architect and the Property Com-
missioner to report on the best plan for
dealing with the work, provided the
board decline to give the contract to any
firm reported as in the combine.
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COLLISION AT ST. BRAINO.
Two Railway Employees Lose Their
British Launch Overhauled Near Hong
Kong.
London, 1"ov. 5. -The correspondent at
Hong Kong of TIte Tribune cables that
the liriti.eh steam launch Fienam has
been seized by pirates on the West
River, The passengers and crew of the
htttneh tyre robbed and the pirated then
raided several Chinese laundries and en-
gaged in at running; fight with an armed
launch of the salt commissioners. They
finally oseapcel in the darkness with
booty estimated at $10,000.
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HIS SKULL FRACTURED.
Death of Thomas H. Stone, a Railway
Foreman of St. Thomas.
St. Thema Nov. 4, ----Thomas H.
4tolte, forcing.: ,'f the repair gang of
the Pere 11th quette Railway, ttwlto on
Friday morning was 'struck by. a hook
on the head wl.iie engaged in lifting a
ditched ear, and had his skull fractured,
died in the b.s't'ital this morning. He
never regained ennseionsness, Deceased
leaves 11, wife. one son and two daugh-
ters.
Bishop of Harbor Grace.
.Toltn'', Nfld., Nov. 4. -thou. Jolut
Muth. aged 42, rea'tor of the (Catholic
('ttheatratil of Herber Grace, was con-
.eerctted t'i*"c' to -day Bishop of Her-
bor,a(•l.race Diocese, .uceeetling Bishop
MvDonald, reeenily resignetl owing to
Iliatefilth, after 25 'years itt the epis-
copate,
Legs.
Montreal report: A very serious as-
eident occurred •yesterday ev.mug at
St. Bruno, Que., on the G. I'. 11., by
which Lorenzo Dansereau, of Point tit.
Charles, Montreal, and James Marrigan,
of Deseronto, Ont., will .both lose their
legs and perhaps their lives. The ac-
cident was the result .of a re•t- enol al -
Reim between two excursion trairv, the
respective engineers not seems; the other
train in the darkness. A flat ear of
one train was jammed against the et -
boom of he other, frightfully crushing
the two men. Both are married, with
families, and were old and tr,tate,l em-
ployees of the railroad.
HOTELMAN DEAD.
Buffalo, Nev. 5.---0. Spaulding, a
veteran hotel man, who during the last 23
Veers. has neon in the hotel business in
`ese York, h4s•raeuse, Buffalo and other
1 cities, died title utorning, his 00th birth-
day, Ire had been ill two months,
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MAY APPEAL TO COUNTRY.
Hint Thrown Out by British Chancellor
of the Exchange.
London, Nov. 5. -Herbert Asquith,
Chancellor of the Exchequer, made a
speech at Manchester to -y, in which
he referred to the amendments made in
the House of Lords to the Education Bill.
He said the nation had decided that all
schools maintained by rates and taxes
must be under unfettered public control.
The Government could not, if it would,
and would not if it could, infringe . on
that decision. The statement is interpret-
ed in some quarters as showing the in-
tention of the Government to appeal to
the country against the Ilottse of Lords.
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LOYALIST IN HIS SUICIDE.
German Sergeant Shouts for Kaiser as
Bullets Strike Him.
Treves, Rlrenhdla Prus:iia, Nov. i... -
To -day, while several squads of the
20th Regiment of Infantry were under-
going rifle instruction with blank car-
tridges, at sergeant of one squad fell
dead, with four bullets through his
breast. It developed that he had him-
self loaded the rifles of the squad. with
ball cartridges and directed the recruits
thetrig-
gers
ri -
1
breast and pull toint
:t his g
n t
p
'
Majesty
. 'nt Hks � e
be exclaimed. ers when 1 J y
- -I Thu ralt- -----I"
The reuse of the sergeant's suicide
has not been ascertained.
Choked by Heavy Band.
New York, Nov. 4,- -Following nn
autopsy today, the coroner's physician
declared that mtrs. Maggie Gordon, aged
2:3 years. who was Potted dead in her
npartnlenta last night, "had been• choked
to death by a heavy hand."
The roroner eonnuittcd to the 'tombs,
without Tail, the dead woman'8 connium
Taw husband, Alexander Gordon. 43
years of stye, who dcseribed himself as a
merchant.
The l'r':vineial Treasury has received
012.105. real payment of sureession dot -
lire stn 64 estate of the late ROCthavtes
Nutherlatol.