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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1908-04-16, Page 7BUFFALO BOY STRIKES. HIS MOTHER WITH HAMMER. ..ene,nver•••••.A....srseor,...r. Refused to Give Him Money and She Was At- tacked and Fatally Injured, Buffalo, April 13.---Arined with A ham- mer, Charles Rossitirt, Sid years old, of 86 Hermen street, struck down and per- haps fatally injured Ida mother, who is 64- years old, yesterday afternoon. The tragedy occurred in their home. Mrs. Ressiiirt headlloog from the Ititehee door into an Alley way. Her son fled. The trouble is of long staudina„ a: - cording, to the statements obtained by the police, Seme Unto ago Chas. Resshirt was given a work:house seutenee, the police say. Sine his return from the iustitution it is declared that he has been preying upon the membefs of the family for money %vitt). which to purchase intoxicants. Angered because he had Wiest to ob- tain money at other times, discouraged because be had been unable to obtain work, and with a firm determination to obtain money at any cost, according to the police, the man enterea the home of his mother and deutendea mouey, "Get out," was the response, spoken lu German. A second demand was rondo by the son for irtoney, He said that he had it chance to get a job at Medina, Id, and still the Aged mother would pot listen. Repeated threats and an attempt to• eject him from the place resulted iu the attack. Neighbors heard the com- motion and cane(' the police. Before officers arrived ltrenk Harn, 83 Hernial' street, appeared . an the scene. He found, the aged woman :lying on the sidewalk outside of the door of her home, while Mem" oozed front sev- eral. wounds in her head. He carried •••••••—nm.nr her inside the house. The son, who is advised of having committed -the mur- derous assault, disappeareil for the time being Patrohnan Patterson, of the Wilhite* street police station leaped into it car- riage ana petrsued dte fleeing man. Ile optima Line et the corner of lake street and Annum avenue, eviler() he was hiding in a hallway. Meantime Patrolman Wesley aided by neighbors had taken care of the wounded woman and had caused her removel to. the Emergency Hospital. Doctors say that there is little chance for the aged woman to recover (blietroze of her age and her Winn son - Deputy Medical Examiner Howland appeared at the Emergency Hospital while the police were conducting their investigation. asked the woman for it death -bed stntement and was refused. The woman refused to tell evlutt had happened. All that the police• have to her before the excitement had died away. on is what was obtained from Following the _a,rrest there were two pathetic seenee at the Emergency Hos- pital, .Another son eushed into the hospital and asked to see his mother. It took it feev seconds. to ascertain from hint who be wanted to see, He finally made known his wants and was given permission to enter the ward. At the same time he was ushered into thb chain- ber where the a,ged woman NVAS lying, the police had the wouldebe slayer stand- ing beside the bed. "Yon curl" excitedly yelled. the brother of the accused man.. There was no response. The brother threw his arms about the neck of his mother, kissed her and prayed that she be spared her life. • ANNA SAILS AWAY And Prince De Sagan Follows the Next Steamer. New York, April I3.--MadrotrAnna Gould, with her children and their tu- tor sailed, for Genoa and Naples to -day on board the North German Lloyd stea- mer Freiderich der Grosse. About the same hour the Prince de Sagan, mini lifts been paying assiduous court to Mme. Gould, sailed for Europe ,on the Ameri- can lines steamer St. Paul. Mme. tiould and. her children passed tbe night on board the steamer Fred- erich der Grosse. She was registered on the passenger list as Miss Annette Cha- pin. The Gould party arrived at the pier at inidnignt laSt night in five. automobiles, Madame Gould was accompanied .to the steamer by the Prince de Sagan and 'Mr. and Mrs. Tyler Morse, her friends, whom she bad been visiting at the ho- tel St. Regis, The sailing party was as- eigned to the captaip's suite on the up- per deck, and the Prince de •San and Mr. and Mrs. Morse remained only long enough to bid them farewell and then re- turned to Manlinttan. The Prince de Sagan was registered ou the steamer St. Paul as It. D. Hodges. LISBON MOB Beat Priests Who Refused to Cheer. Lisbon, . April 13.—Subsequent to the rioting of last Monday Premier Ferreira offered his resignation to King Manuel, but his majentr-refused to accept it. The greatest indignation exists here be- cause of the condnet during the dis- orders of the municipal guitiels, which has been described as a "wholesale shooting down of citizens." It has been reported that King Manuel is willing to disband the offending municipal corps as a bahn to the irritation of the public, In the midst of the rioting the 'mob forced several priests who fell into their hands to 'cheer for "Liberty!" Some priests refused, whereupon the inob fell on them and beat them so severely that they had to be carried away. Troops and warships are in the roadsteads. There has been no disorder to -day. The anti-government press declares that too much blood. has been , shed to make peace in the future sure. TAKE DRUNKS HOME Order Issued to Police by New Mayor of Harrisburg. Harrieburg, Pa., April 13.— 'Drunken- ,. nese is a disease, ana we propose to aet from that standpoint," declared Meyer Meals, the next executive of Harrisburg, to -day. "1 IlaNre instructed the chief of poliee to see that plain drunks are taken home (MOTHER'S SUICIDE Causes the Death of Her Four -Year - Old Baby Girl. New Yet., April 13.—Playing about the room lie which her mother was committing suicide yesterday by means of a rubber tube fastened to a gas jet. Effie Koenig, four years old, of No. al5 Dubois street, West Hobo- ken, gradually succumbed to the es- caping gas. She was found dead upon the floor by it visiting playmate. Mrs. Betha Koenig, wife of a ship's carpenter, 1 been despondent fol- lowing a resent illness. Lying upon a sofa in the living room of her apart- ment at noon she fastened the end of the rubber tube in her mouth with a strip of muslin. tied about her head. Effie wee in the room, dressing her dolls, but the mother gave no thought to the child, evidently supposing the tying of the tube would prevent the escape of gas.. Alice Vickers, daughter of a neigh- bor, carne. to play with Effie about two o'clock, and receiving no answer to her knock pushed the door open. The room was filled with gas and Mrs. Konig was dead with the tube still inther mouth. A few feet away was the body of the little girl. Apparently the child had become conscious near the end that something was wrong, for she had dragged her- self across the floor from her dolls to . the. sofa upon -which Mrs. Koenig lays No outcrys had been heard, but the child's arms were stretched ont to- ward her mother its if in appeal. In the rear room, alive and. unhurt, was Mrs. Koenig's other child, three weeks old. DOMESTIC TRAGEDY. --- Wife Attempts to Follow Husband Who Ends Life. New York, April 13.—After telling his wife that he had Inade a bad rerd es- tate transaction this afternoon, Daniel Deutsch killed. himself in his home, No. 19 Ens': 1050 street, blowing out his brains. Mrs. Deutech, on seeing her hus- band dead, attempted to kill herself by jumping out of a front window, but was restrained by friends. Mr, Deutseh came home late this an ternoon it very melancholy mood. When asked by his wife what WAS the matter he said that he had made a poor business deal in real estate and had no further interest in life. Mrs. Deutsch attempted to cheer him us) and thinking she had succeeded, left her hus- band seated in the parlor. A shot brought her rushing into the parlor, where she found her husband'; body lying over the arm of his chair, it revolver lying on the floor and a bul- let in his brain. The wife screamed and ran hysterical- ly to the front window and tried to throw herself out. Neighbors caught and restrained her, -forcing her to sit down until the polies mulct be stunntoned. insteati of to the lock-up," continued the Meyer. "That kind ef treatment will do snore than anything eh* to turike thinking man ashamed of himself. I also propose that when it man gets helplessly drunk in o certain same the proprietor of the place shall take care of him and riot throw him out in the getter. cof course e the disorderly arunics we svill have; to take in hand for the pro- teetiOn of the community." 4 AN IMMIGRANT'S TRAGEDY. Husband. Meets Wife, °My to See liet Die on Arrival. Toronto eletipateh: After waititits and saving for nine menthe, Thorneon, 57 Muloek avenue, West Toronto, was able to write home to the old 'country for his wife to eome out to him. She arrived on Thursday nielit, apparently in good health, was taken ill yester- day morning, and died in St, Mienael's Hospital last night. Johnson came out to Canada. front Buckinghamshire, England. He soon got work as a brakeman on the C P.U., but on 'Sep- tember 13 he had hie toes 'crushed under a freight train and for nearly it tnorith was laid up it the Western Hospital. Mr. johnson eahl 110 had endeavor. e4 to dissuade 1)113 viler', from eorning out till the Rummer. but law mind WAS eet upon tejoining him at once. They luul only been marled lama two WAS HE MURDERED? DREAMERS DREAMED THA,T HAM - LEY WAS. Fourkeen-Year-Old Girl, in Her Sleep, Saw Two Men Strike Him Down, Plunge a Knife Iiito His Side and Throw the Body Into the Vat. An Orangeville despatelt: Since the 1 discovery of jack Henley's body in a tannery vat here a few days ago stories have been going the rounds of n wonderful fieriee of dreams about the man who Was Missing so long. Of ouree, 'had nothing been said about the dreams until after the finding of the body no one would have taken any stock in thent, but the dreamers all declare they told of their dreams months before Hamityle body wee found, and only repeat the storite now. A week after Handey disappeared Mrs. Leeson, wife of Ediverd Leeson who owns the temperanee hotel, wae awalcened one night by hearing her fourteen -year-old daughter Emma crys ing. Min into the room, Mre. lees- san aelced ler daughter whut. was the mattert. "Olt, ma, I sese two mem r. killing Mr. Hawley in the tanners, yard and they throw him in a hole.I' Mrs. Leeson calmed the child and got her to go to sleep. Next morn - mg at the breakfast- table the girl told the dreeliel fn. detail. Several boarders hear71 it, but they all laugh- ed at the idea. To the newspaper reporter yesterday Emma told her strange dream. saw Mr. Hawley and two Men in. the tannery yard near the engine house door. One wat. a tall man witb, a dark moustache, and the other a smaller man with red whiskers. They knooked him down end one roan stood on his feet and the other plunged. a knife in his side. Then they picked him up and carried hint. around to the vat and threw him kn. AS he sank his hat came off, and the men hid. it in a pile of tanbark at the other Bide ef 'the yard. T111511 a dog came up the yard and ths men ran out on the road,' Ida Reid, a thirteen -year-old girl, who lived not fax from Henley's, hail a most peeediar dream about the un- fortunate man. Ida was not very well, and she died about two months ago, One morning about two weeks after Harnley's disappearance she told her mother that she dreamed, Hen- ley WAS dead, and hie body had been found between two piles el tanbark. Other neighbors, Mrs. Jannes Riley, Mary McTaggart sand Mrs. A. Tyler, shortly after Hensley went away, dreamed that he had met a violent death,. end that his body had been found in different places. FAVORS DIVORCE. Mrs. Vanderbilt Enters Testimony In Suit Against Husband. New York, April 13. ---David McClure, referee the suit of Mrs. Alfrea Vanderbilt for, absolute divorce, will recommend that the divorce be granted. Mrs. Elsie French Vanderbilt appear- ed before Referee David .MeClure as it witness against her husband, Alfred 0, Vanderbilt, Mrs, Vanderbilt, it Was learned, attended the regular session held in Before MeClure's offide at No, Williant street. She spent most of the day'on the stand tolling her story. When Asked about the report that Ur. Vanderbilt had settled $2,000,000 in gilt-edged securities on his wife, Mr. Mes °lure said: "All such reports are without founda- tion. In fact, they axe merely guese work,. It; is A phase of the case that I will not discuss." sea e. • According to .one report, Mr. Vander- bilt insists ,that there shall be no cur- tailipg of his privileges as a father to- ward the child, William Henry Vander- bilt, now in his seventh year. After the divorce proccedines are con - eluded, it le said that Mrs, itenderbilt will go to Newport, wb.ere she will live with her mother, Mrs. Wench. FEIGNED 'DEATH H But It Cost Him a Bad 'Eye .and Police Court Fine. Windsor, Ont., April 13,—Jakob Gott - lief and Michael Meretsky engaged in a personal eueounter yesterday /afternoon, with the result that Gottlief Was knock- ed down. To. scare his antagonist he feigned death. and a hurry -up eall was sent to doctors and police. One physi- cian suspected Gottlief was shartuning, and "brought him back to • life" by gouging him in the eye. To -day Gott - lief was fined. $6.50 in the Police Court, while Meretsky, who expecte& to face it murder charge, was freed. ENLAGING THE SCOPE. Seed Grain for Western New Farmers as Well as Old. Ottawa, April 13.—An order in Como eil has been passed amending the re,. gait -Lions governing. the distribution of seed grain in the west by permitting advances to be made to settlers who had sown no arainin the season of 1907. Under the rensulateons passed he Feb- ruary last VI:lee settlers were shut put from receiving seed grain from the Government. But, according to reports from the officers in charge of the work of distribution in the west, it appears that the number of applicants for seed is much less than was expected, and in consequence the appropriation made by Parliament Is considerably in excess of the requirements. Numerous applications have been re- ceived from farmers in Alberta and Saskatchewan,. who, although, they had sewn no grain last year, are now urgent- ly in need of seed for the coining season, and ems seed grain is not available by individual effort to those who require it the Government has amended the •regn- lotions as above. A SHARP SWORD INt-INDIA. Remarkable Success of Lord Kitehener's Scheme. Calcutta; April ' 13.—Lord Kitchener, speaking in the Legislative Council on the Indian budget, sail some members had alluded. to• a possible reduction of the military charges owing to the recent itgreemetit with and the tordial rela- tions existing between the great norths ern power and ourselves,. This factor had not been overlooked nor Miderrated, but other weighty reasons affeeting the external and, hie ternia sectrity of India must be kept constantly in view. Lord Minto expressed hearty agree- ment with tom Kiteheneiee views with regard to military ehargese and. said that the Conntiender-in-Chief's eeherne had recently enabled India to draw a eharper and better sword than eve bes fere. The resuk had been a reinarkable success front the point of view of brev- ity and eeononty. Tilt "JIM CROW" LAW. 06.6•Jkiierl It is Resented by the Oklahoma. Muskogee, Oldie, April 13.--A threat- ening letter was received here to -day addressed to the new Guthrie State Tribune, in which the writer asserts that Gov. Charles N. Haskell and Bud Ledbetter, the chief of the police ot Muskogee. are td asettssinasted mut the eity of Guthrie Invited by negroee. Tbe letter is unsigned. 'The letter ie4zu outgrowth of the crow" law misted by the Legislature mot reeently put into foree. It luta been enforced by the Governor end, in addition, Chief of Pollee Led better lute ordered all negroes not ein oloyed to Ieate the eity. Every gamb !nig house and Rehm in the eity bee here dosed, Negroes hi ...10T.11•••••••••,—.0 NoBoDy TRIED iggr,=,,ialz, ai6r1404341 1e nitni- thouh tabled, .and atteselted to each a tilers BNK 1,1,14,01:teL'a-tlyteeicl, 1°11Pae eitlYteWv:re taitt ROBpitons of salt water in jars and casks, end each day the lobeters will be saturated, with sett teeter, The lobsters were specially selected, being caught this week, and. they passed direat from the fishermen to the refrigcentors. The shipment Was nuele In a specie1 ear provided by the Dominion Express .Coumany, and is in charge of IL A, Cunningham, Superintendent of Fish Culture; Ottawa, and Alex. Finlayeon, Inepector Itieheriess Ottawa. Theee of - fields Are going through to the Pacific coreet with the shipment, On arrival at ancouver a steamer will take the lobster e on to Victoria, where a special pond has been con- structed to receive them. Extensive experiments will be conducted there, and the outcome will be awaited with interest, an promising the transplant- ing of this valuable Atlantic fishery to tee Pacific Ocean: Story Arose In Imagination of Man, ager R. W. Henry, Authorities Satisfied and Stopped Investigation. Manager Says 14 Melt Only Have Eeert A Toronto despatch: A speeial front Thornhill states that all the inalcationa poiut to the feet that the alleged at- tempt upon the branch of the Sterling Bank at that Otte° originated in the imagination of the yonng bank mana- ger, Mr: R. W. Ilenrystylat 50 graphical- ly describe(' his eombat with three bur- glars, the pistol duel in the dark and the final ending when, struck on the head by it blunt instrument, he fell in- sensible end the bank .robbers escaned he the darkness. Front the evidence that has been gathered by those minim; it close investigation it. seems to be appar- ent that there WAS 80 attempt upon the. bank, and desperate midnight thievee did no shooting at the manager. Indeed, sa so tisfied are the authorities of this that they have stopped their iavestiga- tioos and Will take no further action be- yond repot:Wig they conelusions to the At torneydleneral. Yesterday afternoon High Constable m J, A. Rasdop, Previa:eat Detective 3.1illers and County Constables Burns and temustnson, who had been malt ing inquiries into the alleged attempt on the bank, had a long interview with Mr, Henry at Thornhill in the bank premises. They pointed ont to Mr. Henry severai discrepancies in his story. It W115 Shn OWto him thet there were no evidences of any at- tempt to break into the books, that there were 110 tracks about the bank, as might reasonably have been expected had three men been operating there, and that the story as to the =antler of the shooting did not coincide with the position of the bullet found stick- ing in the ledge back 6f the counter, HenryMr. had said that be was fired at by one of the burglars, who was working at the fan -light, hut from where- the bullet of this burglar was found it would have been necessary for it • re pierce the .counter. The officers also experimented with the revolver used by Home shooting through the ineigtsh.. t ehirt that Henryr enry we at the time end wlach be claimed had been pierced by one of the burglar's bul- The bullets fired by the officers made clean-cut holes, while the one in the nightdress was more of a tear and had every appearance a having been made with stick. While out en the yard at the rear of the bank premises it is understood the officers found it num-. ber of empty shells, which were of the same calibre as the revolver used by Mr. Henrys- What other evidence WaR secured' by the officers could not be learned. but it is known that the High Constable and Provincial Detective Mil- ler have dropped further inquiry. The bank manager WAS questioned closely- by the officers during the visit to the bank, and, it is understood he made the admission that perhaps he was excited. .on Tuesday night, and that no attempt had been made to rob the bank. He recalled, it is claimed, having read the account of the attempt to enter the Imperial Bank at St. Davie's,in the Niagara district, on Monday night, when Mr.. R. W. Hamil- ton, the accountant, was fired upon, and, it is asserted, he made the ad- mission that perhaps he had been dream- ing just before going downstairs. In this event Henry must have fired the shots himself. Upon obtaining these and other ad- missions, the officers, it is believed, con- cluded that nothing would be gained by going any. farther with the investigation into the aliened attempted robbery, as Mr. Wright, rthe clerk, was in a house opposite at the time of he shooting and saw nobody leave the bank or its vicin- ity. Mr, Wright could throw no light on the affair when questioned, and the officers returned to Teresa.° after their talk with Mr. Henry. '- Mr. -R. W. Henry has been manager of the_ bank .at Thornhill for a little over it year. He was formerly at. Mapis,•and previous to that with the Bank of Hamilton, having entered its employ at Beamsville, where he was brought up. Mr. Henry is 23 years of age, peorninent in athletics, and quite popular. For some little time he was a resident of Toronto. • There are now at the jail, as vagrants awaiting trial next Saturday Wm. Her- bert, Pee. Donaldson and Thos. Powell. three men who were taken into oustody at Aurora night after the alleged rob - boy. These men will in all probability be brought up sand released, the officers of the law being now satisfied beyond' any doubt that they had not been gnilly of Any wrongdoing prior to their arrrest. 4 • - EARTH SHOOK. Many Nexicans Fled From Home to Other Towns. San Aittonio.„Texas, April 13.—A spe- cial to the Express trona Monterey, Mex- ico,' says: Telegraphie ,despatches from Mierand and Noreig sty that several dis- tinct earthquakes were felt on Wednes- day rind again on Thursday. Owing to the severe nature of the shocke great earm was felt, and many perms fled from their homee to other toWns. • • • LOBSTERS 'FOR pACIPIC. Shipment of Live Ctuetacesets Sea Prism Halifax. Halifax, April 13.—Ari interesting ex - pertinent ie now Wing carried on by the officials of the Marine and Fisheries Department, the success of which will mean miteh for the lobster induetry in Cenade. Yesterday a shipment of 1,020 liver lobsters was mile to the Nene Oast, and is expected to Teach We des- tination in about seven days. Several shipments have been mask previously, but did not prove very satisfactory, and extra care is being takett this- time. The lobsters were placed in fifteen apeeially ottani-deed refrigerator packages. These ' packagea are about four feet squars and each -contains twelve metal Vie traps are nettle in section% Mid one lobate' was placed in Niel. On top of GM refrigerator la an ito pan and COMPELLED TO PLAY Shuberts Instructed Miss Marlowe to Fill Engagements. •,,...•••••••••••• Binghamton, N. Y., April 13,—Julia Marlowe'e private ear was etopped at Stroudsburg, Pa, yesterday meraing and returned to. this city, where ehe ere peered, last night as Rosalind in "As You Like itp although she had =mull& ed at Ithaca that her engageMents ler Binghamton, Scranton and. Wilkes-Barre must be =celled, and started for New York. Both site and her manager* W. O. Eileen refused to be interviewed on the subject of the Van Herrmann di - Verse action, in which Miss Marlowe is mentioned,. "At the proper time Miss Marlowe will speak," was all Mr. Ellsler would say. lt is understood here that Miss Marlowe returned to this city at the peremptory order of the Shuberts, to whom listuager Clark of tile Stone, Opera. House last night telephoned. that -the house eves practically sold out and that he would not permit the date to be canceled • • WANTS A WIFE. JAMES W. ROSS MAKES WORLD- WIDE APPEAL FOR AFFINITY. Has Addressed Open Letters All Over • the World Inviting Wealthy Ladies to Submit Leap Year Proposals to Him. en*N14 Toronto, April 13.—In search for his affinity, Mr. James W. Ross, of Toronto, who is probably'making a bid to beet _tom Lawson as an advance agent of pub- licity, has. commenced to canvass the whole world. The Mayor of every. he - portant city on the plenet has beep asked to aid him hi his search, and tn act as agent for the replies of the can- didates. Since 1ast Sunday some two hundred circular letters have been sent out by Mr. Ross to the Mayors of cities as far apart as New York, Cape Town, Chicago, Buenos Ayres, San Francisco, Adelaide, Hong Kong, Singapore, Cal- cutta and Sydney, to the following et - "Toronto, April 6, "Sir,—Kindly excuse the liberty' I take in soliciting your Worship's influence to have the following circulated widely ill all the- newspapers throughout yestn• Worship's State and beyond. "Will your Worship please omit my name and address from papers and for- ward replies to ine'and oblige? "Should your Worship wish to inves- tigate my character I can refer to His Excelency the Right • Hon. dames Bryce, British Ambassador at Wash- ington, U. S. A.; 'also professional gen- tlemen in this eity, guaranteed by the Mayor. "Trusting to receive your 'Worehilds worthy recognition, and thinking your Worship in anticipation, 'Tows respectfully, "Jas. W. Ross." With the letters was an enclosure as follows: FOR THE NEWSPAPERS ONLY. (Photo.) LADIES; "I ehall esteem it a great 'favor te receive genuine leap year proposals for marriage front bona -fide wealthy ladies min. Applications to be addressed to dSuitor," care of his Worship the Mayor of , and marked • 0 SON SAVED MOTHER, Crippled With Rheuniatism in Binning . Farin House. desnateh: The residence of James Beatty, jun., in Kaladar Town- ship,' Was burned to the grout& Tbe fire, which wasseaused by an overheated Om, was not diseovered until under good headway, and it was all that could be done to get the inmates ient safely. Mr. Beatty's mother, who 'makes her home with him •is eal aged lady- and a cripple from rileumatism aria it was with the greateit diffichlty that she was taken from the burning building by an- other son, Robert Beaty. The loss wits heavy. SANGSTER AT MONTREAL, Man Who Killed Pierre Delorme Brought From New York. • Montreal, April 13,—William &ma- ga, the man who surrendered to the pollee authorities of New York, stat- ing that hd killed Pierre Delorme, it young farmer on the back river road, lest November, is now in custody at the detective headquarters. All the in- formation that could be obtained re- garding Sculptor's knowledge of the merder was that he seemed to know all the details and eirettnistances in eonnection with the killing of De. lorme. • 4- • I TOO COLD FOR DOIIKS. Peter Vereght May Metre 'Thent to Coast Province. Nelson, B 0.. April 13.—Peter Vero. gill, leader of the Donkhobors itt Can- erleo who is in the city, stated to -eight the climate of the territories WAS too eold for his countrymen, and that he proposed to bring all the Doukhobots iit Canada date British Columbia settl- ing Nen in the leootenasee probably in the neighborhood of Nelsons if land dould be got hereabouts. if there wits not rem for all his peo- ple twee •lie world take the Wetter to the octet end edict them near Venison - ver. The Doukhobors umber 7,000 per - eons, comprielles 1,200 famine, MS SOUL AT SIAM Former London Doctor's Appeal 13efore Trying Suicide, Pontiac, Mich., April 13. ---"Would you .seeo it soul front perdition to-nightt Come at -olive to 44 North Saginaw street, -over Smith es Lieenring'ri. Don't wait, wine now, 1 want you, aud come prepared to fight the distil. For God's sake, don't delay, for my out is at stake. My heart Is breaking and I want to- die, and to -night. come quick, or my heart will break. I waut 80 one but the Salvation Army. If yon don't come Pow I shall feel that God and man bps let me. Coma to it sinner awl help him if you never helped one before. "George Shoults, "14 North Saginaw street? "P. S.—Come now, frieed, and save me from hell, I ant too sick to go With- you, but for your hopeof heaven moo to me lest my soul perith and its loss be leld at your door. Come- to- night or I shall feel that God bas de- serted toe forever.' The foregoing pathetic appal was left at the Salvation Army berraeks on Sat, urdey, but believing It A hoax, the mem- bers of the band paid no attention to it. Last niglit officers broke in the door of room No. 14 in the Smith & Lison' ring block ,just in time to prevent Dr. George Shoults from dying Of asphyxia- tion from coal gas. A limner was turn- ed on And in ono bend nouns' held a bottle of chloroform. He would have died in it short time lied he not been rescued. Shoults is it man of about 40 years at age and is a stranger iu Pontiac, key- ing been here but it short time. He is a graduate from the inedical depart- ment of the University of Torontoand for years a prominent praeticing physi- cian in London, Ont, He is said to have been eddietea to the ;hug habit, which the officersi blame for the cause of his attempted suicide. Shoulte has erste- tiood ab both Saginew and Grand Rap- ids. An application was made to -day for his temporary confinement at the asy FATALLY SHOT. Marshal Wounded In Encounter With Highwaymen. Kent, Wash., April 13.—City Marshal Harry Miller, of Kent, svas fatally wounded in it pistol encounter with five highwaymen, last night. Night Marshal Charles 0. Guiberson, who helped Mar- otta Miller in the fight, escaped un- scathed. Marad Miller received word by tele- phone from Orelia that five armed high- waymen had held up and robbed Patrick O'Brien in the streets of that town, and that they probably would reach Kent within an hour. 'Marshal Miller and Guiberson strtaed to intercept them. They met the mein commanded them to halt, and were answered by a fusillade of revolver shots. In thefirst volley Mar- shal Miller was shot in the right shoul- der ansl abdomen. Marshal Guiberson 'fired upon the highwaymen, who turned and ran. Posses are in pursuit. TOOK BACK FIRST. Woman Had to Choose Her First or Second Husband. Chattanooga, Tenn., April 13.— Re- turning to hls home near Jonesboro, Tenn., after he had been mourned as dead for five . years, John T. Strong found his wife, now 32 years old, mar- ried to William Curtis, and two children born to this union. Curtis had married Mee Strong, fully believing her husband wits dead. When Strong returned to his home he greeted the new family cordial- ly. It WAS decided to allow Mrs. Strong - Curtis to settle the .permexing matter by deciding between the t-ee men. She chose her first husband, end now Cur- tis; who says Ito loves her, will institute lomat proceedings to annul the marri- age -between himself and the woman. Strong, bad been in the army in the thillppmes. • ' SCHOOL BOY KILLED. Another Boy Falls on Him. at Gymnastic Play. Barrie despateb: Richard Graham, the ten-yeae-old, sen of Mr, Richard Graham. Liberal candidate for Centre, Simcoe, meCdeeth yesterday afternoon at school in Sauriti, two miles north tof Elmvale. At recess a boy named Edwards, a son of Mr. Wm. Edwards, aged fourteen, was running along a beans in the schoorntorch hand over hand. Graham grasped him' around the waist to be cerried along, but Ed- wards lost his grip and fell upon Gra- ham. Blood gushed from the boy's ears and mouth, and he died in fifteen minutes. The supposed cause was a ruptured blood vessel. 0 • PRIEST COMMITTED SUICIDE, Father Graham Shot Himself in His Study at Albany. Albany, April 13.—Rev. Joseph Graham, rector of tae Roman Cotholic Church of the Blessed Saeritment, in the west end of this city, killed him- self by shooting in the study of his home, near the church, this afternoon. Two shots were fired, both lodging in the hem. Father Graham was greatly interest- ed irt horse racing, and was a familiar figure at Smidgen He had reeeotly been itt pome health and despothlente ins friends believe he was, temporarily in- sane, 4 I to CANADIAN WOMAN KILLED. ereisee-eeerieseel the letter Wit "I was In suspense until noon to -day. I beets no relatives, but there udeeit he one who woulti like to know that be alone was the Muse of it. My mune is Seeks Col- lett." Mrs. Collett entered the Infirmary, March Pee Me said she WAS it Oallatl.. WI, but bed Married and lived it while itt Mississippi. Dr. Bartlett saiat "Mrs. Collett, whose home WS in Coluadms, Miss., worrled Mitch about an iitheritance of $20,000, out of will& she claimed, she had been defrauded, and witielt came to ber from her grandmother, Mrs. Annie Lade Pew, of volt Erie, Canada. lier maiden name wits Socio Montravois, She was mar- ried in 1904 to Bertram Collett." claimed That She Had Been Defrauded Out of a Legacy. St. Louis, Mo., April 13.—Mrs. Sadie Collett, aged 24, grenditaughter of Mrs. Annie Lade Pew, of Vett Erie, Ont., died teeley front the effeete of it four - storey jump whieh she took last night. After ruldreasing ti letter to the Poste Despatnh telling of her Intention to Corona ettieide, and eoncealing the let- ter beneath the pillow in her bed in a room on the fourth storey of St. Mary's infirmary, elm °pelted the wineow and filmiest to the groan& Ifer left AVIA Wag torn off above the ellen: by striking the barb of an hem foto. She was in- jurea Internally Mete "I do the; just to id the world know I ant despondent and ABRUZZI HAPPY. Despatch Says the Duke Will Marry Miss Katherine Elkins, Rome, April 13.—A despatch from Tu- rin affirms that every arrangement bee been made for the !merino of the Duke of the 'Abruzzi and 11114S Kather- ine Elkins. The date and place of the ceremony, the official reeidenee of the couple, and. the date of the formal presentation of the bride to the royal family have all been settled. An a- ndel announeement is Inuninent. The Memento, it Catholic newspaper of Turin, says that Miss Elkins will conte to Hely in September, and that her conversion to Catholicism wilt take place here. The Duke of the Abruzzi bee ob- tained a further leave a absence from the neval authorities and has gone to Turin. London April 13.—The Globe's- corre- spondent 'at Rome says that the jew- eler of the royal household has re- ceived from the King and Queen Dow- ager important commissions for pres- ents in connection with the approaclt. ing wedding of the Duke of the Abruzzi and *Miss Katherine Elkins. Queen alergherita intends to give the bride,. some valuable specimens from her won- derful collection of old lace for tbs wedding gown. It is uncertain whether the wedding will take place in Rome or et Piedmont, but certainly the pair will come to the Quirinal, where rooms are being re- decorated under the Queen's personal supervision. They will have the use of ten magnificent apartments facing the square which were formerly occupied by King Hiunhert and Queen Margher- ita, but which have nob been med since his death. WHIPPED PUPIL J.....•••••••• And Is Kept hi Illinois Jail Under Old Law. Chicago, April 13.—A despatch to the Tribune from Champagne, Ills., says: Principal Sherman Cass, of Tolono, im- prisoned in the Champagne County Jail for whipping an unruly pupil too severe- ly, has served the allotted six months' 'confinement provided by the old Eng- lish debtor law in force in Illinois, but seldom invoked. But be did not breath the air of freedom yesterday as expect - Mr. and Mrs, E. W. Burk, parents of the punished pupil, tendered $3.55 to Sheriff Peters, another week's board, and Cass was retained in custody. Cass may have to fight a legal battle before be is released. • • TEN LIVES LOST. Explosion of Coal Gas in English Colliery. Baths Eng., April 13.—Ten miners lost their lives in the Norton Hill colliery itt Somereetshire to -day as the result of an explosion of coal gas. The first rescue parties to get down were over- come by the fumes in the mine, and were saved only with the greatest diffi- culty. Some of them. are in a precarious condition, FLAG IS NOT ENOUGH. Australia Wants Tangible Proof of Britain's Interest, London, April 13.—Australia's appre- hension in the matter of possible ag- gression on tho part of Japan was voiced at the meeting in London this afternoon of the Australasian Cham- ber of Commerce by Thomas Price, Premier of South Australia. Mr. Price was emphasizing a more tangible proof of liar interests in the colonies. "You cannot keep a colony by mere- ly flying a flag over it, even the Union Jack," he said. "There must be sympathy and understanding be, hind the flag. With the awakening of the ea , if you are going to re - )0 tain Austra 'a, as a jewel of the British Crown sot The will have to stand up and fight to keep it." Mr. Price expressed his approval in Strong terms of the proposal to raise a numerous Federal citizen army in Australia. "CORPSE" IS STILL WAITING. Omemee Resident's Ruse to Effect Re- conciliation With Wife, Peterboro despatch: Charles Clarke, of thts city, who is engaged as a hired men with -Win. Graham, an Omomee farmer, adopted a novel means of ef- fecting a reconciliation between Min - self and his wife. They were living apart, Clarke nt Omemee, the wife at Peterboro'. Clarke had a message sent to 11;s wife that he had been kicked by it horse and was dead and requesting the wife to come to Om- eine° at once. A Teterboro' undertaker was all, ready to go to Omemee to prepare the body for burial when another message was received stating that Clarke WaS alive and well. Mrs. Clarke is still in Peterboro', 'es A DANGEROUS CRIMINAL, Barrie Wan Gets Two Years for Absinth- ing infante. Barrie deepateli: Joeeph :McDonald (alias Wm. Richnrdson) appeared be - foto Judge Arcisegh charged with criminal essciatIt upon three eged two, three and five, respectively, near °rift, In April lest year Riehs atclson wfts eentenced to the peni- Maier, by Magiattate jeltries, of Midland, for assaulting a even-year. old girl. A new trial Was granted in Deeember, Mut the girl being Omelet 11A WItii eonvieted only of A(1111111011 AS. milt. To -day lie aeknowledged both oftencee. MAN LOST ON TRAIL FAMILY rtxsoovERso IN STARVING CONDITION, The Strange Disappearance of a squatter .WettaytoE thex104;lket.,;,atioo Trail w:putsepepetvh: • thinioeten, Alta., 12. --Over four weeke ago AL man mined Kite neitley, who lived with hie wife am( four children in a small shack, where Ie had levitated near Port Assinthoine, on the Klondike trails tere Inindrea mikes northwest of this city, left his honle to come to Bdmonton for pro- vieione, which had become very eearee. He took with hint A buckboard and ais ox, leaving one of the pair of (ma and also It row behind on the fame Since then he has not been heard from, and grave fears are entertained for his safety, as no trace Can be found, of hint or Ins conveyance. At the shack where the woman and four children were left things_ are re- partee in it verybad state etving to the lack of provisions. Two thither hespectors, Memel, Quigley and Meal - lister, found the fetidly on the verge of stervation anti the ex and cow re - deiced elemet to skeletons. After leaving them Home provisions, they brought word to the city, and Immigra, lion sagni; Sutter sent out Land Guide. Tuttle with provisions and a, conveyance to bring the family to the city it they consent to return. -Meanwhile, grave fears are entertain, est afi to the whereabouts of the man, lfe is reported to have .been of it deli- cate constitution, ami it is thought that he may Ita,ve succumbed to the bardships of the trip, The Mountea Police have taken the matter in hand, and will make a genre' for the missing men. SANGSTER SAYS HE LIED.. He Repudiates the Confession of the Murder of Delorrne, Montreal, .April 12.—William Sang- ster, who gave himself up to the police in New York and confessed that he, along with two other men, shot and robbed Pierre Delorme On the Back Riv- er road, last fall, now denies the con- fession. Sangster Arrived here yester- day from New York in charge of Detec- tive D. A. McLaughlin. When taken before the poliee he said be made up the story in order to create a little ex- citement and get a free trip to Montreal. This denial will not • give Sangster his liberty, as there is a cherge against; hint here of stealing $120 front it man named Lottie, with whom he was boarding on Cadieux street. The other story will be investigated. Winnipeg, April 12.—William Sang- ster, the man held in Montreal on the charge of having murdered Delorme near the Black River, is well known in Win- nipeg and St. Boldface. A few years ago he carried the mails between Win- nipeg and St. Boldface, and three yeaue ago weet to St. Pierre, Man., where he took it position as general utility inan at the convent. He did not live happily with hie wife, and about it year ago went east. 4 • • NEW HOMESTEAD MAP. Sixth Edition, Just Issued, Contains Many Nets' Features. Ottawa, .April 12.-71111%, Department of the Interior bas just issued the sixth edition of the homestead map of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Al- berta, corrected to January 1 last. Among the new features are the precise 'milieu as far as obtainable, of all timber limits and also the location et the 50,000- acres of eel:it lands in British Columbia, acquired by the Dominion Gov - element near Female, and which are just within the western border of the map. The total number of homestead me .tries is the year 1907 is 29,215, making an ernof land given away for this pur- pose of 4,674,400 acres in one year. a • • BREWERY MERGER FAILS. Attempt to Form All -Embracing Com. bine in Quebec Abandoned: Montreal, Apri112.—The attempt to form n. company, enibracing all the brewing interests in the province of Quebec, has fallen through, the Dow eompany refusing to go in under any consideration, and the Dawes brewery demanding that it be bought for cash. This the promoters were liftable to do. As a consequence there is much trou- ble in the brewers' association, lending to it disbandment and a war of rates to be initiated to -morrow. As it result the price of beer is expected to show a marked redaction, corresponding to the increase which as made when the asso- ciation was formed. 41* SETTLERS HELD UP. Horses From United States Suspected of Having Glanders. Gretna, Man„ April Ia.—Fourteencare of settlers' effects and stock from the United States are at the quarantine sta. tion awaiting inspection. The first car of stock refused entry at this pan was recorded yesterday. - An immigrant named Ed. Ludy, with a car of settlers' effects, inducting eigbt horses, has to go back to the States. His horses could not steed the test for glanders, a.na were rejected by Dr. Stevenson, Domin- im V. S. in charge of Green' quarantine station. sr** BODY ON CANAL BANK. Remaine of Supposed Immigrant Found at St. Catharines. St. Cetharinee, Apri1 12.—Reeideets itt the vicinity of the Poor House this after- noon were entitled to fitul the body of a mart &mod hi winter clothes And Avith a black fur bat over the head, lying on the eest Shore of the ola Welland Citrud. 'Word was sent to Chief Parnell, who, with Dr. .T. ilt. Tory, wan soon on the scene rind took eluirge of the body, The ellief is ot the opinion thnt the 1111111 15 1111 immigrent. ITe lA middle eget), but the body ie so badly deems posted that reeognitiott would he a dif- ficult test:. ------ • - 6 FIFTH VICE-PRESIDENT. Mr. ICiteynolas to Take Charge Of G. . 12, Aceeuitting Department. Montreel, April 12.--A fifth Viee- resident bee been eildea to the staff of the timee Trunk in the person of air. M. Ileynelde, late of the Meslean Central. He will have eharge of tfti- 011(481 including the treeettry and neteninting departments. His of - flee will be in Montreal, •