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The Wingham Advance, 1907-02-28, Page 7JEROME QUESTIONS MRS. THAW AGAIN. :tbout 100 feel; a the bridge, when Bud. denly Anthony struck arose the tee. ELUCN SAVED When about half way &emu, the lee without warning gave way awl the lad. Plunged beneath the surface, ecreamiug loudly for help. Mrs. Drummer rushed to the aid of the iad, awl she, too, diiiap. peered beneatit the water, Ruth, the 14. year-ola daughter, in au attempt to aid her mother, Woe also dragged. beneath as She clung frantically to Richard Beiter. %he entire party of four were drawn Tracing Her Movements arid Her Itelatiorts With lbelow the surface of the ice within a few Girl and Gentlemen Frienis. Thaw Said Mibitc's Monesr Was Poison—New seconds and had-dieappeared from sight before aid reached thorn. Walter Drummer, 4. year e oltl, when he saw lila mother and eistes sinking, rushed toward the opposite bank and in so doing crashed. through another spot a thin, ice, and barely missed. Witness Comes Forward. 'noting the fate. of his companions, New York, Feb .25,—District Attorney Jerome continued his cross-examination a Evelyn Nesbitt Thaw to -day. The reports that he will eventually aek for the appointment of a commission on 4 lunacy aro believed to be well founded, but Mr. Jerome, it is said, will not make this application until what he deems the proper time arrives, In preparation for any move in this direction Thaw's law- yers have been busy looking up cases in which lunacy commissione have been they wore beitutifal. Once he had sent - money with the flowers. Slieeindignant- ly denied thee site Was in the habit of revolving money from men, althotigh it was done eonetantly by other girls at the theatre. 'The amount wag ai50, aud elle sent it back to Thaw. When she next eaw Thaw elie asked him not to ee- . peat the eet, and be apologized. Ile Seemed eels -possessed. Late in the sum- mer of 1902 she went to a. costume sup- per at the Hoffman Houser at which Thaw teas pros. eat. She went in a hired costume, and did not pos9 for a picture. ' Other women were there, .and the party sought. 1 broke up at 2 a. no She did not eee Oa the whole they seem to be satis- fiecl with their investigation, as there have been one Or two cases in this state Thaw again for it long time. He went abroad. He called several times up to *Tune, 1902. Replying to questions, Mrs. Thaw said Lucy Drummer, 11 years old, Was really the heroine of the tragedy. The litt e girl with rare presence of mind ran hur- riedly to the 'bridge vaulting the ereek and stopped an Ehnwood avenue trolley car filled with workmen. In a few words she told her story i and the men flocked to the lee, in an attempt to ef- fect it rescue. A. large hole in the leo, about five feet in diameter, told where - the party had gone through, and efforts to reach the four who were drowning beneath •Welet at once made, „ 7 Pereonally asisieted tb,e worasa and wrapped hie fur overcoat about one of . them. Ulm Prince aleo Went out in , BY DUTCH PLUCK ... ti the homelier boat and worked hard pull. I 11 a 1 a . lige wutrtxoorearsoondar4i.n helping to bolat ,A A . k Captain Jansen say e he was oceiva- .04 Robbery' at Chicago Sub-Treee $2001000 STOLEN FROM LI , 1 •••••••••*40 led to Icave the two women and the Sturdy Hollanders Refused to be child on the, wreck 1/00aUSe they could Clerks Suspected. Beaten. owing to their exhausted condit on. Jo not make the descent of the rofee Ow' foatt Oa appeared to be dying, An. Led by Prince Consort They Saved wreck willT)zellt,tellUntetvoer,reag it; 'd t " 1 k The boatmen intend to try to board the wreck, wrap up the two women awl the child in waterproof sacks and lower them into the Oat. The wind has de- creased in violence, but the gold is ht. tense, and, the ftiry of the Sea ie ter- rible. ISurvivors from Berlin Wreck. Three Women and Child Who Re- fused To Jump Still on Ship. " Alrools of Hollan(1 cable says: Eleven NEWS TO THE RATCLIFFS. pereoue were Wed to -day from the wreck of the Berlin. Two women and They Had Heard Nothing of Being & child who refused to „jump are still Frozen to Death. aboard the vessel, Buffeted and driven Riteran, sask., yob., g4.—sergt. hack time after time, the aturdy Dutch. Lett bee just returned from a most letzaydoue WI) of about 1:10 miles to lu- men refused to relax their attempts to vestigate the story of the freezing to rescue the hendful of shipwrecked per death of the mute Ratcliffe fatally. He night and this =mit% they linundied the horses in order to make the Ratcliffe SOUS mid throughout yesterday, last- ofte hid to ti: e the shovel to excavate A SECOND NOMPS ARK. their boat repeatedly, only to be foil- home. Oa knoeking on the door oe *.re -Steamer Minneapolis Carrying Menagerie to the United States. New York, Feb. 24,—The Heald has received the following cable despatch from London; The big steamship Alin - 'which seem to show that it is not as she had noted nothing irrational neapolls, which sailed from Tilbury simple nuttter to got the court to break Thaers manner, actions or appeara,nee in decks this morning, waa more like it twentieth century Noah's Ark than a transatlantic liner. She carried twelve elephants, two babies of the eame genus, eight tigers, fourteen lions, ten bears, nate hyenas, seven wolves, four- teen leopards, six dromedaries, four- teen doge, nine monkeys, twelve camels and twenty-six pythons. These are the property o fthe "Ani- mal King," Mr. Bostook, who is taking them over to America, for the JameS" town Exposition. There were als-o seven horses, four donkeys and twelve goats, all in prime eondition, but they are not destine•d to reach America., for on the bill of lading these poor animals were labelled "pro- vieions." The baby elephants are travelling quite in state and are to bo most care- fully looked tifter. They are to have the whole of six huudeed galion.e of milk and nearly all of twenty-five gal- lons of cod. liver oil whieh was taken on board. late a, murder trial to order an inquiry into the neental condition of the defend- ant as might at first appear, - A story is published to -day to the effect that George Pollock, formerly hall boy at the San Jacinto apartments, has supplied evidence to support his conten- tion in an affidavit in which he alleged that White on four occasions followed Mrs. Thaw to the home of Mattie For- e&syth, who lived at the San Jacinto, and rieepeatedly tried to intercept her. Mrs. .Thatv, however, on each °melon is said to have avoided White. Mrs. Thaw on the Stand. When the trial of Harry K. Thaw for the murder of Stanford 'White was re- sumed this morning before Justice Fitz- gerald in the Supreme Court, District Attorney Jerome continued with his Oross-examination of Evelyn Nesbitt Thaw. She was immediately called to the stand, and without any preliminary statement the prosecutor plunged into his work. Mrs. Thaw looked refreshed after her three days' respite, and answered the first questions put to her confidently. Thaw brought with hint from the Tombs several packages of letters and papers. "How lona after the drugging in the 24th street long was it that the ac- count was opened for you in the .Am- terda,m Bank by Stanford White?" A.— "I can't tell how long; it might have been a month." "When did you first meet Frances Belmont?" A.—"When I was in Floro- dora." "Before you met Stanford White?"" A. —"I think so." "Had you gone to supper with Frances Belmont before you met White?" Mr. Jerome continued to hold the men- ace of documentary evidence before the witness, basing all his questions evident- eg ly upon eller:Lofts inade by the girl's mother and brother. "No." She had gone to several suppers with Frances Belmont afterwards, but White was present at all of them except, one. Mr. Jerome asked the witness if she had not often gone to supper with two men whose rames he whispered to her. A.—"I never went with_ them, but they were present." "Did they not on some occasions take you hornet" A.—"One took ine home once and the other twice—but there wee always anotheregirl with me." 'Miss Belmonte A.—"No.' "These suppers were after the the- atre?" A.—" Yes." "On Feb. 22, 1902, were you on goinl terms with Frances Belmont?" A.—"1 think so." "After you left `Floroclora' what; was your next 'employment?" A.—"With `The 'Wild Rose, in Philadelphia." "Who went there with you 2" mother." "Do you know Angela Vincent?" A.— "Yes." A letter and. envelope was shown Mrs. Thaw, who identifiect the writing as that * of Stanford White, Mrs. Thaw was confronted by Dr. Cal- dimon Flint, bat denied, positively that she had ever seen him before, or that she had gone to him with Jack Barry - more. justice Fitzgerald ruled out the question when Mr. Jerome asked hIrs. that she wou Hook. At about haar-past five in the their earlier acquaintance. He had not proposed marriage, and his attentions were no more marked than those of other men. She first saw Lederer in 1902, when she want to him with a letter from Mr. Marks, looking for a.position. She first met Jack Barrymore in the summer of 1902 "in the tower," White and other men and some girls were there. STEAMER FOUNDERS. FORTY SAILORS DROWNED FROM AUSTRIAN VESSEL. Passengees Rescued by Foreign Warships and Taken to Canea—Several Per- sons Injured—One of the Steamer's Boats Swamped. Canon, Island of Crete, Feb. 24.—All the passengers on. board the Austrian Lloyd steamer Imperittrix, which ran on rock Friday near Cape Elaphonish were eaved, but forty members of the erew, of whom thirtytwo were Aus- trians and eight were Indians, perished. Among those rescued were the_ captain, the doctor and. the first engineer of the Impera trix. Iforeiga warships brought sieSy- tInee survivere to this port, and others were trausferred to the Austrian 1 loyd steamer Castore, which wes sent fruit Trieste to assist in the work of moue., Several pereons who were .ajosal at church in it hack, but walked to bis 11 :- LIEUT.-GOV. SNOWBALL DEAD. Tdribly Sudden Death of His Majesty's Reptesentative at Fredericton, N. B. Fredericton, B., Feb. 2.4—Hon. early afternoon the receding tide • allow. ed. by the mountainous. seas, In tho _ "11Yed ea them, to reap the reward of their leg, and peoduced his toil, never had aard the news of the freez. by hlr. himself, wife and three A Determined Prince. A Hook. cf Holland cable says: Prince Henry of tee Netherlands, Prince -Con- eort, Arrived here to -day and twiee went out in a steam pilot boat to as near the wreck as it was possible to approach. The Prince Consort, after his first visit to the wreck, when hesaw that there were some Survivors on board, declared: "We won't return to The Hague before we save them; we must get them. somehow." A rumor that this determination had been, fulfilled reached the waiting crowds this afternoon, and a pilot confirmed the glad tidiugs. There was then it wild rush of the people to the varioue points of vantage overlooking the haie bor, It was well that a special force of police and soldiem had been brought into Hook for duty, because the ex- cited crowd ae one time threatenea to become uncontrollable. Long hears of awaiting followed, and the thousands of people began to doubt the truth of the report that ten persona had been saved, but finally the steam pilot boat herald- ed her approach with piercing shrieks of triumph with her siren. By this time the harbor was black with people. The roofs of all houses and sheds were crowded, while along the roadway skirting the sea there rac- ed hundreds of people keeping pace with Jabez Buntiug Snowball, Lieutenant- the rescue boat. Governor of New Brunswick, dropped In the meanwhile every preparation dead this evening on Queen street, was being made at the harbor to take while on his way to attend service in care of the rescaed. Six motor cars, the cathedral. This morning he arose including that belonging to the Prince at the usual hour, partook of break. consort, were drawn up in readiness to fast, and attended service at the convey the survivors to the Amerika Methodist Chureh. He drove to Hotel, where a staff of medical men, especially .summoned, was waiting. Story of the Rescue. The small lifeboat was the first to reach the harbor and. Captain Jansen, its skipper, received round after round of ringing cheers. Ho reported that Two women and a child, who had re- fused .to jump were still aboard the week. He explained that the rescue had, been effeeted by both boats work- ing together. First the small boat managed, with infinite difficulty, to make fast a rope to the breakwater and - by this means the survivors were dragged through. the water to the pilot boat, which ;stood a little way off. Cap- tain Jansen had hardly told his story when the steam pilot boat, the Hel- voetsluys with the rescued. on board hove m sight. As she was moored the where Drs. Atherton aua MoGrath were ruin cheer of tho assentil. eromiel the time of, the disaster are elan at- tended here. It lias been learned that the first boat latinehed from the Imperatrix was swamped immediately. The bows of the steamer are above water, but hei• stern submerged. Emperor Francia Joseph has tele- graphed an urgent request f or all itvail- able news concernin,g the Imperatrix. The vessel carried. it valuable cargo of timber and sugar. FOUR DROWNED. WOMAN AND CHILDREN GO THROUGH ICE AT BUFFALO. Buffalo despatch: Pour lives were lost omo at the dose of the service. Ile .ad dinner at the usual hour, end pent the greater part of the afternoon quietly in his room. He seemed to be a his usual healtit, and made no com- plaint to those who were in conversa- tion with him. Ile left for church at 6.45 and had walked less than it block and, a half from the hotel, when he remarked to Mr Mackenzie that he wasnotfeeling very well. "1 alwaye walk too fast," said he, "wheat I start out." Saying this, he .imediately started to teturn to his ho tel, Mr. Mackenzie taking him by the arm. They had only proceeded a short distance. when Ids Honor sank to the sidewalk. .1Ielp soon wine, and the prostrate man - was carried. to his room in the hotel, . . we s eceeded by a ainful u as t e first of the survivors was borne ashoil•e in Scajaquada Creek at 4.30 o'clock yes- .quickly in attendance, but there was no terday afternoon. Seven children were sign of life. The doctors sabli heart die- - on a stretcher by six. stalwart Dutch - ease caused death., returuiug from a. .party, accompanied by • men and slowly carried. up the steps Min. 'Louise Drummer. They were on . FROZEN BODY IN SHED. . to one of the waiting meter cars. The s man was swathed in blankets and made the jets not far from the Elmwood bridge no sign of life. - anu adjacent both to the Albright Art Jessie MacGregor Found Dead in Rear of , Gallery and. the Ilietorical building -a Toronto House, A-Surviver's Story. when. the iee gave way. Three child:ma . , Relating her epaerienees, larav and- Mra. Drummer were druwned. Four Toronto, Feb. 23.—The frozen body of : Schreeder, one of the rescued, said. were saved. The dead are: Jessie MacGregor, a native of Scotland, •. `I never can forget the terrible hours Mrs. Louise Drummer, 26 years olad, who has been but a short time in Clan- - of anguish and despair we passed of 1,017 Grant street. Drowned while at- ada, was found in it building at the rear through white watching with our tempting to save Anthony Baiter. of 11 Isabella. street ou Saturday after- . heuts„ I might say, the gallant efforts 'Ruth Drummer„ 14 years old, step- noon. On Wednesday the woman celled , of the crews of the lifebeat and tugs daughter of •iatra.• Drummer, drowned at 11 Isabella street and made some in- . to snatch us from the jaWs of dente. while attempting to aid her mother. quiries of the landlady,11 a ono , Sul-. tee II re On Thursday night our anguish rea.ched latter directed her to an out- • Anthony Beiter, 13 years old, of 382 liven. The h . ite height, Then the gale seemed William street. . building and .....sught nothmg forther of , fiercer than ever. Mountainous death - Richard. Bolter, 10 years old, of 3s1, the matter. Sa. turday afternoon the cold. billows broke over the ship every .) William street. . body was found by it man who was ear- Minute, and the dense, blinding Wizard - Thaw if White had not urged her to - '• • 1). -nmer . bad told the &Urn ry g in wood into the shed. • hid front as the comfortable lights of the la take them to the lake Mrs. Thaw saki to -day she had often for a ride and to wateh the skaters, have Barrymore arrested for seduetiou. NEEDS A HOLIDAY. i . ell tioluoi.dnir niiii7ourgaGuiveeeinnth e2,13aaii:slttteeitil,ni e sit:1i rattemn efior. fevntzliyteemilona; been to supper with George W. Lederer . inunediately after dinner. Seven chit- — and Barrymore. dren had gathered at the Drummer Bishop Carmichael to Visit Earope for. In telling of her trip to Europe Mrs. home to celebrate the birthday of is ea . - despair shouted to the howling winds.: Thaw said she used only some of White's Washington, tuul. when dinner Was : 'Wfr shut bier,' (We aro here). will be the star Crown. witness at the over all started toward the lake, walk- Montreal, Feb. 24. —His Lordship letters of credit, and it was for her mo- "Whenever we saw or heard the pass- ereliminary investigation, was in town ther. She got all of it. Thaw said the ing along the lee of Settjaquada. Greek. Bishop Carmichael, who Ms been in ipnige oe111-afbtoali‘•.cel. isti-lo°tuiltde, ctilifnelacriaillig was '-over-. e Pe° on Saturday ,and was Closeted in the money was "poison." According to Lucy Drummer, they poor health for sone time past, yet 1 saw Fran Bertram, and, indeed, near - The evitnese met Thaw at. a dinner he were walking up the meek toward. the able to attend Sli his episcopal duties, le- all my friends, carried away by the Jrown Attorney's office for some time. 1.1 Franee and other Mediterranean sea and drowned. .Che writer has the authority of Crown gave at Rectoe's, either in December, Elmwoed avenue bridge, with Anthonir willileave for a three monthssojour . 1901, or 'January, 1002, after a mathiee. Beiter in the lead, pounding the ice wit t sesorts early in Mar& He will be are wat,ehed the operations of our .nvesti Y Attorney Murphy that the Fell:Maar littplying to it question, slif said. that e' i then. a broomstick, to see if It was safe. Mrs. Drummer and the children kept to the companied by his son, Di. Carmichael. res‘r, hi LoreLship's absence from his • tele mall breathless anxiety, but tesday next. "No witnesses have yet . gation will be postponed on NVed. 1 d ill be to. '1 011 he'll"' uestioned etated that he 11 10 fat, red, roundfaced Nor -westerns. They are all coinfoetable and have lots of provisions and fuel to last till naviga'- tion opens. Constable McAlpine could not give the sergeant his bearings of the home, nor go with him. Betel. Rissole. has the credit of start- ing the false alarm, stating that he went to Rateliff's with it letter, and found them all frozen. lie is now it tIm States, and may never be got at. e GAS EXPLOSION. CAUSES DISASTROUS FIRE AT SAN- DUSKY—GIRLS ' IN A PANIC. Sandusky, O., Feb. 25,—Accumulated gas in the bahment of the Bittner build- ing, .11, three-storey brick structure on Market street, in the heart of the city, exploded with terrific force to -day. The building and the big stock of furniture of Dilgart & Bittner, retail dealers is a total las. Hundrea; of &Mars .wo;th of glass was shattered throughout the city by the explosion. Thirty girls employed hi Beilstein's laundry, next door, were thrown into panic. Several of them fainted, and had to be carried out. No lives were lost. The flames, which the firemen are unable to combat on account of low water pressure, are being swept toward Other buildings at the side and rear, and the whole city square opposite the federal building seems doomed. KILLED BY A LIVE WIRE. William Powell Electrocuted by a Ter- minal Switch at Toronto. Toronto, Feb. 25.—William Powell 24 years old, living at 188 Mao:kennel! avenue, who had been employed by the Toronto Electric Light Company, was electrocuted about 5.30 o'clock yester- day afternoon at ono of the Niagara power switches the sub -station at Terauley street. Powell was up on a lad- der engaged in repairtng a wire on the d'10STLY LITTLE BED WHERE AL - upper part of the lower switchboard, when by mite means he lost his balance FONSO'S HEIRS WILL LIE. am. fell backward across the terminals 1 of it switch; below him. Fred. B. Martin, foreman in the sta.- tiou, was behind the board at the time and heard Powell fall. When he found him his pulse was scarcely stirring. 4 $ • OLD SOLDIER'S DEATH. His Body Frozen Stiff Near Calgary. Calgary, Alta., Feb. 24.—The body of a man frozen to death was found about five miles out of town on Friday. From discharge papers found on the body it is thought the man is Williaw. Hawthorne, who enlisted as a troopm in the Strathcona Horse, and was at- tested to at Winnipeg on February 9 1900. He was granted an honorable dis charge at Capec'Town on the 19th of Feb ruary, 1901, the reason for his discharge at that place being that he wished to remain and enter into business there. Frond the position of the body whet when found, deceased would seem to have been there for four months. 1:1 THE CANIIELD CASE. Cayuga, Feb. 25.—(Specialn—Very few developments have transpired in the Per - eine poisoning ease. Mr. Thomas ?Jae - Jonah] of Canfield, who, it is alleged, Chleego, Feb. 25. ---The Tribune to -day says: Somewhere between $176,000 Wad $204,000 was Stolen. from the local treas- ury last week. Chief Wilkie, of the U. S. secret service, has been kept In- formed by telephone and telegraph of every development in the map and will leave Washington to -day to take per - sepal charge of the Investigation by the authorities, tiecretaq Shaw, of the treasury de - pertinent was told of the theft when here last week and conferred with. Sub. treasurer Wm. Boldeneick and Secret Service officials. The money was stolen either a week ago Saturday, the next day, or last Monday. The ehances are 11 was abstracted on Monday. The loss was discovered on Tuesday. All the money taken was in bills of the denomination of $I,000, PAO ant $10,001.4 Every roan who °Quid have had any. thing to do with the cue wee eslIee into Treasurer 13vklenwlek's oHlea see put through en exhaustive investigation and still more rigid erose-examinitios. Captain rorter, of the secret terviee, eisted. One thought to be the storing *Ora came through the ordeal cilia and ••II. possesecl. The officere put him dote as innocent Or a umeter hand of °limb*. ity. :the other, younger, showed algae of breaking down. Just what he ad- mitted the secret aervice Teen refuse ts disclose, hut it is believed to be tanta- mount to a. .confession. The admissions he Mt& startled the investigators into renewed activity. HOU it dozen operatives started out aail re- sults are expected soon. *•-0-14-$44-1-0-044-04,•-•-•44-•-•-.4+4 +0.41 ' 1'1 t.: 44 -*4444+444.444,444, 1 DIED IN Tilt ELECTR/C CHAIR. Ossining, N. Y., Feb. as.—Geo. Granger, aged es, was put to death is the electric chair at Sing *Sing Prison this morning. His crime was the slur - der of a farmer, Charles Lutz, in Duchess county, in zoos. The eleobrid cur. rent was applied three tizzies before Granger was blared dead. A CH.RISTIAN SCIENTIST. Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Feb. 24, --George Granger is the first among ow demned men in, the Sta te of New York to go to the electric chair at Sing Sing Prison, a convert to Christian Science. Mrs. Charles IL Hickolr, a pro- minent member of the Christian Science sect, in Poughkeepsie, is responsible for Granger's change of heart. She has visited him frequently since his conviction. To -day before leaving Ossining, Mrs. Hickok said that she had re- - ceived a letter from Granger written on Friday night, in which he gave no : intimation that he knew he was about to die. The letter, she aid, was a – beautiful one, filled with. hope. She did not care to give it out for public's- : tion, but said that in it the young man declared he had. no fear of anything that might come now, and that he was prepared to meet death unflinchingly. I "Granger," continued Mrs. Hickok, "has learned of a higher Genii elf life than that of mere physical exisLende. My teachings have euetained azul buoyed him for long months, and he has come to realize that there is Rothe ing in death but the mere passing of the spirit. He has assured me of his faith and belief in this time and again." She said if Granger so desired. she would accompany him to the cher. WHO PAUL GRANGER WAS. Ossining, N. Y., Feb. 25.—Paul Granger was a. child of the New York slums. He was left an orphan by the death of his mother when he was five years old. He spent some time in a charitable institution, and then went forth to fight the battle of life in his own way. For years the Lower Bow- ery was his home, and there he lived until the winter of 1904, when he obtained employment with a travellinz theatrical company. When turned adrift at the close of the season he got a place on the Lutz farm in Pawling but remained there only a few days. Early in the morning after he left the farm he laid in wait for Luta as the farmer drove toward town in his milk wagon, and shot him. in the back, killing him instantly. He fled with $70, which he had taken from his victim's pockets, but was soon arrested, and made a complete confeeisioa. •44-4,44.440 • CRADLE Of A PRINCE. 4 aw was ra lona en. e gave no Duriug s f when we finally understood their ac- teen summonet, an none w presents at first, other than violets; south shore of tM creek until within diocese., sue einscopal unctione as con- • tains and saw there was a chance of ta -" suid. erowu Attorney' Murphy this hfa we could hardly. believe our eyes. notating. Mrs. Perkins is receiving evere their Lordships the Bishops of Ottawa Suffering Front Gtip, Leaves HOMO and - cue was to testi' off our freezing cloth- izes that she is receiving very kind eon- -- threads of his diplomatic duties litre. : made us so miserable that oven the joy is still in a nervous conditioe, and hei - and im words to our lips. rhe jail offieiale in every way try%) di - is Killed on Railway. • ing." eiueration, and is very pleased at tir. VAGANCE AND INCOMPETENCE. Now he is ordered abroad for rest and "The first thing we did after the res- vert her mind from the ease. Flie real. dinner to Mr. Bryce, and to take up the ribl inutilated body of Rev. Dr. Evers s brought ashore. Ho was quite cheerful, epends most of her time writing letters London to Vote on Public Ownership— to travel. Westboro, Mass., Feb. 24.—The ter- , A steward Was the next man to be .nanner in which sho is treated. She change as soon as he shall be well enough County Council Elections End of . This Week—Progressive Socialists Denouriced as Wastrels. • firmations, etc., will be performed' by . and Ontario. posure, hunger and fear Jonsideratiou from the jail officials. Sin CLERGYMAN'S AWFUL DEATH. of life brought no smile to our faces physician, Dr. Snider, is attendine her PANIC IN thiCAGO CHURCH. 1.100.•••••4. • Escapind Steam Causes Scramble for Safety—Nine- -teen Persons Hurt. Chicago, Feb. 25.—Nineteen pereona were injured and a.!,Ores of others bare- ly eseeped With their livee duriag a peak following a false idatm of fire this morning in the Church of Sancta Maria Addolorada, Grand Avenue and Pewit', street. The rush for the exit, during which dozene were ground un- der the feet cf those behind them, re - nutted from the prank of bola% who opened the radiator escape valve, whieli filled the Velitibule with luesing The second masa wile being eel -Arai. -ea. when several 'boys, beid -on frighten- ing the vvorshippers, slept into the haee- ment, daily oet-upied by it Fehoot hal), end began tempting with the radiator in which it high pressure of steam woe maintnined. One of the number un- IstreWed the top from the eseape valve, allowing dense volumes of the Vapor to fly out, Vather Gitteomo tiaberati, pastor, wag In the midst of the 1311188 •and 200 mem- ise• bets of the tongrei.tation were follow- ing his words dovottily tviten a cloud Of steam WAS Wattiii in at the. opea I kit stmod partially open. The door, w t horror-stricken heeupante of the edifice 'Awned front • their devotion to east a glanee into the hallway, which was filled with steion, and then they made a lush for the east door. The plot halted for it moment in the midet of his service and then no cried to hie feet disappearing flock that there was ao danger. Ile 04111- =10ml theni to return to their Beate, Lo advance to the alter and to be calm, but they did not listen to whet he said, Men, women and children fought for eerese throegh the east door, Mato yen. taring to the west exit, where it was „es. ,„_ s 1 . . ,i.thouhe. en: diem s, who 1,7 110W in hi i an sat ebeek to eheek to keep ourselves hello -ell the flames Were raging. WoMen . 4,,,riti,,,kear,,!ias,10 .fen preveated by the in- , warm. bat we had to .cling to lehat we with. babes in their arms battled with . ,aees ,r.ein 4AI:ending any of toot melee it big ume came aboard “ie i mge ( f the oenate eithilr IAA MN, . It rmil.114'•4 " amit flooded us. We (andel see the peo- men in their efforts to 1...io,ipe and Vot. . ed. the alarm hi eerteuning impreeationa 1 p e who put off in bottle to view the shin or this, lle was .appointed in 1883 . i • on Owes ahead of them. .nncli ihas, alwaye boon one of the most wreek and weteh the work ef those l' el le to fight theitsway through tht; m i s• thiamin( am respeeted members ,1 1 Seareling for bodies in the sea." Praise for Prince Henry. It now appease cettain that after the Exhaustion, ex Ylounted on Corinthian Columns and Curtained With Brussels Lace— Child's • Clothes Are Marvels of Workmanship. London, Feb. 25.—Worh comes from Andra that the preparations for the .eception of the expected royal heir are ,eing rapidly completed. Concerning .,nese preparations the following state - emit is made: "The baby's cradle will se the one. in which•Aifonso NIL slept. .6 rests on four Corinthian columns, and .6 surmounted by two pillars heating tea .oyai crown et hpain. Titesse pular:3 emport curtains of old Brussels laea, sne coverings of the little bed are hand.- muroidereo; some with garlands of ...,SJbuds, others with butterflies in white alk. By the desire of Alfonso, the baby's „loam are of Spanish. make, the major- .c.y. 'being products of the marvelloues eau:staking industry of the Spainse hms. Scores of ehariaiug little garments A the finest silk, flannel and nainsook, „rimmed with lace and raised embroid- „ry, are being made. They bear th5 .oyal crown in relief, and are adorned qith satin ribbons, white and pale rOss Queen Vittoria Eugenie has shown a ermerenee for Valenciennee lace and bro- . aerie anglaise. Many of the trimminge ised are of priceass old Meehlin lacas hhich Me been in the possession of the pa,nish royal family since the days of eardinand The christeniug robe is made by a dadrid firul and lavishly adorned with Irish lace. 1: ' BIG PROUSSION. POPULAR REVOLT AGAINST EXTRA. without number were carried upon drays and floats. A huge representation of a County Council steamboat was inecribed: "One man, one boat. "Down with the wastrels I” was__the cry most frequently heard among the cheering multitudes. The enthusiasm was greatest iu Trafalgar Square, which was literally peeked,. many thousands being unable to get within earshot of Nelson's monument, wbich was need as it roe- trum. There were speeches by half it dozesi members of the House of Commons and leaders of the Municipal Reform party, and the meeting adopted a resolution setting forth that "this mass meeting of London ratep.ayers indignantly protests against the increasing burden of rates ca,used by the Progressive Steeialiet party, and pledges itself to exert every effort to turn the wastrels out on March 2 and place in„power the party of muni- cipal reform. London is now plastered from end to end with election posters and cartoons, and it is no exaggeration to say that public interest in the pending campaign surpasses that in it national election. This augurs well for the reform move- ment, for if a heavy vote is east nothing can prevent the overwhelming defeat of the party which has controlled muhicipal affairs for the last eighteen years. Municipal ownership, it should be re- membered, is the sole issue involved asd. it is upon the first great end thorough test. of tbis poliey that London will pass judgment it week hence. WHITELAW REID ORDERED TO GO ABROAD Pon ttst, AND CHANGE. New York, Feb. f.)5.—.A. &spat& from London says: Ambassador Whitelaw Iteid's condition was so alarming laSI week that two specialists were summon.' ed to Dorchester House. Hie illness is chiefly sheer debility, following an itt- tack of influenza. While at home he wail advised to go direct from New York to the Riviera., but he ineisted on eoming to London, particularly to preside at the Pilgrim'. ett'D. Burr, a prondnent Baptist clergy- and shouted gaily in reply to inquiries: Ind reading, and is now giving the die man of Newton Centre, Masse was "'My name is 'Fisher." Ile•seems to have eials very little trouble. found to -day by thte trainmen lying be- stood the terrible ordeal the best of all. Rumors are afloat that the exhume,- - side the railway tracke near a bridge. Then eame it woman, her taco covered tion of Perkins' father, who died ogle- . WANTS PEACE. train while passing from one ear to an- streaming over her pillow and a terribI3, • 11" /TALY FAVORS SIMULTA.NEOUS other, and his body was dragged over frost-bitten hand. hanging limply over the received the following spwial cable des - New York, Feb. 24. --The Suu DUCTION OF ARMAMENTS. He undoubtedly fell front a moving with a blanket, but her long, dark hah teeft months ago, will take Owe any day, the ties for about 400 feet. side of the stretcher. THREE MN KILLED. patch front London: 'We had it terrible time," saki. the Rome, Feb. 113.—From the work Of een. in London in ninny years oceurred The greatest popular demenetration • SENATOR GOWAN QUITS. steward. "When the steamer broke in two tweuty-five of us took refuge in a Old Age CoMpele to Retire Frorn recess behind the smokeroom. By this morning only fifteen of this flambee Senate. eemained :dive. We eould get no good Ottawa, Vele 24. ---Senator Sir James sleep; We were 1.5o busy dodging the Gowaa, of Bettie, Canada:A' oldeet legieler wares that kept tweeting the smoke - ter, lete Waisted. to the Government his room, We shouted to all to arteact reeemation IrtValbPr of the. UPPa the attentiou of every passing ship. We dmeway, so gieat Wite the emelt before s „ co the red chamber. them, wino of those in front endeav- - ii 6 • • ored to turn atm push. me., : 1 2, . . .I. 10 b 11 •- th r' the annonneement that he has resigned eatastrophe there were many More thso \vole behind, them. This Was a rate ' move, for tho emeitemiy ineteaohltf the Clistemanship of the Loudon. Eng- fifteen preens remaining on the wreck 'NU 1111010 them foteed ilwin to the sleud. iheroi of Vongreentional Millstone Aed that moet of thent were Washed fluor, and half a &eon mea, woutell and whit+ follows frOM the rejection of off by the wawa. (Inc woman Was wt „earthen woe rowed through the who Mesas. Wallace end Winced:uteri who vitiated away jUst before the Mame Was &rat end full 11 the street six fect In" ' were aseoeinted with him hl his Ortiettdo erected. 'rite MUMMA. praise highly low amid it mhower of broken OAS& for the so-called new theology. the gracioueness of Pelee Henry, *he eahLaielesegss.... Halifax, Feb. 25.—Three men, William enthral, John Shroder, and Fred. Smith, • injured, five probably fatally, bp the ex - ?lesion 'of .dynamite at the Meador./ pies - ter quarry, three miles front Windsor, verc thh•ty •others seriously m Saturdey all of the bnildings in the .leinity of the quatry were Went to ?trees anti three bases wore killed., A awl:man stooped to pick up it etick• ol lynamitta. when a sposk front his pipe fell in the box, and. the explosion fol - owed, • 41iii• • PITTSBURG ME. Saturday afterrzoon when, uncounted , . pal streete to Trafalgar:pita:: al'oil:ald'eutivi ilse‘1.8r..:1.001:11SoiciaotilieeetViilitlotittlirt\evaittIrhrellatreittif,011artitheatt;bve6megui 45. awes meeting was held in opposition to the Socialistie P°1,ilerie leatoteivai reform. that Italy, reeognizing the neeessity for County Count:it. ere were themeselves astonished at the Icilt1;<aieve:otnioiletttn.itIoli 1 setai indt(eirentg•seilnytmo letoetto-noneopeoeurta,sat. :molt:lath:a evidence given of the popular. revelt against the e:etravaganee and incompe- . •tence shown in municipal ownership ea- deal ng,eirrniuttitelndtismanotte-r? nefiewssnern.ing of the periments svhielt have so damaged Lon- • ilon s credit. ACTED IN SELP.DEPENCE, . The procession WaS more than a mite I -id. *Martens, Russian imperial counsel - thousands marelied 'through the prinel- long, And included many 'unique featuree. 1 • sees Duckinoam Manslaughter Charges Die* ce(a)urirtieed,shioadismoufsrborttieeknnibliik‘ ing reissed—Accueed justified. broke out in t.te 'Derby Desk Co. build IfromllftY:11(41 Pittsburg, Peb. '2.5,---.A. disastrous fire yards At Norbury. Others earried somo ITull, Que., Feb. 24.—Judge St. Julien, lig in. Liberty avenue to -day. The flames of the Ctinneirs surplus Austrian blan- at the conelneion of the argutnent of inickly epread to the tight -storey build- kets from it lot of 2,000 animated upon teenteel in tlio Bitekinglutm riot trial tin ng, 815 And 817, awl then to the Grier the municipality betatite it requisition salute -7 ',nothing, dismiseed the attliti MO. buiLlitg, 813. fille.d with evholesale for 200 had it elpher eddod to it. Against Aleshittler Meelaren, Chief Nits iotienti awl toys, both adjoining. him There were fifty Ighverful grtatio- ?debit', Kiernan sail Bailiff , three, stractures are now in flonme, and phones in line, which ground out fervid eliargod with manslaughter. The Its the tiro at 11 u'ele.ek was not tinder eon- comments upon "wastrels" for the &lee- deoArra elate {ha ormenti 4,00,t4 trol. teflon of the great erowds along the mewed hal simply toted in aelf-asfeette. 1:he less will be heavy. route. Cartoons ant election mottoes. They were accordingly discharged.