The Wingham Advance, 1909-01-07, Page 5ANOTH
BIG QUAKE.
Town of Sicily aken and People
Afraid to Return.
Queen of Italy Hurt i a Huspita
Panic,
Pluck of BritiskSailors in Rescuing
Twenty Persons,
Route, Jan. 3. --The King end Queen
stole into the eapitel Ude .afteraoon,
but news a their nrrivai stwearl quickly,
arta erowde gathered. outside, the Quir-
lad and -cheered till lilog Victor Ent-
menuel eppeared ou the baleony o tale
txtlaeo to bow hia thanks. Their majes-
ties have ereated a new and atrong bond
between themselves and their suite,
Prior te their departure from Catabria
the King telegraphed the Premier saying
that fresh toopswere arriving, all re-
lief services were being gradually or-
ganized and the situation was improv -
mg. After visiting the districts most
affected, and in 'view of the feet that
order has been everywhere restored,
wldre moreodere tho aumber of rescues
were diminishing, • bet was leaving for
Itome.
QUEEN HELENA INJTJRED,
Queen Helena was uot greatly in-
jured in the hospital pante which she
endeavored. to. cheek. Site was only
bruise/a., When ilm panic, which was
calm" by renewed shoed., broke out,
everybody, in a paroxysm of terror
etude a mad rush fur the door of -th,c;
hospital amid cries of "Free, flee! ane
oth•er earthquokel `The building is fall-
ing!" The Queen commanded silence,
and called on tho panie-etricken pietients
to ketp.their Wade. Somo obeyed, but
others, mad with fear, tried. to rush out.
lt was ono of •these latter who struck
the Queen eo violently in tail breast
tint .lie almost fainted in the arms of
one of her 'edicts: As soon as she re-
eoveeed ehe reSUUted work, The King,
when he heard of Um accident, hurried
to the hoapitat and endeavored. to per-
suade her to leave, but without
Even when returning on. one of the men-
of-war from Messina the Queen's labors
were nob ever, for then were injured
aboard whom ehe attended with her
own hamlet Only one thing the Queen
WaS not allowed to do. This was to
visit certain streets of Messina, where
the sights Were too horrible.
The Queen not only displayed e001 -
nose in the face of &tiger, but put to
practical use the training she got a
tremolo of years ago when ,sho and
many other Romen ladies went through
a course of nursing and first aid to the
injured.
WORK OF THE GHOULS.
Premier Giolitti confirms the King's
statement that the local authorities
now have the situation well in hand.
lt was necessary to proclaim martial
htw as affording the only means of
dealing effectively with the pillagers
end marauders, one of whom was dis-
covered with notes to the i value of
100,000 lire in his possesiion. ' For two
days the scum population, however,
were in command, and both dead and
dying suffered at their hands. Several
of them were shot at sight by rescue
parties. It WaS only on the arrival!fpf
troops front the outside that the nuthor-
hies got the upper hand of the bandits,
. who evenso late as Friday night en-
gaged in a pitched, battle with sailors
and customs officers. One man WaS
shot in the net of tearing the rings off
the fingers of a dying woman, .and
stories of isteendiarism are else current,
in whioh human ghouls are stated to
have set fire to the ruins in which the
victims they had despoiled were still
alive.
DEATH LIST MAY BE REDUCED.
Some rays of hope are now struggling
through the dark eloud of despair that
hangs over the Sicilian and Cr' elabrian
coasts. One good sign is the lengthening
list of officials who eseaped, many of
whom were at first reported to be dead.
From Calabria, tort, come new groups
of fugitives on foot still struggling into
towns and villages far from .the scene
of the disaster. Thom and Other indica-
tions lead ono to hope for some Aetna-
, tiou in the finat death roll, though, ha
deed, at best it cannot' be other than
enormous. The est:abashment ot order
has not been effected willatte difficulty
either at, alas.eine, or Iteggidsa The excit-
able lower elated; of Calitbritt. and Sicily
aro diffieult to deal with in mass et
any time, and when driven half frantic
by fear and hunger they are naturally
often beyond control.
DOLING OUT FOOD IN REGIO.
In Messina the difficulty was compli-
cated by the escape of manycon-
demned prisoners. Hi
appily n Reg-
gio the promptitude of the police
comminsary prevented escape front
the prison, and the only source of
lawlessness was the inevitable plun-
dering of food and drink from the
stores. Even this has been stopped
by the establishment of a regular dis-
tribution of provisions. The distal -
butlers was effected by four commis.
sions of citizens of Reggio for the
four districts into which the town
has been divided. Each was mom.
punka by five police officers and
twenty soldiers.
NO 11,001VI ON THE VESSELS.
London, San. 3. --Messages are be-
ginning to come though direct from
Messina and Reggio. Though they bear
Eine:lees 4ate their tharacter Weida
ittilleitte that they Were written at an
railer iieried and tranenxiseion Lad
been deleyed. One dated at Moulin',
en Sunday at 0 p. m. says: "Ono Can-
' not escape the 0apeiring chorus of
voices, eeretWaing, sobbiagswafling in
twery note. Tim suffermg is horrible.
The laugh of the hopeTeee madman
strikes the ear with painful frequency.
Barges laden with irrjured survivora
wander about the port approaching
eve*. ship. hlen, women and ail-
dron, sobbing, ask to be taken awey, but
from each vessel the same answer is,
"no room,"
At Boggle despatch des:vibes the dis.
tribal= of food. A survivor on ap-
proaching the military authorities
was sent to a place anioug the rules
where the Unuleipal Assessor, sur-
rounded- by a howling mob, was die.
teibuting tickets for bread and raw
meat. A desperate struggle was going
on. The troops themselver were
hungry and were unable to restrain
the famished throng. Soon they got
absolutely beyond cadre" and, th0 As-
sessor Was thrown down iu the orash
aud his arm broken. The soldiers
had requisitioned oxen, horses and
asses, Bean, woUndett and dying eni-
mels were slaughtered and tat up with
bayonets, andthe pieces were distal:-
buted among the people, who Were
with diffieulty. kept beak by soldiers
with. rifles No sooner was oue piece,
still warm, received, than it was torn
to shreds by ten eager mouths, and the
people struggled on the ground for any
morsels that fell. Whon Deputy Cam-
agna appeared on tho scone the starved
people crowded around shouting, "You
who aro in authority, toll the Govern-
ment to take ns away front here or have
us all shot to end our sufferings."
HARROWING TALES,
Naples, Ian. 3.—Harrowing episodes
from Reggio continuo to flow in. A -
girl in a frantic, effort to escape at-
tempted to leap over tho railing of the
balcony of her hone. Iler skirts caught
on the ironworlc and she hung there,
swaying in the wind for four days.
Both at Messina and - Reggio the
guards aro having difficulty in pro.
taoting the survivors and the vast
treasures in the ruined buildings frora
the bands of thieves am' aro swann-
ing everywhere. It is reported that
six Russian sailors haeo been shot by
looters at Messina, and that sixteen
criminals have been killed at the seine
place within the last twenty-four
hours. She hundred persons ongaged
in pillaging have been arrested since
yesterday. In an engagement at
Reggio between. the police and baudite
two of the police were killed.
THE SHOCKS CONTINUE.
Reports still reach here of the con-
tinuance of earthquake shocks, some
of which are of sufficient force to do
further great damage. According to
these reports new shooks yesterday at
Pollan) precipitated the entire popula-
tion into the sea, including both tho
dead, and living victims of the first
quake.
At Reggio the people are becoming
more calm, and aid to that city is now
being systematically forwarded. Mili-
tary zones have been established
throughout Calabria.
MESSINA. TO BE ABANDONED.
At a Council held yesterday at Mes-
sina, • at which weressiopirearitsa Signor
Orlando, the Minister of Justice; Sig-
nor Bertolini, of the Public Works,
and Signor Mirabelli", of the Marine,
it was decided that the work of sav-
ing life should be carried on as long
as there is hope. Any survivor found
among the ruins and those who es-
cape& tho disaster will be transport-
ed to distant points and the town
of Messina will be forever abandoned.
Whatever remains standing will be
destroyed. It is considered impossible
to 'again build on the soil which has
been so shaken .by the earthquake,
as it would not have the solidity ne-
cessary to support buildings. Messina,
therefote, will disappear.
MORE SHOOKS.
Rome, Jan Ss—There was a strong
earthquake at dawn to -day at Cal-
tagirone in the soutreastern part of
Sicily, followed by a rumbling noise.
Ofany houses collapsed, including a
school, which in falling brought down
a church, burying the sexton and his
son. There ware also considerable
landslides and fissures apppeared in
the earth. The inhabitants, number-
ing 30,000, aro terrified, and yenta°
to enter their houses, which they de-
serted at the Bret shock. They are
tamping in the open coulithy. Other
slighter :shocks were felt at rano and
Pesaro, and ALIO in the Messina. and
Reggio region, awakening fresh Wenn
aineng the survivors. • TWO slight
shocks were felt et Pahno, where sev-
eral tottering buildings collapsed. There
was considerable panic, which :subsided
when the shocks were. not, repeated.
AN ENGLISHMAN'S STORY,
. Describes Heroism of Sailors in Res-
cuing Unfortunates.
London, ,Jan. 3,—Constantine Dor-
_ esit, a London ship broker, is the Prat
Englishman to oath London from
alessinit, where he had a wonderful es-
cape. He is a Member of the firm
of Mango & Doresa, of it. Mary -
Axe. Ide went to Messina three weeks
ago to dry-dock a Russian steamer.
Ho was staying at the Hotel Trinacria,
with tut English friend named Craiger,
Itis bedroom 'was on the, third floor,
loving the sea. Ia an ihterview, fab'
lilied itt Lloyd's News, be says:
"It Was a daele, till night, the
coldest f ever felt in Rielly. / went
to bed late, :after putting extra 'over-
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Main street in Catania, the fine et city in Sicily. The cathedral, of
which the dome is shown, was partl y wrecked. Tho loss Of life a Qat-
anie was not heavy. Just beyond th e cathedral dome the faint outline of
Mount Aetna is seen in the distance.
Mg on the bed. I was awakened with- •
mit warning at 5.35. The bed, first
rose up and then rocked violeutly,
clutched the sides of the bed, which
rammed to bo falliug through space
for ages. Afterwards 1 estisnated*the
time to be ten seeonds, Then cam a
series of awtut crasher, the roof fall-
ing all round Me, 1 Was smothered
in briek and plaster. 1 knew, it was
au eareliquake. 1 had been In ono
before in Athens. Then followed ter-
rific; crashes, 'mingled with it eontinte
Om roar. I MI for matches, struck
a light, and wart horrified to find my
bed en the side of an abyss."
Doreen. discovered Cringer and from
the ruins they rescued a Swede and
Itis wik, Amid tiro appalllieg sue-
reundings they sueceetled in reaching
the quayside and got - eboard the
eteatner Afonwen. Doren tam or.
ganized a rescue party, composed of
tlte ship's master, Capt. Own, three
of his sailors and several Russian
sailors. With Dorm and Cralger all
returned to the demolished "tote' with
ladders and. ropes.
MANY SAVED FROM BALCONY.
En route, on the balcony of n ruin-
ed. buIliling, two little children were
ereeng for help. The building seemed
ready to collapse at any moment. Sec-
ond Mate Reedeof the Afonwen, did not
hesitate. The children were directed to
lower a string, with a 'stone tied to it.
They understood. and preeently eepiece
of stone was seen coming down. Mean-
time Reed placed a ladder against
lower baleriny. Then he turned to one
of his seamen who was standing by and
said: "Now, then, Smith." Dorese tads:
"I shuddered. It seemed like _certain
death., Smith turned his Ituid its Ids
mouth and without a word went up the
ladder to the first balcony. Then to the
string which had been let down by the
children he attathed a light line, which
the children hauled up and placed around
one of the otandards at the top of the
balcony: By this means they hauled up
a 2 1-2 motile, rope. He then -took Off
Iris boots and in a trio WAS shinning up
the rope to where 'the frenzied children
stood. He gazed in breathless silence.
As soon as Smith had reacheti the bal-
cony he shouted, 'Why there's it ton of
them up here; I can't manage them all.'
In a second Reed was shinning up the
rope hand over hand. 'We twitched hitn
with fear clutching our hearts. There
was a. sigh of relief when we saw him
standing beside Smith itt the top of the
building, which seemed to be rocking
to its fall every second. The men aloft
soon got to work- One of Capt. Owen's
apprentices rendered great assistance. I
stood at the foot of the ladder to pre-
vent its slipping.- The moluents were
flying. We did not know how „soon the
whole thing would collapse.. An Italian
workman stood staring at as. I begged
him to lend a hand, but his face only
assumed a mr51.-e vacuous expression, if
that were posible, and sve were left to.
ilo the work 'ourselves. Reed and Sung;
made their hawsers fast. Then, one by
one, they lowered the cowering creaturce
who had been awaithig death.
SAILORS WORKE'D COOLLY.
From that crazy height ten limes
the rope was lowered, each time with is
child resting in a slip noose the sailors
had formed. Then came an old woman,
who was very stout. We had a great
deal of trouble to get her down, but
managed it at last. There was one man
among the- crowd of survivors. Smith
threatened to throwtim off the building
unless he helped to lower the old lady.
At last the brave rescners came down
the rope themselves. They had saved
twelve people from oertant death. They
worked as coolly as if they had been .on
"se groand. They had been in imminent
danger of their lives, yet when they
came down they quite resented our eon-
gratulations.
"There was other work for us nearby.
We heard piercing cries from a woman
buried to the waist in the, ruins of it
shop. The buildings around her were
blazing, the flames creeping coritieually
nearer her. Coulk1 she bo fatved? Capt.
Owens gave it sherp word of command
mid soon Reed was rushing to the Glake,
e shipmoored to then it
quay. In
minutes he was back with a saw. He
began With frantic energy to sew
through the plank holding the woman
fest. We waited in terrible -suspense.
Then with relief" we saw the end of the
plank fell away and Itimd come through
the Nunes !tearing the rescued woman in
his arms.
OTHER BESOCES,
"At this monnotet we heard cries from
the back of our hotel. We saw Signor
Cole, a gentleman stating nt. the Wei,
standing on tt nerrow ledge. ". We man-
aged to rescue' him. After rescuing
others the pane, returned to the .Afon-
wen, loaded a boat with food, and re-
turned 'to the shore to distribute it,
'The British fleet arrived -on Tues-
day morning and brbtight the first help
-
from the outeitle world. It brought sur-
geons, medical appliances, food and
clothing. .its soon as ths sailors landed
they began to restore order. It was soon
Typical Street Vendor of Messina,
Sicily.
Mere wee a fresh shock of earthquake,
and a pea: ensued eeltore and aboard
sibliiatItNti:se;11111C- Manyefittit
lallist(lEt
ekoro of treetors einee the '
etri:trteeerolittgosav.itiltiTifieerile,
die:niter of lot Monday morniug, but
this was distinctly perceptible. After
this shoek the firein the• municipal:
building flamed up again, And Was burn.
Mg finitely when this despeteli Was gent.
Kerthquake experts here to study
the phenomenon geegratpitleally, .say it
was the result of a .fault itt geographical,
formation. under Messina/ whiellnonsti-
tuted a lino of contact in the vuleanic
,stetion between Moira Etna and Noma
Vesuvius, and that a slip occurred sim-
ilar to the :ono whith detached Sicily
from the mainland. That a eubildence
mulled at some points and that there
was a rising of the earth's surfaee.itt
, others is proved by soundings Whieli
show tiv? channel .of the harbor deeper
at Immo tilaces and shallower et others.
The Brittsh battleship Exmoutle, at a
distance one-Italf mile south of Reggio,
found •fifty-eight fathoms of water where
formerly there woo twa hundred and
forty them
NarniNG BUT RUINS,
Reggio, Jan, 4.-- A deteehment .of
troops, which went to the villeges on
the eat coast of Calabria, found noth-
ing bat ruins and the bodies of persons
killed iu the earthquake. The surviyore
had fled.
A convoy with one thouseml rations
of .bread, which was going through Bag,-
nara, was plundered en route by faun
isheel persons here,
A mother of moil boats, ell of them
overloaded, put out into the aimed to
request food et incondug steamers',
which the .officers of the vessels were
compelled to refuse them, Several of
the, $1,rnaller craft capsized, anl a num-
ber of peasons were drowned, •
an
earilmuake relief train Crowded with
Itlessina and Catania, a freight atrain
to -day ran into and telescope
iujured person, five out of whom were
kinettltATAL TRAIN COLLISION. •
d.
Messino, Jan, 4.—At Nivza, between
TWENTY LOOTERS SHOT.
Route, Jan. 4.—Parliameut will be owe
yoked on Jon, 11, The afinieter of War
says that all the forts around Messina
which .contain torte of powder and mil-
lions of cartridges, have sot been injured.
He also says that while he was at Mes-
sina at least 15,000 persons were taken
foul the ruins, iujured and uninjured.
The Welke navy has sent (100 tons of
provisions to the affected. district. All
the treasure found 1ia5 been placed
aboard the warsbips. One pocketbook
was picked up containing $14,000, and
much clothing has been Wand at Mes-
sina and elsewhere with bank notes sew-
ed in it. Advices from Messina say that
twenty looters were shot there yester-
day. That city will be enscuated to -day.
Six thousand persons .already have, left
there, and 8,000 more will leave to -day.
• RELIGIOUS SERVICES.
Washington, Jan. .—Itequiem masses
for the victims of the tatthquake in
Italy were celebrated at St. Aloysius"
and St. Patrick's Catholic Ohurches this
morning,
In the Catholic churches throughout
the city $0,000 was Collected yesterday
for the relief of the sufferers. .
The naval supply ship Culgoa is now
on her way to the relict of the sufferers
of Messina, having sterted from Port
Said for that place this morning. It pro-
bably will take about four days to.make
the trip.
WANTS HALF A MILLION.
'Washington, Jan. 4.-1?resident Roose-
velt; in a message to Coneress to -day,
asked tor a direct appropriation of half
it million dollars for the relief of tite
stricken people in the earthquake zone
of Italy.
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found that stern measures were necessary. Rake were brought and the loot-
ers were treated with scant ceremony.
Martial law had been proclaimed and
the thieves w -ere shot on sight.
As Tuesday wore on thaws began
to assume an altered aspect. The wound-
ed, wherever it was possible, were 'taken
to the ships and sent to Palermo and
Naples. The dead were buried where it
was possible. It will be, days before
niftily of the corpses ean be reached. It
is stated in some of the papers that all
Ilia people in the Trinaearm Hotel per-
ished. As a mittter of lad the following
is a list of the only people seved: Crat-
ger, a Swedish lady, gentleman and child,
one chambermaid, one waiter, Signor
(iogi Mhle. .Karalech, the proprietor and
myself."
"alessine, Jan. 4.-1irairk Peril, of
Brooklyn, assistant to Professor Mem-
mien, Director of the Royal Observatory,
on Mount Vesuvius, epeaking of the dis-
aster here and in Calibria, snye that
other shocks aro Inevitable, because
there is a flaw in he earth's omit tvliere
the slip occurred. Ile prettied heavier
shock e •for Monday, and &clone that
something, possibly very seri ms,
happen between Jan. 7 and a, when the
relative positions uf the sun eta meou
will produce) the to eatest straiu
On Seturday morning the fire lemOe
out again in tne mnniciptel bulletin. The
city records were mistimed, and a high
wind cariled the burning piper Mr into
the air and tottered them over the ma
ships in the leteboa The fire continued
to the building of the Bank of Daly,
witere setenty-five Million lire ($14,00i)s
(100) in paper money was stored. The
energetic efforts put forth by the fire-
men and sailors, however, served to con-
trol the flames, and the money was re-
moved to a warship.
On Saturday night at 0.45 o'clock
This view ithows the
the earthquake and before
SOENE OF THE GREAT TRAGEDY IN BICIL.Y.
magnificent sea front at Messina. Those buildings woro tho most magnifitant in t tto large city, 'they wers wrecked
the peopl e could eSeal)a it thiat Wave 40 foot 111411 sword *ver thorn overwhelming thousands of people.
NEW PLANET.
DISCOVERED IN SOLAR SYSTEM
BEYOND NEPTUNE.,
Prof. Pickering Has Photographic
Evidence of Its Existence—Its
Diametei is Four Times That of
the Earth.
SJMCOE CHIEF.
Evidence That He Took Stolen Furs
Across Border,
Niagara Valle, Ont., despetelti What
may be considered eorroboratire evidence
of the neetteation mars by Constable
Wilkins, of Simeoe, against. Chief of
Police Mabee, committed for trial on
the eltarge of shooting Ida ettbortlinate,
thet alohette was the instigator and
prinelpal in it uumber of robberies emu-
ntitlael itt Sinteee, is furnished by an id-
leged statement of ()uteri° Frontier Of -
Beer atelIattle, and indicates. Mut Malone
sueceeded in removing some of the stolen
property iteross the line.
According to the story saki to be told
by McIfattle, Malone* first visit twee
wits ort Oct, 21, when he came to take
back a hoese thief who had, been ar.
reeted iere, Ile returned here on Oct.
28, unit went direct to tlte police office
and told Melfattie that he was inves-
tigating the fur robbery of 5, II. Palls
& Co„ Simeoe, anti Mel recovered some
of the furs in Toronto. He was going to
Buffet°, where he eepected to lecate
the. balence. He said he also knew of
women in Buffalo who could identify
tile furs, and he asked Menattle if he
could. so arrange that he would have no
trouble in taking one or two small skins
across for icleetifieation purposee,
alcHattie, lordwing the man from his
visit regarding,the horse thief, et once
phoned the gateman to explain matters
to the Areeneen officer, which wee done,
and Malone was able to pass uultin-
dered..11...js said, he had: in his grip and
about his person about 125 milk skins
valued at about $900.
DIFFICULT PATIENT.
General Booth Will Insist on Work.
ing—Opesatiou Successful.
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, Londonejau. a.—Gen. Booth, chief of
the Salvation Army, recently under-
went an operation for cataract, whith
proved entirely successful.
"I feel my sight improved already,"
ho said, theorily, this -week, "and
am convinced that it is due t� God's
moray aud to modern surgical skill.
I shall soon be able to see better witb.
epectaeles, than I have seen for years
past,"
For a year or two Gen, Booth has
been quite blind in ono _eye. Now the
doctors hope to give him geode sight
with both, but he is a diffieult patient;
lie will insist ors working.
"'They don't know how strong I
am," he told a close friend in it con-
fidential whisper. "I feel like it boy -
at times. They want to treat me like
an old man. Eighty uesb birthday?—
well, what if I am?"
Loudon, Jan. 4.—We of the ex-
istence of is new major planet situated
beyond Neptune, announced on the au-
thority of...photograph's evideuce by
Prof. Pickering, of Harvard Observatory,
has been received by the Solar Physics
Observatory itt Soutu Itensington. Ike
last two major planate, tieentie and Nett -
time, were distovered in 1781 and 1840, '
respectively. Neptune has been 'tither.
to regarded us the outermost Moder
planet of the solar system, and Rs di- i
ameter about four times that . of the ,
earth.
British astronomers have not been un-
,
prepared for the discovery of a great I
planet even beyond Neptune. For many •
rare paet various phenomena have been '
observed which could not be explained
by known facts, and many workers have I
been making calculations for determin-
lug the disturbieg factor, which was
surmised to be a Owlet of considerable
size beyond Neptune.
Prof. George Forbes, Id R. S., et veva
nets Ones ealaulated that the movemente
of a certain group of comets which vis-
ited the solar system in 1843, 1880 and
1882 were influenced • by some body
about one hundred times more distant
from the eun than the earth is, end with -
a year equal to one thousand of our
years.
It is hoped that within a few days the
results obtained by Prof. Picketing can
be eempared with the positiorts &Imi-
tated by Prof, Forbes. The now planet
is said to he at present in the
enstet-
Itilion of Gemini, which, eurionsty en -
°ugh. k the same censtelletion in
Whielt Willhsm ilerrichel iliseOVerea the
planet 'Uranus.
ROSE COMES BACK
On Way From Huntingdon ,With
Toronto Officers.
Toranto, Jan. 4. --Alexander Bose, the
Toronto Jail -breaker, who was arrested
recently*in lluntiegdon, Va., on chargee
of robbery, is being brought back to To-
ronto to face sentence for the murder -
o1)2 Assault on Miss Ethel Skitelt nearly
it year ago.
A telegram also conveyed the in-
tereAting news uf the arrest of William
D. Tones, ono of liose's companions
in Um os,,,,ipa from the Toronto jail.
:roues' arrest tame shortly after the
arrive! in Huntingdon of Inspector
Duncan end Deteetive Tipton. Jones
mill be sea to Neweastle, Penn., for
trial on it tharge of jail -breaking, 11
waA on ON eherge that Jimes WAR
Io lug held in Toronto tit the time of his
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t tope,
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Father jobn of Cronsieet, the f ewes;
by r laniattwho eo bitted.), assailed
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USE OF APPENDIX.
The Organ Possesses a Potential
Surgical Value.
London, jan. 3,—C. B. Keetley, in
the Lancet, continues his vindicatiou
of the character of the hitherto uni-
versally maligned vermiform appendix.
He is publishing a paper read at the
surgical section of the Royal Society
of Medicine, which points out that
Sir William MaisEtveu had demon-
strated that the appendix has physio-
logical uses of considerable import-
ance. It is not a useless and merely
vestige' organ, as has been reported.
It possesses also a potential surgical
value, which appears greater and
more astonishing the more experi-
ence one gains in appeudicotomy.
The author quotes Metchnikoff's sug-
gestims; that the appendix is 'useful in
staving off or postponing the degeneracy
of old Age. Ileetley urges in all cases
transplantation instead of amputation.
He says: "An appendix transplanbatiou
into the abdominal wall need not be
used for appendicotomy at the time, but
it is there if it ever should be wanted."
He quotes two case of perforativo ap-
pendieitit which were merely trivial, as
the appendices were securely embedded
in the abdominal wall.
CORNER IN EXTRACTS
How the Earthquake in Italy Will
be Brought Home to Other Nations.
New York, Jan.3,—A cable des-
patch to The Sun from London says: The
destruction. of Messina immediately af-
feoted the prices of its staple commodi-
ties. Citric acid Is steadily advancing.
Essence of /mon is selling for from 42
to 120 pence per pound, and oil of ber-
gamot, svhielt is largely used by the per-
fumery trade, at from 12 to 80 shillings
a pound.
Both are being held in the expecte,-
tion of a greater advance. Oil of sweet
otange, which sold for 66 pence per
pound, is now worth double that price.
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PORT FOR AIRSHIPS.
Treeless, Reckless Haven a Mile
Square to be Opened Near Paris.
ing rates. up to $1,000,000, beyoud IMO
ril Ineinneii Anal be eon/40044 to th*
State,
J, :Ramsay :eleielhinald, M. 11. for
laieeaterk will submit resolution* in•
eluding Oman& for the, epecial taxa-
tion o Ktete•conferred monopolies,
inereased eeteite and legaey (halo, and
a substantial beginning of the taxa-
tion of /and velum. Other resolutions,
all conceived le the advanced
iistie spirit, will be submitted, proving
that the Social Demoeratic leaders are
determined to persevere in their efforts
to make every trade union it. i5oehthlstl.
body. 111(.30 resolutions demand State
insurances for workineu, the maInten-
enter ot school children, it itxtiverSal
seven-I:1nm :lay, the nationalization of
laud, railwil.ve, Mince and hospitals, a
minimum universal wage of 80. hilhixigs
it week. and a UniVerSai adult franchise
for intiles and females.
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WEMYSS WARNS
Paris, Jan. 3. -7 -The first, aeroplane
pott which will6be for airships what
Cherbourg and Liverpool aro for ocean
liners will be opened at Jurisy-sur-Orgc,
not far from Paris, on Sadmary 10th.
This lauding place, -wheels has been
constructed by the Society for the En-
eouragement of Aerial Navigation only
with the greeted difficulty, is etbout One
mile square. It Was heliometry to clear the
space of all trees end rocks,
LABOR'S DEMANDS.
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Enemies Rave Twenty Plans For
Invasion of England.
Resolutions to be Submitted at Con-
gress at Portsmouth.
London, Jan, urging in the
Lords the cleims of the militia ballot to
'obtain the number of trebled men Lord
Roberts declares to be necessary /Or
home defence, Lord Wemyss told of a
general with whom he Ma talked re-
cently, who told him that there existed
on the continent twentg plums for the
invasiOn of England. Lord Wernyss de-
clared that this general had said to hint:
'Ono of the favorite plans is to invade
us with three separate armies of 100,-
000 men eaeh, and attack us in three
separate parts of our coast at the same
time.
"It is no exaggeration to say that
Britannia stands naked and unarmed,"
said Lord Womess, "and that it is pos-
sible atseny moment thal she maydrave
to fight for hearth, home and Empire.
"Ths militie ballot satisfied successive
statesmen from Pitt to Palmerston. It
would obtain for us • now 1,240,000 rnen.
"I call on the two front benches to
stretth hands across this table," he said,
urging both parties to join in a plan for
the defence of .our own shores.
Lord Lucas, the young under secre-
tary recently appointed territorial Min-
ister, complacently reeled off facts and
figures about the question of ineetiug
'Serious invasion,
New York, Jan. cable des-
: retell to The Sun from London ,erayst
• The Leber Party will hold its ninth
annual meetiug at Poidemotillt front
january.270 ,Jantiary 290. It will
disdese artistic proposals. These will
linelade fixing an oldeige peeelon
lbnit at 55 ;veors, ried the granting
of pensions to phyeically ineepacitatett
workers at the ego of llt). To
provide the.nreeesery fun& it le pee.
poeed that de income tax of two shit.
hugs tut tte ;Tomei be levied on in-
thInt", Of 41001001). • threa Sililitap On
incomes uf $1.)0,U00, and correvond.
HER DOLLY.
Burned to Death Showing It to
Friend on Christmas Tree,
Detroit, Jan. 4.,—Baby Doris Leonard,
five-year-old daughter, of E. S. Leonard,
1105 Brooklyn avenue, is dead from
burns received Thuridey evening while
showing Christmas presents to her play-
mate Hazel Roberts. -
'My dollie is on the Christmas tree,"
she gleefully told her little friend. "Wait
until 1 light the caridles."
Running to the kite:ben, she struck a
matele which ignited. the sleeve of her
white muffin dress. She ran screaming
into the dining room, where Mrs, Leon-
ard was sitting, reading to eight-year-
old Edwin. The frightened mother has-
tily snatched a heavy coat front tha hall
hat rack and threw it around the child.
Edwin pulled off his sweater and togeth-
er they succeeded in putting out the
flames.
The tipper part of the child's body was
badly burned. Doctors Lenox and Ford,
who were summoned, held out no hope
for her recovery. It was thought she
had inhaled smoke and Baines. She died
yesterday. Mr. Leonard, who is mana-
ger of the Meek Advertising Co., was
out of the city at the time of the acci-
dent. He arrived home to find his little
girl dead. Mrs. Leonard is grief-strick-
en and is eonfined to her bed. Physis
glans are in attendance.
FAIR PLAY.
GOLDEN WED
Police Magistrate of Guelph ofti
Wife Celebrate Annivolorr.
Fatuity eunion and Presentafieas
to, the Aged Couple.
(Socha Despatch to the Times.)
CittoIpIs,an. 4.—The golden au!.
versary is to -day 'being celebrated of
the wedding of Police Magistrate W. 0
Sounders and his wife, who fifty yeas •
ago were married in St. George s
Church, Guelph. 1Vragistrate Saunders
int8 for forty-one years been the pre-
siding office): of justice of Guelph.
rttd a citizen highly respected. fie
was born eeventy-sic years ago in
remit% Son of th.e late Thommi
Saunders, who came to Puslinch town-
ship in 1883. Hero he cleared what
is now the Sorby Bstatc, the finest
farm in the district, and besides look.
ed after his dunes as Clerk ol the •
Peace of the county. Thomas W.
Saunders was educated in the Guelph
Grammar School and by private tutor,
being culled to the Bar in. 1856, and
1807 Was appointed police magistrate
' of Guelph, The wedding in $t.
Georges,s Church, Guelph, to Miss W.
S. Wilson, daughter of the late
Thomas Wilson, took place on Jan.
4, 1859, by Bev. Canon Stewart, of
Belfast, Ireland, who happened to be
in the town. Of the six groomsmen
but one survives, Crown Attorney
Hoary Wm. Peterson, of this city,
and of the eight bridesmaids, the
groom's two sisters and Mrs. Tuck,
of Orangeville,
There were two daughters and five
-
sons, the latter all surviving„ ye°,
a prominent barrister of ,Toronto with
the firm of Kiugrunill, Helimuth,
Sa,unders it: Torrance, Wellington
street; Sygney, manager of the Batik
of 1Nittitreal branch in Mexico City;
George, a prominent contractbr, also
of Mexico City; Bernard, manager
'of the Bloor and Dovercourt street
branch, Dominion. Bank, Toronto, and
Stewart, accountant for the same in-
stitution in Toronto.
Besides the five sons a dozon gretad-
children swelled the happy party at
the reunion, consisting of relatives
and old family friends who thia even-
ing will sit down to a. dinner ia the
City Hall. A reception was held this
afternoon at the family home. Mr.
and Mrs. Saunders have becu the re-
cipients of presents from the congre-
gation of St. jetties' Church and of a
purse from the legal profession.
COPY LABOR ACT.
Deputation Protests Aga:nst Obscene
Postal Cards.
Ottawa, Out., Jan. 4. --More evidence
has been received at Ottawa that Cana-
dian labor legislatioh is being forwerdel
in the 'United States. The. Department
of Labor has received copies of bills
based on the Lemieux Act which are to
be introduced by the Governments ot
the States of Wisconsin and California.
The Canadian authorities are asked for
their opinions of the proposed laws.
Ottawa representatives of the ,A.411 -
Me Reform Association this morning
waited upon Hon. William Paterson ansi
asked for the strict enforcement of the
law prohibiting -the display of obscene
pesters,
post cards and literature.. Hon.
Paterson pointed out that the At-
torneys -General of the various Province.;
had the duty of administering the see.
tion of the criminal code which relates
to the distribution and 'display of ob-
scene matter, while the Dominion could
only cleat with objectionable matter
where it was being imported.% He stated
that his officers had explicit mstrudions
to enforce this act, and that many 'seiz-
ures of objectionable matters were made
from time to time.
Col. Swayne's Plea For East India
Imm_igaants.
•
Ottawa, Jan. 3,—The importance from
an Imperial standpoint of giving British
fair play to lite East Indians on the
Pacific coast was one of the points em-
phasized by Gee. swayne, Governor of
Britielt Honduras, before the Canadian
Club on Sattietat,y. The 'nem theme was ,
the need of an agricultural population :
in Honduras. If he could get the East
Indians from British Columbia he could :
predict 0, large trade in cotton, sugar
and bananas with Canada throtigh St.
John. He told of tho cheapness with 1
which bananas; and oranges could be •
shipped. "We can send our bananas at .
30 cents a bunch to St. John; they are i
25 cents it inmeh in Honduras, and in ,
New Orleans they immediately rise to
is bunch,"
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CH I LDREN HAV_E_APTHUS FEVER, '
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Houses Near Rochester Are Placed i
Under Quarantine. •
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Rochester, N. Y., Jan. 3,--Tbe State
Department of Health at Albany, after '
reading the reports of Dr. S. G. Her- .
mance and others sent to Glee sson, neat
this eity, to investigate the illness of
children supposed to be afflicted with .
foot and mouth disease, have ordered
the quarantine of all bouses in Clark: -
son where the children are ill. The un-
nouncenteitt ia, also made that the chit- •
dreh have aptlitts fever, or foot and
mouth disease.
Dr. Hermance says that he thinks the
dieease bas been checked, cold that the
children affeeted will recover, as all are
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progressing nicely toward heelth,
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FARMER GORED TO DEATH.
Was Killed by Bull in Field at Davi-
bury, Conn.
Danbury, Conn., Ian. 3. -- James
Reynolds, it wealthy and prominent
fermer, was gored to death by a bull
in is field on itis farm near the town
of Danbury te.day. The body, ter-
ribly torn end mangled, with the foe
crushed in, vas found by his son,
Theodore, tilts afternoon lying face
downwards in one Corner of the field,
while all *bout were evidentes that it
fierce struggle had taken plate. The
medical examiner expressed the opin-
ion that the animal after killing the
farmed had trampled on the body and
tossed it about. Mr. ileynolds was
sixty-three years of age,
FATAL SMASH..
Tulsa, 'lath engineer and
fireman were kiliesi arid twenty others
wero hurt to,day when it pamenger
train ami it freight train on lite 1riseo
road collided head on near Vieher, it
mall statioat twelve miles west of Tulsa,
A trein carrying physicians wits scut
from 'rulse.
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TO SPEND LESS.
.1••••••••61•4102,
Emperor of Germany and Crown
Prince Cutting Down Expense,.
&Wu, San. 4.—It is reported in coed
circles tliat the Emperor has issued in-
structions to officers of the household
for greeter economy. Tiso Emperor
in-
tcttds to travel less and live in a ,simpler
manner this year. The reports that the
Emperor desires to sell some of his cas-
tles le eonfirmed. The Emperor has fifty-
two provuudal residences, some of which
he has never oven -visited. The prejected
economies are undertaken because recent
events have rendered this an inoppor-
tune time to ask the Prussian Parliament
for an increase in the allowance to the
Emperor as King of Prussia. The empire
itself makes no grants for the mainten-
ance of the Emperor awl his family.
The Crowe Prince is also retrenching
his expenses and has caucelled the ar-
rangements for rettovating the tebels-
berg Chateau near Potsdam, the favor-
ite residence of William I, which has
been assigned to the Crown Prince as a
summer home.
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SAVED 300 MEN
And They Present Their Superinten-
dent With Diningroom Set.
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Witulsor, Out., San. 4.—One huudred
of the underground night toilers 'at the
Windsor': end of the Michigan Ceutral
tumid gathered at the home of Arthur
Sehennam night Superintendent, and
presented Mr. Schuman with a handsome
diebagroons set as a token of their good
fellowship. It was Schuman who risked
his life when 300 of his men were
ceught like rets lit a trap at the time
fire was diseavered in the huge tube, and
who was seriously injured and overcome
by smoke.
CHURCH WRECKED.
Explosion Injures Rector and Blows
Off Roof and Front of Church.
Pembroke, Jan. 4. --Aa explosion of
ett acetyline tank wreaked St, f3tep1sen's
English Mira at Ilicksburg last even-
ing. The ,riernmaii, Bev. Mr. Orr, was
'burned on tite hands and face, and Sam-
uel Buckley WAS severely homed and
heel his 'kick hurl. The eepirerion
rn-
t'ttrrtil *bout 0,30, &Of •wri /rent before'
evening service. The front of the
thin -eh, this roof and the, whulows were
blown out, The building wee of erne.
ramie, and was erected two years ago.
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