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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1907-01-31, Page 7wife A WITN[SS ]reads. The family presented a united out. When the defendant was called into court he appeared on the instant, and !^ evidently had been waiting close to the door leading from the prisoners' pen. As ALAI sT UsBAND. he passed lite family grouphewasgreet•orerymemberit. UO smiIOti broadly, arid. then gave a 'quicquick glance at the reporters working at two long tables. It seemed as though k wanted their to see that all was liars Charged With Shooting Her Fatter Because of a runny in the family. It is said the prisoner was resentful yesterday when he ;read so much in the Sunday papers about Wilt He Was to a l k , a reported break in the relations between 1ttverheed, L. I., Jan. 28,_!.Clio unusual lay T. Horner, on Dec. 27, 1005, in the spectaele of a wife appearing as one of the principal rritneese,s against her hue - bend, who le charged with tL capital, crime, will be witnessed in the Supremo Court here when Dr. James W. Simpson, fe prominent dentist,. goes on trial for his life before Justice Felly and a jury, Mrs. Simpson, who will be one of the principal witnesses for the prosecution, ege was not a witness to the shooting, but i was ono of the first persons to reach the side of her stricken father and also a witness to ovent:i immediately preced- ing the shooting. Dr, Simpson is accused of leaving de- liberately shot his father-in-law, Bart- tcitchen of the Horner ]tome, at North - put, L. I. Horner is Enid frequently to have relerhed his son-in-law for his. al- leged bab;ts, Homier, it is said, had prepared the rough dr::ft of a will in which he was to have left the property to his wife and daughter, in such a way that Simpson could never have the handling of any part of the property. The will was to have been formallydrawn vt np and sign- ed n - ed the day after the shooting. The de- clared intention of Horner to make such a will is ascribed as the motive of the crime. I)r. Simpson's defence will be, it is said, that he accidentally discharged the gun while "breaking it in" preparatory to cleaning the weapon. U. S, RUUUG[IS NOT I ,L.4RLATU®. Sir Alfred Jones' Claim Borne Out by Brooklyn Men and Others. Bridgetown, Batbadoes, B. W. I., Jan. 29. -The steamer Port Kingston, with Sir Alfred Jones and the members of his party on board, arrived. here yesterday on her way from Kingston back to Eng- land. . The correspondent of the Associated ess went on board the fort Kingston to interview her commander, Capt. Par- sons, and Sir Alfred Jones regarding the complaint made by the Americans who returned to New York from Kingston by the Hamburg -American steamer Prinz Eitel 1''rederieli of the alleged ill-treat- ment accorded thein in ltingston between Jan. 14 and 17 by certain Jamaican offi- cials of rank, and specifically Capt. Par- sons. Tho correspondent was told that Americans, as well as all other refugees, had been }welcomed the night of the earthquake, Jan. 14, on board the King- ston. The refugees were put off the steamer the afternoon of the 15th, as elle was filled to her utmost capacity. Sir Alfred Jones inquired if any among the refugees were destitute. lie sug- - gated. that the American refugees be sent over to Port Antonio or Mandeville, the railroad to these points being in . operation. 'At luncheon on board' the steamer on Jan. 21 Sir. Thomas Hughes, Sir Alfred Jones and Capt. Par:sone gave I Juror No. 8. Arv Yorc Ja .08.- Ch tr as D. New- ton, vtun, retired business matt, about 95 years old, was selected as juror No. 8 in the Thaw trial today. At 12,05 p. in. the court ordered re - gess till 2 p. no on account of a break in the heating apparatus, which made Um court room too cold for comfort. A new panel of 100 jurors has been subpoenaed to appear to -morrow morn- ing. his wife and his mother and sistoi'e. The first talesman called for examina- tion to -day was Charles Sltoengood, the 102nd man in the special panel, Sheen - good declared he had formed such a strong opinion in the ease that he would not be a fair and impartial:juror. The next talesman was excused for the same reason, and then came two who had con• •seientious scruples against capital pun- ishment- The un- ishment.Pto trial will begin to-day. emphatic denial to the statements that Americans had been ill-treated, and Vis- count Mountinorris also declared that the complaints wero baseless. Christopher Boylan, of 1110 Lincoln Palace, Brooklyn, N. Y., and -William J. Thompson, who is travelling in the in- terests of an American packing house, both expressed satisfaction with tete treatment accorded them on. board the Port Kingston. The incident is deeply regretted by Sir Alfred Jones, Capt. Parsons and tete passengers ou the steamer. The Earl and Countess of Dudley and Arnold Forrester, who came in on the Port Kingston, will leave hero for Trini- dad Tuesday, Says He Didn't Sign Protest. New York, Jan. 28. -Ernest E. Ling, of Tarrytown, who arrived on Tuesuay from Kingston on the steamship Eitel i'riederich, was one of the few passen- gers who did not sign a protest against the actions of the officials and Sir Al- fred Jones in refusing to aid Americans after the earthquake. D•Ir. Ling says that he and Mr. and Mrs. Gaspard Le- moine had no knowledge of what tool+ place on the Hamburg -American pier in Ringston, as they were cared for on the steamship Naparima by Capt. Campbell, For him, the employees of the Myrtle Bank Hotel and Capt. Forwood, the Hamburg -American agent at Kingston, D.tr. Ling has nothing but praise. HARRY THAW WAS LABORING UNDER A SPELL of TEMPORARY INSANITY. That Will be the Defense of 1 -lis Murder of Stan- ford White in the Roof Garden. New York, Jan. 28 -The trial of Harry stain to be examined. It is now goner- . K. Thaw for the killing of Stanford White ,will be- resumed to -day before Justice Fitzgerald, in the criminal branch of the Supreme Court. It will prob- ably be at least two days before the five jurors still needed will be obtained.. By Wednesday or Thursday at the latest the District Attoreny'should be able to make his opening address to the jury and begin hie direct examination of witnesses. The line of defence • for Thaw was finally decided upon yester- day in an important conference held in the apartments of Delphin M. Dolmas, senior counsel for Thaw. Those present at this conference be- sides Mr. Delmas, were Mrs. b velyu Nesbit Thaw, Clifford W. Hartridge, *haw's closest friend and legal advisor, •T John W. Gleason, Charles V. McPike, Daniel O'Reilly and A. Russell Peabody, all of counsel for the defence. Thaw's counsel issued the following authoritative statement last night: "Harry K. Thaw will be freed on the strict application of the laws on the sta- tute books of the ,State of New York. There will be no intervention of any "unwritten or higher 1tV as has been. surmised. We ao not need t o go be- yond the statute books to convince the jury that he should be acquitted. ally conceded that the taking of testi- mony will not be possible before Wed: nesday. Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw came into the court -room early to -day, arriving nearly half au hour before the morning session was scheduled to begin. Site was accompanied by Miss May McKenzie, who remains her constant companion BARRY THAW, His moustache has been recently shaved off. Union of Freaks. New York, Jan. 28.-Prelminary steps have been /taken by some of • the best known human prodigies now exhibiting in New York to form what will be in effect a "freaks' union." Letters have been sent to prominent freaks all over the country soliciting their co, operation. Many favorable replies have, it is said, been received. An elastic skin man, who is on exhibt',:ion at a Fourteenth street museum, is ono of the men inter- ested in the new organization. "The main purpose of the mu- seum," he said yesterday, "is to provide sick benefits and a fund for the burial of unfortunate and indigent members." 444-4 4 +++44 i-++++++++t'F4•+44-* TORI U RF AND DFATh. RUSSIAN REFUGEES SENT BACK TO THEIR ENEMIES. WILLIAM WINS BIG VICTORY. spirit,. null nothing snore oaleulstte4 by He recognition of the splendid progees$ Nr LOOKING DE1/ELOPMENTS of Canada, and its lucid statement of the reasons for good feeling between Canada and the United States, and our- selves and the United atatUL This; •• speech is an admirable oaten for the future. It is an admirable sign of the lllis Colonial .Policy Sustained by the new spirit of relations of these three pee - pies, or rather these two peoples, for wo Country,. and tate Canadians are, after all, part of -�--^ : the British people, that such CL visit has Serious Defeat to the Socialists in. 1. nothing t at id andcoughtt tot bet re dearer adeoto Yesterday's Elections. I u$ than the maintenance of the most friendly and the most intimate relations 1 with the great Republic across the At - Van Buelow's followers Win Twenty . ,The guests of the evening hero inter - Seats. rupted Mr. Bryce with cheers. "There is no higher task to which Berlin, Jan, 28, -'The Government line anyone can be called," 111r. Ilryee CCM* won a definite r ie tory in the general tinueg, "than trying, in however small a degree, to contribute to the drawing election held to -day for a new ]retell ' closes of these ties, not only of inter - stag. 'lire Liberal, Radical and Coit- •- est, but what is higher and greater; of seivativ.t parties supporting Prince von sympathy, ties that rest in community o h o language at in the ossesst n of the f is same literature and the same political' !antic." won at p 1 have is ] } 'ulori`Ll policy 1 Buelow s t ie 1 Y least twenty seats. But more import- i iustitutions and traditions." ant for the Government than the sue- At this point Air. Bryce was again in - cess of lis colonial ,lass is the crush terrupted by cheers. ill defeat of the who will 1083 !NI have had the honor of being select - g, ed to represent this Government in the a total of seventeen or eighteen seats, United States," the speaker continued, This le the first election since 1887 that "but not only this Govreeniett, but the the Socialists have not increased their Brinell people, desire the closest friend- represontation in the Reichstag by from ;ship with the Uncolnpted States." i The assembled coni tan hero inter- five to twenty seats. they have lost rupted Mr. Bryce with cheers for the especially in several large cines, among ,third titue. thein Breslau, Halle, Magdeburg, Leip- { On file question of Imperial defence,. •zig and Koenigsberg. The Clerical I he thought Britain ought not to run Centre holds nearly every one of its for- ahead of colonial opinion. mor oue hundred seats. There is a pos- Mr. Bryce concluded his speech with sibility, however, that re-ballotings in ' emphasizing the necessity of introducing the undecided districts may lose that radical reform in the House of Lords. party one or two more seats, The He referred also to Ireland, saying he Conservatives have won six seats, two left that country peaceful and tranquil. of them from the Socialists, Ile -ballot- He deprecated the publication of false g probably will bo necessary 43 . reports concerning disturbances in Ire - 175 constituencies,. so that complete re- land when he was administering the turns will not be in before Feb. 5. (ler- country. tail). districts in Upper Bavaria that are Mr. Bryce reminded his hearers that snowbound have not yet been Beard they must bear in 'mind the past een- front, but it is considered safe for the turies of misgovernment and mistinder- Centre patty. When it became evident standing, the results of which could not late to -night that the Government had be abolished in a few years. won immense crowds streamed from i He exhorted those preset°t to remem- the neighborhood of the newspaper of- : ber how much better things. had become fices toward the palace, in the Wilhelm- ; since Mr. Gladstone's message of peace strasse, of Chancellor Von Buelow. They and friendliness. Mr.. Bryce said he mased in front of the building and sang, Was confident the Irish problem would "Heil dir Im Siegerkranz" ("flail to Thee be solved,and that he trusted most of With the Ci on n of Victory"). 1 those preent would live to see the solu- Prince Von Buelow appeared anti •tion, said: "Gentlemen 0 thank you for a. e Refused Entrance Into Britain Because of Disease -Home at Minsk Ruined by Holding of Revolutionary Meet- ings There. • The London Chronicle tells of an ex- ceedingly painful scene which recently marked the sitting of the Grimsby Im- migration Board -an aggravated case of many that make a commentary on the conditions of life in Russia. One family of Russian fugitives were Jews, named Shitzk-a cabinet maker, his wife, a son of ten and two daughters -who came from the Province of Minsk, and wished to join a son and brother in Glasgow. But the medical officer found them all to be in a pitiably debilitated condition. Tho man had bronchitis and general weakness; the boy was minus one eye hand suffered from trachoma, and c•tie daughter was also afflicted •viib trachoma. Just before being asked to retire the father fell down and clasped Dr. Grange, secretary to the board, around tbo legs and begged piteously to be allowed to stay, crying out that to. send him back to Russia would be to send him to tcr- ture or death. The children added their cries and tears to those of their un- happy parents. Observers of the scene were visibly cffectd. Questions drew from the num au ad- mission that revolutionary meetings had been Melt] at Itis house in Minsk. His home, he said, had been ruined. in conse- quence, and his life was now at stake. When the family's pleadings had been stilled the court considered the pathe- tic, if difficult, problem before it. Then Mr. Snaith, the stipendiary Magistrate, who presided. announced that, although the case bad many sad features, they felt there vas no alternative but to re- fuse the family to leave tho laud. The man's health was extremely •bad, and with two children afflicted as those were it should be unsafe to admit them. 'When the news was interpreted the whole famly broke down, the man de- claring that all were doomed. "It will bo shown to the jury that at Miss McKenzie to -day declared there was the time Stanford White was shot and absolutely no truth in the report that killed in Madison Square roof garden, utero had been differences in the Thaw Thaw was laboring under a, spell of tein- fautily, and said it was especially untrue porary insanity, aid not appreciate the that any dissension bad arisen over her difference between right and wrong and presence in the court -room. is, therefore, irresponsible for his 'act. A; Young Mrs. Thaw wore again the dark preponderance of evidence to establish blue dress which has now become taunt - that fact will be adduced. I is • to those in the court, and again her "The defence is convinced that should features were hidden beneath the close - the District Attorney call Evelyn Nes- ly drawn white tulle or chiffon veil. Miss hitt Thaw to the witness stand to prove 'McKenzie also wore the same costume in lie mere fact of the slaying of Stanford which she appeared last week -dark pur- 4"hite. when that could the easily proven ! pie. by other eye witnesses to the shoot- The prisms:les wife carried a Urge ing, he would not only commit an act black heed satchel, in which were stored that would be prejudicial to his own case, but would appear before the jury as a cruel num. "The prosecution cannot hope to prove from Bvelyn Nesbitt Thaw anything be - pod the stere fact that of the altoot- ing and that nobody denies in the first place; and, in the second place, it can be proven by any number of witnesses. The district attorney cannot exact any conversation that might ,previously have been held between husband and wife if we object. That is Cts sacred as any private communication between lawyer and client or physician and patient. "Stanford White's eharieter will not be assailed in this case by the defence. The defence proposes to conduct its ease along clean, respectable lines. "It retunins for the district attorney to injeet i11 tltig trial any thing that would eause introduction of testimony that would tend to blacken the cbar- aeter of individuals and degrade the community." PA11+tiLY FRIENDLY, All is Harmony Among the Thaws*To- days Proceedings. New York, .Tan. 28. 'When the trial of Harry N. ']haw was resumed h'forc. ,Tuetiee Vitageraltl today there remain -i1 five jurors to be chosen front among the Iess than out hundred tnleemen who re - I-IORNDACK'S BODY. your 1lomage and T ata especially de- lighted that' your national feeling A JUNCTION 6H .PST. brought you here. My predecessro in office (Bismarck), before whom we all must respectfully bow, said forty years ago, Tut the German people in the sad - die and it will ride soon enough." "The German people has shown to -day that it can ride, ,1 believe and hope that every one will do leis duty also in the re -balloting. Then will Germany stand respected and mighty before the world. Let us then unite together in the cry, "Long live Germany and the German nation, hurrah!'" The assembled multitude burst into enthusiastic cheering, and soon after set oft for the„.imperial Palace. On reach- ing the castle bridge over the Spree a strong body of police opposed it and forced it back with some violence. The people then formed in line again and marched down Unter den Linden to the palace of the Crown Prince Frederick William, where they sang and cheered. The Crown Princess appeared upon a balcony of the palacb and bowed repeatedly. The crowd then quietly dis- persed. Never before has Berlin known such after -election enthusiasm or such demonstrations by crowds. The Em- peror's picture, however, was hissed when it was flashed upon a transpar- ency in front of the office of the Lokal Anzeiger. These hisses were lost in the volume of cheering. Not .a single incident of a disorderly character -has been reported from any of the polls. VATICAN HOPEFUL. ITS CAUSE TRIUMPHING IN SPAIN, GERMANY AND ITALY. In France Alone Are the Anti -Clericals Successful -Pope Has Ordered a Te Douro in Honor of Emperor Wil- liam's Birthday. Itome, Jan. 20. -Vatican authorities expressed the opinion to -day that the assumption of power in Spain by Premier Maura at the head of the Conservative Ministry, the success of the Centre party in Germany, and the failure of the anti -clerical movement in Italy were' significant of the attitude or. religious. natters of the countries surrounding France, where the anti- elerieal movement is triumphing. It is significant also that the Pope has ordered the celebration of a To Daum nest Sunday in the Austrian Church here in honor of the anniversary of the birthday of Emperor William of Ger- many. Such a ceremony for a Pro- testant ruler is without precedent, Te ARRIVAL OF THE MOUNTED POLICE ' Downs having been. sung in the past PARTY AT EDMONTON. only on the occasion of the birthdays Sovereigns. C1 Its. of Catholic,. ovc a IN CANFIELD POISONING CASE. Unconfirmed Report That a Will, Made by the Late Henri Perkins, Had Been Found. 00.00.0 Henry Perkins, Victim of the Canfield Photograph Cayuga, Jan. 28. --.Although sensational reports about the Perkins case are rife there had been no arrests up to last night. It is constantly rumored that before long correspondence will be brought to light that, if not incriminat- ing certain parties, will have an import- ant bearing on the Case. So far, however, there is an absolute lack of motive for foul play. The latest rumor conies here from Canfield. It is. to the effect 'that a will said to have been made by Henry Per- kins some time ago Itas been recovered, and will be handed to the crown au- thorities at the proper time. This is not believed by those vitally connected with the case. 1)r. Snider denies the rumor of Saturday that he would have a state - ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT OF C. P. R. SHOPS HAUNTED. Toronto, Jan. 28. -Is it a ghost, a prac- tical joker, or some knave with selfish cause to advance by his fiendish designs? This is a question which is very much on the tongue among the employees of Use C. P. R. shops at Toronto Junction, concerning the nocturnal visitant who, so 'tis said, has been doing some hair-rais- ing stunts about the electrical depart- ment recently. Apparition or no appari- tion lie is being very much talked about. One of the engmers, according to common report, has, on several occasions, seen the so-called ghost. It stalks into the shop at most unexpected moments of the night, and disappears noiselessly and suddenly -as though a creature of the air, from which is as mysteriously takes form and into which it as mysteri- ously dissolves. It is no hallucination. The inquirer is not that kind. The apparition, if such it is. is described as resembling an or- dinary workman in appearance. It con- fines its visitations to the electrical de- partment. "I'd just like to be stationed in that shop some night when Mr. Ghost hap- pened along," observed a member of the force, who doesn't believe in vapory spirits. "Whether he came in over the wires or not, I'd pepper him, if he didn't give a good account of himself." It is stated that recently the Salva- tion Army at Toronto Junction volun- teered to attack the domain of the spirit with the object of applying a quietus by prayer, but that in response to an utreated. ncanny - feeling, the Salvationists re - The opinion is quite freely expressed that the ghost is simply a disgruntled employee with peculiar pranks. If such is the. ease, the investigations so far carried on have not succeeded in definite- ly locating the ghost, although recently suspicions of a certain individual have been aroused. They Report a Terrible Trip -Half of Ilornback's Horses Dead, and the Others Very Weak ---They 'Were Taken to Lac Ste. Anne. MR. BRYCE SPEAKS OE SECRETARY Edmonton, Alta., Jan. 27. - The ROOT'S SPEECH. Mounted Police party, bringing the body of Hornbeck, the crazy rancho who was shot up on the Macleod River, Ties of Sympathy Must be Drawn Closer ulived in town yesterday, and lin in- -Refers to Incident in Jamaica as .1110131 wast commenced yesterday atter- an Occasion Wherein the Two Pea - noon and adjourned until Hominy pies Could Show Their Trust in One morning. Sam Adams, guide for the party, reports a terrible trip, snow Another. three to four feet deep, through which Manchester, ing., Jan. 28, -Mr. Jas. they had to break it trail for one him -Bryce azul Mrs. Bryce were given a fare Mthly of the ' i:teleocl they found half evening. A large company was present. ADMIRABLE OMFN. atoes. died and fifty unties without silo.+- I When A hen they reached the iii? well dinner at the Reform Club here this of ftornback's horses dead and the Mr. Bryce, replying to a toast to his others in a very weak condition, health, referred to Great Britain's good They managed to get twenty -fluor relatiwrs with all the powers, and add - theyto T_<te „te. Amt:'. On the way i,t ed: "here is one friendship which is they were joined by a Hudson's rbtg of especial value to us; I refer to that patty, whidln }mel ],tett eseut out to bring. of the United States. 1 am happy to in he oleand 7'rertk Pacific band of think our relations with that country ;101.4th;, which was alio wintering on the al never have; been better. Never, indeed, 1laelcod. Over 1191f the railroad horses t„ t , t,;,,t they have been so coed as they are at this moment. The incident 1 were deist :end others kept dropping off 1 tl t DOCTOR'S MURDER. Poisoning, and His Wife, from the only They Ilad. stent to mate to the crown officials at the beginning of the week, "I have no statement to stake at all," he said. Mrs. Perkins was reported to be a good deal better yesterday. Isaac Curry, father of Mrs. Perkins, says that he knows nothing whatever about the case. "They never tell me any of their af- fairs," he said. "I go in and out of the house. I have my own room and my own grip, in which I carry horse medi- eine in my spare time, for in emergency cases I am a horse doctor. "1 have all kinds of poisons in that grip up a't the house, but as far as strychnine is concerned, I have never bought any of that staff in the last ten or fifteen years. I can't say that any of my family have ever bought the. stuff, but, as far as 1 know, none has been purchased by them." ARE A RAD MAN,�� R. WHITELY„ YOU And Verdict of Wilful Murder Returned Against the Man Who Made the Remark. London, Jan. 28.-A verdict of "wilful murder" was rendered by a coroner's jury this morning against Horace George Rayner, the man who shot and killed 1 Wm. Whitely, the well-known West- bourne Grove merchant, January 24. I But few additional facts developed at the inquest and the motive of the crime , remains a mystery, unless, as the police assert it was the failure of an attempt to blackmail the merchant. The 'eons end the old employees of the murdered man testified that they had never seen tr heard of Raynor before the day of the tragedy. A witness testifying to the events immediately prior to the FORMER STREET CAR CONDUCTOR R ARRESTED ON SUSPICION. New York, Jan. 28. --Suspected of knowing something about the death of Dr. Charles W. Townsend, of Staten is- land, who was mysteriously murdered in a night, his home on Friday g ht the , police last night arrested John Beall, a former street car conductor, at his home in Brooklyn. Tho suspicions of the police were dir- ected toward • Bell by the discovery tha t his wife died about a year ago after an operation attending child birth. Dr. Townsend was attending the woman and had charge of the operation, being as- soisted by other doctors. Bell is reported to have blanned Dr, Townsend for his wife's death and to have frequently ebm- phtitied abort it to his friends. When Bell was taken to police head quarters and questioned, he declared that Dr. Townsend was no friend of his, but that he had nothing to do with the mur- der. The police are investigating Bells actions on the night of the shooting. 4_♦ c:ng is tt•tti as ley came tr . freilr in our nte11101• need be referred :1n autopsy Will iso held on Ilortt• y Y glee]: to tnnrrorr to Only for the sake of saying that the moral of it was, flits is how different Pittsburg,8.•---Albert Houck dis- things are now, happily, .front those 1 ittsburgJan, STANFORD WHITE. eostred the body of his wife lying on a times when an incident like that would The Architect, Who Was Shot. liable t.f her room garnet] to ti crisp have been the signal of cites of defiance �rthrn he returned home from ever]; lair, in the puss of both countries: For- tunately in both countries no one took this platter as ally but an occasion wherein we could show our trust in one another. "Even more significant," said he, "was the recent visit of Seeretat'y ]Root to Canada, 1 hope yon n11 tend the :noeelr of Mr. Tlooi•. L neva rcmer- Ilnst night. The first police theory of sandwiches and other viands for flit+ 1 te-idenial death etas aban'loned rviton mid-day Iuneheon, which site and Mi.aa It was tike., •eyed that nottnnh .Iso itr McKenzie usually share in the e:,nrt Alio h0 room was burned, not elerk',s room. :1 thiel en micidh the woman Was rottht.. The Thaw parte were se.at.'•i 11 two When the womcttnsi litiehentl - arrived time of chair.: to -day jet+t beck of tih.tr ]copse the 5ao14 tyre locked, the lights ' • . lta,t • site. Mee. in. Thaw ',led ie the }louse were not and he wets en111- Mary .l ]tet daughters greeted the prisoner';% r, its. polled to climb through a collar win - with the u,sntil bows and noels of the dtntt shoting said he heard Raynor say to Mr. Whitely, "Are you going to give way?" Mr. Whitely replied "No." Raynor then said; "You are a dead man, Mr. Whitely," and drawing a re- . volver from his pocket he fired, and the merchant fell dead without emitting a sound. . The detective inspector in charge of the case declared that all the evidence pointed to blackmail. He added that he had. searched Mr. Whitely's papers but did not discover trace of anything relat- ing to Rayner, but among tete prisoner's papers were found documents showing that he was wanted by the police. BUFFALO ALO LIRLM[N BURIED IN RUINS. Buffalo, Jan. 28. -Fire, which broke out early to -day in the Columbus building, ern eight -storey structure on Seneca street, destroyed the entire interior, caus- ing a loss estimated at between $400,000 end $500,000. • 'The fire broke out on the top floor, which was occupied by C. B. Russell, ,tinter, but from what cause has not seen asscertained. During the Pan-American Exposition. she building was used as a hotel, but has • since been changed to a power building. There were about twenty tenants in the building. While twenty men of Companies 4 and S wore working -on the roof of an ad- joining warehouse a wall of the Columbia building fell, burying then under tons of debris. The work of attempting their rescue is proceeding, but so far none have been reached. Six of the firemen have been rescued, none seriously hurt Paul Yeiser, a pipe - man, made his escape. Capt. Haggerty, Lieut. Boneman, Lucius Bensinger and Michael Buser, of Company 8, are among those rescued. A fireman named Norton is missing, and is believed to be dead. Firemen Elliott and Hinkey are also • missing, and are believed to be dead. j Three men are still in the ruins, Mc- gan, Lorton and Hinklye. Elliott and Daley have both been rescued, the lat- ter being badly hurt. a++++++4••44+"1 +-$ ++4++++++++ FROZEN TO DEATH IN SHACK. Port Hope Resident Victim of Cold While Intoxicated. Port Boise, ,Jan. i7.-.\. deplorable case svgs brought to the attention of the au thorities last night, when the body of Robert Ferguson, a life-long resident of Port hope, about 40 years of age, was discovered frozen to death in his miser- •tble sitaek. The unfortunate man was a victim of drink, tend evidently retired some time Friday night in an intoxieatcd condition. The shack was shared by a companion named Bill, mho olid not liscovcr the body until early last even- ing. It way lying partly out of bed. SS if the unfortunate fellow had boon trying to get tip, Coroner A. G. Ald- rich may hold an inquest on Monday. MAltl AND BOY PERISH, 3laze in a ut ableatWestmount Costa Two Lives. 100 Chinese Drown Hong Kong, Jan. 28.-A terrific rain squall broke over Hong Kong and in the space of ten minutes sank over fifty Chinese craft in the harbor, more than a hundred natives being drowned. There were no casualties among the white pop- ulation.. Launches from /the shore rescued many occupants of swamp- ed boats. The harbor was littered with the wreckage from the sunken junks. b During the squall the river steamer Paul Bean broke adrift, but she was brought to anchor without sustaining any damage. + A -4•+++++4-+P+++++++++i++++41 + . A TALL STORY. MAN DIED OWING TO SWALLOWING HIS OWN BRAINS. Decatur, The Jan. 28. ---"Death from swallowing his own brains," was the ver- dict rendered yesterday at the inquest over the body of George B. Thomas, an Illinois Central brakeman who wars in- jured by falling into some pumping nia- btontrm,t1, ,Tan. 27. --In a fire which onto place early tide n'otteing in a stable ,rvn0d by Wm. Cook. 411 Elm avenue Vestmo alt, Julien .Cormier,a stable. •'nn, ,ted M. Douglas' little boy That i }Ay live-, by :niffoeation. They were ber any 'deliverance of a responsible 1 sleeping in a room over the stable, Two, statesman uttered tit a higher' or broad- horses were burned to death. ehinery. Tho base of 'Thomas' skull was brok- en in such it way that the mart's brains oozed down into his throat and he swallowed them. After repeating the I swallowing at intervals of several hour, I during which nearly all his 'brains had • oozed through the aperture in the skull, Thomas died. FOUND DEAD ON THE TRACK. Joseph Deary Killed by a Train Four Miles From Chatham. Chatham, Jan. 27. -Members of the G. T. R. section gang this morning found the body of Joseph Deary alongside the track, about four miles from Chatham, where he is supposed to have been hurled to death during the night by a west- bound train. The unfortunate man was a sailor, and had lived this winter with a farmer about six miles west of the city. It is presumed he was wanking bonze last night when overtaken and killed. He was about 40 years of age. DEATH WAS UNEXPECTED. gy- er Wife of a Prominent Strathroy Clergy- man. 1 man Passes Away. Strathroy, Ont., Jan. 27.-A sad and unexpected death occurred early this morning, when Mrs. D. Deck, wife of Rev. D. Deck, Baptist Church clergyman of this town, passed away. Deceased had not been enjoying good health for about a year, but her death was quite unexpected. Iter husband, 'two sons and a young d:ui=hter survive her. WINNIPEG GETS FUEL. Coal and Wood Coming in, and Danger Will Soon be Over. \�iiruipeg, attn. `27. -•--With fairly large receipts of fuel on both railways the lo- cal fuel 'crisis is not so critical, and if the present shipments are kept up for the next two nr three weeks the city will b:. entirely free from any danger of shortage for the time being. Twenty-eight ears of hard coal were received ole the C. 1'. 1:. yesterday for Winnipeg, together with seventy- eight ears of mood. In addition to this twenty-two cats. of coal turd four eats of wood were received] en route to points - west and ;south of thi.i eity. The city let: 1111.50 avrnug ,.t: at e with some: e: the loyal fuel dothee honer rrqut 1 from the cit,• lain*f 'r •tm nt for veal in otic -c carter ton ,t e 1 lots, MUST PAY FOR STATUS. Lord Brassey on Colonial Claims in Treaty Claims. London, Jan, 25. -=•id the annual dinner of the Huddersfield Chamber of Commerce Lord Iirassey, referring to the claim of the col- onies that they bo consulted in negotiation regarding treaties, said if their claim to a larger share in the direction of Imperial af- fairs lea admitted, they must bear at least some Dart et the responsibility of enforcing, the observance of ink{ tional agreements. THE FIFTH VICTIM. Death of Donald Walker, the Regina Hotel Bellboy. Relilui, Sask., Jan. 20. --The fatal Windsor Hotel fire of , last tioventher claimed its fifth victim yesterdai, when Donald \ allter, aged seventeen, the lx'il boy who so heroically roused the guests. diet] in the hospital, ttuecumbing to the injuries he received in jumping from an upper window. He wag the son of Atlgns Walker, of Orville. Ont., and will be buried here. Bride Drops Dead. Rochester, -Tan. 21. -Tho merrymaking 11,tendinl a Polish welding; here to -day wee bran„ht to a sudden rndiuf( by the death of .Tttyephine C'le,ttik, the bride- vie:4. twenty years oid. just before tete v-eei.line• p.trt.y e,tarte.l for the elnireh whit, the eceeinony etas to have been performer]. Heart disease was the come of her death.