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Seven Perrons Hurt and Two Engines
Smashed,
Mail Car Burned and Other Two
Cars Wrecked,
t- • THE INJURED.
WM. BOSKELL, engineer, badly scalded
about head and neck, and hand end
arms injured seiieuele..
N. WILSON, fireman, scalded on heed
and body and other injuries; serious,
Z. WORE.ARY, conductor, badly shaken
injuriel not serious.
II. STONE, baggageman, arm crushed
seriously.
W. V. DOCKRILL, express messenger,
head cut- and arm broken and other
injuries; no serious.
MAIL CLERK KEARNS, burns and cuts;
leot serious,
CHARLES MUNROE, passenger) am°
broken.
JOHN BATT, tramp, badly shaken up
arms injured seriously.
A Owen Sound despatch: Such is the
liet of injured in the railway wreck
that occurred et midnight on the Can-
adian Pacific Railway at this. innate
:the result, besides the injured, is the
destruction of a big freight engine and
the engine on the paseenger
the burning of the mail ana express
ear, and the wreeking of the baggage
var and smoker.
The accident was a mob peculiar
one. Engine No. 1,400, whicli had just,
nrrived with a freight train from. To -
onto, was run up an the roundhoese
?Wing, and Engineer Griffith had loin
It 0,11d gone law the office. From some
cause unknown, the engine, of its own
accord evidently, started to back up,
and started doe n along the track at
•ever-inereasing speed. ilia eight pies-
eenger expreee, due here at 10 o'clock,
was two. e hours late, and as it
'rounded the curve at Marray's Cut
and came down the grade at full .speed
it met the runaway. engine in front of
the Keenan Lumber Company's mills.
The impact was terrine, resulting in the
.vrecking of the engine aud tender of the
passenger train and eonvepting i it.
eerap; and the tender of the runaway
lot:motive, which rebounded and went
flying back ou the rails toward town.
The tender of the passenger coach,
telescoped the mail and express ear,
which in turn splintered the baggage
ear back as far ne the doorway.
In_ the mail ear Mail Clerk :Kearns
Vaa. taught and held fast for a moment,
while the flying parcels and. boxes in
the express ear inflicted the injuries
that Express Messenger Dockrill reeeiv-
ed. Harry Stone was pinned down
under a pile of baggage, and his arm
was broken in a number of places. Con -
elector McCreary was badly shaken up
and Ids arm broken. Engineer Boskell
is the most seriously•injured.
lie was shot through a hole in the
de of the cab; and held fast until re-
leased. Wilson, the fireman, was alsti
got out with difficulty, and both were
badly cut, bruised and scalded.
The most miraculous eacape was that
of two tramps, Who were riding on
the blind end of the baggage. Batt,
who gives his home ee Brampton, was
caught under the end es. the tender,
which fortunately had an upward
tendency, and while he was badly
bruised and the full extent of his in.
.juries not known, it is thought he will
recover. His .fellow hobo was uninjur-
sibs- ed, and pulled himself out and was
soon lost in the darkness.
•ehitelie Alunroe, a machinist, of this
town, was standing in the aisle of the
passenger train, and the shock threw
nini down and his ann was broken at
the wrist.
The mail and express cars caught
fire, and the contents will be destroy-
ed- Both the mail clerk and the mes-
senger were rescued with difficulty, as
was also the baggageman, who wes.-
get out justas the flames were reach-
ing *here he was held.
• Owen Sound, May 31. --
Doeskin, the engineer on the passen-
ger train which collided with the rum -
away engine in the C. P. R. yards on
Friday night, died from his injuries
shortly after he was received at the
hospital.
Another death occurred this morning.
'Robert E. Curran, themail clerk, col-
lapsed very unexpectedly and euccumb-
ed to the injuries which at first seemed
to be little more than a. fractured col-
lar bone. Ile complained, of the
shaking up that he had received, and
for a few moments after the collision
occurred )i5 was ratite dazed. It was
not until a few hours before ho died
that any serious injury waa detected,
and death was the reeult of hemorrhage
aud compression of the brain. He leaves
a widow, wheel he marriel less than
six months ago, .
Conductor McCreary has mi fractured
arm. Fireman Wilson and
Buldoce who had. his shoulder disloent-
ed, are doing nicely in the. hospitel. W.
V. Dockrill, the express meesenger, is
more seriously injuredthanwits at first
supposed. He was scalded and burned
about the head, in addition to having
his back badly wrenched. The swede
and burns were received while assisting
Engineer Bouskill and Fireman Wilson.
The steam he inhaled has left his lungs
very sore, and. he is suffering from the
shaking up he received. Ile Is the $03
of Travelling Passenger Agent Dock.
rill, of the C. P. R., awl his home is
in Toronto,
The auxiliary had the track cleared
shortly after 8 o'cloek, and Saturday
1)1°min:express left about 9 o'clock.
The eontents of the mail car were
saved, though in a damaged condition
from the water and sntoke.
The only article saved from the ex-
press ear was the safe, all the other
articles being destroyed, •
l'AllASOLS PROM nt CONGO.
Paris Has the Latest Idea in
Stmeha
Paris, May is not often that
Paris gets its fashion ideas from the
Congo, but this is true of the lttest
style in sunshades. This week four of
the principal houses in Palle sent mod-
els to the nee course supplied with
sunshades., the bandies of which were
composed of a combination of pampas
grass and precious jewele. The grass
is evoiren in eative Animal style on a
light bamboo base, and then etuditel
with petele, sepplilree and eineraide.
The general dna ie extremely 0)01
and refreshing. The linen f the pawn
101 is it4alf embroidered with grass in a
Witty ef 'Wiley design& Solite pre
sols are so riehly adorned that the
Rive runs to thousands of dollars.
'rhe fashion was inaugurated by the
young administrator or the Congo Col-
ouy, who sent it number of gram -
handled parasols to his women ae-
goal:atm:es in Paris. lie now has a
hundred, natives employed in doing tho
work, and cannot stipply thc demand,
NO SHORE LEAVE
And Chinese Crew Nearly Killed
Watchifiant
Tacoma, Wash., June le—The refusal
of Jas. Gaineeford, special watelninin on
board the British steamer Suverie, Capt.
Shotton, loading lumber here for
Manila, to. allow her crew of 25 men to
go ashore yestereday so angered them
that- they attacked him with hatehets,
marlin spikes, Well bare and other won -
breaking one of Ins ribs. and other-
wise injuringhim,
But for the, thnely arrival of the
ship's first mate and other members of
the white crew, the Chinese would have
succeeded in lynching Gainesford with
a rope that some attempted to put
around his neck,
The aged watchman foughe them off
with his revolver, and shot one of his
assailants in. the wrist, inflicting only
a flesh wound. No areests were made,
but the incipient mutiny may bo 'looked.
into by immigrant officials.
ADMITTED BIGAMY.
BROCKVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOL IN-
SPECTOR ARRESTED.
James E. Anderson Deceived Minister's
Daughter— Married Miss Jamieson
in Renfrew While He Had a Wife
Living.
Brockville, May 31.—Jas, E. Ander-
son, the Toronto man arrested at Ren-
frew yesterday on a charge of bigamy,
to which he pleaded guilty, has been
public school inspector here since last
September. Prior to his marriage he
posed as a widower, though little was
known of his past life. A few weeks
ago, however, the Education Department
notified the School Board that Ander-
son did not have the qualifications, but
ia order to retain his position he pro-
mised to secure them this month, and
when he left here last Thursday it, was
presumably for Toronto to undergo the
proper examinations.
During her short residence here of a
little over one month his second -wife,
who is a handsome arid accomplished
young lady, met many townspeople,
with whom she at once became aifavor-
ite, and the two were preparing to enter-
tain their friends, having furnished and
leased a residence. Their marriage was
ameouncea in some newspapers a month
before it oecurred, •
A Renfrew despatch says: James An-
derson, inspector of schools, Brockville,
and for two years principal of the pub-
lic school here, was arrested this after-
noon by Detective Rogers, of Toronto,
on the charge of bigamy. When brought
before the Police Magistrate he pleaded
guilty to the eharge, and was remanded
to jail to await sentence on Saturday
next, He was married' to the Methodist
minister's daughter of this place Miss
Florence -Jamieson, in April, and since
then has been living in Brockville. At
the time of his arrest he and his second
wife were visiting at his wife's home
here. He ir 4 years of age, and is said
to have a wife and nine children living.
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THE MAURETANIA
Making a Remarkable Record With
Threel Propellers.
London, June 1.—Despite tiee fact
that she is using but three propellers,
the Cunard Line steamer Mauretania,
which left Liverpool, on May 27, is
making a remarkable run to New
York. She has already broken one
ocean record, that for the best day's
run according to a wireless telegraph
desfeateh•reeeeved here by the Cunard
Steamship Company. She coneree
635 knots from noon, May 30, to noon,
May 31, averaging 25.5 knots an hour.
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DIVINE HEALER.
Schlatter Claims to be the Earl
of Wateridge.
Princeton, Ind., June 1.—Mayor
Cuslunan, of this city, has received a
letter from the. British Consul in Chica-
go, asking for full details concerning the
eharge against Francis Sehlatter, divine
healer, who was arrested for practicing
medleine without a license. Schlatter
claims to be the Earl of Wateridge, and
mi British subject, and has made such re-
presentation to Ambassador Bryce at
Washington in asking the protection of
his government against what he says is
unjust prosecution. The Chicago 'consul
has taken up the investigation. The
mayor has forwarded a full statement.
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MAY LOSE AN EYE.
A
John Roberts, of Centrenille, Injured
by Explosion.
:ingersoll despatch: Mr, John Rogers,
of Centreville was the victim of an ex-
plosion in a slone quarry 'near there to-
day, and his injuries are of a very
serious nature. It is feared that the
sight of one eye has been destroyed,
while lie is also frightfully hurt about
the face and arms. When a charge
failed to explode Mr. Roberts returned
to the rack and removed. the fuse, in.
tending to put in a new eharge. The
cap, however, had remained in the cav-
ity, and. when struck by a drill ex-
ploded.
PILL DEAD tki FIELD.
Sudden End of Well-Knowit Farmer of
SOuthwold Towrithip.
St. Thomas, Ont, May 31.—A1ex.
Cattanach, one of the most respected
citizens of the township of South -
weld, died suddenly en luis faxen, four
miles west of Port Stanley, yester-
day_ from heart disease. Mr. Cattail.
aeh, who wits iipparently ht tho best
of health, was superintending some
farm work when he suddenly fell to the
grounO and passed away. The deceased
had always lived in this, eeetion of the
eountry, mai ie survivea by his widow
end grownetp
The steam dredge Limier, reseuen
from the bottom of the lake after three
years,niza repaieed,wat latinehed agein
Torrate on 15xturany.
TRIPLE ALLIANCE,
Britain May Make Agreement With
France and Russia,
Or It May .Make An Alliance Vifith
France Only.
Londou, dime 1. --With the conclusion
uf the visit to England -of gresideut
lieres, of France, increased attention is.
being preeenteil as to :whether the eon-
vereation between King Edward and
President Fallieres And the British and
Vrenek Foreign Ministers will lead to
the developing of the existing entente
between Great Britain and France late;
an alliteuee in wnielt lluesia will be a
party. At a conference betweea Sir
Edward Grey, Britielt Seeretary of State
Lor Foreign Affairs, and al. Mho; the
French Foreign Minister, the subjeet of
a moreformal agreement between their
respective co,untriee and the coming visit
of King Edward. to Emperor Niehdlas
were diseussed, so that Wing Edward, as
well as Sir Mules Hardinge, Permanent
Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs,
and former 'British Ainbaesador to Ru-
sin, who will accompany Hie Majesty,
will be •eble te place before the Ituesian
Emperor the views_ not only of their
own country, but those of France, with
respect to a. closer understanding be-
tween Great Britain, France and Ituesia.
Wing Edward and the British Govern -
molt, it is believed, favor a military
alliance end the further isolating of Gee -
mealy; but there is much opposition in
this country -to such an agreement, on
the ground that it would neveesitate an
increased military expenditure and pos-
sibly conscription, and also would. lead
Great Britain into continental quarrels
in which she was not interested. A ma-.
pority of the press and of the public are
saying that it would be better for Great
Britain to leave well enough, alone and
to devote her efforts, to assuring the
continuance of the entente with Frame,.
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Fatal Auto Smash
New York, June 1.—A touring
automobile with a party returning
Seem Coney Island early to -day,
was overturued while speeding up
Ocean Parkway, and two of the
men were killed. Two others were
seriously injured, but not fatally.
The dead are William Goubeard,
aged 42 years, and Thomas Nolan,
aged 45, both of 'Brooklyn. Those
injured are Victor P. Brandies and
Jas. McKenna. Brandies has. a
broken shoulder. Two other men
who were in the car at the time
of the accident escaped without
injury. The automobile skidded
while rounding a curve and over-
turned.
PHOTO IN EYE.
By It Will Try to Find Murderer of
Woman.
Alton, His., june in the
theory that the last object seen by
mi murdered person may be fixed as
a photographic negative on the retina
caused Coroner Streeper to have a
photograph taken of one eye of a wo-
man, whose body was taken on Thurs-
day from the Mississippi River. The
developed photograph, the coroner
says, shows a faint outline of the
face of a man, with hooked nose,
bearded cheeks and glabrous scalp.
The coroner says he will try to find
a possible murderer by the use of
this photograph.
A post mortem examination estab-
lished the absence of water in the
lungs, although the body had evident-
ly been in the water for several
weeks and the neck was broken.
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THE VADERLAND
Resumed Voyage After Mishap Was
Repaired.
Dover, June 1.—The agent of the Red
Star Lieu here states that he has re-
ceived it despatch from Antwerp that
the stettinship Vaderland is anchored in
the River Scheldt, having a defect in
her machinery.
Considerable anxiety was felt here on
account of the rumors that the Vader-,
land had gone ashore or been in colli-
sion on account of the fog that has pre-
vailed. in the English Channel for the
past thirty-six hours. Evidently the .
steamer met with some mishaps after
her departure from Antwerp, as she
sailed on Saturdays and was clue here
on Sunday. The nafure of the mishap
at present is unknown.
Antwerp, June. 1.—The aecident to
the Red Star Line steamer Vaderland
was very slight, consisting of a simple
disarrangement of her machinery. The
steamer returned to Flushing after re-
pairs had been completed and left that
port at 10.15 'o'clock this morning for
Dover and New York.
ELOPING PRINCESS WRITES.
Will Not Return, Until Consent is Given
to Her Marriage.
• Vienna, June L—Princess Amelie
of Fuerstenberg-Koenigshof, who
eloped several days ago teeth Gustav
Koczian, the representative of a for-
eign automobile company, hag writ
ten to her relatives from Switzerland.
She does not eity\whether she is mar-
ried. She refuses to return to her
home until all opopsition to her mar-
rittge with Koeziaa is withdrawn. It is
understooO her relatives are not to
oppose the marriage if she will re-
turn.
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FUNERAL OF THE VICTIMS.
1VIts. Creighton and Datighters Buried at
Port Huron.
Port Huron despatchi In three cas-
kets the remains of Mrs. James 'Creigh-
ton and her two children, Catherine riend
Clare Chitpmeen who were murdered by
the husband and stepfather at Owen
Sound, Ont., on Tuesday morning, were
this afternoon Neuwied to then' last
resting -place. Tandy° representative
inert of Port /Tatou acted as pall -bear-
ers. N'ot in yearhas such a eortege
intend twee the streete of the city,
llosidee a great tunny Molds of tho
family, hundreds of the morbidly cern
one Were Oa hand early to get a last
look at the three murdered people. The
strain Was particularly herd on Judge
Harrls because of his years. Clay two
weeks ago. he posed the 70th mileetone.
Mrs, Irene Campbell, the only surviving
daughter of Mrs, Creighton, was great.
ly affected. She Was nun:lied only a
year ago to a Chicago young man, and
but for this fact she nught have been
numbered with her Unfortunate sisters
awl mother,
Willi= Creighton, 0 brother of the
murderer, who Accompanied the remains
to Post Huron, says he can escribe no
reason for hia brother's awful net, "He
was insane, that's all 1 Can say."
COULD NOT LIVE.
Preferred Death .to Loss of His
Loy,
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.Utica, N. Y., June 1.—It developed
to -day that Frederiek IV, Emersoun the
wealthy Bostonian ami classmate of
President Roosevelt at Harvard, who
shot himself in his summer home at
Tupper Lake, a few days ago, commit-
ted suicides because of his unrequited
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love for a beautiful young woman.
Mr, EmeAon, who 'WU nomething of it
revluse, never took part in the social
functions, and was looked upon as a
confirmed bachelor by Ids neighbors
aud the summer population that flocked
to the shores of Tupper Luke evegy
season. This now known, however, that
the last, few years of his life were given
up. to a consuming passion for an Adiron-
dack maiden of the French-Canadian
race, and that the tragedy that took
place on the shores of the mountain
lake was the • culmination of her mar-
riage to a Canadian physician,
From the hour of her marriage Em-
erson was a changed, man, and frequent-
ly said to his intimate friends that life
would be forever iatolerable to him.
Emerson was placed by his relatives in
a sanitarium in Providence, R. L, until
he should. recover. Escaping from the
institution he hurried to. Tupper Lake
and shot himself through the body and
died with the name of the 'woman he had
loved upon his lips.
BOY KILLED.
Disobeyed Parents ancl Was Elec-
trocuted on Tower.
Buffalo, June 1.—Robert C. .Schlenker, 15
years old, of No. 952 Adams Street, was elec-
trocuted at 8 o'clock last night on one ot the
towers of the Lockport, Niagara. & Ontario
Power Company just south of the Orchard
Park Road in West Seneca.
Medical Examiner Denser WitS summened.
lie found terrible burns on the boy's arms,
legs and chest. The body dropped' to the
ground after the shock.
The youth attended school in the city
yesterday, and after he returned home ho
was sent to the home of his grandmother,
Mrs. John Hartwig in West Seneca. The
power company's line runs close to the Hart-
wig home and the boy was cautiongd not to
climb the towers.
He was missed by his relatives who be-
gan a search and found the body lying at
the base of the tower. It is supposed that
ho Ignored the warning and slipped away
to *nab the tower.
INDIAN KILLED.
Caledonia Man Struck by Train at
Gowanda.
Buffalo, June 1.—Feed. Deaver, 38
years old, an Indian whose home was at
Caledonia, Ont., was run down and killed
near Gowan& by a train on the Erie
Railroad some tithe Saturday night The
mangled body was found along the
tracks early yesterday morning by the
crew of a freight train.
Deputy Medical examiner Howland
investigated the case. He learned. that
Deaver was visiting some Indians on
the Gowanda Reservation. None of the
circumstances connected with the f,le-
cident could be learned. The body was
removed to the Moreene in this city.
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AERIAL CONTEST.
Great International Match of 31 Balloons
Near London.
London, May 31.—The greatest bal-
loon rate in the history of Britisb
aeronauties was started yesterday af-
ternoon from Ifurlinghani. It was held
connectiee with the International
Aeronautic Federation, that had jug,
had its fourth annual convention here.
The winning point was three miles west
of Maidenhead. Thirty-one balloons,
decked with the flags of their ,respec-
tive countries, and carrying upwards ol
one hundred passengers'were success-.
fully emin
it off a gentle breeze from the
northeast. Several of the cars carried
women passengers.
The nations represented were France,
Geiniany, Great Britain, Belgium and
Switzerland.
The English balloon Valkyra, C. Fe
Pollock, pilot, was the first to land.
coming down about one mile from the
winning post.
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BLOWN TO PIECES.
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Familiarity With Dynamite Makes Ital-
ian at Guelph Careless.
Guelph, May 3L—An Haden laborer
employed by .the Beard of Works • De.
penitent was blown to pieces while at
work in a trench on Surrey street yes-
terday morning. He was in charge of a
blast, and had warned ithn-other work.
men to get clear. They'ran, but he did
not leave nhe treneh. The explosion
blew off one leg and mutihtted an arm,
besides injuries to the body, which re-
sulted in his death shortly after reach -
Intim hospital, .
He had .been with the city for some
yeers, raid was acquainted with the
methods of blasting. Apparently the
connections became misplaced, and
attempted to fix. them. lie was known
as William, and was nurebered 23 on the
poy Amen
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THE SOCIAL SWIM.
London, june L—A bnsy oriel week
opened bore to -day with King Edward's
last levee of the season at St,. James
palace. There wits ss large gathering of
diplomats present, '
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TOOK POISON.
OttetWit, June lee -Max Shifftel, Rus-
sian, aged 23, committed auielde
Carletoxt Place by drinking carbolic dad,
Ile bad beeente deranged through the
refitted of a young woman Of hie enali
natiOnalitY 10 marry him. without (Way,
WEDDING STORIES,
Charged With Illegally Performing
Mirriage Ceremony,
Threatened to Shoot His Fiancee --
Fair Happily Wedded.
.....rwrer.
Brantford, Ont., june Le -Harry Van -
loop, a leader of is religione sect on the
reserve, appeared before Magietrate
Weston tiiis morning eharged with ille-
gally Performing the marriage ceremony
with Herbert Martin and Christina MI,
whe'reby the couple were married, on the
reserve some time ago. The authorities
• claim that Willem is not a duly quali-
fied minister of the gospel, and had no
right to officiate, Pending the outcome:
of a ease before the High Court of An-
neals, the megistratr adjourned the pro-
ceedings,
Rotchel trreberty, 0 foreigner who
threatened to shoot his bride -to -bin el).
peered this morning to answer to the
eharge lakl againsChim by his fiancee,
The girl refused to marry him‘ when.
Retchel wanted her to, and a quarrel en -
stied. The ease was adjourned.
The marriage took placethis after-
noon of two popular young Brantfordites
in the persons of John Lang and Miss
Dell Webb. Rev, Mr, Farmer performed
the .cereneony at the residence of the
bride's parents, 10 St, George street.
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"TAG DAY" AT BERLIN.
Ladies' Scheme of Raising Money for
the Hospital,
Berlin, Ont., May 3l.—"lag Day"
was the means of raising $1,300 yester-
day for the Berlin and. Waterloo Hos-
pital by the Ladies' Auxiliary, 'Practi-
cally every man, woman and child in
the Twin City was tagged, besides nun.
dreds of farmers who were in for the
:Saturday market, and travellers on the
trains and trolley lines.
Some of the collectors assigned to the
hotels did not neglect even the bars
and induced 'certain of the "bard eases"
to take tags by prevaiiine upon them
to buy them beers, the lalies putting
the priee thereef in their tag boxes
instead of imbibing.
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Family Drowned
Philadelphia, June z,—An entire
family, censisting of Wm. Eidle-
man, aged 38 years; his wife Eliza-
beth, aged 37, and the two chil-
dren, Anna, aged 17, and William,
aged 7,'o1 West Pensauken, N. J.,
were drowned in Pensauken Creek,
below Riverten, N. j., yesterday
by the capsizing of a small row-
boat. The family were taking an
outing, partly in celebration of
the fact that the father had just
cleared off the mortgage on a
home he had purchased.
While rowing down Pcnsauken
Creek the boat was caught in the
swift current and carried against
a scow moored in the stream. The
boat was overturned and all the
occupants thrown into the water,
and before assistance couud be
rendered, all were drowned.
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DAMAGE AT PORT ARTHUR.
Mayor States Loss Will Be Lighter Than
Reported.
Port Arthur despatch: Mayor Carrick
has issued the following official state-
ment regarding the breaking of the
power dam at Current River: "Dam-
age by the breaking of the power dam
is not as great as at first supposed.
Twenty-five to thirty thousand dollars
will cover the loss to the dam. The
loss of life in the railway wreck is the
most serious aspect of the occurrence.
The electric railway and lights are
being operated already, and the. water-
works connections will be completed tee
night. The city standpipe assures fire
protection." (Signed) J. J. Carrick.
Fears that the system of dams on
Current River had been destroyed for-
tunately are unfounded. The City En:
gineer went out yesterday to look over
the situation and to learn the possible
extent and cause .of the disaster. Ile
found that the Paquette dam, contain-
ing two million cubic feet of water,
had been undermined,and had given
way near the gates, where 150 feet of
heavy concrete wall had been carried
down for several hundred feet and the
river had cut an entirely new channel,
Onion Lake dam, above Paquette dam,
held a billion cubic feet of water, but
fortunately it is safe.
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TRUE IMPERIALISM.
Principal Peterson Fires Hot Shot,
Speaking at St. John.
St. john, II"; B., May 31, --The Prin-
cipal of Mall, addressinn the Cana-
dian Club heee on "True Imperialism,"
defined It as a voluntary and united
effort to bind the empire tighter and
preserife its ancient traditions. He then
eketehed the growth and. possibility of
Canada, .itna pointed out wine of the
dangers to be met with, closing with
suggestions as to the convincing of scep-
tics and opponents of the idea. He refer -
reel to "it -blantant lawyer wandering
from Ottawa, addressing Canadian Clubs,
tell° saw Canada a. free and indepen-
dent nation, separate frail the empire,"
This was taken to refer to Mr, P. S.
Ewalt, who lately addressed the Can-
adian Club here. Dr. Peterson also had
a shot at Judge Longley, of Nova Scotia,
who recently in New York prophesied
for Canda a. separate nationhood in al-
liance with Great Britain.
FRENCH ARTIST...MURDERED.
He and His Mother -in -14W Strangled by
Burglars,
Paris, May 31.—A sensation has been
caused it the art world her by the
brutal murder of the distinguished
painter, Adolphe Steinhoile and his
mother-in-law, who were found strait-
gled this morning in his vesidence in
the Itue de Vaugiartts,,
The house was -ratilacked of every-
thing of value, M. Steinheil's wife,
who was found gagged and bound to
a bed, deelitres that the 'aline Wits
committed by tivo men and. it woman.
The latter, she believes, she teeoga
fazed • us a. model who Wag employed
by her husband.
Aside front the bruhuhy of the
Orin% a feattlre ofthe aims Is foo
almost tuosnosivabia audaity With
Which11 wag .perpetrateir The art.
hems is situated close to a
large planting estelnishinente Where
work is proceeding all night.
Tho murderers eviikutly were well
acquainted with the affaire of the
Stmeheil fttmuly, wito. lied made pre.
paratiotte. to leave for the couutry„ but
ehanged. amine minds only at the last
moment.
WAS IT WILLIAM?
An Anarchist Who Intended to Kill
Prominent Person.
Berl, Rely, June Le -Two weeks ego
Ute police arrested here as 3 vagnent
PAM Nikolaus, 23 years old, a mecitenic,
Charlottelnag, Prussia.
The German Consulate _officialshere
were notified, and. requested the police
to hold the man, until it was possilee for
them to aseertein the reasen of his
preseece in Italy.
Becoming tired. of waiting longer in
prion„ Nikolaus has now confessed that
10 is an Aeerehiet, and that he come
from Berlin in April pledged. to kill a
high personage of the Imperial Court
who left Germany last month with Eire
eeror William for Corfu.
• The inau refused to give further par-
ticulars concernine his erritud, or hint
as to who iestrucad la111 to commit the
'crime or who was the pereonagee to be
killed, but it is believed fleet -Emperor
William himself was the intended
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Swept By By flood
City of Mexico, June e.—Floods
have wrought great damage in the
neighborhood of the city of Pac-
hula the past two days. Eighteen
people are said to have been
drowned,. and the village of Pac-
hula entirely wiped out of exist-
ence. The extent of the property
loss is not given. e
The flood was caused by a cloud-
burst, which caused the Barranca
Sierra, usually a dry and much
travelled road, to be transformed
into a raging torrent.
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MAN OF MANY WIVES
FRED J. WATSON *UNDER ARREST
AT PITTSBURG.
Believed to Have Married at Least a
Dozen Young Women, Whom He
Then Robbed and Deserted— To-
ronto Actress Amain' the. Number.
Cincinnati, Ohio, May 31.— The hus-
band 01 at lease a dozen young women
who succumbed to his blandishmenteand
his oily personality, ,and whose sudden
departure from as many cities was has-
tened by his fear of the eame number
of police d•partments, is the record of
Fred J. Watson, who is under arrest in
Pittsburg as a many times over biga-
mist. Watson is a second Johann Hoch,
with the difference that he is not ac-
cused of killing any of his wives.
Watson is believed to have married
three young women here—Miss 'Marie
Young, of Newport, ky., Mies Frances
Evelyn Stewart. of this city, wed a Miss
Vandeman, of Dayton, Ohio. Beeides this
he is known to have manned Mise Hat-
tie Connors, in Buffalo, Miss Agnes Mul-
len an actress, in Toronto, and otbers
in betroit and Windsor and other large
cities. Watson's methcid is to marry
young women, Jiv with them long en-
ough to rob them of what money and
jewellery they possessed, and then de-
eert them. In this manner he is said
to have accumulated thousands of dol-
lars.
From the Dayton wife he secured in
the neighborhood of $2,000, from- the
Nemport girl $800, and from Miss Stew-
art a libtle over $1,000. Most 01 11 was
in cash, representing the life's savings
of his victims.
WHAT IS BEAUTY WORTH?
a
New York Woman Sues New York
s Doctor for $5o,00�.
New York, June 1,—In Jud.ge Hendtrick's
part of the Supreme Court a jury yesterday
hand testimony- in a suit brought by Mrs,
Juanna Brinckerhoff, widow of George C.
13rinckerhoff, late Consul -General at Havana,
for $50,000 damages against Dr. Siggemlind
Mrs. I3rinekerhoff, who was very beauti-
ful, had only ono blemish, what she terms
a cuticle imperfection—a mole on her temple.
Dr. Cohn treated the blemish with salves,
electric massage and X-rays. Her lawyer
declared that the unskillful use of the rays
caused a permanent gear.
The doctor says (ho so-called mole was in
reality a cancer, and that the only way to
cure it was by the X-ray treatment. He
denied that the rays well° '3uskillfully
'applied, and other experts In their use
agree with Km,
TEN THOUSAND EGGS COOKED,
Fire Does Damage in Storehouse at
Woodstock.
Woodstock, Mos 31.—One thousand
dozens of eggs were destrayed last
night in a fire at Angus Ilose's egg
store here. The building was pack-
ed from cellar to attic with boxes
filled with eggs. There was little
damage to the, lettiMing. The eggs were
not ineured.
Recovered the Teeth.
London, Ont., May 31.—Over a
month ago Mr, john Stevenson, a
Caradoe farmer, swallowed his false
teeth and nearly choked to deatli.
he teeth eould not be removed from
the throat, and were/foreed into the
stomach, Where the t had since re-
mained. On Friday Mr. Steve/18011
underwent a serious, but successful
operation at St, Joseph's Hospital,
and the set of tooth was. removed,
The patient is in it fair way to MOON'.
erY.
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UCRESS DEAD.
Petrie, ileum lee -The Duchess de liris-
FIRC, W11.0 WWI .1113thilite intIzes, a sister
of the Dee d'Uzes, died yesterday. She
lied been seriously ill for some months
past. The Dtiehetig Was born in 1875.
Pell to His Death.
Huntsville, May 31.—t4eorge Itellty,
yeas' of age, empl?yed as a river driver
with the ,T, 1). Shier Co.. was drowned
above Dorset, The an had stteeceeded
In bronking a "Jain," when Itelit,y, who
eould not swim, Was Caught On an leo*
lilted log find foil in,
SAW THE LEPERS.
Dr, Koch Visited the Honolulu
Settlement,
IFTAgr"elti..7,1
Honolulu, June Robert Koelt,
German bacteriologist, who, for some
time has been visiting lionelalu, return-
ed from a visit to the feenente leper set -
Omani; on the Island of Molokai, whith-
er he went to investigate the method of
treating leprosy.
He took many notes of what Ito sew
and his interrogations of the lepers, but
eau reticent 38, to his experience, except
on the general conduct and condition of
the camp. As to whether a pernment
•ctire for the disease might be discovered
as a eesult of experiments now making
by scientists, Dr, Koch declined to be
quoted,
JAPS ATTACK CREW.
BIG FIGHT -ON THE C. P. R. NEAR
REVELSTOKE, B, C,
Their Sleeping Car Was Accidentally
Thrown From the Track, and the
Japs Looked for Vengeance—Con-
ductor Hughes Nearly Killed,
Vancouver, 33, 0,, May 31.-•-•-leight in-
furiated Japanese all. bat killed Cana-
dian Pacific Conductor Thomas Hughes,
of Revelstoke, last Saturday night in
one of the meet peculiar encounters
that has been recorded since the brown
men wive come to British Celumbia.
Hughes is now in the hospital suffering
feom les injuries. His ease was but ae
incident in the putting to flight of an
entire train crew of the C. P. R., and the
delaying of traffic on the main line for
a couple of hours. Hughes stopped. his
ceet-bound freight train at Carline sid-
ing, about half way between Kamloops
and Revelstoke. He was under instruc-
tions to pick up a car of lumber there.
While this was being carried out it was
necessary to move a Japanese "outfit"
ear, in which eighty of the Mikado's
countrymen were sleeping. The brake
rigging of the Japanese 'car fell off and
the wheels were thrown from the track.
minute nearly four score Jape -
nee were outside looking for a fight.
They picked ttp sticks and clubs, and
started down the tracks after the train
crew. Hughes was the first man they
met, and they nearly killed him. He
was beaten black and blue, and will
for nany days be imi the hospital. The
brakeman and engineer and fireman
rushed to his rescue, but were driven
back, and ell four ran for their lives.
. The btaleman and conductor finally
eecaped froin the infuriated Japanese
into the woods. Met Japanesenehlised
cutting off the engine from the cars,
and the locomotive was run "light" to
Tappan siding, where the incident was
reported.
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LIBRARY ROBBED.
Thieves Broke Into St. Catharines
Public Library.
(Special Despatch to the Times.)
St. Catharines, Ont., Jiine 1.—Burglars
visited the Public Library building last
night, and carried away $2 in money.
They effected an entrance by raising the
side window, which had been left un-
locked by the library. officials. The bur-
glary was discovered this morning by
Caretaker Joseph Marriott, end reported
to the police. There is no clue to the
perpetrators of the deed.
A MOTHER'S VENGEANCE.
Shot. Man Who Attempted to Assault
Her Child.
New York, May 30.—Mrs. Teresa
Felipia, of Brooklyn, to -day shot and
killed John Maro, whom she declared
she had suipeised,in attempting an as-
sault on her Six-year-old daughter. The
woman fired three shots into 'Marine
heart. \Viten arrested Mrs. 'Salida
stated that Mare, who ler four months
had lived on the bounty of herself and
her family, had conspired with two
other men to ruin her two daughters,
and by that means to extort money from
her husband, who is well-to-do. The -
ether men named by Mrs. Abide, are
Dominica 'Francesco and bis son,
Gaetano. They have been arrested.
The Brooklyn police believe that the
conspiracy against the Felipla family is
an outgrowth of the systematic black-
mailing of well-to-do Italians carried
on by the Black Hand and other as-
sociations of criminals.
STRIKE IS OVER.
Longshoremen at Owen &mid Receive
Wages Demanded,
Owen Sound, Ont., Alay 31.—The long.
eltoremen's strike on the Grand Trunk
'dile of the harbor came to an end yes-
terday by the return of the Mell at the
:scale they demanded, twenty-five and
twenty-seven and. a half cents an hour,
l'he loading of the cement cargo of the
tonic was completed and that steamer
sailed to -day,
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FIREMAN SUFFOCATED.
London, Ont., May 31.—Fireman W.
11. Seccombe, assistant foreman of No.
3 station was suffocated to death in
mi fire which caused $1,000 damage to
-the cellar of the City, Hotel shortly
after midnight this morning. There WaS
little fire, but lots of smoke and after
the brigade returned to the Aistion See-
m/ITUe was missed. The chief returned
and found hhn lying dead. within a few
feet of the door.
Mr. Arthur Somerville, and ex -Alder-
man Taylor, guests at the hotel, were
also overemne and carried out by the
firemen. The hotel was at no time in
danger, and no park resulted,
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Acquitted On One Charge.
St. Thomas, Ont,, May 31.-2tr. J, S,
Wilsonwho W39 hied for seeding ob-
scene literature through the emits to A.
M. Hathison, wits acquitted yesterday
by Judge Ermatigeer on one charge.
Several other ebargee agaiest hint will
be taken ap next week,
Varitouvef Mari Shoots _Himself.
Vancouver, It C., May 31 --John Wan
ter, 714 Banter street, sbot himself in
the left side (quay ori Saturday monies,
He was removed to the General Hospi-
tal, ,
Alexander lloee pleadeO goilty to as -
malt an Ethel Skiteh and Allan Due -
van, at Toronto, but was remanded to
Jail Inc trig nu two other ehargee.
"The happieet marriages are the VP.
stilt of Mating with our opposites," said
the Whit Guy, "Yes," assented the
Sint* 'Mug, "It doesn't do to be too
'ovonly tuntohot"
HE STOOD BY
While Three Chums Murdered Man
In New To&
Confesses to Having Seen Mr,
Holmes Killed,
Chleago, June leeeDevid Jatiobson, 10
years old, who was arrested, on suspicion
of having knowledge of the murder of
0. Ifolinee, the purehasing agent ef the
Ildison Commonwealth Co., who Was
Sound dead in OA alley ou the morning
of May 21s1, Ines confessed to the police
that lie was present at the killing of
Hobnes, although he denies having tak-
en -part in the actual murder.
Jacobson, la, bus confession, implicates
three other men, who are in cuatody.
They aro Samuel MeEeven„ colored;
Chas. Lewis and. Geo. Miller. Their ages
range front 10 to 24. Jacobson told. the
police that lefehlwen attecked Holmes
and knocked him down,end that Lewis
struck hint on the head with a hammer.
Jacobson said that he and. McEwen,
Lewis and Miller had beenemployed at
the Randolph street depot of the Illinois
Central until midnight. They came up
the street together, and near Adams
street met a man whom they determin-
edniteoEtrvoebn*, Jacobson declares, struck
Holmes, knocking Iiim down, and Lewis
beat him on the head with a hammer,
which he drew from his pocket. They
then dragged Holmes into the alley,
where his body was afterward found,
and robbed lum.
The arrests .of the other three. men
were promptly made, and all of them
deny having been connected with the
murder in any way. They admit having
been with Jacobson on the night of May
21s1, and their statements are now be-
ing investigated.
KILLED THOUSANDS.
Two Terrible Disasters Reported
From China.
Vancouver, B. C., June 1.—Mail ad-
vices received here from China, via
Japan, tell of a- disaster in e coal
mine in an interior province of China,
in which 1,000 lives are said to have
been lost, Every employee in that mine,
so far as known, was cremated.
The fire was finally extinguished
by flooding the mine. The betties
were afterwards removed and buried
in trenches, as identification was im-
possible. • The bodies, .it is said, lay
in great heaps . near the entrances to
the various galleries, where the men
had narde efforts to gain the open air,
but lied been cut off by the flames.
According to mail nelvices brought to
this city by the steamship Shinono Ma-
ru,,of the Japanese Line, a suddden ty-
phoon on the south coast of China last
month resulted in the death of more
than 1,000 persons. The typhoon came
up suddenly, and wrecked hundreds of
junks, few ef which were able to reach
sbeltel in time.
A MONO TRAGEDY.
Wm. Wisdom and His Wife Drowned in
a Cloudburst.
Orangeville despthch: William Wis-
dom, a farmer of Mono, and his wife,
Bella, were drowned yesterday after-
noon, while taking shelter under a
bridge on the Hockley road, eight miles
from here. Mrs. Wisdom and her
children left _home with lunch for the
men who were working on the back
part of the farm. A violent storm
blew up, and Mrs. Wisdom and her
husband, with two of the younger child-
ren, took shelter under me old bridge
over a dried-up creek. Suddenly- a
wall of water said to be about fifteen
feet high came rushing into the bed
of the creek, filling it to overflowing.
The old bridge was torn from its place
and the unfortunate people were swept
away.
The eldest son, who was standing on
the bank when the rush of water came
down, went to the rescue and succeed-
ed in saving the two children, but the
father and mother were both drowned.
It is supposed that the sudden filling of
the creek bed was due to a cloudburst
or to a break in the bank of the River
Nottawa.
RESTORED TO THE ROLLS.
The Name of Minister Now Seven Years
Dead.
Cincinnati, June 1.— The General
Synod of the Reformed Presbyterian
Church, which is now in session in
Cincinnati'to-day restored the nems
of a Minister who has been dead seven
years to the ()Much rolle. The name
is that, of Rev, Nevin Woodside, for-
merly of Pittsburg, who, in 1880, had
breach with the General Synod, and
refused to come under its authority in
certain matters. The minister was sus-
pended, and he became the founder of
the Grant street church in Pittsburg,
noNv one of the strongest churches in
the city. The suspended minister also
founded the Presbytery of Pittsburg and
Ontario, comprising the Pittsburg
Church, and. the ReformeeVPresbyterian
Churches of Toronto and Teeswater.
The name of tiie minister was restor-
ed to the rolls through the efforts of
a committee appointed for that purpose
by the Pittsburg church about it year
ago. The restoration of the name of Rev.
Mr. Woodside carries with it the re-
union of the Pittsburg and Ontario Pres-
bytery with the General Synod, and very
largely incteases the strength of the
Reformed Presbyterian Church. The
vote on the resolution was unanimous,
EPIDEMIC OF SUICIDE.
St. Petersburg) june 1.—Thero has
been an epidemic of suicides in St. •
Petersburg that has lasted for tbree
months. The average number of deaths
each month has been 85, and the high
record for a single day was readied Hue
week, when 11.0 less thau eighteen per -
sorts did away with themselves.
Many of the eases are due to destitu-
tion, but.despoudency hasben the pre-
vailing cause,
A Genius.
"You are wasting your time painting
pictures.'
"Ilut I sell my pictures," protested the
artist.
"Ana that CeriVintee Me that you tan
soli anything, Such 'being the case, Why
not take up life insuranee or steel
bridges or eomethin with big money in
Herahl.
A girl may have taking Wile withetit
bang tithor a kleptoutnniao or a koank
fiend,