The Wingham Advance, 1907-10-10, Page 7. WORKMAN'S HEAD BLOWN OFF
BY EXPLOSION IN BUFFALO.
Rough Handling of Dynamite Causes Explosion,
Killing Two.
Buffalo, Oct. 7. -Two men were
torn to pieces and three others in-
jared as the result a a premature
explosion ot dynamite at the yards
of the. Buffalo Furnace Company at
the foot of Hamburg street shortly
after 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
Seven other men had narrow es-
capes.
THE, DEAD.
Benjamin Format°, 28 years old, of
No. 87 Main street.
Anthony Farnello, 23 years of age
of No. 10 Fly street.
THE INJURED.
Vissi Schimme, 44 years of age, of
Blasdell, N. Y.
Edward Johnson, 30 years of age,
of No. 23 Irsom. street.
Thomas Richardson, 35 years of
age, of No. 713 West avenue.
The men were at work in the yard
digging up a pile of old slag that hal
accumulated in the past few years.
The slag had formed itself into a
solid mass so that it was necessare
to place sticks of dynamite in the
holes that were dug for the purpose
so that the concrete wast could be
loosened and shoveled into cars that
were waiting alongside the yard.
Heavy charges were used, and the
dynamite was touched off by elec-
tricity.
Yesterday afternoon the hole that
had been dug to receive a twenty-five
pound charge of dynamite was not
„ea large enough to receive the stick.
r Two Of the worinnen, Formate and
Tarnello, tried to force the dynamite
into the =row opening. They
handled, the explosive carelessly, and
efter roughly shoving it several times
into the hole let go.
It was a terrific explosion that fol.
lowed. Pieces, of slag were hurled
ear a quarter of a mile. Several men
:sere knocked down by the concus-
;ion. Others were found bleeding
and bruised, struck by flying pieces
af the heavy slag.
Tomato's head was blown off and
hie body was terribly mangled. He
was the man who is said to have
been alireetly at the head of the hole
where the cartridge was being in-
eerted.
Workmen soon found the headless
body of their companion, Tarnello,
male twenty feet from the spot where
the blast occurred. Earaelle's body
also was frightly mangled,
Twenty feet away, Ed johnson was
found lying on the ground, his cloth-
ing torn and his body bleeding. A
huge chunk of the slag had struck
him and.rendered him unconscious.
He was removed to his home.
In another section of the yard,
Vissi Schimme was found, his face
and hands burned and bruised
Workmen bandaged his wounds and
rushed him to the General Hoepital
where last night it was said that he
had a possible chance to recover.
Thomas Richardson, the engineer on
the job, was mere than a hundred
feet away. He could not dodge all
the pines of slag that came in his
direction and he sustained a • bad
scalp wound. He was taken to his
home.
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GREAT INDIAN
STRIKE FEARED.
A PREDICTION BY BRITISH AU-
THORITY ON INDIA.
Kier Hardie's Speeches Stirring Up Dis-
content Among Hindu Workmen -
The Whole Country Disturbed -
Series of Murderous Assaults on
Europeans.
London, Oet. 6. -The Indian discon-
tent has been brought vividly within
the. ken of the British public this week.
It was no little shock to the average
Englishman to be told. that the condi-
tion of Eastern Bengal under British
rul ; was worse than that of Russia, and
that the atrocities committee(' there
would, if known in England, provoke
mare horror than did the Turkish out-
rages in Armenia.
The Englishman rubbed his eyes and
askee. himself if he were dreaming. Then
he saw that the author of these charges
was James Keir Hardie. He knew Keir
Hardie and did not attach any import-
ance to what that ebullient labor leader
said, and was at first inclined. to dis-
miss the whole matter with good-humor-
econtempt.
Then it was borne in upon him that
the natives of India did not know Keir
Hardie, and that the latter's statements
of low lie and the parties he represents
in England Would throw in their lot
with their brown brothers might do in-
conceivable damage by fanning the flame
of discontent into a conflagration. A
feeling of uneasiness is taking possession
of the country.
"Ia there to be an outbreak in Italie?"
is a question frequently heard these
days,. Generally the answer is in the
negative, but the horizon is dark with
possibilities. The whole country, with
its teeming millions, certainly had been
disturbed during the last few months;
there had been a long series of murder -
oils assaults upon Europeans, and at-
tempts had been made to corrupt the
native troops. One authority whose
views have attracted considerable at-
tention makes the the prediction that,
,iivhile there will be no "second Indian
;rising in our time, there is likely to
be sornething more dangerous and baf-
fling."
"The modern weapon of revolution,"
says this authority, "is the strike. In
one way caste is, strictly speaking, a
form of trade union, There are among
the Hindus the 'bakers' caste, and so on.
No baker may wash his own clothes.'
na washerman may prepare his own food.
ef the Hindus strike, what would be -
cone of the native army and the whole
Inkiness of India? Again, the telegraph
depute -tent is inostly Hinde, and the
postal seevice is entirely Hindu. Indeed,
almost all the subordinate officials In
India are Hindu. No strike conceivable
M England could have hall the effect of
a caste strike in India,
• "The engine drivers are Parsees, Eura-
sian, and Mohammedans, but every-
where else the Hindu has increased. At
areeent the Molianeneaans are nun:tore
sally only a thirtieth part of the subor-
dinate officials. This is the danger of
elle service -the vast predominance of
the Hindu -and if omens are true, he
naturally will use his advantage while
hi cart. When Chandra Pal was arrest-
ed, he said the time to strike had not
yet come. He meant strike in both its
meanings,"
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TO MODERNIZE OXFORD..
lea Curzon Has Appealed for etmoo;000
for That Purpose.
London, Oct, 0. -Some time ago Lord
eenrzon lamented that there was no
work for Britain's retired pro -Consuls to
do, but as Chancellor of Oxford Univer-
sity he has apparently tound an outlet
for his aberidant energy. The framer
Viceroy of India does not intend to be
In ornamental Chancellor. His first
public net in his new capacity has been
the issuing of an appeal for funde. Ile
wants it (Itiaf ter of a million pounds
front old Oxford men.
The famous Bodleian library is in
aressing need of funds, and to its re•
quirements. the Chancellor alone pur-
poses to devote fifty tlitmeand of the
two hutedred and fifty thousand. pounds
Which he hopes will be contributea.
Mora professorships of motion lan-
guages, he eorisiders, are another neces-
sity of the day, among them a professor -
slap of Japanese. Agrieultere, botany,
chemistry, eleetricity, enehteering and
ihygferle, he thinks, too, all demand bet-
ter gposition et the university thee
tease objects can at present receive
owing to leek of (uncle. An electrical
laboratory lit regards as a primary need.
'rhe Asionolean MOE= also needs fin -
suet*: help.
SNUFF SPILLED IN HALL.
Mr. Borden's Meeting at Calgary Was
Interrupted.
Calgary, Alberta, Oct. Gr-Wliile Mr.
EL L. Borden was advocating his plat-
form for the west here his audience
sneezed -not at Mr. Borden or at the
planks of his platform, but because their
olfactory nerves were irritated.
The air, in fact, was full of cheers-
atul snuff. The former were the off-
spring of enthusiastic endorsation, while
the latter, it is reported, was the con-
tribution of those interested in breaking
up what nevertheless proved a very suc-
cessful meeting.
Me snuff apparently was thrown
through an upper window, and while
enough of it was placed in circulation
to muse a slight disturbance, it fortun-
ately was not of sufficient strength to
reach the noses of the speakers.
The prank was on a par with the ex-
ploit of the joker who throws red pep-
per on a hot stove during a country
dance.
DOGS AS POLICE A FAILURE.
Experiment Tried, in. Antwerp Not a
Success.
'Washington, Oct. 6. -Dogs • as night
police assistants have proved a failure
in Antwerp, according to a report re-
ceived from the Vice United States Con-
sul -General at that city. The .Antwerp
pclice experimented with dogs as assist-
ants to the night watch service in the
isolated section of the city. The experi-
ments have proved negative, and at one
time it was even proposed that the city
give 'up the kennels altogether.
The Antwerp police have seven dogs,
know as the Belgian shepherd dog,
which are trained to look upon men in
urgent as their only friends, suspecting
all others, and more particularly a man
lying down. At night the seven dogs, all
muzzledeare turned over to seven police -
mai, who Conduct them by a strap, only
ktting them loose when wishfng to pur-
sue an evil -doer.
ONTARIO BANK'S CLAIM.
Writ is Filed Against Ex -President
Cockburn.
Toronto, Oct. 7. -The statement of
claim of the Ontario Bank against ex -
President G. R. 11. Cockburn has been
filed for $37,599.50. The claim alleges
that in 1003 President Cockburn, being
the owner of certain nitres, agreed with
General Manager McGill that the bank
should buy twenty-seven shares of the
capital stock then standing in Cock -
burn's name. It is also alleged that
the General Manager placed $37,599.50 to
the °runt of the President, whieh the
latter afterwards withdrew and appro-
priated to his ONVIR use. It is contended
that this transfer atid the attempted
sale of stock were not authorized by the
Beare of Directors,
WIFE LIVED
MAN DUD.
WILLIAM LYNCH PLANNED MURDER
AND SUICIDE.
Shot Himself in a Toronto Mercer Street
Boarding Hone -Was Separted
From Mrs. Lyncie to Whom He Wrote
Note Before His Death,
Toronto, Oct. 7. -"Would it be a
greater sin. for e man to kill his wife and
then shoot Welsch or for the man to
,iintply bring about las own selfelestrue
tionr This question put to the inmates
of 27 Mercer street on, Saturday night
by William Lynch was followed yester-
day morning by the suicide of Lynch
himself, It is aparene that Lynch had
planned the murder of his wife, from
hatne'he was separated, and then intend-
ed to shoot iiimself.
Lynch blew hisbraine out with a re-
volver shortly before 10 o'clock yester-
day morning at bis new ;boarding house
on Mercer street, In his pocket was
found the following letter, hurriedly
scrawled in pencil:
"Dear wife, -Please don't fret for me,
as I cannot rest without you and the
children. I know the greatest part of
our trouble was on my side, but I now
go anil die, Please, love, 'see that I am
decently *buried, and I hope we shall
meet in the other world, and there be
happy. Good -Lye xx xI love you
dearly."
Underneath was written, "To be sent
to Mrs, Lynch, 85 Walnut avenue, Die,
Wm. Lynch, die--" And on the back of
the note was writen:• "Let my father
know. Address, Cadmus, Ont. But 1
trust to you, Lottie, dear, to bury me
decently. I must have been insane or I
would not have acted the way I have."
The domestic troubks of the Lynchs
were aired in the Police Court on Sat-
urday morning last, when Mrs. Lynch
had, her husband before the court for
assault, and was granted an order of
protection by Magistrate Denison. Up
to that time the parties lad been liv-
ing together at 571 King street west, but
after leaving the court Mrs. Lynch re-
turned to her mother's house at 85 Wal-
nut avenue, taking the two children
with her, while her huaband went to the
Mercer street address. A man who
shared the room over night with Lynch
said that when he left Min at 9.30 a. ni.
he was joking aed in good humor, and
he was horrified on returning to the
room half an hour later to find Lynch
dead.
Police Sergeant Mulhall broke the
news of her husband's death and showed
the letter to Mrs. Lynch, but she refus-
ed to have anything to do with the body,
which was, therefore, removed to A. W.
Miles' undertaking rooms on College
street. Chief Cdroner A, J. Johnson
has decided, that an inquest is unneces-
sary.
Deceased, who was 28 years of age,
came from l3ownianville three years ago,
and had been employed in the city as
watchman for the Toronto Carpet Max-
ufaeturing Company.
or • te
ARROGANCE OF THE LORDS.
It is Denounced by Sir Henry Campbell -
Bannerman.
Edinburgh, Oct, 6.-4S1r Henry Campbell -
Bannerman returned to the attack un the
House of Lords last evening, when, in an
address before a groat gathering ot Scottish
Liberals here he reviewed the emasures that
bad been rejected by the House, Ile 'dwelt
'with vehemence upon what he called the ar-
rogance and high-handedness of the Lords,
and said he hoped to see them In sackcloth
and ashes before another session had gone
by. It was the intention of the Govern-
ment to send certain bine back again to the
Hofiso of Lords after their passage pro forma
bY the House of Commons. Whatever the
result, the Premier said he believed that on
the main issue the Governnient must Ultim-
ately no to the 'country, and he knew that
It would net appeal In vain,
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BOY SHOCKED TO DEATH. '
Seized Broken Telephone Wire That Was
Hanging Over Trolley Wire.-
Stateford, Conn., Oct. 7. -William
Buten, 10 years old, a plumbers' apprem
tice, was shocked to death here to -night.
The end of a broken telephone wire
whiell bad crossed a trolley wire in Main
street lay across his path and he picked
it up to t0I3S it aside,
Six hundred Volts of electrielty passed
through him and he was unable to let
go of the wire. Three of his fingers were
burned off and he fell face (lemmata on
the wire.
RAIN OF METAL.
POURED DOWN ON WORKMEN OF
STANDARD STEEL COMPANY.
Four Men Killed and Twenty Fatally
Injured in Explosion, Caused by
Upsetting of Metal Pot in Cupola
-Nearly All Were Foreigners.
Butler, Pa., Oct. 6. -An explosion in
No. 1 cupola of the Standard Steel Com-
pany here late tonight caused the death
of four men, fatally injured twenty and
seriously injured ten others. The large
wheel plant, 150 by 100 feet, was de-
molished, causing a loss estimated at
$100,000.
The 'condition &A the thirty men in-
jured is pitiable. The features or a
majority are mutilated beyond recogni-
tion. The hot metal was showered
over themcausing horrible injuries, and
at nedniglit the physicians attending
them said that at least twenty would
die.
The explosion was caused by the up-
setting of e metal pot in the cupola,
which contained 5,000 pounds of molten
metal ready for casting. A span in the
pot broke, allowing the liquid iron to
spill over the wet sand. An explosion
followed so quickly that none of the
workmen in the building had a chance
to escape. Streams of the burning metal
poured out on the workmen: some of
whom • were engulfed and literally
cooked. Twenty men near the cupola,
had every shred of clothing blown off by
the force of the explosion. Many were
buried ander the wreckage, and were
not rescued for an hour after the cams-
,
trophe.
Strike of Slater,
C Malt, Oct. 5.---A emotional sttike
of silver was made on the Silver Leaf
property last Trielay evening. The vein
is four feet wide from wall to wail, and
the mineral deposit in the vein is eight
hates ie Width and as far its could be
twee Allowed a large amount of silver
through it. The vein was uncover -
ea for 12 feet, but has since, it is will,
been yowled by order of the directorate.
It can be sten on the drained portion of
the Crown reserve property.
FATAL FIRE
IN TORONTO*
GAMBLING AT ST. THOMAS.
Magistrate Hunt's Accusation to be Laid
Before Commissioners.
Si. Thomas, Oct. 6.-Obenty Police
Magistrate Hunt will appear before the•
Oity Police Commissioners to -morrow
end prosecute it complaint laid by him
against Chief Armstrong. Mr. Hunt's
eomplaint is that the Chief in a news-
paper interview -accused him of playing
to the .gallery after he had called atten-
tion to the alleged gambling in local
cigar stores. The Magistrate said that
Denten MacLean, a contricted thief, con-
fessed to him that the stolen money was
lost gambling in a cigar store, and the
Chief in reply declared Mr. Hunt should
have notified the police of this so they
could act ,instead of publishing Mae-,
Lean's 'confession, which, the Chieeafter-
wards said,. was wrongly interpreted, as
MacLean lost the money playing bil-
liards.
Two Lose Their Lives and Ten
Others Injured.
huimtes Awakened With the Flames
NO DAMAGES FOR JAPANESE.
San Francisco Judge Decides Against
their ClaimS.
San leraneiseo, Oct. 5. -judge Sewell
has decided that %note, the Japanese
restaurant keeper, whose place in Fol-
som street was damaged by o mob
some months ago, cannot recover from
the city and, county damages for any•
thingreri, excepting the actual loss incur -
d
About Them.
Two Girls Fell Through Roof of Ad-
- joining Building.
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THE DEAD.
Mrs. Rachael Orenstein,
Jenny Orenstein, Her Daughter,
Toronto, Oct 7.--A swift and sudden
outbreak of fire in a tailor's etore at 156
Yeek street in the early hours of Sun-
day morning woke the twelve oecupauts
of the house from their sleep, and in the
panic which em3ued Mrs,. Michael Oren-
stein, wife of the occupant, and her
daughter, Jenny, aged six, received in-
juries, from which they died after their
removal to St. Michael's Hospital; Leak
Firnstein, aged thirty-aix, a cabinet-
maker, is delirious in St. Michaele;
Hospital, his mind unhinged by his suf.
ferings; Ids wife, Bethnal, who was res-
cued from death by suffocation by the
promptitude of P. 0. Mowat (281), is in
the hospital with burns; Schwartz, aged eighteen, a tailort'avilhloc
leaped from it three-storey window to
the pavement, was badly burned about
the- face and eyes and lus 'feet smashed
by the impact; Arnold Greenfeld, a Roa
Inman tailor, aged tlurey, sustained in.
juries to his feet by leaping from a
seeond-storey window into a pile of bro.
ken plate glass, and five others, Mira
Isaacs, aged twenty-one; Dora Isaacs,
aged twenty-five; Harry Orenstein,
tailor, aged twenty-eiglet; Chun Oren.
stem, aged eighteen months and Ben-
jamin lenstein, aged twenty-Ihree, who
had arrived inthe house from New
Fmk but a few hours before, are all in
St. Michael's Hospital suffering from
burns and injuries received while at-
tempting to escape.
Held Child in His Arms.
Of the twelve occupants of the house
only one, little Aaron Ornstein, aged
four, escaped injury, and he was saved
scatheless owing to his father's action
in holding hiui in his arms when he
leaped from it third -storey window on to
the flat roof of the kitchen. The two
Isaac girls who followed him in the
Leap were less fortunate, for the roof
gave way beneath there' and they fell
through it to the groundbeneath.
The origin of the fire is a mystery.
P. 0. Latremouille patrolled the street
and passed the door two minutes before
the outbreak. The store is on the
west side of York street about half way
between Adelaide and Richmond
streets, The constable had net got
eighty yards away when he heard a
crash of glass, and, thinking it was an
escaping burglar, whom his passing had
alarmed, termed and ran in that direc-
tion. Five seconds later he saw flames
burst out, and by the time he reached
the store the man "Greenfeld threw up
the second -storey window and climbed
out in his night attire on to the cornice
and prepared to jump. -
Jumped Upon the Officer.
The .constable, seeing that there was
no immediate danger, called out to him,
to go back until the reels came:, but
whether panie-stricken or through a
misunderstanding the man jumped onto
the officer, knocking him over into the
street. Greenfeld is as very heavy man
and hia feet were fearfully lacerated on
Ilia broken glass, one foot being ripped
open from end to end until the bones
protruded. P. O. Lannon (147) turned
in a call at box 13 at 3.27, just as tliff
flames shot out, and the reels were on
the spot within two inintes. Within
that time, however, Frank Schwartz
had leaped from the third -storey window
in the front, and Henry Orenstein with
his little son and 'the two Isaacs girls
had taken the leap from the back.
Rescuing the People.
As soon as the firemen arrived the
Work of rescue began, and the panic -
crazed people were at once brought out.
The second one to be removed was Mrs.
Rachel Milstein, a sently-built wo-
man. She was thought to be dead, and
her body was taken to the Kwong Lee
Wo CoMpany's store, near by, And doc-
tors called for, Ili response to it cry
of "Can no one do .anything for this
woman?" Constelle Mowat (281) step-
ped up and took thane. The penstable
holds tbe certificates of the St. An -
drawee and St. John's Ambulance As-
sociations, and in addition won the Scot-
tish and National Life-saving Cham-
pionships in 1004. He at once saw teat
it was a ease of suffocation, and com-
menced resuscitation exercises to restore
breathing. Ten minutes later Mrs. Firn-
stein was able to breathe naturally, and
the constable turned his attention to
the little girl, Jenny Ornstein, who
was also suffocatedited• lad ceased to
breathe. He accompanied her in the
patrol wagon to the hospital, and
brought the child round, but she died
later from the burns she had received.
At tlie hospital the constable worked
assisting the doctors until 0.30, the by-
standers, doctors and mirses being full
of praise for his prompt and. effident
help.
The man Milstein became so frenzied
that it took six men to hold him down
before the doctors eould do anything
with him. He was unconseious when
the firemen reached him and is now in it
delirious condition et the .hospital.
Soon after midnight Mrs. Ornstein,
who was more badly burned than any,
followed her little daughter into the nn -
known.
4.
Prison for Beating Mother,
Lonelon, Ont., Oet. 6. --David Arm-
strong, who lives with Its mother on
Wilson avenue, West Layton, -Was on
Saturday sentenced to six months in
the Ontral Prison with hard labor for
beating his mother.
WANTS DAMAGES.
Was Quickly Put Out.
The firemen got the fire eompletely
out within fifteen nfinutee. The build-
ing is a substantial brie?: three-storey
erctiom one of a tow of three owned
by Messrs. Rosenberg and Camisky.
Orenstein had been in occupation since
May last, and was insured against fire
for $3,000. His stock of tailoring
gentle was eonsiderably ariginented dur-
ing last week, and is said to be worth
$3,500,
in some quartees the theory is held
filet the fire originated by an exploision
of benzine, an article which most tailors
use. A ead feature of the fire is that
most of the sufferings were unneeessary.
and were caused by the unarippy victims
Toronto, Ont., Oct. 7. -The Parry crowdieg to the front window and the
Somul Lumber Co. is stung the Canadimi
Pacific Railway for $5,000 thunagem for
cutting thither on berth No. 4 on the
north shore of Emelt River, alleged to
be the property of the plaintiffs.
TURNED BAGK
AT BORDER.
()IX LADY VICTIM or U. S. IMMI-
GRATION TOAWS.
Mrs. King, Of Toronto, Was on the Way
to Her Daughter at Buffalo When
Stopped by the Officials-Penilese
and Almost Telendlese at the Falls.
Niagara Falls, Oet, 6. -One of the sal-
tiest cases of hardship inflicted by the
United States immigration laws on re-
cord occurrea lere yesterday, The vic-
tim was Mrs. King, tut aged Beotch wo.
man, whose home has been in Toronto.
Mrs. King is 74 years of age, and a wo-
man of evident refinement and educe -
tion. Fluttered misfortune impelled her
to leave Toronto to take up her home
with a daughter who lives in Buffalo,
her daughter having agreed to meet her.
She had just enough money to pay her
railway fare.
When she reached this city she took An
'International Railway ear from the
Bridge street station for Niagara Falls,
N. Y., terminal, intending to change
there to a ear for Buffalo, ler daughter
having agreed to meet her at the *dation
in that city. Men the car crossed the
upper arch bridge it was boarded by an
inspector of the United States immigra-
tion service, who put some questions to
the old lady in an offensive manner. He
then required her to leave the car and
go to the immigration detention room.
There she was further questioned, and
the autocrat in buttons ordered her de-
portation: In vain she plead•ed that
her daughter in Buffalo would take care
of her, and that she was in no danger
of becoming a charge upon the public.
No argument availed. When the ear
came on its return trip the tearful old
woman was put aboard it end the fait
way- company lad to bring her back to
CaGnraideaf:
Grief-stricken, penniless, friendless
without a place to take abetter or means
to communicate with Merit's, her condi-
tion was truly pitiful, and the Interna-
tional railway trainmen and bridge offi-
cials were so touched that they made up
a little collection for her.
At the Bridge street stollen she was
turned over to the care of the police.
who undertook that she would, not suffer
for shelter or food till someone else un-
clertook the care 01 1101'.
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A GOOD JOKE.
Elopes With and Marries a Marrying
Mayor's Daughter.
Des Moines, Iowa, Cat. 7. -Mayor Ben-
nett, of Fort Dodge, who recently gained
fame by issuing a ukase that all bach-
elors in the eity must wed within a year
or pay a fine, was taken at his word
yesterday by Nolan Snow, a chauffeur,
who eloped with the Mayor's daughter
Mabel. The elopers were wed in Fort
Dodge, and fled to Des Moines.
Mayor Bennett is a great believer in
niarriages, and so he sent an ordinance
through the Council, placing a fine upon
the heads ds of all bachelors at the end of
ey
Young Snow is just in time to avoid
the Mayor's fine, but not the Mayor's
wrath.
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MORE THAN THEIR SHARE.
Claim of Nova Scotia Shareholders Of
York Loan.
Toronto, Oct. 7.-I3eciain t'--' directors
of the defunct York County be. n had,
it is claimed, no legal right to sell ilatsse
in Nova Scotia, the contention is add
venced that all shareholders in that Pro•
vince should be placeil on the same basis
as creditors of the company, and so re-
ceive it preference in the distribution of
the assets. The claim of the Nova
Seating was made before Referee Geo.
Kappele by Mr. C. A. Masten. The
shareholders in the Province by the sea.
number four or five thousand, and hold
half it million dollars in shares, so that
if the claim is allowed it will mean less
for the remainder of the shareholders.
The applieation is being vigorously op-
posed by W. M. Douglas; K. C., repre-
smiting other shareholders. It was inti-
mated that shareholders in other Pro-
vinces might take action similar to that
of the Nova Scotian. Evidence will be
teller. in the case next week.
rear eta', both of which were envelop-
ed in Munn. celled they waited, with-
in their TOO1118 for it :couple of minutes
they would have been rescued by the
firemen.
"SOCIETY IS GUILTY."
Plea of a Girl Who Slashed Louvre
Masterpiece.
Paris, Oct. 6. -Valentine C,antral was sent-
enced this week to six months In prison.
Last month she visited the Louvre. Being
with,out work and without money, and for
that reason wishing to be arrested, she stab-
bed a nIcture by Ingres with a pair of acts -
SOTS.
Winn the Judge asked her wby she corn-
mited the rnisdeameanor, the girl replied :
"Since I was nine years old I have worked
with mamma as a fleamstrom Even getting
up early, I could only earn 75 centimes (15
cents) a day. How do you expect me to live
on 16 cents a day? It is society that is
guilty -the society which condemned me to
starvation."
Just before judgment was passed she add-
ed : "I regret my act because I have lean-
ed that the man who painted the picture
like me, also suffered poverty and hard -
ships."
The case has attracted wide atteution,as
It is feared the have imitators am-
ong miscreants in search of notoriety.
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FOR A FREE PORT.
Shipping Federation Will Ask Govern-
ment to Remove Tolls.
Montreal, Oct. O. -The important an-
nouncement was made on Saturday that
the Shipping Federation of Canada will
petition the Government to have Mont-
real made a free port. In this way it is
hoped to enlarge and increase its scope
and importance as the reeognized na
tional unit terminus of the Dominion.
It is understood that yesterday after-
noon the matter was discussed by repre-
sentative steamship men, and it Wit4
WWI to deal with the matter at once,
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BULLET IN -HIS FOREHEAD.
JOHN. D. ROCKEFELLER TRUSTEE
OF PROPERTY OF OTHERS
Responsible to God and to the Widows and
Orphans of Standard Oil Company.
New York, Oct. 7, -John P. Rockefel-
ler's eneeption of himself that he is
only the steward of the Standard Oil
wealth, responsible to Owl alone for las
stewardship, was quoted on Sunday by
the Rev. Dr. Robert S. MacArthur, the
pastor of Calvary Baptist Church, be-
fore las young people's ,class, Dr. Mae -
Arthur said:
"A. few years ago seen one asked Mr.
Rockefeller privately way it was since
he hail such a tremendous fortune and
his tastes were so simple that he could
not -possibly use one-tenth of Ids income,
that he did not retire. Mr. Rockefeller
thea made it reply which he did not in-
tend should be made public, and which
gives an attitude of his mind never be-
fore appreciated by the public. 'I am
the trustee of the property of others,'
he said, ctlirougli the Providence of God,
sonimitted to my care. I am the stew
ad of vast interests belonging in great
part to widows and orphans and others
who are actually or relatively poor. For
this holding I am responsible to God.
Were I to give up my interest in the
Stardard Oil Company I would imperil
the interest; of these people according
to the popular supposition that my with -
theme' would hurt the company's busi-
tle4.3. Ther0fOr0 1 feel it my duty to
eloil and to the people whose money is
invested in my company to continue ac -
titre in its welfare.'"
efacArlitur was asked after his
address about the directness of the quo -
talon he had cited. He said that it was
aethentieldind he intimated that he Mtn
self was the one who had heard Mr.
Rockefeller BO characterize his position
in the world.
APONNIMINOMM.••••••••
HORSEWHIPPED HIM.
Woman Took her Way of Getting
Satisfaction for Slanders.
Dunkirk, Oct, 7. -In the presence of
hundreds of Saturday night e,hoppers
on Ent Third street last night, Mrs,
M. Davis, wife of a druggea of this
city, undertook to deliver to David
Salisbury a horsewhipping which rese
believed he had merited by. alleged re-
marks passed about her, Mrs. Davis
is a tall and. muscular woman, and she
wielded the whip with a strength that
made it uncomfortable for Salisbury.
Fully a dozen strokes landed on his
face and head before the affair Wil44
brought to a sudden close by Mrs.
Davis falling over it hydrant.
Salisbury is a painter and lives on
Railroad avenue. He beat a hasty
retreat after his assailant had fallen
over the hydrant.
Mrs. Davis had left her home pre-
pared to deliver the punisament which
she thought Salisbury had merited.
She carried the whip concealed under
her wraps, and, taking her station on
Third street near Leonard street,
waited for Salisbury to come up the
street. She asked if he was Mr. Salis-
bury, and upon being informed that he
was, started to perform her task.
The cause of the whipping is report-
ed to be remarks made by Salisbury.
These alleged remarks are said to
have been repeated to Mrs. Davis by a
friend, whom sho believed to be reli-
eble. She was very much angered
over the reports that reached her ears
and thought that the only method of
redress open to her was to administer
the punisbment herself. After the
whipping the street assumed its usual
quiet, and the pollee have taken no
Fiction in the ease. No complaint Ints
been made to them.
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The Body of Nicholas Pander Pound
Near Galt.
Galt, Oct; 6. ---The body of Nieholas
Pautler, who had been missing for over
a, week, was • found this afternoon itt
Moffatt's Flats, 5 short distance south
of the town. The body was lying be-
side the river, with it bullet hole in the
forehead. Although the gun has not
yet been fond, indications point to sui-
cide. The deemed was well known in
Galt, where he had resided for many
years. No reason Mn be assigned for
the suieide. An inquest will be held
to -morrow.
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TO PAY PRINCESS' DEBTS.
Brustele, Oet. 7 -An Auctioneer has been
()nen of Belgium, the proceeds to be de-
voted to paying the debts of her
Prineess Louie, who was di -
vomit lest year by Prince Philip of
Siaol•CoboUrg and Gothe,
THIEF CAUGHT.
BUT WAS ALLOWED TO GET AWAY
FROM BANIC. -
Nervy Theft at Bank of Hamilton itt
Toronto -A, Depositor Robbed- A
Suspect betained-Had $soie Bill
Sewn in His Clothing.
Toronto, Oct. 7. -Two men who are
believed to have been operating together
obtained about $200 from William .Brand -
ham, a clerk in the employ of the Cana-
dian Casualty & Boiler Insurance Com -
pane of Adelaide street east, in the head
office of the Bank of Hamilton here at
noon on Saturday. Brandham was cash-
ing a chi que, and while talking the mat-
ter over with an official of the bank he
felt sow cone tugging at his poeket. He
grabbed a man who was quite close to
him and add him, at the same time ac-
cusing him of taking the money. The
Man was held while Brandham went in
search of the police, but when he re-
turned with an officer Brandham found
that he had been allowed to go. De-
teetive Tipton accompanied Brandhare
to the. Union Station and outgoing
trains were watched. Later in the day,
however, it young man who gives the
name of Edward Burke was arrepted on
it general cletrge Of vagrancy. Burke is
not the man who was detained in the
bank, but lie is held en suspicion of
being an accomplice. The Canadian De-
tective Bureau officials have it police
photo of Burke at their office. A $500
bank note was found hidden in Burke's
clething when he was searched at the
detective department. A number of
other articles were taken from the pris-
oner. Further investigation into the
mates past will be made to -day.
WITH EXPLORERS.
..•••••./0•••••••••
Discoveries Made by Cornell Expe•
dition in Orient.
Ithaca, N. Y, Oct. 7. -Tette first report
of the Cornell expedition to the Assyro-
Babylonian Orient has just been received
by Professor Sterrett, its organizer. Th.
report says that the principal sites of
the region explored heve been. fixed as•
tronomically for the first thue, disclos-
ing many defects in even the best maps.
At Boghazkeur, at the suggestion of th.
German excavators, the Hittite inserip.
tion, one of the largest known and gen
many considered quite illegible, was
studied, and as a result of two and a
half days' work, the greatest,part of the
inscription was read..
. The pre -classic site of leonine the
most important city of Southeastern
Asia Minor, has been found. Much of
the pottery found there is .shnilar to the
early types found at Troy. Over three
thousand potsherds have thus far been
collected and studied.
Most important are the various sherd -
of Mycenaean character showing connee
tion with the Greek world af the tine
of Homer. in the light of the material
collected it seems almost certain, say -
the report, that some of the most witle
spread views in regard to the earlim
people of Asia Minor and their connec.
tion must be modified or abandoned, a
marble idol of a type hitherto found only
in the Greek islands in pre -Mycenaean
settlements was obtained at Angora.
This link between the early inhabitants
of Greece and of Asia Minor is of very
great interest.
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-FATAL FOOTBALL.
Player Died From Injuries Received
in Sunday Game.
Portage, Pa., Oet. 7. -Thomas 13er
tram, 20 years old, of Altoona, Pa., re
ceived injuries during a football gam
on Sunday that caused his death last
night. Bertram was a member of the Al-
toona Athlete team and was pleyine
against the Portage team. He was ideked
in the head during a scrimmage. His
sleeee. it is ertel,„yell result in ate view..
cueion of those who played Sunday vet
ball.
ATTACKED GUARD.
Twenty Two Siberian Prisoners
Killec!-Eleven Escaped.
Tobolsk, Siberia, Oct. 7.-A gang of
convicts, who were being escorted here
from Tyumen, Eastern Siberia, attacked
.their guards yesterday and wounded six
of them. The guards fired on the con-
victs, twenty-two of whom were killed.
Eleven Of the prisoners escaped with
rifles, which they had wrested from the
members of the escort in the hand-to-
hand fight which followed the outbreak.
SHOT IN BUFFALO. -
Refusal to Pay for Drinks Ends
In Riot and Tragedy.
'Buffalo, (let. 7. -Defending himself
against the ,furious attack of a mob
that assembled in front of his saloon, 358
Lovejoy street, and began to hurl stones
throtigh windows, as he said, \Vlitdis-
littis rushed out at midnight on
Saturday and began shooting into the
crbwd. Ile killed ono nia,n, the othore
escaping without injury.
The dead man was Joseph Dombrok-
ski, who lived in Pkyter street. He Was
not killed. instantly, but died at Uniere
gene Hospital, where he was taken im-
mediately after the shooting. It was
found that it bullet wound in his tight
side pierced the lung and caused limn
enlarges. \ •
Tha poliee heard the shooting, and
rusted to the saloon. They broke up
the mob, had the wounded man taken
to the hospital, and then placed the
saloonkeeper under :meet on it eharge
of murder. Ile says he is innocent of
any wrongdoing; that he was defending
lit; life and property, and that he did
1111 shoot until he was forced to do so,
Rev. Die Sutherland at the anniversery
mrating in connection with the General
Board of Miseione of the Metluellet
tlinrell declared that the to -called peace
conference was the grertteeatire in the
history of the World.
SHOT THROUGH THE HEART.
Young Frenchma-n Kills Himself Over
Love Affair.
Montreal, Oct. 6. -His mind unhinged
by disappointment in it love affair, a
young man named Vicbor Han shot
himself through the heart on ;Saturday
afternoon. Halm, who was 21 years of
age, 'and came from France not very
long ago, fell passinately in love with
a young woman in this city. His ad-
vances wore rejected. On Saturday after-
noon MAC paid another visit to the
young lady, and, again meeting with dis-
couragement, returned to his house at
117 Joliette street and shot Iiimeelt
through the heart. The body has beer
removed to the morgue ana an inquest
will be held by Coroner McMahon.
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THE CAID TO BE VANSOMED.
Britain Will Protect Raisuli and Pay
Him $z5o,000.
• Tangier, Oct. 0.- The release sb Caid
Sir Harry MacLean, who for erne() time
has been hold captive by the bandit
Raisuli, at last seems to be within
measurable distance.
The. Associated Pres a was informed
to -day on the best possible authority of
the neceptanee by the British Govern-
ment of Raisuli's reduced terms for
MacLean's release, the principal items
being $150,000 ransom and Briteth pro-
tection for . Raisuli and his family.
Great liritainer advance of the ransom
will be guaranteed by Sultan Aba-el-
Aziz.
ST. PAULI
4.1•••011101MNI
BRITISH AMY ABU= Alf/VXDS
1,ONDOB A IBINSATION.
Sailed. Freta the Canip 4Firfeleeriee
Spent Seine Time In the Neig
hood of the CAthadral and Govern-
ment Offices.
London, Oct. 7.-Lon4on to -night is
talking of only one thing -the flight of
the Britiah env airelap, Neill Secun-
des, whieli to -deer travelled to Louden
from Varnborouge.
32 milers southwest
ufLenetr1gtestlaround the
dcuofa, iuie
Cathedral, circled
about a number of Glevernineet
butId-
illgs in the West End, emoted the river
to Surrey, alai fiue2ly de*icendeil on the
ground,* of the Crystel
The airship's 32-ndie flight Wan Terre
borouell to Lender was acoomplisheil
just it little: over au boor anti a hal
tlundreds of thousavele watched ha pro-
gress through the city end the wonderful
manoeuvres it executed. The airship
crossed the Themes at Blackfriare
midge and headed for St. Paul's, .Aa it
neared the cathedral 11 waa BO low .that
the two paesengers, Colonel Capper and
Mr, Cody, could be learly distinguished,
and the propellers on either aide of the
tar could be seen revolving rapidly.
Gracefully circling St, leaul•s dome
on an even keel, the airship was headecl
for the War Office, Its roitte NM down •
audgate Hill, across. Ludgate Circus and
on trent there over Fleet etreet and the
Strand to Trafalgar square. The airelike'
travelled at the rate of about fifteen
miles an hour, The Union 'Jack fluter -
ed From astern.
T
rafalgo,r Square the airship
moved rapidly and under complete con -
trot to the new War Office. It passed
over that building, then circled about
Westminster Abbey and the Houses of
Parliament, and. then reeroseed the
rhames.
It was estimated thet the windageinet
which the ship trairelled sometimes had
a force of twelve mike an hoer, 'Phe max-
imum speed attained going with the Adel --
was between 23 and 24 miles an hour,
and against the what the speed was from .
five to Seven, miles au hour. Indeed at:
ono time, for nearly half an hour, the
airallip was unable to make any Progress •
against the wind. 11 was then that .Colonel
Capper, the officer in charge, decided to
deseeod at the Crystal Pane,
Neel Seeundus was built in secret, •
and is.understood to embody new de-
velopments itt aerial navigation which
will put Great Britain 'Well ahead of '
all the other powers in the matter of
dirigibbe belloons. The British inven-
tion, it is add, is able to deliver a con-
sideraale gun fire,
The material .01 thedenvetope of the
breloon is a light brown, parehmentelike
material; similar to• goldbeater's skirt,
and is built up•of tireasande upon thou-
sands of pieces a few inches square, join-
ed together by a, secret brocess.
There is a large sail atthe stern of
the car, stretched oia a, wooden frame
fully twelve feet square,. whieliais used
as a rudder. From the middle of ries.car
on either :Side project a pair of Wings at e
right angles to. the balloon, which make
it appear like an aeroplane.
WANT IT SET ASIDE.
Toronto, Ont., Oct, 7. -Through the
appointment by the court of Dr. Adam
Lynd as custodian for his son in an
action against the latter, it became
known that MIRS Emma Harriett Noble,
daeghter of Mr. A..T.Noble,who is con-
neetea with Noble's detective agency,
had issued a writ to have the marriage
of herself to Jos. Lynd set aside.
-
Veteran Actor Huta
New York, Oct, fle• Henry Clay Bars
maw, the veteran actor who was struck
by it trolley ear and seriously injured
teat night, was much improved to•day
Ho is at Bellevue Hospital.
Tim phveielane have not vet ben able
to determine whether he suatained a
fracture of the base of the brain,
ANOTHER RAFFLES.
GERMANY HAS ONE WHO PLAYS
THE GAME.
Whrt Not Engaged in Burglary He
Plays the Robe of a Gentleman of
'Wealth and Leisure -No Bars Can
Hold hue
Berlin, Oct. 7. -The police of Hanover
have laid hands upon the prince of Ger-
man burglars, Franz Kirsch, who is de-
scribed as a Raffles in real life and is
said to have been concerned, itt most of
the big robberies that have taken place
in the fatherlimd for years past. When
not engaged itt burglary he lias played
the role of a wealthy gentlanan. Oe
one occasion he joined in it game of bac-
carat in it club and lost large sums. He
recouped himself by breaking open the
club's safe.
He several Once was caught, but al-
ways escaped owing to •his matiellous'
impersonation of a lunatic, will& on
each occasioneffeetively deceived the
authorities and resulted in his incarcer-
ation in an asylum instead of a prison.
Asylums had no bars which could hold.
Kirsch. 'Ile always carried two pistols, •
but only once was known to have used
them; that was when he escaped with
their help from pursuit on. on open road
near Berlin. On another occesion when
lie was under police escort Kitsch's ac-
complices surrounded the escort and
forme them to release their master.
It is supposed that Kirsch was
sponsible for the recent burglary of the
State Treasury at Dessau, when only
en accidental disturbance saved all of
the current moneys of Dessau from be-
coming his property,
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DOCTORS AND MEDICINE.
Prof. Ogler GiVeR Advice to London
Students.
London, Oct. 7..-Prole-84oWihhiani
° goo,
o'?1f81 ti elst regius
b eesniS7h,tiaerits-s;l11.e p orism, "Phy-
elfche students 81.
isi retLitale.yne,,teuhi Lecturing
p
MI, be said that sue:fess
thyt:
in their profession was largely it mat-
ter of good health, and iri this reaped,
Linters were notorious sinners.
"If,' said the professor, "yea do not
work too hard, you smoke too ranch
end are indifferent about exercise. The
best students seem to pay the least at-
tention to nature's laws."
Prof. Oster administered some other
saltitia'y advice. For instance, he math
"Be skeptical as to the pherraaeopoela
as it whole, lie is the best doctor who
knows the worthlessness of moral medie
eines. Study your fellow -mem anal
low -women and learn to manage times.
Remember, above all things, that you
are in this profeeeion as A milting, not as
it business, Orme get down to it purely -
business level and your influent le gone
and the light of your life goes out."
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THAW'S TRIAL.
NM York, Oet. 7.-Harr7 K. Thear's
second trial will begin on Dea. la This
agreement was reeteW. between &Ohio&
attorney Jerome, Martie W. Liatlettot,
callenel for Thaw, and Pesten Devlin
of the Supremo Orient, to -day. ler. Lit-
tleton wented the date fired for Newt,.
ter 1, but Mr. Jerome orpOldtl lob% awl
offered the date whiels was seteebed.
--see-ea-ewe .es
The Orangeville woollen male eat tee
Ntenford Town hall wore destrorra 14*
fire.