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The Wingham Advance, 1907-01-24, Page 7JAMAICAN fiOVERNOR ORDERS OFF U.S. SHIPS. I four trainloads of the homelese And des- ( titute into the rural sections. Indignation in Britain Over the Gov. '80.filst,,!, •Zr,t,tutt.'"Vstg gf; . • course and in the parks. Many tents er.nor's Conduct, have been loaned by the military, and there have been erected hundredsof lit- • tle boothe, consisting a slim, upright supports with sheetor hawls doing eer- vieti as a roof or covered with the fronds of palm trees or broad bauano, leaves. Fortunately the weather is superb. There are enough donde n the sky to metier - Burning Bodies and Vultures Helping in -Search for Dead. -•-•-•-•-•-•-fele.-44-++++++-+ +++4-4-+4+-aes-e c!/:•lestilii!! DEEP REGRET IN BRITAIN. London, Jan. 20. -Great indignation is felt in this country on account of the almMinable behavior of Governer Swettenhara of Jamaica towards Admiral Davis and the American people, in whose behalf he was minister - big to the sore needs of the stricken Jamaicans. The Times says; The incident, which we can, only regard as deplorable, has led to the departure from Jamaican waters of the American warships which the United States Government despatched in an eminently generous and ueighborly spirit to the assistance of the sorely stricken capital of Jamaica. "We publish in another column the correspondence between Admiral Davis and the Governor. It will be read in this country, we feel sure, with deep regret, and perhaps the most charitable explanation of the extraordin- ary wording of Sir Alexander Sveettonham's communication is that he was overwrought and unstrung by the terrible events of laat week, Whatever misunderstandings had arisen as to the character or necessity of the co- operation volunteered by Admiral Davis, there can be no excuse other than we have ventured to suggest for the tone adopted by the Governor in reply to so courteous a letter as that of the American Admiral. The latter felt that in the circumstances no other course consonant with the dignity of the American flag was left him but to re -embark his men and depart with his ships from ICingston. This lamentable close to a mission conceived in so admirable a spirit of international good -will will certainly not lessen the gratitude of the unfortunate colony and of Englishmen all over the world either to Admiral Davis and his blue jackets, or to the Governin.ent of the United States, which sent them on their errand of mercy," The explanation the Times suggests as the most charitable is not the one those who know Governor Swettenham's reputation will be apt to adopt in accounting for his brutal behavior. Their explanation will be that Swet- tenham simply acted up to his reputation, which is that of a man with a great natural aptitude for caddishness. While he was Governor of British Guiana he was profoundly disliked, and was regarded as a very rude, uncouth man. London, Jan. 21. -After conferences to- day between offietals of the Foreign of- fices und of the colonial office, the lb - ter cabled to Governor Swettenham, of jamaiea, asking him for his version of the situation which led to the withdraw- al of Rear Admiral Davis' warships frem Kingston on Saturday. Nothing had been received from, the - Governor con- cerning any phase concerning the inci- dent up to noon and his reply to the spe- cific request of the Colonial Office is now anxiously awaited. No persons . were more surprised at the action of Governor Swetteuham than the officials of the Foreign Office, who learned the ea first particulars. tarough the press. In gilt the absence of Foreign Secretary Grey, the Senior Secretary of the Foreign Of- fice immediately went to the Colonial Offiee and suoested the propriety of se- - curing the Governor's statement without delay, as it was felt that incident might — cause irreparable injury to the friendly I NO FRICTION, relations -between the two Governments : — if not promptly explained. It was as a . Says Admiral Davis, But Officers Wanted result of this suggestion - that the Col- onial Office sent a cable message asking . to Help. London, Jan. 2L -The Globe expressly for Governor Swettenham's . version. repudiates any ingratitude 'to the United When the officials here were eliown As - States or distrust of the motives of the sistant Secretary or State Bacon's state- Ameriefin Government, but excuses Gov. ment cabled from Washiegton to the Swettenham on the ground that it must effect that the authorities there had re- have been an intolerable humiliation to ceived notification regardh,ig the depart- see the British flag stayed upon the ure of the warships from leingston, they bayonets of Americans. "There has been were somewhat relieved but still they ' resentment at the Governor's determin- Were much disturbed over the - situation. ation to rehabitate Kingston without American aid," cables the -Standard's cor- respondent at Kingston, under Satur- day's date. The telegram . proceeds: "The American warships sailed yesterday evening. The officers undoubtedly were chagrined at the Governor's refusal to accept their services, although Admiral Davis declares there was no friction. He sayhe was prepared to land every cessary before shipping will enjoy the s 1 seine safety in navigation as formerly. available man, clear the ruins and de - Hundreds of terror-stricken negroes 14irett the dangerous buildings. In behalf I and whites have not slept -a wink since of the citizens, the Mayor officially vis- !.-tINiff°11tItlysillioniel•cisiinig); Fear of a repetition ited Admiral Davis, disclaimed the atti- tude of the Governoe and requested him . events them from go- ' to remain at Kingston, but the Admiral ', ing to bed. people sit fully dressed on decliued. The Governor even threatened their verandah% ready to rush upon to arrest Mr. Magnus, .8. leading King '. the first warning. Even t1ie. undam- stveet merchant, unless he desisted. from ; need, houses are untenanted at night. usine, American in:nines to help him in ; Thirty thousand persons of all classes clearing up the ruins of his store. In con- ' are homeless and destitute. The ma- sequenee of the attitude assitmed by the e iority of them are camped on the race - Governor, the repair work has been eourse north of the oily. Coetinual religious services are being greatly rete.rded." held, in which the people join with hya- - Just Like St. Pierre. terieal fervor. The natives are tintici- Kiligeteit Jae, 20, - The work. of paling the end of the world, and bad clearing the streets of Kington ot negroes are becoming religious ami debris and recoveting the corpses of praying to be saved. the victims of the, earthquake and con- There y among is a severe mortalit flagration is proceeding rapidly. the wounded beeauee of the leek of The southeastern portion of Kiegston ..),,a , .. • , : pei medicines mut sureical materials. looked exactly. as did St. Pierre aftei The deaths aro reported' here to num- the eruption of MountPelee. ,. ber about 20 a day. The total list is th On the whole the conduct of e now about 450, an(t it is known that populace has been admirable. There numtrous bodies still lie under the have been. only a few attempts at loot - ruins that have not been cleared up. ing, and then have been eonfined to These bodies ere a source of great dive- rt= shops and provision stores. The leer in this tropical climate, and every guards have not had occaeion .to fire a single shot, and perfect order reigns effort is being made to get them out end bury them. . throughoue the devastated city. The steamer Port Kingeton, carrying An admirable •example has been set eu enormous crowd of passengers, in - the lower classes. by the Governor and chiding Sir Alfred Jones atel hie party Lady .Swettenham and the higher of . fieirds and their wives, who ere work- ot' distinguished persons, as well as the ing unwearily to relieve the distressed ' West Indian delegates to the inter- .. Governor Sweetenham's friends here and nurse the wounded. Amerienn malted ngricultural cenference, lea , naval doctors are also doing magnificent here on Friday for England by way of • While greatly astonished that he should work in assisting the local - doetors, Barbfuloes, have acted so abruptly, say that he is a man of fixed ideas, who has been in * - who have in:detained. all the traditions the habit of tre • ' the present frightful conditions at King- ston will be taken into consideration. One thing is certain and that is that Governor Sweetenham acted solely upon his own personal responsibility, as not it word has been sent, from here which au- thorized or in any way justified such a course as be has adopted." It is learned that the incident between Governor Sweetenham and. Admiral Davis is not the only one which has aris- en at Kingston as it now develops that the activities of Sir .Alfred Jones in re- lieving the situation at the Jamaican capital have given the governor the idea that Sir Alfred sought to take the whole mntter in hand. Sir Alfred's' action in taking part in the relief work is explain- ed by the face that Ile is one of the prin- cipal business men of Great Britain, President of the Liverpool Chamber ef Commerce, head of the Elder, Dempster Steamship line and leader of the British commercial party which has been visit- ing Jamaica. The Governor's Letter. "It is =explainable," said an official of the Foreign Office to the Associated Press. "If it was not for Governor Swettenham's letter, Which is so full of inconsistencies, it would be impossible to believe that he has taken such action. . 1 am sure no one can regret it more - •than we do, and in this I am =re I can temak for Sir Edward Grey al well as • Or the other officials of the Foreign. Office. Swetteeliam Imo alwaye been considered to be an excellent Governor, but it is hard to see how Ile can justity his letter to Admiral Davie. The most charitable view to take is that he is overwrought by the great nervous strain resulting from the disaster, and it is a . great relief to hear that .there has not been any teal trouble or foundation for any. But this does not eiplain the Gov- ernor's letter, which in one line seems to be chaff, while the next refers to the . American efforts to assist in the relief week. It is difficult to find justifiettion for the Governor's letter, It is as great a surprise to as as when the news came that Admirale Evane had despatched ships to Kingston, and later that men had been landed to help• in maiataining order and thrills for the wounded, the greatest appreciation was expressed on every hand, Sir Edward Grey was par- tieularly appreciative of the kindly con- cern of the American navy. Nowhere t id- we hear any criticism of the landing 4, ,,..0,1 under the circumstances, and it is f- armed men, which seemed quite nat- hard to realize how anybody could oh- ject to it. We ehall make every effort to have the .affair cleared up without de- lay, and we hppe, that the Americans will withhold their Judgment until this- can be done." Governor's Abrupt Action. 1+1 1'14 f+++++++*'+++++++44++++444+44-4-4+++++++-4++++++++4,4 + Guantanamo, Cuba, Jan, ee.-Ties U. S. battleship MiseoUrl lute arrived ,+ here from Kingston. It vras etatecl to -day that Governor SWettenheM Wel I up Saturday nightli deepatches from Kingeton regarding hie letter to Reim. I Admiral Davis, requesting him to re -embark the American MarineVthO bad landed to aeSint in the relief week aldiOre. Jot previone to the departure of the American warships the Meyer and City Council of Kingeten sent 4 petition to the Admiral begging him to re- main, and the relief committee, headed by A.rchbiehop Hubbell, threatened to Taiga. When the American surgeons left the hospital the patiento wept, and begged that they and the American warships would stay, and the Red Cross nurses declared that the Goveraor's aetion in ausing the Americans to withdraw was nothing sheet of criminal, promptly &approved the English Gov- ernor's actioa, and not only sent it letter of regret te Rear Admiral Davis, but asked Lim to reconsider his aleeision to leave and to remain with the Americau ,hips, as aid. was still urgently need- ed. Davis replied that he had no alter- native but to go, in acordance with the desire of the conetitacd authoritiee. ate the heat of the eun. There has been Englieh, meek:paper comment on the in - no rain and. consequently the campere cident is unanimoue in regretting the cm - are comparatively comfortable. Relief -currence and in. expreeeing the hope that associations are at work providing food. the good. relatIone existing between the Beef is plentiful, as are also yams, potoe United State.; and Great 13ritain will toes, bananas and plantains. not be endangered thereby. The vaults .of the colonial and Nova No official American comment has Scotia banks have been opened by the been forthcoming up to an early hour to - use of dynamite, and the managers of day, inasmitch as the American Govern - these institutions hope to resume busi. ment had not been officinlly informed of nes to -morrow. Swettenharn's action. Victoria market appears to he sinking Governor Swettenham'a explanation and is threatened by the sea, The city his course and the outcome of the when these refugees left was well polio- incident are awaited everywhere with ea, and. American marines assigned. to keen interest. this duty were praised by the Oteris passengers. The West India regulars and NO OFFICIAL NEWS. the colored troops were also rendering excellent service, Governor Swettenham feels that lie now has the situation well Governor Acted on His Own Responsi- bility -Everybody Sorry. in hand. London, Jan. 21. -Up to a late hour Review of the Situation, Kingston, Jamaica, Jan. 20e --The city last night neither the Admiralty nor the has been in darkness at night since e'oreign Office had any news of the inci- the earthquake. There were two fur- ther shocks last night, but they did , dent between Governor Swettenham and no damage. kclmiral Davis except that derived from No attempt has yet been. namae to re- the press despatches. The incident oc- eurred at a moment when the British start business. The outlook for the city is extremely discouraging, The erects and public are loud in their ex- nressions of grateful recognition of the . fire burned, over sixty blocks, causing :mompt and generous aseistanee the a loss of about $15,000,000. The mer- : United States rendered when it was bre chants fear that the insurem is coin ----e- --' tossible owing to their distance from panies will pay no losses calmed by the scene for British warships to go to the fire; owing to the earthquake the rescue. clause in the policies. There is - no The important question as to whether lumber left in this eity, and very few the British authorities at Kingston were werkmen to work at rebuilding. in a position to maintain order appears The Governor has issued it procla- to be debatable, mation calling on the people to keep Governor Swettenham's clam of Ma- th° peace and abstain from looting. 'ty to do so is in marked. contrast to the under penalty of condign punishment. mcounts of many of the British prese Former Mayor Philip Stern says the. reports, who recorded numerous. cases of total loss of property on the island, in- disorder, but, on the other hand, some of eluding merchandise, will reach $50,000,- 000. • ale correspondents aver that no serious lisorder took place. Ten dead were found ia the Myrtle It would appear that Governor Swet. Bank Hotel. Two hundred Americans mnitam acted entirely on his own Ma have left the island. tiative. The last despatch of the Sec - The fire extended from Port Royal setary for the Colonies, Lord Elgin, to street, with its frontage on the sea, •;overnor Swettenham, dated Jan. 18, north to Barry street, and from Duke .eave the Governor full liberty of action. street west to the railroad station, It was as follows: covering the. entire wholesale and re- "You will know that I fully appreciate tail section. Dr. *Savage, his nephew the courage and firmness with which and niece, of Birmingham, England. you and your Government arc facing this are still mis'sing. treat disaster, and that I do not wish A score of physicians have also ar- to trouble you with telegraphic: instruc- rived to take care of the injured. Siena or to fetter your discretion." hundreds of whom have suffered from It is not believed the Government sent luck of medical attendance, and un- my subsequent instructions modifying der the direction of these medical Ads attitude. men measure are being taken to im ' The morning newspapers all regard prove the sanitary condition of tie . :he incident as most unfortunate and wrecked city, and pave the way fol -egrettable but several of them refrain the rebuilding. . 'rem speaking editorially, pending fur - Gangs of workmen have been set :her information, evidently being desir- to work to clear away the ruins ae els of carefully avoiding anything calm - much as possible, and cart away .sted to jeopardize in the slightest the such of the bodies of the victim friendly feeling between the ITnited as still remain where they fell. Thes• atates and Great Britain. They all, bodies are being buried in groups ca however, reiterate expressions of grati- twenty as faat as they are taken out hide for the invaluable services of the and one, of the ghastly sights of the american surgeons and land parties, city following the disaster has been Officials of the War Office who were the proeeseion of cars passing through eked with regard to the situation con - the debris-stiown streets to the little 6end that the troops in Kingston were cemetery where the. interments have fully equal to the requirements of keep - been made. . . ng order. Had this been a much larger Kingston is practically a waste of 'one on such a lamentable- occasion,, it charred timbers and •overtoppled. brick erobefbly would only have added to the walls. The best part of the City lute .ionfusion. They consider the landing of been destroyed, and that part of it American marines a very kind and which did not fell before the earth- Mendly net, for which Great Britain quake _ and the flames has, by one of is deeply grateful. the strange manifestations which fol- lowed the trembliugs of the earth, slid PRESS OPINION. — off into the sea, .— The entire water front of Kingston Would be Difficult to Justify Governor's has been changed. The channels Language. have shifted, and. an entire new sur- vey of the harbor front will be no- London, aan. 21. -Referring to the of their noble profession. KINGSTON COUNCIL ating natives in it firm Over five hundred victims have been manner and that he may have felt lune h i I p to to.day, and scoree ef WU- * . at having another authority working in I. I"' ec u" d. i anY' turned be tee tave been token from • • .. Petitioned Admiral Davis to Remain, but King„ston. On the other hand, it ia held the ruins of eollapsed bniblinge • and He Would Not. policy in consulting the Governor before eremeted at the erossings of thorough- New Yolk, Jan, 21.---3 he features of , that Admiral Davis' courteous letter and acting Should have overcome nu re I ' fare-, with the view of avoiding the tie, me, lama Kingston, Jamaica, to. Y son • outbreak of an epidemic., Fully '''"0 day IS the deelination of i4ir James Alex- not well to anticipate. the nonbathing proclivities of hie 12,- inent resulting from the presence of the thousend pereons linve been. maimed for . The skating party to have taken place de. vors .of the Jamaien. earthquake to ar- --4-•-•------, - at Government House yesterday arta- 000 parishionera has attracted ninth American sailors. ,i,d4er Swettenhams the Governor of Jain - Officials of the Colonial life. theiv legs or arm having been t"ea wee_ ei, emeeeitieuee, oe the Ameriean ilve in NeNV Norte on board the United. Ica. to adept A. merienn aid, and the noon iti honor of the visit of Mr. Root 4ftentkm. ed themselves to the Aseociated Press Office cxPrea•; atm tat 4, rid tl oee wir 1 =stonier:1 Charged With Theft. Ad, 1.4ruit Company's steamer Baker, which Brantford, Jam 20.-13. A. Wall, for- . and family was cancelled owing to the The local liaalth officer at Walworth on substantially the same lines as those leaterl wounds are leMinte: by Ions- t, , . ' eztaluee under command of Rear left Port Antonio last Wednesday, and melte of Brantford, was arrested here ,Ineeeealeel r lifted Laurier . • •trld tilit3 chief eanitary onspector, whoa li I u t w ti 4' 1V- ' !flatly etated that the elegem. "jadeite. arrived here to -day, These weee John !, oti Saturday by the police on a charge of ' "-- .- / ing with them leteelleneies and 'Mr Mrie 4viter:neinent‘, 21,INteteee Istat even, , . - -- , • interviewed on the subjectotaicl per - of the Foreign Office. The leeeretary of • ' tehal Davis. A eespatelt front Santiego State for the tailonies, the Bail of El.. . N.or Deeonetruction. . the() IL Avil, .Plula; Geo. legal,: Ttoospoint stealing naps Air. ittnatey would not repeat the: gin, had not had any wora from thee. Nothing hae ben Stolle as yet toward whieli turtived lest eight et lean .„ , „ . , • • . / g $100 front the Bell Telephone 1 rata atis4 Item % York, ..; 8. D. Ourtie of Phttlebnrie, New ; Company na Wintipeg, 'where he reeent- ii Toahty th three"e"t etntement literally if he were on oitth ernor Sweetenham and therefore did not the reeenstricetien of shattered build- :rein Guantanamo, sighted Davis' ships _.. and Max Magnus, of. New 'York i lea worked, Ile will be taken bitelt to 1 1, . i --,. - eli . - - ----- - - • • le b e t one from' Weshineten werilievtitrei Ili 4 eourt of jnetiee, but, broediet ileeire to make any °Metal statemeut, ings, or even to eepair the damaged resi- making for Guantanamo en Sunday a f -i nue moil o Sir WI rid and Letly Lent- 41q. 4 allg) 't Iv" t'earit °' ei* but one of the hiehest officials of the deuces in the nottliten and eastern parte ternoon. The veatels probably arrived '' ''' . Mr. ANA timid he wee etorinin at I I Winnipeg. ----a-6.0..........e.- - • 't irr. Ort Tuesday Mr. Root will epeak Tie certeinly did not eeeretate re- enntesiore Park Ledge, in Kingston, on i • . . . at a. luneheen ef the entadian Club. garding the general leek of eleanlineste ' Colonial Office eat& of the eity and in the suburb of St, on Fawley night, eo that offieial ' des- r. s. . ' e er g I r. lire feette a bun* g eulm pile et the t "Thite far we are only ehk to euttee Andrei-. Indeed, it is impoesible tie do t I mi_eace en the .ameriean reliiiff shonlit more eerie= was at hand and rushed Ant into the hall, where he was confronted by oeveral women, who ale° had been enjoying' a Ideate. 110 Assisted them stairs end then returned for their jew- els and clothing. The building wan 4 wooden structure and. held together. • At 8.30 p. there WAS another heavy shock and, again at 3,20 on Tileeday morning, followed by another at nomi that day. On Tuesday, Mr. Avil said there were hundreds of dead bodies lying in the streets, many of them charred by fires whith broke out about half an. bour af- ter the trot heavy ehoek. An area a mile in length by three-quarters of a mile in breadth, Wail devastated. while every building in Kingston was badly damaged by the ehoeks. There were many injured persons. Street cars were burned in the streets where they had stopped. Other paseengers bold similar experi- ences. Jesuit Fathers Safe, New York, Jan. K. -President D. W. Hearn, of the St. Francis Xavier College, yesterday received from Rev. John J. Coll•ins, S. J., administrator apostalic of Kingston, a cablegram in which it was stated that the Catholic priests in King - stem were unharmed, but that the mis- sion -buildings had been destroyed. Another cable from Rev. Collins was received at Fordham University to -day reading as follows: "All the Jesuit fathers in Jamaica are safe, but the missions are in ruins." Fathers Stanton .and IkleGinney, both of whom. are in Jamaica, had been re- ported as missing. - DREADFUL SIGHTS. _ Negroes Jammed in Windows Trying Escape. . London, Jan.' 21. -Belated Kingston despatches, dated Jan. 15, retell the story of the disaster. They say that the suffering of the injured immediate- ly after the shock, was extremely pain- ful to see, especially as there were no means a relieving therm Among the most areadful sights were numbers of negroes who had been jammed in the windows as they tried. to escape through them, but had been pinned by falling titnbers, which had either caused death or held the victims until. t hey were burned to death. Thousands wandered to and fro, moaning, exclaiming, or pray- ing aloud. Hundreds of these were in agony, having broken heads or limbs. They did not know •where to turn for rest or shelter. All the available sur- geons were busy throughout the night, amputating limbs and. dressing wounds. The bodies recovered would nowise indi- cate the total number of deaths. A very large number were burned to ashes, It is believed that the dead can be reckoned in the thousands instead of hundreds. One corresponnent writes that the streets preeented a sickening sight be- fore the rescue parties got to work. The rains of countless houses and huts were smouldering, and dead bodies were lying, charred, amid the debris. Occasionally nee heard gronas or shrieks from those who were atilt alive, which mingled strangely with the lamentations and prayers of those who had escaped. While the fire was at its height the neighing of horses corralled in the fire ring drown- ed every other sound, though there were many exploeions and the constant thud of falling timbers. The negroes are quite useless. They are unable to even help themselves. All of them seen' paralyzed with fear. They spend their time praying. At each fresh shock Wednesday morning it wail went up from every place in which they had taken refuge, and they made it fresh utampede, even when they were compar- atively Safe on the plaza or the race- course. Another despatch, dated Jan. 16, is enuched in a hopeless tone. It declares that not only is Kingston wiped out, anathema of the American warships but Jamaica is ruined. Kingston can - I irom Kingston, the Pall Mall Gazette not be rebuilt for a generation. The sais afternoon says that the "lauguage disaster, according to this correspondent. employed by Governor Sivettenhain wits greater proportionally than those at would be difficult to justify in almost San Francisco and Valparaiso. Any di ciunstances." At the same time .414-- " the paper says it thinks "it is possible feat it praiseworthy desire to do his ut- FEAR CONSTABLES ARE LOST. Admiral Davis beyond. the necessities of No Word. of Mounted Palice Who Started — alost in the cause of humanity pushed the case and led him to encroach too to Aid of Insane Rancher. far on the sphere of British authority." Edmonton, Alta., Jan. 20. -Dee. 22nd The Pall Mall Gazette assumes that last Constables Smart and Shand, both the Governor ;and the Admiral were Royal Northwest :Mounted Police, no - Animated by the best of motives, ex- eompanied by Sam Adams, left for the preees the opinion that the abnorfnal Grand Eddy, on the Milee River, via sonditions preclude their conduct being Lae Ste. Anne, and 509 miles distant Judged by ordinary standards, and from that place. Their mission was to capture a rancher named Horne - back, who had reached there with about 40 mares from Cochrane, and who had gone insane from loneliness, losses 'of his horses, and the cold. The report of his condition had been brought to Ste. Anne by an Indian, to Ade: "Englishmen certainly do not, wish the misunderstanding to be magnified in any sense by pique and. the American public ought to be broadminded enough to regard it with the same charitable disposition." 'The Westminster Gazette says there i I who reported the rancher was in im. .an be nothing to regret at the fat that cold. -- mediate danger from starvation and any difficulty has arisen between Ad- iniral Davis and Governor Swettenharn, r e c eSii tv ice d e Comp' the nerott2tirteabnioese,y0ardiadhaistbeeisn and while aevajting tt fuller explanation thought they have gone astray. Corporal the paper adds: . Munroe and Constable newton lef t in "In the meantime, the U. S. can be search of their comrades. They will be assured that„we, in this country, deeply joined by a, guide at Ste. Anne: The long appreciate the generous empathetic way silence has caused some uneftemess. in which its eitizens volunteered assist- --...0 ance to the 13ritish eolony." Arrive at Guantanamo. Washington, Jan. 21. -Rear Admiral EVall3 IlaS notified the navy depattinent WELL-KNOWN BARRIE HORSEMAN of t he arrival at Guantanaino, early this morning:, of Rear Admiral Davis and B Sniztn WITH PA.RALYSIS. the cruiser Yankton froni Kingston. byment, the well-knotra lumber:nen and arrie, ,Tan. 20. -42:1401a) -Mr. Nat:Model Clic battleship Missouri and Indiana, and SURV/V0_12LS STORY, emoying his usual health 011 this morning, horseman, is lying dangerously ill at "Itow- amhurst," his beautiful home here. lie was Talks of Ibis -Experience on Hit Arrival °but had been very pearly all day. At 10 at New York. 'clock to-nlght he was Seized with paralysitt. and, owhig to hie advanced age, his condition New York, Jan, 21. ---The first eurvi- Is regarded se very eritical. MR. N DYMENT ILL ;SHOT WHILE. _LAUGHING_ ON MS SWEETHEARPS VERANDA, ratty Lucy Furala's Brother Frank Attempts Murder in the Presence of His Mother, Buffalo, Jan, 21. -Wedding bells may- . Georgia street, And before lid heel germ not ring to -night for pretty Luck Funds, many feet he dropped to the sidewalk for her •intended husband. lies in the Lincoln Hospital, at Prospect avenue and • Georgie, street, with a bullet wound in the mouth, said to have been inflicted by. the brother of the would-be bride, The shooting occurred yeeterclay after. noon on a rear veranda of 26 Trenton avenue, a large tenement house, occupied entirely by Italian families. Donato Crachi, who lives in West Seneca, and who was to have married Lucy to -day, stood on the little rear veranda talking with Frank Furala, a brother of the girl. From the story gathered by the police, Frank did not approve of his prospective brother-in-law, and began to argue the matter with hirn. Donato did not seem to place much faith in arbitration, and laughed at Frank. Before the laugh bad die away he had been shot through the mouth with a 313-ealibre revolver, and fell over the veranda railing to the ground. EU assailant immediately maAle his escape. Donato picked himself up and ran to the front of the house and into the street. 13lood poured front his mouth as he ran down Trenton avenue toward Donato was hurried to the hotel*, where it W45 found that the shot Ws.* nal various. Ile will reover, 'The bullet penetrated one side of the mouth *oil same out the other. Several teeth war. knocked out. Mee. Rowalia Furela, mother of the girl and of the man who did the shoo*ing, were taken to police headquarter*, where she was detained PM witneoe, Mrs. Furala saw her ion shoot Donato, but said she was posverleee to prevent, It. She willingly told. the e,olicee that It weet her sou who fired the shot. Seeersi *Wee Witnesses were also held by the pollee, Lucy Furala is a bewitching !Wiest girl, 20 yeara old. The excitement *need by the shooting of her lover did not seem to perturb her in the least, and she deelared that elle would marry Pallatte As SOOn AEI he was able to leare hello pital. The ceremony was to bxve been performed this afternoon Irt St..44.41.10117N1 Church, but it may be postponed. Dos - oto at the hospital said that he would leave to -day, and if Lucy would sorest, the marriage would not be delayed. Furala up to a late hour fiat reigh6 boa not been captured by the pollee. TO WASH HIS SINS AWAY. Buffalo Woman Pours Boiling Water Over the Head of Her Husband. Buffalo, Jan, 21.-Be1leving that sho *could make a new man of her husband and cleanse his body of sin by boiling it out -of his system, Mre. Philomena, Toz- zo, of No. 204 Carroll street, yesterday morning, poured a kettle of boiling wat- er over the head of her husband, Peter Tozzo, frightfully burning him. The wo- man was rtter Anirested fiergeant Murray and Patrolman Koester of the Seneca street station, charged with in- sanity. The police say that the woman is crazed over the subject of religion. Mrs, Tozzo, it is said, ha e not been in her right mind for some time and has been acting queerly. She seemed to be under the imprecision that she could cleanse the body of sin by boil- ing water and tried it on her lorabanti. Ho was sitting in a astir reselina paper when his wife mated into the room with a kettle of boiling water, and before he could resist, /mid As water over his bead. Tag worms then ran screaming treat tha horse and told a neighbor what ib. done. The neighbor hurriet to thw Tozzo home, where she feast Mr. 'r0720 lying on the floor, A ieetoz was immediately summoned aid the burned man was taken to the /River- side IloSpital in a carriage. At. the hospital it was stated that the raan's burns would. not prove fatal. Mrs. Tozzo was locked up in the Sewer& street station and will be exawrhiel by Police Surgeon Fowler to -day. ROOT 'VISITS OTTAWA.! FAMILY WIPED OUT. SAYS THERE IS NOTHING IN IT BUT PARENTS SUFFOCATED ---411%/dtVEIR A FRIENDLY CALL. FROZEN TO DEATH. The Man From Washington Not Anxious Evidence of a Terrible Tragedr bike to Discuss International Questions, House of gsrsri peraimeii ca. at Least With the Press, Just Now gary-Stillborn Baby Dtlivared ea -He Makes a Very Favorable Im- tke Night of the Tragedy. pression, Nothwithstanding. Calgary. Jaw. SO.-zy a tragedy, the 5* Ottawa, Jan. 20.-.A. furious gale, ae- tans of whieh will never be dedlnitcly klows. companied by hail, which smote the face but which are of a nature more thou se. like the lash of whip -cord, was in pro- dalnearti etCalgaryRadii hie wieife aad robeb gress when the Montreal train bearing • 0 tw children, came to their death it wage U. S. Secretary of State Root and his ee mot, as;„. wife and daughter pulled into the Gen- oss Saturday morning the pollee broke tate bra], Station yesterday at 1.20, 40 min- the hen:ea:22nd Pordund child in the bediii3d aid'Ma Wes utes behind time. Colonel Hanbury Wil - children nearly dead, and who have Maar Hams, Military Secretary; Captain New- stoye, and the stovepipes were apart. rat - diet. M. reralnand was Sound near the ton, A. D. C., and. Colonel Foster, United States Consul, welcomed Mr. ltoot and dented WIN in bad. Theo theory bed/eased is family to Ottawa, and the two former thato: trimerdwiinaten.dro,ewasto hz everooreatu that Ifro: gentlemen eecorted them to the Vice- babywas born under =these enema:guineas. rteg,a1 residence. in an. intervieW, Mr. Root said: It areme erfort to save herself and children, and that she rose up again making a en - is undou.btedly true that there has been as shovrn by her footprints upon the cher a meat iuereabe in kindly feeling in the by the stove. Evidently she feinted thee and United States toward. Great Britain and 401 The ohildren wore upstairs oovered up, ho 13ritish Empire generally. I do not and though there were evidences that MI think that anyone can now make p011 had been sick, they lived through the gas. tical capital by the process known as The terrible accident must have occurred 'twisting the lion's tail,' as people used to think they could." "There is a good deal of interest here in your recent declaration for a maxi- mum and Minimum tariff. To what ex- tent, personally, would you care to to the knees. The other one in the crib wee go with reepect to Canada? Would not I also badly frozen. Ferdinand wee a teaner. reciprocity be a further step?" . The house was full of aoal and prevaricate "What I said at the convention in owd the family wars in good cimaistams. Washington upon foreign trade was not —e 3 1 - with reference to any particular coun- try, but with reference to the general operation of our tariff law. I did not undertake to deal with details of the a couple of nights ago, for when found the two little ones were badly frozen. one eland, three years of age, had got np trom her eat and snuggled up near her deed father is :attempt to keep warm. Her logo were frown WRECKED HOUSE. 4•44.....d.4446 tariff. It is not in my provinee, but in A DISASTROUS GAS EXPLOSION AT the province of Congress. One great WHEATLAND, MAN, trouble about our present tariff is that it is imposeible, without some change of „ law, to treat nations that treat us well x amnia' et -air. C. Howard Turned lot to in their tariff any better than the wan- the Lain fly Morning in Their Lest - tries which treat us badly." clothes, with the Thermometer Aveir "Have you etudied the new Canadian tariff?" "I am sorry to nay that I have not, and I would not undertake therefore to express an opinion in regard to it.' "If the United States should adopt a maximum and minimum tariff, how do you think it would be applied?" "There are many kinds of maximum and minimum tariffs. Some countries extend. the benefits of their minimum tariffs to all other countries width ac- cord them the best tariff treatnient. Where there is it maximum and a mini- mum the Executive of the country is authorized to make different rates be- tween the two, accommodating them to the treatment that the country gets from other countries." /Save you anything special to say to the people of Canada?" "Nothing, except that I have been a great inamy times in Canada. I like Canada and I like Cana,dians, and 1 think that I am representative of the people of my own country." "Would you care to exprees an opite ion as to the probability of the Unit - ea States miming the duty against Canada" "No, that ie a matter of legislative policy. No doubt Congress will in a few years take up the whole question of the tariff. In the meantime it is Below Zero. Wittalneg, Ie.—Deprived of their clani. fortable home and turned out late tbe sneer In the early morning, with the mere:art res. istering SO degreee below gem, was the stir. fortune wItoth overtook -0. Howard'a family at Wheatland last woek. Att explosicia st coal gas cou.sed the disaster. A heavy euPPI? of soft coal had been placed Is the Mete the previous night, and it bad been so dataPod up that the gas escaped into the room. In the Aiorning one of the members id the househeid, before going to the dab* turited on the draughts sad almost immediately the rest ot the family, Min In bed, were rudely awalcened by a heavy exploclos. htr.. Hows.rd, rushing downstairs, round the Mese full of Mutes, and it was with diftlaclige ho succeeded in getting the damn, Wit at dears before their exit wee sat oft. Nothing was sewed front the Ere, tang Inmates, who found shelter the lows, eye coped With no other alothiog Went their night robes. t • I BRITAIN'S POOR UNCLEANLY. Case Instanced by Canon Herder is Typical One. London. Jan. 2I. -The Mate:neat, made by Canon Horsley, rector of t31. Peter% parish, Wolevorth, regarding , il also learned Monday afternoon, he event to Ms room • volli017 11 111° Erie' VrailPallY At Avflei%1* The leeldiug used ley :home of dime Tose- it to-nightet Abner et Government from the press reporta but these appear • dtlytilillg 1.0 tide end. There. is no jam. litent be faitheoming. It net -the eccond finer to ,eleee, - At leree ; Pa., eammunieated witri the itteaker Sat. i 11'0110 the e'llfath invited r0 illeet 1,.(r. l'it' wan lea-Iible- There were SttrIO WitO dulged in unaecountable -sareaents. Pon But if Kingston ht e been deetroyed, 3e- . a the Veiled atatee War DOILIttaielltstveyed ; lirday. and it was ennipletely deetroyed. • 11°,(1t wort+ linn. W. s, Firidinv., end have been married thirty ot forty /etre to alloW that Governor Sweetenlmin in. • her here. fow artisane tuul little ratite!. that Swetteeliain 114154 refniged tito offer :.„..a.katt the banding ittufttenly . I heel.: and forth Aix times. At flint, he "Pile flame% spread to it w5511013' building, Mr. rieldieg. Iron. A. B. Aylenworth, I -who ut* have never oit that teat elbly the terrible extirelenceet in mimeo- ' maim ass It uhole rem:limit food tma Sing . 1" l'','Ilii. 11919 ratina:4 to leingetee. -fetid. he smiled itt the teet end other I anti it will probable- he a tote tem eel Mre. Avleeetnialt. IThe. eueeere. .ehenged their bedding. don ,. . eartinettake .ttitiv have 1 . ter are allandant in the connive and the It in rep.:rted thut th:. City Connell furniture eliding iteroont the roOril Ana • Mate breakee (boys heti a nareertv welt% Sifton and M -s. Sittori, Mr. Jotteph The leaglielt poor in the; respeet are him to lose his head and it is lioped that GovernMent is eentling daily three or mot after the incident, became known, bark again. ile then taw that aoreething but all got ent eafely. AL, Pope and Mrs. Pope. far dirtier than the Continental poor.