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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1907-09-05, Page 7NEW QUEBEC BRIDGE FALLS; OVER EIGHTY MEN KILLED. Steel Structure Collapsed Into the River Without Warning. A. Quebec despatch; One of the mod terrible diaastem hi the hietory of bridge buileing in America took plaire at 5.45 this Afternoon at the Quebee bridge five miles up the river from this city, when the south ember oilmen and the 800 feet of the cantilever span projecting from it over. the river collap- sed, and carried (town with it scores of the workmen who were engaged la the operations. The bridge structure is the greateet of its tiort in the world and the survivors of the disaeter epee* in.terrie fled tones of the fearful sights and sounds when thousands of tons of steel, with grinding noise quite indescribable, crashed down into the river. The dims - ter wee utterly unexpected. At one mo- ment the men were swinging beams into position and rivetting them, and at the next the vast mass wee hurtling down 'with the poor fellows clinging to it or crusheil beneath the wreekage long be. fore the river received them. At the moment of writing the total number of dead can only be roughly es- timate4, and estimates range from eighty to over uinety men, the great - ,pr number being citizens of the United -1States and employees of the Phoenix Bridge Company, the eontractore. en the vicinity of the disaster a big rescue amps is at work recovering the dead aud aiding the injured. Sixteen bodies have been recovered. Two families have lost three members each, and in two homes three dead bodies lie side by side, while in one of them a fourth nember of the family lies injured. The bulk of 'the in- jured are being transferred to the hos- pital at Levis. • The cause of. the (Rueter is es yet un- explained, but survivors agree in saying that it ,occurred at the moment when a locomotive with three cam of steel went out upon the hedge. According to latest reports this calam- ity will not interfere with the naviga- tion of the St. Lawrence channel, Since the !bridge fell vessels have already been sent through to ascertain the exttet sit- uatiot. The lose is estimated nt 000. Eighty-four Men Lost. It will probably be found that eighty- four men have lost their lives in the dis- aster. The bridge fell exactly at twenty- three minutes to six this evening, just as many of the workmen were preparing to leave. It was, however, so horribly ef- fective in wiping out the lives of the men employed on it that very little is known ae to how the disaeter hoppened, and those who are left are so completely be- -411 c numbed by the horror of the situaticm that they an do little to aid. . The Southern End. It was the southern extension of the bridge which collapsed, and this was rapidly nearing the zenith of the im- mense steel areh wake' was to span the river. For eight hundred feet °from the shore the massive keel etructuro rear- ed. an arch, with no supports but the piers froin the shore and one pier erect- ed in the river a hundred or more feet hem the shore, while the outward ex- tremity wae 180 feet above the water. Shook the Neighborhood. Suddenly those on the northern 1,110re saw the end of the half aveh bend down a little and a moment later the whole enormous fabric began to break, slow] y at first., then with a. terrific crash. which was plainly heard in Quebec!, and which shook the whole country side so much so that the inhabitaute rusluel out of their houses, -thinking that an earthquake had happened. Eight Men Escaped. M the time of the collapse it is esti- ated there were ninety-two men work - ng on the bridge. Of these eight have eau so far rescued alive, being picked up Immediately after the disaster by boats. Of the other eighty-four, so far sixteen have been recovered, all dead, and it is feared that; all the rest or most of them have been either drowned or crushed by the falling girders. Wounded Pinned in Wreckage. The horror of the situation is inereaso ed by the fact that there are a number of wounded men pinned in the wreckage near the shore. Their groans :led shrieks can be plainly heard by the an - loos crowds who are waiting at the wa- ter's edge, but nothing so far can be done to rescue them or relieve their sufferings in the slightest degree, There are no searehlights available, and by the feeble light of lanterns it is impossible to even locate the sufferers, so that for the pres- ent nothing whatever can be done but leave them to their fate. Many Are Bereaved. The awful completeness of the catae- tiepin) seems to have paralyzed the Ben- rilities of everybody near the place. There is scarcely a family in the villages of St. Romuald and New Liverpool that has not been bereaved, while in some eases five and six men of it single family have been killed. Driving through the villages from almost every house are heard the sounds of lamentations of wo- Men. Most of- the men are gathered around the approaches to the place where the bridge was, seine aiding in the efforts to rescue those who are still alive, and others waiting around for news, or helping to dispose of the bodies of the dead as they are found. Receiving the Report. The disaster has produced an extraor- dinary effect in this city, and is regard - as a national calamity, A few min- utes after the crash was heard here a telephone message eame from Sillery that the whoie southern half of the bridge had fallen into the rive. For a long time people refused to believe that such a Oleg was possible, and crowds gathered around the newspaper offices Waiting for further news, which TIM not come for over an hour. Then the orig- inal report was confirmed, with the ad- eejition that practically every man work- ytnr on the bridge at the time had been killed. It was known that there were about a hundred men at work oil thie part of the bridge, and the tidings caused the most intense anxiety, which gradual. 131 grew to it despairing certainty that one of the most terrible disasters that had ever occurred in Canada bad taken plate. ' • ee Cause is *Unit:um. The number of the dead is variously estimated at from eighty to ninety, but the few left of the men who were work- ing on the strueture state that there were tthout ninety.two working on the bridge o,t the time, of whom but eight have been takeu out alive, so that in all probability the list of dead will be about 84. Nothing is •known of the Mare of the disaster. There was noth- ing of an nutoward nature reported that could give the slightest indication dur Ng the past few days that the huge structure was in a dangerous condition. It Was built on such inunense lines that it aid not seem possible that it could break down. All is Conjecture. Whether lb was caused by a defect in the materials or by an error in the cal- culations of the architect is a mere mat- ter of conjecture. The one certain fact is that where this afternoon there was almost the half of it bridge that was to have been one of the engineering won- ders of the world, with a small army of mechanics a»d workmen, there is no- thing but a muss of fantastieally twisted iron and steel wreckage, and a terrible number of corpses floating down the liver or cruelted in between the fallen girders. The bodies rescued so far are in a terrible state, crushed and hieken until they can scarcely be recognized. Only one man was taken from the bridge and he was so frightfully in- jured that he died a few minutes after being taken to his -home. Work was going on as usual, the men being em- ployed in plaeing the immense girders in position. In this work it track had been laid on the bridge, and an engine with freight cars and several heavy !moving craws were employed in getting the steel into position. A Narrow Escape. Mr. Barth° and party from Montreal, who was one of the first to start the idea, of building the bridge, had driven out to show the works to a party of friends tads alternoon. They had scarce- ly driven off the structure and reached the road. before the crash came, and. be- ' fore they -could return to the edge of the river the 'whole structure was lying in reins. A few moments later and they would have been killed, with the rest. Skilled Mechanics Perished. Ainongst the employees who met their death were a number of skilled mecbanics brought 'by the Phoenix Bridge Co. from Pennsylvania, as well as a number from this district, while most of the labor was furnished by French-Canadians from the neighbor- hood. and half a hundred Indians from Cauglsnawaga, near Montreal. Few of these escaped, except six of the Do diens, who had a dispute with their foreman this morning and quit at noon. The survivors state. that some thirty In- dians were killed, while the six who left the work were saved. These were John Spleen, Louis Canadian, Thomas. Montour, Dominick aefeComber, Alex. Destines and John Morton, all of Gough. nawaga. Several Government tugs will leave for the scene of the disaster in the morning. and preparations will be made for finding as many of the bodies es possible, while neeessary arrange- ments will also be made to prepare for en examination which wilt allot the re- sponsibility few the disaster. Engineer's Escape. The engine was seen to start out for the end of the bridge with a load of eteel, and as it approached the end. the Duct premonition of disaster was experi- enced by the engine driver, who felt his engine jerk. He at once shut off steam, but the engine continued to move, the outward end of the structure literally ducked it little, and a moment later collapsed. This much has been gather. ed from the engineer, who by some mar- vellous clumee eseaped the general de- struction. He fell with his engine as the bridge gave way, but is not able to say how he escaped. He was picked up later by a boat, ancl beerone uneonseioue, aud when he reeovered hie menses knew beyond the fact he felt the bridge go and knew he was falling. When he returned to consciousness' he, was on shote. The rest of the crew were still iu the river. Anchor Pier Gave Way? It was stated this evening by men working on the bridge that the trouble was caused by the anchor pier giving way under the tremendous strain. This .is the concrete and, masonry structure which takes the strain of the weight on the shore. There are others farther out which nssist in the work, but it ia stated that these are in good conditicm. although the bridge has fallen around them. Wag' It Engineer's Error. • Mr. M. P. Davis, of Ottawa, however, who was contractor'for the anchor pier, states that this is still in good condi- tion. There are only two choices. Either the engineer miscalculated the powers of mistanee of iron, steel ane stone in preparing his plane aud speci- fications or the contractors did not se- cure perfect materials. This will be de- cided later when the Government inquiq V; held, which must ineeitably start in it few days. Officials Among Dead. Several of the officials of the Phoenix Bridge Company of Penusylvaukt'which was constructing the bridge, lost their lives. Among these were 'eta U. A. Yanser, general foreman; Mr Burke, the chief engineer, who luta seance(' out on to the rbidge just before 31 (*Olive - ed, and two foremen named John Wor- ley and James Idaho. A very close escape was made by Mr. Ulric %Abe. Secretary of the Quebec Bridge Coin- pany, and a party of Mende. STRINSEN WAS TWISTED. Orders to Thoroughly Test the Structure Canie Too Late. An Ottawa &whet: The newt; of the collapse of the Qnebee briage, with ite fearful toll of death, came upon the eitizens of Ottawa with allotting force. 11 is the sole topie of con- versation in the public resorts to- night. Iron. 14. N. Parent, -Chairmen of the Transcontinental Railway Cont. ntiseion And President of the Quebec Bridge Company, confessed that he was almost overwhelmed by the disaster. 'rink first intimation of the catastrophe came to Mr. Parent about seven o'elock in it telegram from Mr. Fronk Carrel, editor uf the Quebee Tele- graph, stating that the superstructure had collapsed at 5.30 p. ne A few minutes later a telegrant was receiv- ed, from Mr. Ulric Barth°, secretary of the Bridge Company, to the follow- ing effect: '"Sorry to tell you that the steel superetrueture on the south side of the Quebee bridge has totally col- lapsed. Probably seventy lives lost. Wounded being takeu care of by the Phoenix Bridge Company. I saw the aleident." From Mr. .A. A. Hoare, engineer, Bridge Company, 111r, Parent received further particulars over the telephone. Work on the structure was com- mewed in 1900.. The contract for the maesive atone piers wee awarded to ear. M. 1'. Davis, of Ottawa, and his part of the untlertaeleing wail completed two years ago. The contract for the iron superstuctore was let to the 1Shoenix Bridge Company, of Phoenixville, Pa., the largest firm of bridge contractors on the continent. Their eon tract price was approximately three million dollars: The bridge was being built on the cantilever primiple, and when completed will be the largest of its kind in the world. The length of the initial span over the navigable channel is to be 1,800 feet, or 90 feet more than the Forth bridge. This season would have seen the completion of the work on the Noah side of the river, includinb o the long arm etretehing for 900feet across the 141. Lawrenee. It is this po- tion which has gone down into ninety feet of water. According to what Mr. Hoare statea to Mr. Parent yesterday, he notictel that one of the stringers was twiated. This was an unexpeeted development and immediately led to the issue of orders by Mr. Hoare to thoroughly test the .strueture. The seat of the trouble, however, had nob been located before the accident, and therefore it was not possible to take any preeau• hens. Nearly all the men killed or drowned are Americans, skilled om- ployees of the Phoenix Company. Search for the bodies has been p,romptly histi- tued, and an official enquiry into the cause of the .accident will be commenced forthwith. It is probable that this duty will be assigned to Mr. M. J. Butler, Deputy Minister of Railway*, and Mr. Coiling - wood Schreiber, chief consulting engin- eer for the Government. Mr. Parent will proreed to Quebec to- morrow afternoon. Mr. Hoare, in his conversation with the president of the company, stated that the anchor pier on the south share is still intact Mr, itililikin, superintendingengin- eer for the Phoenix Company, is in the United. States at present. Two otherof the company's engineers were on the works at. the time of the collapse, and as they have not been seen since, they are believed to have gone to their doom with the fall of the ironwork. An importaut question which will arise will be that of responsibility for the accident, the company has yo far been financed by the Bank of Mont- real, Last session, however, Parlia- ment undertook to guarantee -the com- pany bonds, the amount being $0,073,- 000 itt three per eents, and it was quite understood that when the Gov- er»ment Transcontinental Railway was well on towards completion the bride which would connect the two eections of the N. T. R. on the north and south of the 81. Lawrence would pass into the hands of the Government, whether or not the Phoenix Company will have to stand the loss may have to be decided by the courts. But for this deplorable accident it was fully expected the bridge would have been completed in 1909. Had the accident happened half an hour later all the workmen would hew been o» their way to their homes. Pareut conveyed the newe of the aecident to the Premier personally. Hie Wilfrid was greatly distressed at the intelligence. The World's Greatest Bridge. The visitor to Quebec as lie crosses the Si. Lawreoee sees seine five mile; up the river the huge, spidery looking etrueture of the cantilever bridge, whieh, when completed, will be the largest etreeture of the kind in the world, a dis- tinction now held by the cantilever li idge over Lite Forth in Scotland. The completed bridge will have 33,000 tons of steel, and with its approaches is eeti- mated to eost $7,000,000. The plans were commenced in 1897 un- der the auspices of Sir Wilfrid Laurier and lion, S. N. Parent, then Mayor of the city of Quebec, and afterwards Premier of the Province. The south shore piers were completed four years ago and eince that time '240 feet of steel l superstructure was built connect- ing the shore pier to the anchor pier. It is this anchor pier that collapsed yes- terday. The anchor arm 400 feet above the river,was complded in July last year, and one-fourth of the superetructural work on the bridge, or 740 feet, Was fin- ished, and this cantilever extension from the south side was then begun. On the south side of the river fully 7.000 tone of steel had been erected, rising to a height of 31)0 feet in the loweet top pints, aed 100 feet at the centre pert of anchor pier. The two centre pillars att 313 feet high, weigh 518 tons eaeh, and are to hold eaeh one-half of the cantilever an - dor and one-half of the suspension span. Their ornamental eaps are to be 400 feet in the air. The flooring of the bridge over which the traffic will cross is 100 feet above the river level, so that ships with the highest masts moving up and down the $t. Lawreuce can pass underneath with- out difficulty. It wee expeeted that the bridge might Is' completed by the fail of 1009, but I the delay it obtaining the steel requirea Ihes kept bade the maraca:ore, and now .! the collapse. of the anchor pier at the • south side, together with the work that had been done beyond it, wilt very • meriouely hinder the progress; of the gentle undertaking. • HISTORY Or 111211)0E. ; It Was to Have Cost About 4ro,0018b000. ! The Quebec, Bridge Company was in. coiporated with powers to Construct a. .4 railway bridge over the St. Lawrence , near Quebec and to arrange the game }for the 1180 of foot passengers and vehi- :eics, and to tonstruct and operate lines ; of railway to connect with existing or ;•Inture lines of railway on emelt side of the river. Ily the Railway Subsidy Mt of 1899 the grant of it subsidy to the company of 1id,000,0000 was authorized 'for it railway bridge over the St. Law. rence at C 'plans for the bridge were approved by handler° Basin. The site oJul the Railway Committee of the. Privy Council and by an order -in -council dated 1May 10, 1898. It was to provide it dou- ble track railroad, two lines for electric tramways, and two ordinary roads for vehicles and foot passengers. Subsidy payments to the extent of $374,353.33 were made up to June 30, 1900. Under a subsequent agreement the company, witielt changed its name to the Quebec Bridge and Railway Company, releasea the Government from any chum to the unpaid It:dente of the $1,000,000 subsidy, but the tiover»ment agreed to guaran- tee the priucipal auttinterestef the emu- pithy's beads to the extent of $0,678,000, melt bon& to be payable in fifty years, hearing interest at the rate of a per cent., and to be a first charge secured by it mortgage upon all the company's franchises, tone and property, the mort- gage to secure such securities to be made to a trustee or.. trustees approved by the Governor -in -Council, die Government to have the right to take possessiou of the undertaking and property at any time on it month's notice,paying the shareholdere the amount esf their stock at par value not exceeding $200,585.79, with simple interest at 5 per cent, and an addition of 10 per cent, on the par eeluts of fully paid up shares, and as- suming the approved obligations of the company. In February, 1004, a mort- gage trust deed was executed between the Quebec Bridge and Railway Com- pany; a mortgage trust deed conveying to the said trust company, as trustees, all the property and franchise of the Bridge Conmany, and providing for the issilo of bond to the extent of $0,078,200. A new agreement was made on February 9, 1000, between the company, the King and the Bank of Montreal for a' further advauce, not exceeding $1,2.50,000, at 5 per cent., to be paid over to tite Royal Trust Company, who were to pay the compnny 80 per cent. of the par value of the bond mentioned in the chief en- gineer's certificates. The total value of wora done and, material delivered, as certified up to June 30, 1900, was $3,- 583,142, justifying the issue of bonds to the extent of $.1,030,061.. JAPS IN B. C. • SECONDARY STATEMENT BY' JAP- ANESE CONSUL -GENERAL. Wants Fair Play Only—Hopes Agitation May Soon be of the Past—Japanese Government Wont Impose Upon Canada With Its Immigrants When They Are Not Wanted. • .Ottawa, Sept. 2, Consul -General Noise bus given the following statement in explanation of a previously published interview width gave a somewhat erron- eous impression of his views. He says: "I tun sorry to find my statement through the press has been misunder- stood, thus (treating a sensation in the west. What I desired to announce was the fact that there is a treaty between Japan and Canada, which both nations are required to respect for our mutual advantages, but Um 'Making of an ar- rangement so as to regulate the Japan- ese humigration into Canada is another question. 'I he Japanese Government has never entertained an idea of impos- ing imimgranbs upon its good friend wriere they are not wanted. "I trust, seeing that there is a strong feeling of friendship and tunity on the part of the Canadians towards their neighbors across the Pacific, that things will soon be settled, and that this agi- tation may speedily belong to the things of the past. All we expect front the Canadians is fair play, nothing more, and I have every confidence that we ean depend upon it. "I am naturally for Canada and her interests with all my heart and soul, as I have more friends here than in Japan, and the Japanese Government recognizes that, too. "If I go home on lease this fall I mean to start it big demonstration in Japan for the development of Canadian trade there. The Canadian trade with Japan is steadily increasing since Can- ada has secured the benefit of the tariff concessione from Japan, but your goods have to meet a very keen competition from the United States, and. Canada has not got enough surplus to send us. There is it demand in Japan for all lines of Canadian goods—flour, butter, salmon, fish, manure, lumber, peper, condensed milk, hides and leather, soap, nickel, ham and Inwon, tools, rubber, cotton and woolen goods. There has been a marked increase during the last fiseal year— that is, since you have made a treaty with Japan seettring tariff advantages -- but I am not satisfied with this slow but steady growth. I want a big jump. 11 require e quite an aggressive policy to lintel forward your trade in face of so many strong competitets in Japan. I hear that Mr. Preston, your able commis- sioner, is at present harcl at work in Japan, and I expect the result of his miesion will be very noticeable. aly motto is invasion of Japan by Canadian goods." Mr. K. Ishii, of the Bureau of Consul - atilt cf the Department of Foreign Af. faire, who is at present touring in Cali - feriae, will very shortly be expected in British Columbia. He will then come Lo Ottawa to confer with the Govern- ment here. TTe is a schoittr of both Eng- lish and "French, having served several yenta at Paris as secretary of the Jap. anese Embassy there. *di ST. PAUL'S. The Great Cathearal Eat 'Been Slowly Sinking for Centuries. Loname Sept. 2. ---The committee -of arehitects \Oath was !appointed to ine quire ban the condition of let Paure Cathedral, has issuea a report widen de- clares that,ewbile the Cathedral is in no immediate danger, elaborate preeautione are necessary to preserve it front disas- ter. The Vatliedral has been slaking for two eentorieg, ilea the expert tounnlitee reeommends that tho eon,litbrts of I he subsoil and the state of Lite water level be periodieally reeorded, AA these are the elder possibilities of danger. It is ralelea that .attention should be given to all buildhase operations: in the neighborhood or mieeltief of a serious naturo may ariso. The committee recommit& that the large amount of struetural work tequir- tel in repairing the febrie proeeeklotl with at once. 5,000 FIERCE ARABS ADVANCE ON FRENCH. France Will Make Morocco Pay the Bill for Occupation of Country. Paris, Sept. 2e—In a despatch from Casa, Blanca it corrempondent of the Mat- in says t "At the moment of .filing this; despatch 5,000 horsemen are advancing on the camp of the French. Tile artillery has begunAring. These men are supposed to be from the camp at herchich, and are the fiercest of all the tribesmen. "The Median tribesmen encamped at Tadert have opened a market for the dis- posal of booty. Tito other tribes en- camped at Herehich have been restrained from attacking the French, up to the present time, by the alediunam, who had receiven it letter from Mulai hafig, tell- ing them to follow this course, But now they are getting restive and are aceusing the Meduinas of being traitors in the pay of the French. The natives are convinced that Mulai Haig is com- ing to Casa Blanca to tey, to get an of - Dela' mandato from the French Govern- ment to restore order, and. that he will profit by this opportunity to establish himself on a firm besis and supplant Ahd El Aziz, the Sultan of Record. Locked Himself In. Tangier of the Pettit Journal telegraphs Paris, Sept, 2.—The correspondent at that it courier who left Fez on August 2(ith declares that the Sultan Abdul. Aziz tried to set out for Arabia, but was forced to return by the hostility of the populace. He has barricaded himself in the palaee at Fez. Morocco to Pay. • Paris, Sept. 2.--e-The report that France intends to insist that Morocco shall pay the heavy expellees reetilting from the *with military and naval op. oration* in the latter country appears to be eorrect. The .expentliture is inereasing steadily with the enlargement of the ac- tivity of the Frew% forces, and (ler- natty, Great Britain and the other pow- ! ers of Europe are understood, tai be in sympathy with France's attitude. It is leis° stated in well informed eireles that Ithe old powers intend to demand pay - literati for the losses sustained by thOir , subjeetH in Moroceo. however, it 1,4 re - 1 eognized that .the existence of two Sid- i tam in :Morocco will render it a diffi- 1 eta matter to fix the responsibility for the payment of the !expenses incurred. Aecording to the Intest adyiees from. Casa Lamm the French losses in the 1 fighting near the ramp, August 28th. 1 were three melt killed. and 12 wounded, the killed ineluding a cavalryman of the ! irregular Algerian force, who was deettp- ! Bated, and whose head woo carried off ! by the Monte. The enemy's loss is he- lixes' to have been heavy. RICHARD MANSFIELD DEAD LIVER DISEASE THE CAUSE. The Great Actor Passed Away This Morning at New London While Unconscious. New London, Conn., despatch: Richard Mansfield, one of the best-known actors on the American stage, passeul away at 0 o'clock this morning, at his summer residence, Seven Oaks, Ocean avenue. Death was directly due to disease of the liver, aggravated by complications. Dr. A. II. Allan, a local physician, who has been In enarge since int'. niansfield's arrival here front Saranac Lake, states that dettth was not entirely unexpected. Mr. Mansfield's condition had been re- ported as being excellent. It was stated that he stood the jour- ney *ell from Saranac Lake and that he was up and around his home here until three days ago. Then a turn for the worse set in and Mr. Mansfield was confined to his room. On Thursday Dr. 1•••••••••••••••••••••••••11.A. McClellan, of Pittsburg, was summoned. Dr. Allen said to -day that he had. feared the worse for several days. There were many conditions that prevented. his get- ting well. During the great actor's last moments he was lying in a !condition of coma and did not recognize the loved ones at his bedside, There were present at the time of his death his wife, Mrs. Mansfield, his bro- ther, Felix Mansfield, his young. eon, Gibbs Mansfield, and the physicians and nurses. Richard Mansfield, was born in Heli- goland on May 24th, 1857. His naother was Mine. Mansfield Rudersdorf, afem. ous prima donna, and it was from her that Mansfield inherited, his love for the art. The actor studied at several schools on the continent and at South Kensing- ton, London. GIVING OFFENCE. CHINA RESENTS JAPAN'S PATRON- IZING AIRS. Pekin _Government, However, is Too Weak to Take Decisive Action, and is renewing Policy of Secrecy. Pekin, Sept. 2.—China made a pro- test on Aug. 10 to France and japan against Lite covenant of their recent agreenient pioviding for interference in the vast regions of the sovereign Ohm- ese domain. The protest has resulted in a remarkable suppression by the author- ities of public matters. It is claimed that China has been brow -beaten from her rights owing to the cowardice of the present Chinese Uovermuent, the cower• ing pouition of the throne and its over - lording by Japan. The protest, which the Wei Wu Pu, of Board of Foreiga Affairs, for the pur- pose of not giving offence modified to it mild character, is to the effect that the agreement of China's allied opponents is "not to be eonsidered as right." The protest has aroused the indigna- Lion of the Japanese, who have ignored it, leaving the e'reneo here to persuade the Wai Wu Pu to drop it. While China's reeentment at the pat- ronage of the Japanese, whieh emnary is aesuming the position of her proteetor, 18 inel'easing, Inc Government is yet too weak and alarmed to combine the assist - tines of the Empress with official action, preferring the dangerous poliey of secrecy. The attitude of foreigners here has reached it siege of pronouncea tuangon. ism to the Japanese, especially among those belonging to the tuitions which are the allies of Japan. This antagonism has been largely pro- voked by Japan's coma:ant etweees both in Corea and Manchuria. A new movement, headed by Chang Chin Tung, has been started among the Chinese to promote native enterprises in Fukien for the pnrpose of offsetting the efforts of the Japanese to obtain a foot- hold in that provinee. TRUE BLUES. -- GRAND LODGE HELD MEETING IN OWEN SOUND. -- Representatives Present Prom One End of Dominion to Other ---as. I. Hart' Again Chosen Grand Master—Statis- tics for Past Year. tion, M.W.Groaid Master; W. H. Grant, Pieton, Deputy Grand Master; N. In- gram Port Perry, acclamation, Grand Secrelary; E. W. Sherriff, Picton, Grand Treasurer; Rev. John Coburn, Toronto, Grand Chaplain; W. J. Cole, Belleville, Gmnd D. of C. W. J. Bragg, Brantford, Grand Lecturer; W. B. Brandon, Fenelon Mille, Grand Lecturer; C. W. Palliser, Campbellford, tlrand Inside Tiler; Ar- thus Boyle, St. Catharines, Grand Out- side Tiler; J. D. Magill, Toronto, Grand Avditor; G. J. Morrish, Port Perry, Grand Auditor; Mrs. 1'. Walker, Vic- toria, B.C., Associate Grand Deputy Mis- tress; Mrs. E. J. Jacobi, Oshawa, Asso- ciate Grand Secretary; Mrs. M. Virgin, Toronto, Assoeiate Grand Chaplain; Mrs. M. Turner, Owen Sound, Associate Grand 1). of 0.; Miss L. Fluety, Wingham, Asso- ciate (trawl Treasurer; Mrs. R. Findlay, Owen Sound, Associate Grand Lecturer; Mrs. R. G. White, Grand Lecturer. ee• WOMAN IN BLUE. GAVE TESTIMONY ABOUT MRS. PEPPER THAT AMAZED THE JURY, Witness in Vanderbilt Case Volunteers Evidence Which Shows Her to be Just an Ordinary Flesh and Blood Being—Lihes Champagne, Wine and it Good Time. New York. Sept. 2.—A sensatioual turn was given to the inquiry into the sanity of bidward W. Vanderbilt in the county court. Brooklyn, this morning by the mysterious %introduction on the witness stand of it young woman in blue, who gave testimony regard- ing the past life of May Pepper, the medium, and wife of Mr. Vanderbilt, that amazed the sheriff's jury and the spectators. The mys- tery surrounding the witness lasted nearly all day and was heightened by the Met that her name at first was given in secret to the jury, and an imperative order was issu.:d by that commission that her name be rot published, the newspaper reporters tu at- tendance being warned that the publication of the name would be regarded as contempt of court and punishment meted out in ac- e°tttlase°' Inot until near the end of tee af- ternoon session that her identity became known. Then it was learned that she was Miss Caroline Boynton Darrell, 20 years old, ofThNeeNavttYorenrk. ey s for Mrs. Pepper and Vantkr- hilt made vigorous objeetion to the introduc- tion of the wountit's testimony, but Mr. Ros- enberg said he would prove by the witness that Mrs. Pepper was a woman of bad char- acter, aud the commission whetted it. The "woman in blue" said she had often seen other men in the company of Mrs. Pep- per and that the eituation had been very com- promising. In referriug to Mr. Vanderbilt, witness said that Mrs. Pepper denounced him as au old fool. She made this statetnent at Pleasant Lake In 1905, the witness declared. The woman was asked if Mrs. Pepper &atm liquor to any extent. "She drank the same as I did," was the m.141tat was that?" "Well, ehampagne, coektalls. whiskey mid rod ink," explaining that "red 'Mc" WWI tlIc red wine that is served with some diluters in New York, 4 WAR ON WHITE SLAVE TRAPPIC, IL S. Will Make Systematic Effort to Sten Evil, Washington, Sept systematic. effort La to be :trade by the bureau of immigration to put an end to what is popularly known as "the white alavo !raffle," which has been eendueted tttpt1a1ly in elites Ott the At- lantic ueaboitrd far it long time. The method with widen thin is tiCeatiltglailed la so well (levered that the victims et the Importers Dractleally invariably avoid de. lection by ?Well et the thorough reaching they revive prior to embarking. Owen Sound despatch: The thirty- third annual meeting of the Grand Lodge of the Loyal. True Blue Assoeiation eon - vetted in the Orange Ha here this week, with James I. Hart, of Millie, Grand Master, pastille* Over on0 hundred delegates were in attendanee, representa- tives being present from British. Colum- bia on the 'west and Nova, Seotio .on the met. The total inerease in membership during the year was 941, anti the with- drawals through euspeusions, death or otherwise, 537, leaving the present mem- bership at 4,133. The treasurer's report showed it balailte 011 halld of $038.08. Belleville was t ;seem as the next pleee of meeting, after it close contest between Toronto, Xingeton and Lindsay, The fol- lowing tinkers were chosen for the en- suing year: ef, I, Hart, Minim, aeclama- I MURDER CHARGEM 44•••••••01.•grmil ram ARE Ramo 4. *OliAX NA-XED TURNER. Investigation Being Made Into Os Dog* Of Rose Winter, A Young Uslish Woman—Said to Rave BM an Operation Performed. Toronto Alespateh: A sensation was causea in yesterday's Pollee Court, when IL woman nanuel Minnie Tur»er was; at - reigned on a cherge of murder. She and two other women, named Bertha Pear- sall and Ada Moon., who are lieid as nisterial witnesses, were arrested at Au early hour in the morning at IA lonely houee on Poplar Plaitte road, at the ex- treme north limit of the city. %he (huge arises out of the deatir of a young Engtieltwoman named floe° Winter, who died in the house from Sevtie poisening on. Sunday last. Infer- audiix hati been given to the Chief coroner, Dr. 4.. J ukes doliliSoik, that the septic puisoning was the result of it. criminal operation which bast Wee performea Upon Mies Winter, and the police authorities hatt the house our - rounded by a posse of detectivee after 1 e'clock yestet &toy morning and searck- ed for any incriminating evidence. The accused woman had. told Dr. Stephen 11, Pollard, who attended the girl during her illness, that her conda tem seas the result of a fall while hanging it pieture, but a elose Beano in the rooms of Mrs. Turner% how resulted in the finding of a silverplated speculum, ouch ad is fretillent" used ii. operations, of that nature, and in the yard of the house was found a blood- stained mattress. Some mediciue was also found and a bottle of pills on Mrs. Turner's person. At the request of the Chief Cormier the body of the unfortunate young wo- man was exhumed from its resting place in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, and it post- inortem will be held to -day at Miles' undertaking rooms on College street. Mrs. Turner is not unknown to the police. Until recently site had resided at a house on Huntley street, and ow - jug to her conduct in the house was given notice by the police to leave the neighborhood. She is a widow and is about thirty years of age. The dead woman was about twenty- four years of age, and cama to this country, from England about four years ago. She hail been engaged in several places as a domestic servant, her last situation being at Clarkson's, Ont. She Intel been with Aire. Turner at the ad- dress on Huntley street since June 30, the night before she removed to Poplar Plains road. The girl had some friends in the city, but no relatives, and. it is said that both her parents are dead. She has a brother in this country, but the police had been unable to locate him by telegram last night. About two hundred letters were found in the dead girl's trunk, many of them froni well-known Toronto business men, and seam of them showed that some of Iter friends were anxious to obtain a medical man to operate upon the girl. The police state they have satisfac- tory evidence to show that it was the Turner woman who performed the op- eration, The two women who are held as materiel witnesses, Bertha Pearsall and Ada, Moore, are aged, re- spectively, twenty seven and twenty- four. Bertha Pearsall had mode her home with Mrs. Turner for a consider- able time, but .kida Moore, who is b. sister of errs. Turner, is said to have been in the house wily for at few days. 4 - • OBLIGATORY ARBITRATION. British Proposal Approved by Examining Committee at Hague. The Hague, Sept. 2.-4.fter three hours' debate the .British proposition re- garding obligatory arbitration was ap- proved by the examining cenunittee which hail the subject in charge. Dur- ing the course of the debate the head of tile Auetritt-Hungary delegation, Privy Councillor Morey Von leapos- Mere, caused momentary exeitemene by accusing the head of the French delega- tion, M. Bourgeois, President of the Committee on Arbitration, of intention- ally delaying the publication of the Aus- trian arbitration proposals. The British proposal has been so modified that it may lad to it general underetanding on the subject. It leaves each nation free to bind itself to sub- mit to arbitration the eases, a list of a Lich is furnished, which may arise be- tween that nation And any other coun- try or conotries tite signatory nation may select. 14 • • A DARING THEFT. Quantity of Jewelry Stolen Prom St. Catharines House, A St. Catharines despatch: A daring burglary in the very heart of the city took plaee early yesterday morning at the home of William Galvin, Balfour etreet. Mrs. Galvin was in the rear of the house, while the front door was inadvertently left open, through which the house -breaker gained admittance. After entering the front door the thief went directly to the paler bedroom, thence to the rear bedroom, taking the key whieh was in the dresser and Un- locking the drawer, and removing two watches, a gold chain, a gold ring and three pearls, and it *3 gold piece, but overlooking another jewelled ring in the dresser. 44 TOOK A DAY OFF, At Night Was in Custody Charged W:th Stealing Thousands. New York. Sept. 2. ---On the charge of being guilty of larceny of tlumaande of dollars, lalwara Phillips, ti dell, in the employ of G. B. Salisbury & steel: brokers. of 52 Broadway, Was tal-en 10 pollee headquarters to -day tel, elto- tographed and measurtei prior to his arraignment in the r is regee court. Aecmding to the polis, he has confessed that he has taken *POW. 1he firni does not know what ha loss will reach until it has made a tberoug'.. eNamination of its books. Yesterday was Phillips' firet risty 111 in five yeare, alla "It wes .dttrintr ids abeente the thefts were 5115(08' '1 1. 4 • 40 DROWNED FROM STEAMER. -- neckband Front Kingston Lost Ealaace and Fen -Overboard. .t Kingston, Ont., despatch: Alfred Merritt, tut Englishman, opd :14, who has been living here guile ,April, and was deekband ou the steamer St. Law- rence, fell off that steamer at the Government dry doek to -day and was drowned. lbe was tieing ROM scrubbing on the side of the vessel and lost his balance. The body was recovered it few minutes later.