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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1908-10-08, Page 7, INDEPENDENCE OF 'BULGARIA.. Prince Ferdinand Throw* Bomb Among the European Powers. WM its Preclamation. Force Tur- key to Take Up Arms? Britain,. France and 'Germany Look Upon. the Situation. as Grave. Sofia, Oet, 5.---1a1gathe a, tribntary Paincipelity under the euzerainty of the uttee, oi Turkey, teedity prheleinied hei independence of Turkey. This action was taken at Tirnovo by P ine() Ferdinand, who was elected Prieto of Bulgaria, in 1887. The Bulger- iOn Cabinet was, present with the Prince, barien met hiiu yesterdey at the fron- tier mid journeyed with ildne to Tirnovo, Tile party readied; Tirnovo lest evening.. Tirnovo is the ancieut capital of the kiegdorn of Bulgaria; it was here that the ancient, Kings of Bulgaria were crowned. Letter to King Edward. Deaden, Oct. 6. -Count Memsdorff, the Austro-laungerian Ambassador to Great Britain, event down to Balmoral to -day to present to King leetword a. copy of an autograph letter from Ein- peror Frauds Joseph Addressed to the heads of all states and explaining , the necessity of altering the political sat- tne of .Bosnia and Herzegovina. European Conference, Constantinople, Oct. 5. -Turkey is con- vinced that Austria, ba,cked by Germany, eacoureged Bulgaria to declare her lea dependence in order to strike a blow at the Kaimil Ministry and compromise the new constitution, It is not known what steps Turkey will take but tbe impression prevails that an European conference will be wo to consider the whole question. Adviees obtained in an authoritative quarter of Sofia state that not ale the powers supported that 13ritish proposal for the settlement of the railroad ques- tion. This want of unanimity among the powers encourages Bulgaria to insist in lier present attitude. Varna and other Bulgerian towns are placarded to -day with declarations that the moment has now arrived to proclaim independence, as otherwise, Turkey, on the strength of the treaty of Berlin will demand the restitution of Eastern Roumania. France as Mediator. Paris, Oct. 5. -France lias decided to entice the role of mediateor to prevent War between Turkey and Bulgaria. For- eign Minister Pichon already had begun a, series of confeiences with the other powers to reach an understanding, the purpose of which should be the maintan- ence of peace, when the official news of 21ince Ferdinand's proelemation at Tir- neve arrived. The Foreign Minister conferred this morning with M. Iswolsky, the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Nee= Pasha, the Turkish Ambassador. This afternoon he will meet the Austro-Hun- garian, British and American .Ambassa- dors, as the well the Bulgarian diploma- tic agent, Mr. Standoff. The situation is considered most grave. The predate:Alen of the inde- pendence of Bulgaria actually has been made, and it probably would be useless to .attempt to induce Prime Ferdinand to withdraw it. It is known that the Bulgarian cavalry is mobilizing on the frontier and that Prince Ferdinand. is determined to steck to his guns. The diplomatic representatives of the powers generally believe that war will rpell ruin to the new constitutional rule ia Turkey and that the Sultan would use the war as a pretext for withdraw- ing the constitution. Flutter on 'Change. London, Oct. 5. -The Steak Exchange was thrown into a flutter this morning by the proclamation of the_ ilidependence of Bulgaria, and the action take by Aus- tria-Hungary with regard to the politi- cal status of the Provinces of Bosnia, and Herzegovina. Consols fell 5-8, and foreign bond about one point, due prin- cipalry to continental selling, Turkish bonds, which dosed Saturday at 92, were to -day offered at 73. The weakness extended. to America)) securities, which by noon had fallen from one to two points below parity. Germany's Action. 1301in, Oct, 5. -The Associated Press le authorized to state that Germany as- sociates herself with the mediatory pro- posals submitted by Great Britain to the Turkish and Bulgarian Governments. It is recognized officially that the Bulgarian proclamation gravely tompli. cates the situation, but until the atti- tude of the Sultan is known the German Government is unable to foresee its course of action, except that in no event will Germany bring pressure to bear at Constantinople to influence the decision of the Porte. The Austro-Hungarian Ambassador to Gamely has arrived, here evith an auto- graph letter from Emperor Francis Jo- eeph to Emperor William. This com- munication probably relates to the oc- cupied Provinces of Bosnia and Haze - goyim. lemperor William is now shootieg at Itominten, whither the Ambessador pro- eeeds. Arnie, on the March. Parts, Oct. 5. -The Temps to -day, pub - rialto; a despatch from Vienna geeing that the Bulgarian army is marching to- wards the frontier, and that the Turke Ala° ere moving forward to the timeline ter. Austviet-Hitnge,y is mobilizing two army vorps. -4-111 BURGLARS AT MILVERTON. Bob Postoffice Safe of Two Mildred Deltas eta Stetd Team, eittatford, Oct. 4.--eeliettly after mid. night Ibis Morning burglars entered the poetoffiee alilveiton, blew open the wife ana at away with two hundred &Rsteins are ie and twenty dolla.rs la cash. To facilitate their departure they stole a team from the Queen's 11001 stables and. driving to Strat- road, Where they left the horSeS tieo to a tree on a side street, bonded the carly morning treirt for Toronto, It k supposed there were foar melt in the party, as they pure:ivied four ticket, There k 1.0 •(lefiaite >quo to their identity, 4 +4, -- FATAL RUNAWAY. tioneton, Tons, Oet. 5. - Ina runaway erehltet in the eity park ye:a witty, IL V. Cortee„ a member of a leading Dana *are firm, wee( killed ilil etre. le. Treadway and lit r two ehilaren were painfully injured. BUYING Limas. Harinsworth Acquiring 150 Section on Vancouver Island. Vietoria, B.0,e Oct. 4. -The Harmea worth's, of London, publishers of the London Times, Daily Mail and .0ther newepapers, are bnying 100 eeetione of timber limits on Vancouver Wand, 35 sections having already been bought lit Quatsixto district, and op- tione on 33 more are being omitted, which will be bought if setiefe.otory. This is their firet investment in Brit- ish Columbia, though they have largo holdings 01 pulpweod limits in New, foundland and New Brunswick, and contemplate entering late active coin. petition with the paper trust. Leigh Hunt, former financier of Seattle, is also acquiring 14 ecotions of timber on Vancouver Island, EPT OVER FALLS. Elderly Texas Merchant Slipped Into Niagara River. Niagara Fails, N. Y., Oet, ae-Brew- seer Cameron, aged oa years, a merebant of El Paso, Texas, Was drowned here tide evening, With 13, IL Fulford, of Belaie, Md., and 0. D. Pidball, of, Buffet°, lie was sitting on the bank of the river about halt a Mite above the falls and where the bank was very steep. When tlie party attempted to rise Cameron, wile was somewhat stiff from sitting in tae one position, lurchecl forward and fell lute the river. Hie companions made every effort to - rescue him, and a park policeman also made an attempt as Oameron mama the fallsebut in yen, Cameron retained con- sciousness to the end, waving his bend to those on shore just- a =menet before he passed over the falls. • ---- • . LOOKED LIKE A MAN SO MARY JOHNSON DONNED MAN'S CLOTHING. Her Life Had Been a Hard Struggle, and She Found It Easier to Get Along That Way -Had- Lived in Western Canada, N'ew York, Oct. 4. -Dressed in a dark suit and wearing a slouch hat set rak- ishly QI1 a thatch of black hair, show- ing gray about the temples, Frank Woodhull, fifty years old and a native of Canada, walked up the broad en- trance to the immigration station on Ellis Island this morning. An hour after he left the private room of one of the matrons in a state of agitation, shorn of the name of Frank Woodhull. The passenger was, in fact, 'Mary-aohn- son, who had adoipted men's dress. She confessed that she had so disguised her- self to have a better chance in the world and becaase of it moustache which na- ture had unfortunately bestowed on lice. Standing before the inunigration of- ficials she told a pitiable story Of her life, which. she declared, had been blame- less, "My life," she said, "has always been a struggle. I come of 1131 English - Canadian family, and 'have had most of my fight to make alone. Thirty years ago when I was twenty, my father died and:1 was thrown entirely on my own resources. I came to this country a young girl and went west to make my way. For fifteen years I struggted on. The hair on my face was a misfortune. It was often the subject of wide jest and caused- me endless embarrasernent. The struggle was awful, but L lutd to Bye somehow, and no I went on. • "Then came a time, fifteen years area when I got deeperate. I had been told that I looked like a man, and I knew that in Canada some women have pue on men's clothes to do inen's work. "I was in California at the time. I bought men's clothes and began to wear them. Then allege ehanged. I had - prospects. I have sold books, lightning rods and worked in stores. Most of the time -I have been in California, but now 1 tua going to New Orleans, where there are chances of employment." - LINER ASHORE Inishowen Head Rau Hard Onto Mud Bank. A Montreal despatch: The Inishowen Head, the second vessel of the Heat: Line to be in trouble tide season, rail ashore late. last night at eation Cove, a. few miles above Quebec, be ie fast on the mud, which saved her hut from damage. . AL the local offices of afeLean, Ken- nedy & Co., agents for the steamship company, word was given out to -day that the ship has not suffered at all, and was simply waiting for the high tide to float her off. • . re FAMILY NOT HELPING HER, lean. Nesbit Thaw Gives Out a Signed Statemeat. New Yak, Oct. 4. -Mrs. Nesbit Thaw, in a signed statement given out by her to -night in the presence of her attorney., Daniel O'Reilly, makes the claim that for the pest two months Harry L. Thaw has not ontributed to her support, and, contrary to general opinion, no sam of money has ever been settled oh her either by Thaw or by his In her signed statement, Mrs, Evelyn Nesbit Tliaw says that Ilarry Thaw's "coke trade income alone is $60,000 a yeer. Mrs. Thaw, eantinuing, comments on Thaw's mantel condition, saying: "Thaw's present meetal condition is whet it always has been and alweryn wit! be," and with it she nutkee the eteternent that it is incurable. 44 • -4. Kitties for Winnipeg. Winnipeg, Man., Oct. 4.--A Highland regiment ,ints been organized bore, wita D. C. Cameton, the Liberal eandidate in Winnipeg, as colonel, afenager arcHeffie ,of the Home Bank I, to be major end Lleatenent-Gover. no: Sir Daniel McMillan mul W. wr, Whyte, the wend viee-preeideet of the 0. P. 11., will be given °Weird peed - Urns, Sitar litiEPINa. Chattanooga, Tenn., Oct. 5.-Ileary Ilkley, a tontractor, !alit night WM'S ttirOt ITO killed by !tome person while he elept. lite family had been attending ehurea mid on reterning found 1Mr. Rice `.ey itriog ho iStti Sn41 st ihrehleleturrellefl eliotgue, both barrelof whieh had lean Bred, about twelve feet away. MAD .RACE OF AUTOMOBILES. Many Wrecks In the Twenty.Four Hour itaCO There. Six a the Twelve Machines Como to Grief k the Race. Many Persons Hurt, But the Record Will he Broken. Brighton Beach Race Track, Oet. 5. -- With o trail of injured atal dying men Mel hopelessly wresticea riming machinee behind them, six Of the twelve antenna biles which started in. the 24-liour race at the 13rightexi I3eaeh race track last evening were still in the mad whirl at 8 o'clock to -day., Apparently predence had been east to the winds, and no chance Was etynsidered too great, no ile,nger too menacing to the daring pilots at the steering wheels of tae fly- ing auxeldoes. As a result all previous record* bad bon left lax in the distano and it was apparent that if the terrific speed of the leaders was maintained to the end a hundred miles would be added to the 24 hours figures, The four leaders at the end of the tenth hour were in aavaace of the best previous mark from three to forty-tbree This was not eecomplished, how- ever, without a fearful array ot acci- dents, in which the driver and medlar& clan escaped death by the narrowest margin. In the taird hour a. piling up of racing machines going at better than 55 miles an houe was averted as by a mirade, four ears grouped. closely to. gether being thrown into confusion by the crossing directly in the path of M. G, Fiekett, special patrol officer, Three of the ears managed to avoid the dodg- ing tamable,but Robertson's machine struck him with fearful font', anti hurl- ed lihn 60 feet. Ile was picked up un- conscious, and is now in a critical condi- tion at a hospital. All the other injur- ed are drivers and nmehanielans of the raein,g ears. None of them is seriously hurt. The raisliaps crowded fast upon one another taremgh the night, the French car, No. 14, catching fire in the seventh hour, and the Italian eatry, No. 15, crashing into the fence soon after - ware, retiring both for the remainder of the contest. No. 4, which had been smashed in the mix-up resulting from the running down of Fiekett, remained off the traek six hours undergoing re- pairs, but re-entered the contest in the ninth hour. The Italian entry driven by De Palma and the American car driven by De Chevral were the next to coine to grief, the former cracking two cylinders and the latter freezing its bearings. The Italian car retiedd in the eighth hour and the American ear in the seventh. In the fourth hour, however, the American entry No. 9 had been sufficiently re- paired to re-enter the .eontest, but was forced to retire again after going three miles. a At 8 o'clock, the eleventh hour, the field had been reduced to six ears by the careening of No. 7 in the eleventh hour, and of these only the first four were keeping up the lighthing pace. It was a pretty race between these, how- ever, and the early morning crowd. was brought to its feet again and again as first one and then the other shot ley the grand stand at it mile it minute speed. The score at the end of the twelfth hour was: No. 5, 613; No. 6, 612; No. 8, 565; No. 2, 562; No. 11, 413; No. e, 254. The bed previous record was 565 miles. „ . REMARKABLE CASE. Toronto Man, With Fractured Skull, Walks to Hospital. Toronto, Oct. 5. -With his skull terri- bly fractured as a, *result of a fall from a street car, Alexander W. Falconer, aged about fifty years, a real estate and in- suranee agent, ga,ve a remarkable exhibi- tion of endurance on Saturday night by walking unaided from the ambulance in- to St. Michael's Hospital. About an hour later, howeeer, he relapsed into uncon- sciousness and Sunday afternoon about 4 o'clock lie died. Falconer was injured in trying to alight from a swiftly moving Dundas street car on Richmond street, ease of York, shortly ,after 8 o'clook" Stettir. day night. When picked up he was dazed, but it was only when he wee examined byethe surgeons at the hoepi- tat that the terrible extent of his injut- -les was known. Falconer was formerly a, schoolmaster, and. was well known about Gale, but for grime time he had been engaged in tbe real estate business, wait on office on Dundas street, West Toronto. He is sine viVed by several grown-up ehildrem. SUCCESSION DUTIES. Toronto, Ont., Oct. 5. -The succession duties eollected by the provincial treas. ttry during the month of September tunottnted to $146,261, as compared -with $51,581 collected in the same period last year. The tote' receipts from this tax in the firstenine months of 1908 aggre- gated $1,100,000, while the revenue from the seine source during the whole oa 1001 was onb000. It was eetimated by Hon. Mr. Matheson, the Provincial Treasurer, that the taxes colleeted front estates tide year woula amount to $600,000. • et e. KILLED IN RUNAWAY. New York, Oct. 5. -Mrs, Isabella Van Clad, 70 yule% old, a widow, \yea killed almost instantly, and her son, John. Van Clef, a wealthy 'broker, was injured yesterday in a runaway oceident on tip- per Broadway. Mr. Vent ()leaf took his mother out for ten airleg behind his best roadster, and when they Were returning home a'fire engine whistle frightened the liorse end it ran :away, • to, FOUNDING OF A CITY. Pailedelphia, Oct. 5. -With the boom- ing of the guns of the United States warships lying in the Delaware River off this city at stitriso to-dita, the second day in the elahorate programme for the celebration of the 225th anniversary of the founding of Philadelphia was usher- ed Robt. W. Beekett, a St. Thomas drug eletk, who admitted stealing $168 worth of goods and $150 in cash from his employer, Mr. P. H. Esp. rtolds, made partial restitution and cynn it off by Magistrate (Henn with it 00 days' Renthnee, 28 dnys having already been iterved. AGAIN IN JAIL. Young MAO Caught Who Escape From Belleville Jailer. Belleville, Cute Brighteliffe, the yew% man whO Neap - ed teem the county jail here on Satur- day morning while awaiting to be tak- en to the Central Prison to serve it year, for theft, dia not long enjoy his liberty, ea he was recaptured Saturday and ie now bade in jail in charge of WW1' Ketcheson, from whom he es- eeped while in the pheriff's office, Ho was captured about ten miles from the city by Hans Cosby and John Detlor, two farmers, for whom the prisoner formerly worked. He Was (aught in Cosby's house, Ile must have been assisted itt Lis escape, as the pris- oner's garb bud, been excheuged for or- dinary elothes. He had been in hiding in John Street Presbyterian ,Church alt day Saturday, eannIng out at night. When capturedBrightcliffe ha& several articles of clothing, which he had stolen from various houses in the vieinity where he formerly worked. The (=used is only 18 years of. age. REV. DR. GANDIER. Will he the New Principal of Knox College. Toronto, Oct. 5, -The Rev, Dr. Alfred Moldier ha� aecepted the erineiPaishiP of Knox College. He announced his ac- ceptance at the forenoon service in St. jaine:s' Square Presbyterian Ohara, yea, emitter and also his resignation of the pastorate of that ongregation„ A meeting of the Board of Manage. molt of Knox College is called for Mon- day meat, when arrangements will be nuule for the installation of the new Principal, which will probably take place in November. The acting Priv: ohm], Rev, Dr. alacLaren, will continua in office until his suecessor is beaten - ed, • 4 • SIGNS OF FOUL PLAY Money Gone and Marks of Violence on the Body. ,Montreal, Oct. 4. -Another river trag- edy was discovered on Saturday, when the body of Damasse Lachapelle, 03 years of age, was found floating in the water opposite Dominion Park. The victim, who was a night watchman in the employ of the Donaldson. Line Com- pany, at Longue Pointe, disappearee from his home last Sunday night. When Ito left helm he had it. stun of money in his pocket, When found his money was gone,and nihrks of violence on his body point to foul play. - • ANOTHER ALARM. SaaaiRY THAT GERMANY IS PREPAR- ING TO ATTACK 13RXTAIN. Diplomatic Circular to Powers Announc- ing It is Said to Have Been Already Drafted -Alarmist Article in Na- tional Review. London, Oct. 4. -War scares are seldom at their most dangerous stages when they are most talked about. Heal and imminent peril, in Eng- land, at ane rate, produces silence. At present the writer is very far from saying that England and Germany are on the verge of conflict. He mere- ly desires to record tbe facts that mil- itaryand naval circles in this country i are n a state of nervous dread of it. sudden attack in the near future by German anns. It is this fact, which, of course, would under no circum- stances be officially admitted, but which undoubtedly exists, that gives peculiar significance to ene of the most alarming warnings ever address- ed to a nation, which appears in the National Review; just published. This sentence alone is sufficiently appall- ing e -"It s knowti to those who have their hands on naticnal secrets that a German diplomatie circular to the powers is already drafted, annonneing that Germany has delivered her at- tack upon England unexpectedly, and in time of peace, because a responsible officer at the British Admiralty had intimated to all on sundry and num- erous occasions that England would deliver such an attaek on the Ger- man navy, and supporting the state- ment by the evidence of diplomatists and parties whose word cannot be hastily rejected." This statement, whether true or false, is the most striking derricinstra,- Lion ever made of the ease with which casuistry may, at any moment, fur- nish a plausible oasus belli. To justi- fy the article, which bears the signa- ture "Ignotus," and which is strong- ly endorsed editorially, there is, of course, a strong condemnation of the present Britieh naval policy and an appeal for inetaeat ,action. to avert if possible the supposed danger, It may be said in general comment on the publication that the growing alarm in England has withm the past few weeks communicated itself even, to the present Liberal -Socialistic Government. It is known that they have 'abandoned their first intention to raise a handred million pounds' loan for construetion, but they have decided to greatly inorease the naval construction for the present year. H, R. CHAMBERLAIN. CFIAIVIBERLAIN BETTER. Birmihown, Oct. 5. -Members of the family denied yesterday the report pub- lislted in the News of the World, that Joseph Chamberlain intended shortly to retire from the House of Commons. On the voatrary, they declared that hie -health is notch improved and that be Is prepariug an address to his constituents. 50,000 DEAD. Allaltabad, British Indira Oet. 5. -The laird teporte from. Hyderabad estimate the Hood casualties at 60,000. Order is being gradually restored and the bodies buried. • 4 .• A BISHOP DYING. Hartford, Conn., Oct. 5, -The latest bulletin from the residente of Bishop Tieretty was to thO effect that he was yestarday alive, althOugh diesolution was looked for at any moment. ---44-0--- SWORN IN. 1 Ottawa, Oet. 5.-0bar1ee Mutphy WAS this morning sworn in as a member of the Privy Council. It is understood that a week from now he will officially take over the dotien of Seeretary of 'State. P. R. STRIKE IS SETTLED. Company Will Take Men Back SS Places Are Found. NO Di$CriMioation tO be Shown Against Strikers, Award of the -Conciliatioi Board Filially Accepted by Both Sides. Montreal, .Oct, 4. --The big C. P. It, strike, which hes been agitating labor eirelee for the past two months, is et an end. It was settle(' to-nighb, and the 'ma return to work under email - thins aphid valeta they struck taro months ogo, ley the terms of the set- tlement the meet agree to accept the finding of the majority of the arbitre- tion committee; This is whet they re- fused to accept before. Tile C. p, n., on their pert, simply agree to take back the men as they find room for them on tbeir staffs: They Moo agree that there shall be noeliecriminatiea against the mea who went out. - • The men will lose their pensions and seniority, and many of thent will be ate - able to secure thew ola pieces, as the C. P. R. is under contract to retain all of the men they secured during the past two months, but as teeny of these are not expert maeliinitits it is thought that there will be a gradual Weeding out of the recruits, and their places will be taken by the old C. P. 11, experts. .• Negotiations for peace hove been going on both in Montreal and in Win- nipeg. In the latter plaee Mr. Bell Hardy has been holding conferences with Mr. William Whyte, eecond vice-presi- dent of the 0. P. le., awl Hon, Colin, Campbell., In Montreal Hon, Robert Rogers has been in close touch with Sir Thomas Shau,glineesy. and Mr. David McNichol. Sir Wilfrid Laurier arrived in the city to -day ott his way to Quebec, where lie is to speak to -morrow night. Willie here he had it long conference with Sir Thomas Shaughnessy. It is thought that the C. P. R. strike eves the subject of their discussion. As a result of the negotiations a uni- form agreement has been reached by both the eastern and western divisions. The agreement was first reached between Ma Whyte and Mr. Belt Ilardy, covering the western division. This was then fol- lowed. up by conferenees in Montreal, which resulted in the settlement of the strike. To -night Hone Robert Rogers re- ceived the following wire Irene Hon. Colin Campbell: "Strike happily settled: Muse 0 of agreement reads as follows: `Company to use all reasonable means to find employment and prevent dis. erbnixtetion against men who have been on strike.'" At the strike headquarters the men were far from satisfied at the news of the strike being ended. 'The committee lead. to acknowledge that it was a com- plete victory for the company, and there was some talk of not accepting the -terms. Among the rank and file of the men there is relief felt that the contest is over. For some time they have been anxious to realm to work, Two months of enforced idleness has been a heavy drain on their resources, and they are eager for work. News in Toronto. Winnipeg, Oct. 4. -Mr. Hungerford, superintendent of motive power on the road, has been sending word to former employees this evening, telling them that they may resume work in the morning. The chief oeficials of the Canadian Pacific Railway on this division, al- though having received no official wend of the sttleittent of the strike, expressed no surprise at the message from Winni- peg, as a settlement has been expeeted daily. At West Torento the men on strike claimed to have heard nothing, of a settlement, and enquiries made • at Havelock and Smith's Falls, other divi- sional points, brought no eoufirmation of tite Winnipeg report. It will be exactly two months to -day since the stripe was declared; about five hundred_ men going out here and at West 'Toronto. For days, according to the of- fidals, men here and at West Toronto have been going back to win*. Out of the last batch of fifteen carmen who applied for work the company could only find places for four. A message was sent to Winnipeg, asking if the balance of the men coald be supplied with work there, but word came back that places could not be found for them. BOGUS BILLS. Nine Detectives Raid Suspects House In Toronto, Toronto,'Ont, Oct. 5. -Nine detectives tooday raided the house of Thoratte Crozier, at 0 Gerrard street west, and efetina it press with about one hundred bottles of paints andinkaused he making counterfeit hills. Crozier was arrested at Oakville fair last week, charged with paesing, bogus bills, and his sot Milton Crozier, was arrested on Saturday at Milton, The men are suspected of hav- ing passed bogus bills at Toronto fair. The father was a builder mid seemingly well-to-do. Another son is titter. TOOK TWO MIMES OF NETS. Pith They Contained Distribitted to Belleville Poet Belleville, Ont., Oct. 4. -At an early heur Saturday Captain Hunter, of this City, who is the Provintial Fish- ery Inspector for this district, sem- ea front the Boy of Witte, within half it mile if the city, upwattls of two milts of gill nets, which had been illegally placed in the weter. They contained few fish, 'Plie owner bee tot Igen diseevered, The fish taken from the mita were distributed to the poor of elle city. Chatged With Stealiag Settiples. Davideen, Seek., Oet. M. Dia- etimmertiel traveller, employed by IL 0. Knowles, niatittfaidetrere agent, Montreal, was arrested and brought here from Elbow kat night by Sergt. Gold- smith of the R. N. W. M. Pollee, eltargea with purloining Omit $000 worth of semplee. Mr. O. IT, Parmelee, ex.itf,P. for Shefford, has been apopinted Ning's printer in ROCCO:48Jan to Dr. S. al. DOM* son who has held the position for the Inst fifteen years. Burned to Death. Detroit, Mich., Oct. sae-jamett Moss, colored, who was visiting the colored janitor, was burned to death early to -day in the tewis block, 9e-94 Orieweld ebeet, witen fire that started in the basement spread through the five floors and broke out through the roof. Janitor Jas. Handy escaped with severe burns. The blaze was quickly con. trolled, and the property loss will not exceed a few thousand dollars. •••• 4.4* :ELEVEN': LIVES, LOST IN FIRE New York Tenement House Fired by Incendiaries, Fire, Escapes Blocked and Children Tossed to Street. New Yoke Oet, 5a -Eleven persons were ,kIllea, more than a, d izen 'Injured, a,nel thirty more escaped with their lietee only by the narrowest mareje he an tn- cendiary fire which wrecked the tene. meat house at 71 Mulberry street early toolay. That a deliberate attempt was airede to destroy the house and its eon - pant* as well, there is no doubt in the minds of the police anti firemen, Three barrels stuffed with rubbith and soaked with oil,, were blazing fiercely in the lower hall, cutting off the eecinie of the fifty or more persous who were sleeping on the upper fleors. Some of these died in their beds, where they were overcome by smoke and thee eaught by the flames, Others, who lutel been uroused too late, fell unconecions before they could reach it window, and were burued to death scarcely an arm's. length from safety. Many wore injured by jumping from upper windows to the street or by being crushed as they fought for positions or safety on the choked fire escapes. Several .of the injured who were taken to hospitals are in a critical condition. When tae frightened. mee and women rushed from their rooms ahead of the flames they found the, walls of the fire escape platforms covered. with boards, which could not be moved. - Excited mothers and, fitteks with children in their aims and the smoke pouring out of the windows behind them, Lind the crackling of the flames in their ears, became panic-stricken and tossed their children to friends in the street. Fully a dozen children, both babes in tome and older youngsters, were tossed to the street from the second and third floors and were caught by men standing an the etreet. The men and, women were tater ,carried down by firemen on ladders, 4** GALLEON LOCATED. Jamaican Expedition Recovers Small Treasure. Kingston, Jamaica, Oct. 4. -The expe- dition composed of Harvard students which started recently on the schooner Mayflower from New York in search of •sunken treasure in these waters will likely have to modify the original plans. The treasure -seekers intended to searelt for a Spanish galleon, which sank many years ago, but the American expedition has aeon anticipated by it janiaiean syndicate, which, chartered a schooner and, after an ineffectuel search returnedto Nantes Bay. The Jamaicans occupied several weeks in their gold -hunting trip, tued. had ex- citing experiences with hurricanes. The galleon was not found, but her position on the ocean bed was located, the wreck having lx,en broken in pieces years ago. Divers were sentlloWn, and it number of Spanish gold coins were recovered, but nothing of any great value. The leader. of the expedition was the son, of Sir Hoary Arthur Blake, who was Governor of Jamaica, 1889-97. The location of the wreck, Which is° believed to be near Silver Cay, between Puerto Plata and Turk's Island, hits been visited frequently during the course of the last few centuries, first by an expedition fitted out by the Delo of Albermarle, who was Governor of Jamaica in 1687. Even as lath as 1902 10,000 pieces of eight; were brought into Kingston harbor by it party of div- ers. • . In the case of the latest expedititm which has returned, the tempeetuotte weather interfered. ,greatly will diving operations. It is intended to refit and undertake 0 more systematic search at an early date. HALLEY COMET. Rochester Profetsor Expects It In 1910. Rochester, N. Y„ Oct. 4. -Astronomers throughout the world are greatly in- terested in the expected reappearance of the famous Halley comet and are speculating na to when it will rush aeross the heavens, 'lush at present this brilliant star is rushing from somewhere he illimitable settee toward the sun at it. velocity of several million miles an hour. At Rochester University Professor Howard alinchins, professor of physics and astronomy, holds the opinion that the comet will, not appear until the fall of 1910, if it follows previous periodic appearitnecS. It last appeared in 1835,before the advent of present estronomicel instru. ments. Body' of Stamford Man Pound. Niagara Valise Ont., Oet. 4.- Oar anspeetor .1. Trimble early this memo ing found the lifeless body of a matt terribly mangled aloageide of tragic No. 8 fit the west end of Die G. T. R. westbound yards. The body rose this morning identified as that of Thos. Parr, of Stitinford. The young man evidently WAS et an early beer thie morning attempting to board a train for Stamford and met with his death. 4.44.444444.4.44.4.4 RETURNED TO WORK. Port Arthur, Ont., Ott 5,--Preetietelly all the C.'1'. ineellintries here. Moe re- turned: to work, PittiAtirti with the &lie tlebegn t, BLACK BEAR KILLS BABY. Snatched the Child From Ge.Cart and Crushed Its Life Out Front of Its Mother 'Who Was AO Attack‘..d, Tucson, Axle., Ott, terrible trag- etly WO enacted at Elysian OreVe, pleaeure park here. An immense black boar camped from a eage yesterday end cbarged it throng of visitore. The, ani- mal whieli had been raised, in captivity horn a cub hod been in the habit el drinking soda pop at the bar and when hto tiway bieldati1teenwileaanttetheevlie* loInIettlevnalaptdedivect tao force it tnto, its cage. The beast became enraged and charged the crowd. The wife of a Southern Pacific employee, Buss Ulna ran with a gotta eoataining en infant. Tbe bear pursued and snateli. the infant and crushed it te death be- fcre it's mother's eyes. It wtte attacking the woman when e, 'shot from a, police- man's revolver stopped it, The bystaud, one opened a ensillacle and killed the bear with a score of bullets. The bead has been Closely confin.ed since it week ago, when it attacked it small boy, LAWSON INJURED. Financier Kicked by Horse While Driving From Country Estate. Boston, Oct. 4. -Thomas W. Lawson, the well known financial man, was badly bruised; rendered unconscious, and possibly sustained internal in- juries ita it carriage accident near the Noreb. Scituate railioad station, riot far from, "Dreamwold," his country estate, this afternoon. Mr. Lawson was trampled upon and possibly kicked by his horse and was picked up unconscious, He was car- ried into a drug store and was taken from there to hint home by an auto- mobile, where several doctors attend- ed. him, He recovered consciousness very quickly arid his first enquiries were as to the safety of his daughter, who was uninjured. Lawson Confirms Death. A Boston despatch says: Persistent rumors that Thomas W. Lawson was critically ill, and the statement of a New 'York brokerage home that it bad inside information that he was dead, brought forth confirmation of, the sad demise from Mr, Lawson this evening. He issued this statement: "For hours my telephone has been besieged by thepressfrom all over the lot with the question: 'Is it true you're dead? Wall street says you are, a,nd the market has advanced four points.' "Thia is the fifth time in as many years that I have died to profit Wall street and ease the system's neuritis. Dying, like living, becomes stale and unprofitable when overdone. This is to confirm for the last time that I am dead, and to demand the privilege of the dead to remain dead. "For this concession to Wall street I claim the right in the future to announce my funeral after it has taken place, and the privilege, until I announce it, of being allowed to arrange the rites withont Wall street butting in. "Thomas W. Lawson!' WASTE OF FUEL. London Professor Comments on World's Ruthless Extravagance. London, Oct. 5.-Ilenry Armstrong, professor of chemistry at the City and Guilds of London Central Institute, ad- dressing the annual meeting of the Iron and Steel Institute at Middlesborough., said itawas difficult to keep calm when he reflected upon the ruthless way the world's stores of timber, iron, coal and oil were being used up. It made the sea entist eitadder to see the indifference dis- played in all civilized lands -to the ineva table consequences of such waste in the nowise distant future. No comment was provoked by the fact that steamers de- vour daily it thousand or more tons ot coal while.trossing the ocean. This ex. eravagance Was gloried in as an engineer- ing achievement, when it ought to be an- athematized. The public confronted itself wtth the belief that science Would discover a substitute for coal, and therefore felt no compunction in recklessly destroy- ing the capital won from the sun in past ages, but science could not at present support the illusion, and was bound to preach prudence, Prof. Arm- strong eernestly urged serious scien- tific study of economital niethoas of fuel constunption, outlining the direction fuel consumption, outlining the direc- tions such study ought to take. TORY NOMINATION. Guelph Wants Better Inspection of Milk, Etc. Ottawa, Oct. 5, -Carleton County Conservatives are this afternoon nom- inating a Federal eanaidate. It is ex- pected that the nomination will be of- fered to R. L. Borneo, ;Jut whether he will wept is not known yet. The eity of Guelph, Onte is asking0t. atm, to co-operate in getting more rigid Provincial logisletion respecting the in- spection of foodstuffspartieularly meat and milk. Ottawa will likely lena its alt .44.4244 CZARINA STILL VtRY Preened Netvoug Breakdown Shows No Sign of improvement. 51, Petersburg, Oet. 5.--4t le Under- eteod that the Czarina's prolonged nor. vol.% breakdown, arisingfrom anxiety over bier Ituebend and eltildreri, bas not beet' improved by her long yachthig truise (thing the toast of FinItted. her phytaelane insist Upon her lensing the winter in tire south, but ehe reftteee to do at unlese the Czar end her ehildren accompany her. Thi e is regarded as impossible, but the family fear to tell ITer Stajetty„ whoee riorVOtet Condition Makethe thwarting of her wieliee dangerous. Her eelativee areanidous contemning her. OCKED IN CELL Prisoner Badly Burned by Fire from Lighted'Pipe, Daffale aeepatelt: Vaitai hie &allot; in flatnee and leeked behind the bars in OR at the Louisiana street polio station lest night, Willian'. Slattery was disco, - erect by Desk Sergeant Coyle, wheetnoth. ered the fire in a oat and iieved the =nee life, although Slattery wee fully burned about the left e,rei and the eide of his body. Ife was taken to the EMergency Hospital, where it was stated that tlie adieu of the man who put out the flames probably saved the .Prisoner from being cremated tn his cell. Slattery, who is 45 years old and lives At 228 Catherine street, was arrested yes. terday afternoen on a, charge of intoxi- cation. He was placed in A tell end there remained until aboat 11 &deck Wit night. Then lie wanted to smoke, /IS got out his pipe and trIed to light a match. The bead flew off end etude in his shirt, which immediately commenced to leurn. The man's screams attraded the attention of the desk sergeant, wbo threw a coat over the burning garments. • # • WOMAN MURDERED. MRS. PEAK; OF STRATFORD, VIC. TIM OF NEGRO'S LUST. San of the Deceased Makes a Shocking Discovery -Mrs, Peake Lying Dead in the Cellar and Freak Roughmound Asleep on the Steps Above. A. Stratford. despatch: Prank Rough - monde a negro, about 35 years of age, is in jail here charged with ene of the most brutal murders in the history of the county, the victim be- ing Mrs. Peake, a most respectable lady, aged about 65 ,years. The first intimation of the affair he the city was brought, by IVIr. John Peake. son of the deceased, who DO-, tified the police, The Peake family have been rest - dents of Downie towuship for more than a score of years, for the past two or more years living about two miles from the city, near the Huron road. They have a dairy farm, the sons of the deceased coming daily to Strat- ford, while the father is a laborer. Peake' e story was that he came to the house at about 4 o'clock to get a drink, and, not finding his mother in the kitchen, went to the cellar, but on the steps leading thereto he found a negro, apparently asleep or dozing, and on the floor below, lying on her back, was his mother, mo- tionless. He immediately called his brother, who alarmed the .neighbors, and in short order the negro was securely tied with the plough lines while the police were sent for. Chief McCarthy and P. 0. Altdaeson took charge of the negro. Roughmond's hands were covered with blood, while spots also appeared on leis face. He offered little or no resistance to being bound and was ap- parently indifferent to threats that he might be lynched. The neighborhood was thoroughly aroused, and it is little' wonder that he was threatened with rough usage. His only answer to this was, "That's what they'd do in Que- bec." Mrs. Peake was dead when her son found her, and how Roughmond could sit calrnly upon the cellar steps view- ing the object of his malignity is be- yond comprehension. He is reearded as ao udegenerate. Ras brought to the city and examined by the authorities. He appeared to be perfectly indifferent to his position, calmly smoking a cigar- ette throughout the examination. On his perseta were found several packs of cards, some tobacco and, a number of handkerchiefs of various colors. He is a lithe, active -looking ohap, coal black, possibly six feet in height. He wore blue overalls, a blue coat and it white straw hat, which con- trasted vividly with his black, curly hair. His feet and legs were covered with shoe packs and leggings. He was a prominent figure on the streets to -day, having called to many business places and offices, desiring to read hands for twenty-five cents charge, and claiming to be a palmist. That he had been drinking is evi- dent, because several -testify a, the smell of liquor on his breath. The police were informed of a coat being stolen in the city this morn- ing, and the negro was suspected, but he evidently got wind of it and pull- ed out, taking the railway track to- wards theory is sits. that Roughmeted call- ed at the Peake home and asked for lunch and while Mrs. Peake was pro- viding it he attacked. her. The evi- dence would indicate that he assault- ed her before committing the murder. Roughmond says he comes from Q uceobr eoc. n er Monteith has charge of the case, and an inquest will be held. WITH FISTS AND TEETH. William Peake Was Killed in Shock* A StratfordilManner,espateliThe jury em. pauelled by Coroner Monteith viewed the body of the late Mrs. Win. Peake, ireirdeted hem yesterday, and eel- journed to meet on October 5. The Coroner expressed the opinion thattetn;e hinnt ies had been inflieted by blows from the murderer's fists, The NM. mares face was hadlylabecrattied, tte inane place prestintablyyle of the villain. The marks on the meek indicated that death was due to etrangulation. No injuries were ape perent oil the body, but the attendant coeditions indicated clearly that an outrage bad been ()mutated. Rouginnotd, the Remised, had juet completed a twenty days' 'term hi jail, having been Sent here by the Polio Magistrate of Listowel for vagraney, While itt ,eustody he is described as a model prisoner. He speaks Freneb fluently, inditatieg thet he has spent some time, as be woe fit Quebea Ilo a -as addicted to lei.norrutvi,ng begged free drinks at several city hotels. DID NOT HAVE $25. Ohio Man 'Could Not Visit Brother in Montreal. Windsor Ont Ott. 5-43ttered from • . Canada Ana retused an opportunity to. make- it brief aisle to hie brother in 'Montreal, is the. experience Willett befell Harty Cook, of Youngstown, Ohio. When he tried to arose, .the river here ati Muni- gration officer to witcen Mr. Gook tk. plained the purpose of his trip -asked hitt how muelt money he had. *Mr. Cook Nina he hod it trifle more theft $17. 'The °Melia therefore aireeterl Mr* Cook ti. lutsten bride -to the Statile, .explairdeg flint the t annelitin regulations termite -aliens mitering the -reentry to haVeitt lea4 4',95