HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1909-02-04, Page 7MONTREAL
WAS SHAKEN.
Slight Earthquake Shocks Make the
City Tremble,
Frightened Citizens Rush Out of
Their Houses.
No Damage Done-..Dien't Evan
Crack the Plastet
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Montreal., Que., Fele 1.--Tids city was,
visited. by a eerits of eerthquakee early
Ude morning. The iduieles, while dia.
Mite were tome of them severe, and
appear to hare leeeu confined to the
eity and immeddaie vieinity, asreporta
:from localities off the lehuala of Mont -
nal indicated oe diets -Maumee. The
first shook came at 11.45 last ntgeht, ad
other tremors followed betwea that
time and 12,30 this morning. All WaS
quiet again until 3.20 o'clock, when an-
other shod: was felt. This was in some
portione of the eity the most severe of
all. In no met were the simeles of
more than momeatary duration. In the
-western portent of the city and suburbs
in that direction the shack was much
more distinct than in the castera roe-
temie of Montreal.
Throughout the island residents IVRP3
awakened, and in many instances the
frightened inmates of houses rushed out
into the zero weather. There are no
reports of casualties, however, and in no
instance was the strode sufficiently
SPrrre i0 even disturb the pleader on
the walle,
Montreal was visited by a series of
earthquakes in 1897, and those, which
were apreaci over a period of several
days, wore much more severe than were
the preeent disturbances. scien-
tists are of the opinion that the present
disturbanees are indirectly connected
with those width have occurred on the
other side of the world. •Mount Royal,
which overlooks the city, was at one
period of its existence a living volcano,
last not for many ,ages has it Veen active,
and•• seientists are of the opinion that
it never will be again.
BARRED AT BORDER
Young Elopers Arxious to Get
Married in United States,
Windsor, Ont., Jan, 31. - Exactly
.three weeks ego yesterday Miss
Jeanne Boudreau, aged twenty years; a
pretty little Freezeh-Leinadian girl, whose
perents are prommeot soeially and fin
ancially in Montreal, met Heigh Law-
rence, tall, handsome and one year her
senior. She promptly fell violently in
love with.bine, and he was not reluctant,
but confessed bis financial embarrass-
ment. - •
Not to be thwarted, the young lady
announced her willingness to finance
a tile) to DetTolt, on eondition that
Lawrence would marry her on their
arrival there.. Ile agreed, and they
retorted. But when they crossed the
American boundary at Sarnia yesterday,
the lanitea States imm.igration officials
refused them. entrance • because they
were not husband' and wife.
The young people were much depress-
eaat the action of the officials, but de-
clared their intenton of making a second
attempt to cross at Windsor; when they
hoped to meet with better success. They
bad tot croseed up to 6 o'clock to -night.
ke Iloudreau is well supplied with
money and says she will marry the man
of iser choice at all hazards. Lawrence
ie a civil engineer, and well connected in
Ottawa.
HAIL INSURANCE.
Alberta Government Fiuds li 00
Expers.ve.
the mengot ready with their hoe
Hum wee the Nina thet
.Strum, the eetiond uzato. Mel not
come on -deck, rfe. wee etill doeves
the smoke-filled compertment. A •
quick order from the captale to
“stand by." end he turned back te be-
tween neal again. To the pawn, -
gore it eeemed. very on before the
.i.econd officer staggered out .ou !leek,
Behind him came the captain, aud es
he put his feet on the deck theskip.
per staggered and fell.. But within
e raw Inoratee he was weetered to
coneciouenees and took command of
the fire-fighters again.
On Wedneeday the veesel ran into a
terrific gale, such a one as he must
have bucked time awl time again
when as the Uonmouthehire she brought
cargoes froni the far east and, battled
with typhoons in the China. seas. She
was laboring through, the terrifies sees
when a aced, pipe broke, and the megin,
am couldjust aboue keep up enough
steam to keep her head up to -the seas.
So rough wa$ the weather that they
were unable to stop the engines to make
the necessaTy repairs. Frain that time
on until port was almost in sight the
Eorena wee fightbeg her way through
almosb continual storms. -
'THE MERCURY
?,2 BELOW.
AN ANGRY IRISHMAN
Sir F. Carson's Violent Attack on
Mr. Eirrell.
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N'ew Yoe;s, Jan, 0.-A. cable despatch
to the Sun from Loudon says; The
language of extreme denunciation used
yesterdaY by Sir Edward Carson, M. p.
for Dublin trniversity and. at one tinae
Solicitor -General for Irelend, against Mr.
Birrell, Chief Seeretere for Ireland,
shove the pitch of party feeling which
has been aroused in Lelend. Sir Ed -
Ward mid:
"As e 111511 who has held high office
in Ireland 1 declare that at the present
moment the condition of 'rel.:And is
the gravest scandal make any Govern.
meat of any country that has been seen
in our time and. is a foul stain oa the
British flag. I am not going to make
any personal attack on Mr, Birrell. He
is beuoath contempt. He is a mere
party puppet playing the party game
for the sake of Irish votes."
Sir Edward (meted statistics of la.st
year's record of outrages in Ireland,
which showed a vast increase over any
previnus year, wbile the Government
does not make the slightest attempt to
prevent or stop tire.
SLATER WEDDING.
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To Marry in the States to Avoid
Church Law.
Edmonton, Alta., Jan. al. -The
Goveroment hail insurance in Al-
berta has proved a failure, as in other
places where it has be.eu tried, ac-
cording to the report of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture, which has been
Iaid on the table of the Legislature.
The amount received by the Govern-
ment in premieuns was <oily $26,-
01141, while the indemnity paid to
farmers was $69,405. To this must
be .added the expense of administra-
tion, $3,381.98, leaving the defioit
$46,848.87. The area insured was
25.4 per cent. of the total under
crop of 740,051 acres. The acreage
&reneged ran to 23.10 per cent. The
report shows an increase in stools ex-
portation amounting to four per cent.
ovet the previous year.
Vital statiaties contained in the re-
port show a total of 5,904 births, an
marease of 26 per cent.; 1,984 =a.'
riages, and 2,094 deaths.
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FIRE AND STORM.
exotTING PASSAGE OF THE
STEAMER KORONA,
Fire Broke Out on Quebet Liner
Shortly After Leaving St. Thomas
---Then She Ran Into Storm, and
IVIachinery Broke -The Captain's
Heroism.
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alontrega Que., reb. 1. -Miss Slater,
daughter of Geo. Slater, shoe manufac-
turer; of Montreal, will wed W. 11. *Mof-
fatt, of New York City, at. Plattsburg,
on Wednesday, 'and the couple will then
seturn aerie for a wedding reSeption at
the Windsor. The reason for having the
ceremony on American territory is to
avoid the application of the Roman
Catholic Church law in respect, to mixed
Marriages, Miss Slater being a Pro-
testant and Moffatt a Catholic. Last
spring Archbishop Bruchesi took strong
grounds against mixed marriages.
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New York, Jan. 31. --The story of
the heroic work of a, crew in fighting
fire at sea and of a skipper who brav-
et death to discover the location of
the fire in his vessel's hold and save his
second officer was told to -day whet.)
the Quebee liner 'formai got in from
the lerest Indies. Tile voyage was a site-
eessiou of stirring ineidents for the
;welt° or more paeseugers and for her
,offieere and men, and a fight spinet
The, broken reciehinery and almost con.
linnets gales and head seas. The steamer
reached her pier early this morning,
and before the passengers None ashore
they presented a testimonial to the cap-
tain, his offieets and men, commending
them for theitsbravery,
The Emile, commanded by Captain
Tamest T. Cartnichael. gaited from St.
Themes,
he laet port of call, on Ian -
tau 23. Fee three days she ran through
4eoniparative1y smooth water. Late in the
ofterneen of Sanitary 25 olie of the men,
going forward, dieeovered emolee eons.
Ling front the farad Welt, Ile at °flee
,earried the word to the bridge, and very
frodetly Captain Carmichael gave the
ordere ib fight the fire.
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. WHERE IS HE?
Peter Robatson, of .1nterior De-
aartmenl-, Ottawa, Missing.
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Ottawa, Jan. 31. -Peter Robinson, ea -
emulated of the Iaterior Department,
eas been missing since Wednesday last,
old earch has failed to disclose any
'Alice of hint. He was sixty years old,
111(1 had been in the service 51000 1877.
entering as ,meeserigar, he advanced steed.
ly until he gained the position of first.
oase. clerk, and was assigned to it post
coneiderable financial responsibility.
Iis books have been examined, and show
that his ccounts are absolutely correct,
de has been in poor health for some
gime, but no cause can be discovered for
lisappearance.
NEW NIAGARA BRIDGE,
Company. Seeking Incorporation to
Build Below G. T. R. Bridge.
Welland, Jan. 31 -Assemblyman Drap-
er's MR aims to incorporate the Lower
Bridge Compang, to build it bridge
across the Niagara River below the
Falls, provides for the maintenance and
construction of a bridge from a point on
the American side .nearly opposite Do
ux
VeaCollege, which leu short dis-
tance below the Greed_ Trienk bridge
now in use, The Canadian oomMissions
era are Messrs-. William German, Wt. P.,
James Bampfield, John Bampfield and
C. S. Warner, and the Anieritati com-
missioners Messrs, •Harry Nichols, ,Johne
L Nice, M. S. Maloney and Lewis
iin-
key.
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FRIGHTENS LION..
Mother Drives Beast From Body of
Baby It Was Eating.
Balboa, Cal., Jan. 31.-4 moantaie
lion erunching the lifeless and mangled
Oody of her two-year-old boy, was the
eight that greeted Mrs, Chris Brown litat
eight,when she entered the family tent,
four miles from the Hotel Delmar, after
e -shod walk. The mother in despair
Malted Serearnieg at the beastly slayer
If her child, The lion growlea savagely
end backed slowly out of the rear of the
ent, his mouth dripping with the bieby'i
blood, tied disappeared.
The Brown family arrived Irene Dela-
ware two Weeks ago.
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LORD CECIL A MISSIONARY.
New York's Poor Suffered Terribly
From Cold.
Feeding the Hungry and Lodging
the Homeless Wautierers,
Rochester, Albany, Rome, 'Malone,
and Utica feel the Frost!.
New Yak, Feb, 1. ---Swept by a biting
northwest Wind, New York City to -day
experienced the coldest, weather of the
winter. With the tempereture 111eome
portions of the greater city down to the
.aero point just before daylight tied the
offieial thermometer of the weather
bureau registering. five degrees above
ace°, the suffering of theo homeless dur-
ing the night must have been intense.
Two thousand applicants for food and
coffee were lined up at ther Bowery Mis
elon during the uight, which was the
hugest number fed at that Dime time
far this winter. In tulaition to these,
318 persons, incluaing 24 women. were
shelter at the city lodging house
and at the pier of the charities depart-
ineut et the foot of East teeth street.
The street cleaning department had 000
men at work removing the snow during
the eight, but when the cold became in-
tense the men suffered so greatly that
the work wee discontinued.
32 BELOW,
Malone, N. -Y., Feb. 1. -The mercury
et Beaver River this morning registered
degreea below zero. At Loon Lake
it was 20 below; at Meacham Lake 28
and at Lake Titus 24 below. The low
reeerd in Malone was 18 below.
28 BELOW.
m
Roe, N. Y., Feb. 1. -Leet night was
the coldest of the season, the mercury
.going to 28 below zere,
.TEN BELOW.
Roehoetere N. Y„ Feb. 1.-• Western
New York is weather bound. During the
Pest 24 hours the thermometer has
varied from 30 degrece above -zero to 10
below at various exposed 'points. There
are nine niches of snow en an average
in this county.
SIX BELOW.
Albany, N. Y. Feb, 1. --The thermome-
ter at the local weather bureau regis-
tered six below zero early to -day. The
cold was intensified by It twenty -mile
wind, which blew throughout the naght.
ONLY • ONE BELOW.
Buffalo, N. Y., Feb. 1, -The ther-
mometer at the weather bureau regie-
tend one degree below zero at 5 a.m.
.4.4 9 o'cloele the temperature had risen
to three above. ,
lb BELOW,
Utica, N. Y., Feb. was intensely
cold thronghout Ire Mohawk A,altey yes-
terday and last night, and Mm
e orn-
ing temperatures were as low as 18 be-
low zero, aecording to exposure. At 9
o'elock this morning the mercury was
nine below in this city.
9 BELOW AT TORONTO. •
Toronto, Feb. 1. -This morning broke
the record of this season in the mat-
ter of low temperatures. in Toronto. The
official thermometer up at the observe -
toy registered 9 below zero at six a.
m., and six below at 8 'a. in.
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JOINS TORONTO.
Square Mile of Territory ana 4,000
Qeople Added.
Teronto[Feb. 1.-Ia aceordanee with
the vote of the residents, a square mile
or so of territory, comprised in the sub-
mem of Wyenwood Palk and Bracoudale,
together with Sir Henry Pellatt's and
other big estates situated on the brow of
the bill overlooking the city on the
:meth, became part, of Toronto .at
rnid-
night last niteht. About 4,000 is added
to the population of the eity by the an-
nexation of these suburbs.
Will Go to China to Improve Edu
catMethods.
London,
Meods.
London, Tan, 31. -To 'Westernize the
east by means of a Chtistiati university
-in Chloe, which will teach the Chinese
the principles of good govetnment and
knotvicdge of the gospel, is the am -
Jaime Objete of the Rev. Lord 'William
Cecil's visit to China next inontlt.
The teverend gentleman who holds
his noble title through courtesy, is the
Am of the late Lord Salisbury, fornieT
Prime Ministet of England. Ile is now
the reetor of Hatfield, the historic seat
of the Calle,
BROKEN RUDDER.
'New York, Feb. 1.---1•110 American
finer St, I,enis, witieh was (t143age
t 'n!
York' Salueuley front Southampton nen
Cherbourg, but Was delayed by a Mole
en riulder, errierd at the Airdwohe Chan
nel lightship at 7,10 et, 11). to -silty, ant
,& few en) an
orders were Even d WAS met by two tugs,
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ELOPER IN TROUBLE.
Committed For Trial. For Aiding in
Theft.
Brookville, Tan. 31.--/n the Police
Court yesterday , Edwin Baruhart, it
young men who eloped with Mrs. J.
A. Pyke, but only got as far as Lyn,
five miles west of here, when the
pair were caught by the girl's father
and uncle and Barnhart was gleam a
4orsew1&ipping, was committed for
trial on the charge of aiding the WO-
nian to steal.
Mrs. Pyres swore she and Barnhart
had platned to elope a week before,
and that he kuew of her taking $30
from her husbend.
Dirk to whom Mr. Orem relateil
the eirettinetitaMs a -trap wee 144 to
eetelt Warden Armstrong, arid he fell
lute
Armstrong Seen obtained temporary
freedom by petting en nett Inn, nal
this afternoon, In eompany with his
Attorney, came te Detroit, where lie
met Governer Warner and explained
his side of the teat, se far as he wee
able. To -morrow menthere of the
Board of Control, together with Governor
Washer, vial' ,formaily take evidence) In
the nee.
When newe of the Warden'e arrest
leaked out through the big prieon tide
morning the 2.10$ conviet$ confined there
received it quietly. In times Fait, when
mattere of eapecial 1 eportance heve
ecenrred, paudemonium reigned supreme,
.whieh it was praetieally empoeillde to
sapprees. Deputy Warden 'Wenger, in
charge of the prison in the Warden's elo
%epee, 'talked to the prisonersin chapel,
told them their privilegea ,woulat depenel
on their goodbehavior, and that if there
was no tbstuTbanee welsh& the
wand newspapers to circulate, Then the
prisoners were returned to their eolle
and allowed 40 read the news.
WARDEN '4.ARRESTED.
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46 Drowned
e Melbourne, Feb, 1, --Tho British
steamer Clan Raised, is a total
wre.ole near Edithburg and the
captain and 46 of the crew, most
of whom were Asiatics, wore all
drowned. The veesel was seen drift-
ing ashore trust night, but sank
before boats could reach her.
Eighteen members of the crew, in-
cluding twelve coolies, were pick-
ed up. The Clan Ronald was
struck by it heavy sea yesterday
afternoon aud rendered unmau-
tioneap atigaa nags, .emeo.813
ashore, she turned turtle.
esess-e•-•-seees-ase-se-e-e-s-s-e-e-e-see-e-e-e-e-e-ele
HEAD OP MICHIGAN STATE °FUS -
ON IN CUSTODY. -
MAIL WRECKED,
Bad Smash-up on Intercolonial Near
Campbellton.
Monetoo, N. 3.1a Jan. 31. -At 12.45 to-
day the British mail special, in charge
of Cooductor Win. Crockett, which left
Moncton about 7 o'clock this morning,
with a double-header, was wrecked about
four miles east of Campbellton. In the
enpanes' cabs were Drivers C. Cool, of
Campbellton, and A. II. Fryers, Monc-
ton; Firemen Thos. Clark and Walter
Carson, Moncton. Driver Cool, who was
in the .head engine, was pinned beneath
the engine and was killed, while Driver
Fryers was scalded about the head,
arms and legs, and had his leg injured.
Firemen Carson and Clark were also
severely scalded about the head, arms
and legs, but none of the injuries are ser -
10118. It was 8 o'clock this evening be-
fore 'the dead body of Driver lefeCool was
taken from beneath the wreeked engine.
Both engines toppled over on their sides
and were badly wrecked. The mails were
transferred to other ,baggage ears, end
were forwarded as soon as possible.
Aceused of Taking a Bribe and Agree-
ing to Accept Cash Bonus from
Firm Which Has a Prison Con-
tract,
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Detroit, jan, 31. -With the epecifie
tecueiatiou that he :toole $100 from F.
N. Green, of Ionia Secretary of the
Acme Reed Furniettre Co., whiclt is
merating under contract in the prison,
and agreed to accept, a easlt hostile of
$500 and .5200 per month during the life
of the emitted, Allen N. Atnistronge
Wroden of Michigan. State Prism at
Jack:con, was pitletai under arrest last
aight. •
When searched by the Sheriff,
,ettrked bills Wei& lied been given
.11111 weve found in big In)4s8s5i0ll•
Further proof of guilt W.14 atit) dis.
eovered in bite paper roovered
from a ettspidor, on which Arinairong
;mil written hie demands. Expert -641.
enuntente will be employed to go ovir
iJia books of the prison to see if
:either irregillarities can be found,
ernistrong si 1 neloubtedly be su.3!,
needed at (Mee by the Board of Cm-
trol., •witielt Will meet in Jaelseou to -
Mont%
areen desired to ehange the prison
fernitmeernetking "vontittet, wlt41t the
Werderi 'threatened to prevent un1e44
be was "fixed."
On the adviee of Attorneettleneral
GANANOQUE S
FIRE LOSS.
oo.00mooleotO
Turner's Block and the Opera
House 'Burned,
eo.or-o•-•000..,
Abbott's JeweirY Store Robbed
Same Night,
requeeted. 144111111iee Wn. liana by- men,
and theel Mae the iseWe et the re,t4
• an4 the text of the f AMOue. tolegrool
wee; fornalelated in the Porelp moo,
Ib was submitted to the leaiser, to
whom It was represented that a, few
words congratulating the Iloore on
having repelled the atteek , without
foreigu aid weld be a good way togive
thein a sugar-eoated refusal te inter-
ven01 ft was on this polled that the
Envoi: Was Indueed to sign the des.
patch, The effect, as is- well known, Wee3
to enrage Britain, and the iriaperor Was
blamed for another heeeleenee of thee
Installer:re tentrorament .which has been
eonetantly entbarrereaing hie Porelgit
Offiee, Ile bnn borne the blame sileptly
for twelve yeare.
This rise:mud of the .se..r 4 history
of the Kruger telegram is in line with
the trend of popular Oilman seal.
Inca. Under the influeneo of the
birthday velebratione the title Is turn-
ing linverd the Fineeror, who. isnow
by many oomildered an nbuled mar. As
Afitjesty'e ropularity returns, Chan,
eellor Non Buelowre falt beeemes more
probable,
Clananoque, Jan. 31,--4.t 3.30 Otis
moruing in the dere of jos, 'McCauley,
Turner biock, corner of Tsang and Stone
streets, flouts were discoverea coming
out el the plate glass window. The
firwtlefi leilpor‘eveil(11g,fa‘\sitli.01.41,202111teetvilye sitionel.iin
ovvecrl
"the buildings. The Turner Week, owned
by W. Y. Boya„ is n three-storey brick
occupied by Clifford Sine, drag -
gist, stock 1S15,100, insurance Si8,090,
eomplete loss -' Corrigan SisCoy, dry
goods, complete loss, insurance not
known; Jas, McCauley, restaurant and
billiard room, insured, In the secoad
flat the Tiger hockey team bad their
club rooms; W, Y. Boyd, insuranceof-
fice, and Professor Jackson, musical
studio. On the third storey was the Col.
onial Theatre. Nothing was- saved in
the btiihuing. Insurance not known.
The. (trend Opera House, a conerete
block building, and one Of the most n11 -
to -dale opera houses in the Brovince,
was corapletely destroyed. W. O. Rog -
115 states he has 58,000 insurance on -the
building. The building was not a year
old, anti cost 4:30,000, afr, Rogers' loss
will be fully 525,060. He had a meat
store in the bullelloge which is a total,
loss, Peters Bros, had a restaurant in
the building which is also, n, total loss,
The Worleanen and Canadian Order of
Foresters bad their ball oyer the stores
in thia block, aod it, too, is a complete
loss. The total loss is estimated at
$104,000.
HEAVY LOSS AT ST. JOHN'.
St. 'John, N., Re Jan, 31. -Early on
Sunday Morning in the. thick of a wild
snowstorm King street was the scene
of it spectacular the 'whiele gutted the
building owned by James E. White, in
which Reid Bros. carried on business as
wall paper and picture- frame dealers,
destroylog the stock valued .et $12,000,
and resulting in damage from .smoke and
water to tire adjoining bnildings men;
pied by Dunlap. Cooke 8:: Co.. and A. 0.
Skinner, The total loss is placed at
about 520,000 and is covered by insur-
ance. During the progress of the fire
ArrnstrongaClifford, it fireman, was bad-
ly bruised by the fall of a ladder.
BIG BLAZE AT SCHREIBER,
Schreiber Jan. 31. -During one of the
wildest gales ever experienced in this
part of the country fire broke out in
the roof of the Qaecies Hotel here about
7.15 on Friday night, and in less than
two hours the hotel, together with the
whole business block adjaeent, was re.
d'uced to ashes. Only the presence of a
thick stone wall .between the hotel and
the store occupied by the. Schreiber
Trading Company and the post office,
and. the efforts of 0, volunteer fire brig-
ade with the assistance of the 0. P. 11.
.fire hose saved the latter building from
destruetion also. As it Seas, the trading
company's store and stock were badly
damaged by fire and water,
PHARAOH'S HARD HEART.
London Pathologists Hold a Post -
Mortem on King's Mummy.
London, Jan. 31. --The Pharaoh -whose
heart was 'maimed against the children
of levied 90 that he would not let them
go, was obberwise knows]. as Meneplitale
Some time ago was deseribed the diecov.
cry of his nitunmy in the tomb of Amen-
hotep 31.
Prof. Eliot Smith unwrapped the
mummy anCl sen e sections of the aorta
to the Royal College of Physicians,
London, the president of which exhibit-
ed them to the pathologieal section. lt
is now seen that Pharaoh's heart was
hardened in another and literal sense ef
the word.
To quote The Lancet: - "Mid aectiorse
show typical senile Caldification of the
orta, the bony lamelliform layers be-
ing perfeetly preserved and the inter-.
lamellar natterial thiekly strewn with
phosphate of lime."
INIeneplitali was an old inert when he
died.
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AN ACCIDENTAL TRAGEDY.
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Brother of Chicago's Mayor Shoots
a Woman.
Chicago, Jen, 31. -George Busse, bro-
ther of Mayor Fred A. Busse, of Chica-
go, tonight accidentally shot and killed
Mrs. Luelus G. 'Tnekerman, 32 years
wifn of a fruit dealer at Milton, N. Y.
The shooting occurred ni the Wal-
ton Apartmepts Bailding, 305 North
Clark street,where she wits visiting
her father, Brigadier -General A. 0.
Gerard, retired'. George Buese, in his
apartment across an areaway from
General Gerard's apertment, was de-
meinstrabing the use of it revolver to
bis housemaid, so that she could em-
ploy the weapon in case bur,glara came.
The revolver was accideotally discharg-
ed. The bad went, through two 'win-
dows and pierced Mrs, Tuckerman's
lwart,
Mayor Busse, was present at the shoot-
ing,, and in.formed the police.
SUSPECTED OF ARSON.
Two Brothers Arrested at Emerson,
Manitoba,
Emerson, Jan. .3 circumstances
surrounding the disastrous fire Which
destroyed the Alexandria block and ad-
joining buildings on Friday night were so
very suspicious that .Attorney-Gencaal
Campbell yeaterday otdered the arrest
of Pereles Bretton's, two men who were
sellink a bankrupt stock in it store in the
Work. The fire started in their prere-
Ws. and was said ti a Mire ben 0411304
by the epseteing of it stove, though no
-explanation has ken advaneed so Inc
as to bow it eame 'to be overtnened. Tbs
finaneial loss will run neatly to eue huts
deed thousand dollars.
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SOUL MATES,
War Waged on Affinitiesly Kanas
• Legislature.
Topeka., Kane Jan. 31. -The Senate
Judiciatv Commiteee has been consider-
ing Senator 'mots' "auti-soulmate" bill,
and it will probably report it backfav-
oring its passage.
The Travis bill makes abandonment of
wife or minor children a crime, and the
penalty a term in the penitentiary of
not more than five years.
The judiciary Committee may amend
the bill by qualifyiog the wife desertion
celnue.”
ussewith the words, "without just
"That will- suit. 1110," Senator Travis
said. "I don't believe any jury in Ram-
sas will become so advanced as to reeog-
tiie 'the order of fifteen.' Ghostlike af-
finities won't go in Kansas. I desire to
make it so that when a husband says
he is adfinitized' or ‘soulmateda he'll
have a chance to get good substantial
treatment over in Lansing or in the
county jail.
"In Allen County, my home, we have
it number of wife desertions. Before
Artist Earle made it known that there
was sueh a thing as an affinity, or soul -
mate, these wife deserters Were keown
by their right names.Now, even in Al-
len •Conety je heat of affinities."
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DEAD IN BED.
Widow of .11on. G. W. Allan Dies
of Heart Faure.
IN INTERESTS OF 001.1111ES,
Attorney -General 1Cent Confers With
Sir Charles Fitzpatrick.
St, John's, Nike, .11111. 31,- Attorney-
flenetal lent, of this colony, who repre-
sented Premier Pond as the recent fish -
take conference in Washington with the
Britielt Ambesetelor, Mr Bryce, and :110.
Mot, the Secretary of State, is under -
Filmed to have had s,. ederview with
Chief Justice Sir Charles Fitzpatriek, of
Ottawa, in New York yeeteriley regard-
iug the propoio(i arbitratimt preecellinee
it The Ifitgue. Chief Justice Fitzpatrick
Im to reprceent Canada end Newfound-
land lafore The %tette tributiel in the
dititeslon of the fisheries question.
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Socialists Riot
Hanover, Gerinany, rob, 1. --
Socialist denionatratioas here yes-
terday in protest against the
Peussian election lave remelted in
a collision between, the Socialists
and the police. The police used
their sideerms against the demon-
strators, and in the fighting be-
tween twenty and thirty persons
were injured. The police also made
numerous arrests, Order finally
was restored.
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woomomi:to
STOLE FROM DEAD.
Toronto, Ont., Feb. 1, -Mrs.
widow of the late Hon, G, Allan, was
found dead in bed at the faanily resi-
dence, Homewood avenue, this morning.
She was 73 years of age. Heart failure
was undoubtedly the cause of death. Six.
eleildren etervive, one of them. being Geo.
Allan, of Winnipeg, it C. P. R. solicitde
The late non. G. W. Allan was one of
Toronto's foremost citizens, and It was
Ile who gave to the eity the magnificent
park property on Sherheurne street, now
kuown as the Allan Gardens,
KRUGER TELEGRAM.
SECRET HISTORY OF THE 1A1S-
ER'S FAMOUS MESSAGE.
Adolf Stein, In Book.to be Issued Thie
Weeks, Tells That it Was Pre*
pared in Cerulean Foreign Office-.
Kaiser, Urged by His Advisors to
Send It.
*MY
Got Four Months For Stealing Rings
• off a Corpse.
Ottawa, °Mee; Feb. 1.- 'An Ottawa
woman was thismorning sentenced foe
steallug from a corpse. Mrs. Nieholae
Normant died, and Moe. Adenue Bovin
helped to lay her opt. The husband
noticed that the ring% were missing from
thedead wife's: fingers, and it police
investigation disclosed the faet that
there had been neconsiderable transfer of
property from the dead to the quick.
The sentence was four months with hard
labor,
NECK OUT OF JOINT.
-- -
Pittsburg Woman's Mirth Ends in a
Hurry Call Fora Surgeon.
Pittsburg, Pa., Jan. 31. -Dislocating
her neck by immederate laughter ata
joke told by a guest, Mrs. William
Giesey suffered intense agony until the
arrival': of it surgeese .who reamed the
(Us] °anti on.
.After Mrs. Giesey had begun to laugh,
she became hysterical and was unable to
stop.
Suddenly she felt a sharp pain in liar
neck 'and her face became livid. Then
the 'surgeon wee summoned.
31.--A book entitled
William IL," which will appear on
Wednesday, contains a eensational
031liter Importing to give the first
true fteeenet of the genesis of the
femme leregve telegrem sent from
Ilerlin in the Emperor's name ou
january The privitte book,
the author of which is Adolf Stein,
declares that his impulsive" tele-
gram Walt orighlate with the Kith-
tr at all. It wee really the' welneore
sidered anewer of the GermenPer.
eign 011iee to ell inquiry from the Trans-
vriel. A month- bcfore the Jameson, raid
the Protoria flovernment inquired of
Berlin whethee Gerneen friendsbip
.eouldn't, be depeuded oil in flee of War
between Britain and the Boer eitatee.
An Ramer deelining ta give the
CUT OUT COLON,
Doctor Patient, ,Died ----1 beery
Unproved.
a Foil; Wayne; Lid., Feb. la -Dr. Ger-
main B. Nirman 38 years old, died yes-
terday following an operation recently
perfornied at his direction to prove the
theory that he advocated some time ago
at it medical bieethig in Washington.
Dr.. Nieman held that the removal of
the colon would make one immune from
most diseases. As he was loeally dis-
eased in the colon he decidedto experi-
ment on himself to prove his theory.
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FORTY MILLIONS IN GOLD
LET BOURKE SP AK..
Departosent of Justice Desires Full
Ir.fsratetion,
Ottawa Jan. 31. --"If Deputy Warden.
Bourke know e anything more then .the
investigation into 13111 Miner"a empe
diselosed the Department of Justice
would be glad. to hear it," Thio is the
reply of Mr, W, Dawson, inspector of
peniteutiaries te the threat al Bourke,
of New WrAminster Penitentiary, to
make startling disclosures regarding the
eireetneteeees of Miner's! escape,
Inspeetor Dawson, who siondeeted the
investigation into the twitter, says that
:Bourke Ives in eharge of the penitein
teary at the time that Miner broke jail
and was given the fullest .opeortenley
to make any charges or itemisations, If
he knew anything more than he told -
arid ite deelared he had related all he'
knew -it w114 Ilia duty to make 11, SttlI
iseloeure
' Deperement of Justicewould be
pleased to have knowledge of all that
elourke has to tell on this subject," Said
Inspector Dawson. "The only man
whom Bourke accused was Girard Mc-
Neill. The evidence, indicated that Me -
Neill had been negligent, Ind there was
no eeidenee that Ise directly or indireet-
ly assisted Miner's mem arra I have
heard of nothing that pelete to colony -
a000 en his part."
Reported by Engineers in Yukon
Gold Oonepany's Claims.
Xev..t York, Jan. 31..-T1ie limns are
earrying the- stoticholders of the Yukon
Gold Company to -day a letter from
President S. 1.1. Guggenheim, stating that
the equipment and. develeinnent of the
company's vast Alaska mining', proper-
ties has now reached the stage where
the expenditures of millions in that
equipment and development has proved
to'be more than justified and where diva.
(lends can be assured.
"Our eegineers," said President Gug-
genheim, referring to the engineers of
the Guggenheim . Exploration Company,
which 01V11S a large majority of the
stock of the Yukon. Gold Company,
"have reported that we now have nearly
$40,000,000 net in proven grounds, which
is approximately 100 per cent. profit mi
the shares at par, and provides for many
years' divideeds."
"1 have no doubt," said Presideet Gug-
genheim, "that the directors will att-
thbrize the commencement of dividends
durin,g the year, probably in the second
quarter, but before deciding defirlitely
as to the date and rate they deem it
prudent to wait until the centime sea-
son's operations have sufficiently ad-
vanced to enable them to more teem-
ately estimele the probable earnings for
11)00."
FIRST TIME ON CONTINENT. .
BRITISH MARRIAGES.
••••••••••••••,
1907 .Showed the Largest P.Ate in
[Wary Yeers.
London, Jam. 31,-- More merriages,
fewer births and fewer deaths are re -
(meted in the annual report of the
Regiet rar-General. In Engleud and
Wales during 1907 the marriages num-
bered 274,441, it Tate of 48.3 per 1,000
of pepulation of marriageable age, This
is the largest rate in many years.
Widows had a small rate la the increase;
that of le per cent. There was a
marked faIling off hi the number of
tamarriagee of divorced persons." The
total nuother of divorced persons was
1,288, and the eumber remarried 636,
40 less than in the previous year, There
were ID cases of marriage of divorced
men to divoreed women. The annual
steady increase in the year's marriage
age continues. It is now 28.0 for men,
and 26.49 for women.
Euchitrietic. Oongrees Will be Held in
Meritteal in 1010.
Aforutteal, Jan t 31,-Arehhishop Bee-
ches' who returned to 'Montreal lest
night after an ribeence of some months
abroad, 41111101111NS that the Eneletristie
Congress will certainly he held in Mont-
real duririg the seurrner of 1010, 'This
Will be the firet gathering of the kind
ever held on this 'continent.
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CHINESE COURT. -
London, Feb. 1.-A special despeteh
to the 'fitnes from Peking declares that
Rime the death of the Dowager Empress
it has bermeincreasingly evident that
the Government ie in the hands of the
regent and the :Manclitie, and that the
palate is beeoming a hot bed of party
fee tin,
-
• May Hove Sten Kieed.
• St. Catharines, Jan. al. -dames MeAn-
aney, about 50 years of age, was found
dead is Devlin"s livery stable Saturday.
Whell examined there Was found a rat
over the left eve timl from appearithee
MONTREAL SHAKEN.
Shock of an Et rIquake Alarms the
Citizens.
Montreal, Jan. 31. -Montreal Was
shaken by an earthquake at 11.45 to-
night. People in all pelts of the city
were awakened by the shock, which was
so sharp that it was believed to be an
explosion. Men were sent gut from the
police stations to investigate. While the
shock gave a scare- to the inhabitants;
110 datuag,e3 is reported,
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ENTERED MONTENEGRO.
Four Battalions of Austrian Troops
Crossed Frontier.
FOUR BURNED
TO DEATH.
TerrIbIo Disas!er hi Ancaster Farm
'House.
Three of the Viclnis Were Usi-
recegnizaVe,
aletelitoin Ont., Deepatelt.)
To be burned to !Teeth, three of them
to unrecognizable einders, in a fire
which oonsnmed everything. in their tine
014 home, Was the fate of four people
Ancestoe Township on Saturday morn -
awl no one will ever know just
what started the fire withal Paused suele
terrible lose ot
TIIOSE WRQ OCCUPIED MUSD, .
Of late years the oecepente of thie
old house W0110 Philip YanSiekle, the
ht surviving son of Peter; his unmar-
ried daughter, Melita F, VanSiehle,
aged about 38 years, his unmarried so»
Murtin, age31 25 years and the family
of his daughter, who was married to
Harry Yaneielde, son of Mr. Wesley
VanSiekle, of Trinity. The daughter's
family consisted of her husband and
herself and three little children. It may
have been providential that Mts. Barry
took her three tittle onefs °vet to Trinity
just a short time ago to visit her hos.
band's people. Had they been in the
house the firs'inight have claimed eight
instead of four victiras-or it might
have been that the presence of the
yonng mother and her little ones 'neight
have Bayed' all. As .already said, it was
a great solid, roanty brick house, and
had a long frame oxtension, in which
the kitehen was situated; aleo store-
rooms, etc. The aged grandfather and
his on/To-mica son and daughter, made
up one family end the three little grand
children and their father and mother an-
other,' living iu peace and happiness as
two familia; in ,the one* big house.
UNCONSCIOUS OP DANGER.
All the members of the household who
were at home were well and happy on
Friday, and were seen frequeutly during
the day by their neighbor relatives. Thtv
were uever known ae very early retirers.
The old gentleman sometimes slept clue-
ing the day and was up mere or lees at
night, and uone of them were early Ties,
ars. Philip's son Seth, who lived but 303
yards away, worked past of the home-
stead farm, and kept his stock in the
barn, that was used. also by Philip and
his people. About 8 o'clock on Saturday
morning Seth walked over as faT as the
barn and did his chores. He notieed that
liis father'splace was all closed up yet;
none of the family having been out, as
there were no tracks in the new fallen.
snow. It was early for them to be mu,
anyway, but he notieed a strongvolume
of smoke proceeding from the chimneys,
and Concluded that, they were up and
had a good fire on. It had beers a cold
and stormy night, so it did not oceur
to him 'that the velueie of smoke was
mit ad keeping with a big wood fire that
might' just have been raked up and piled
with new woo a• Aater doing what he
had to do around the barn Seth went
back to his own house, had his break -
feat and then went out again, after an
hour or SO, and was banking snow
around his house to keep the wind osit
of the corners when the homestead wee
discovered to be on fire. The diseovery
wae made first by Albert VanSickle's
little ten -year-old son, who was playing
on the road in 'front of his own house,
and 1010 saw smoke coining from the
roof. Just about that time Peter and
Albert ea= along, end soon saw that
the place was on fire. Both nt once
started for the sceue with the object of
doing what they eould to save the place
and 'furniture, but little suspecting the
,awful sight that was to meet them,
FORCED OUT BY SMOKE.
New York, Jan. 31.-A. cable des-
patch to The Herald from Rorie says:
The Tribune has received a despatch
from Cettinje, stating that four bat-
talions of Austrian troops with a few
guns crossed the Montenegrin fron-
tier at Bilek, and from. Vuoidol
marched thirty miles into the • inter-
ior of the principality. Hero they
were net by a few Montenegria sol-
diers under command of an officer,
who opposed further advance and
forced them to retire to the other
side of the frontier.
The Austrians again tried to enter
Montenegrin territory, but the inhab-
itants of the principality became
threatening and forced them again
do retreat.
This action is calculated to irritate
the Montenegrin Government, which
is desirous of preventing any conflict
or complication, awaiting the meeting
of the European conference. It has,
calm the population. But any viola-
tion of the frontier on the part of
the Austrians will render the situa-
tion very difficule. The belief ex.
memo of the principality.
therefore, _d_o_ne 11_11.1s power to
ihg. their troops for a forthcoming he-
ists that the Austrians are proper -
RAN IN FRONT OF TRAIN.
William Conlan, of Guelph, Suffers a
Broken Thigh..
Guelph, An. .31. --What might easily
have proved another level crossing fatal-
ity maimed at Yorkshire street, on the
Clrand Trunk, on Saturday morning.
Willie Conlon, the eleven -year-old son of
Robert Conlan, was waiting at the cross-
ing until No. 3 passenger train on the
Math line passed. As the train went by
he and it companion went around the
end of the moving train and young Con-
lon ran on the second track in front of
No. 0 from the west before he saw his
danger.
Losing his head, he turned to retreat,
and ivas struck by the engine. The snow
flange on the cowcatcher threw hitu
clear of the track, saving his life, but
Itis left thigh wits brokeis. The tain
stopped, he was taken on board and car.
theispita
ricdxtoothezity station ana Graft to
h
THE QUEEN NEARLY WELL. •
Her Secretary Announces Her Return
to London To -day,
London, San. 31. -Disquieting rumors
have Weis current 'ebonite' concerning
the health of queen Aleaandre. btiss
her secretary, entouriced from
Whicisot Castle Saturday that the
Queen hos nearly recovered from her
reeent attaok of infloenza and hopes to
return to London on Monday.
The ,Queeft's physicians advise her
to reserve her sttength for 'hoe cant-
ing visit te Berlin, for which reason
i4 is probable that she will not at
-
company the Ialeg adieu lie goes to
open parlianient.
WELL DONE, BAPTISTS.
Toronto, Ont., Feb. 1. -The Baptiste
are the first of the denomiuntiens in To
tetuto eemplete their midertaking to eon
-
necklet' with the laymen's missionary
movement. They undertook to raise Me
.000 of the $500,600 Whielt it was deeided
by the laymen of Toronto to raise dur-
ing the Inkst year for the exteesion af
missionit, and not only have they rue -
of the wound 14 1)5(1 been inflieteil due- eeeded in raising that ritnount, but they
lug the -earlier part of the do. Coroner J have itemised it, their contributions to-
Jory has ordered, an inquest 40 be held, tailing !slightly ever $55,000.
While Albert ran to the house lo
arouse the imitates Peter went on to
tell Seth. Albert was amazed to find .
every door and window loelted. He could
sea that the holm was full of smoke.
Finding the fastenings all secure, he lost
no time in breaking the window of hie
uncle's bedroom. He aide bis way
throtigh the smoke to the bed, but his
uncle was not in it, and he was so nestriy
overcome that he was forced to hurry -
out by' the way he had entered. He then
force11 in the door, Peter came running
over with Seth about this time, They
had not got far inside the house when
they found the old man, lying uncoil-
ecious near the door. They succeeded in
getting him out,,and he was apparently
alive, but died m a very faw minutes
without showing any signs of conscious-
ness. As soon as the door and. window '
were forced the rush of air fanned the
fire into a fierce blaze, and the rescuers
found that such a thing as getting into
the house was impassible. They called
to the eccupents, but got 110 reply, and
were foiced to the eonolusioli that all
were dead. However, they lost no time
in procuring sladders and placing them
to the upper windows. These were force(1
in and an effort war made to get into
the hem and reaelt the bedrooms in
that way. No sooner would one of the
men put it foot inside a window than
she enormous heat and the smoke and
fire would drive him out. They eeuld
hear the floors and the furniture falling
through into the -cellar, and in it very
short time the whole lower part of tlre
house was a rearing furnace, everythino
within the walls having gone to the bet!
tont.
TRIED TO SAVE TtLE ()Tuna
The probability is that he firet awoke
his father,in-law and told hint to get out,
,videlt, but for his age lend infornity, 1>0
veld minty have done. lime be most,
hai'e tO 4110 r,Imq 01 Martin 11,4.11
MISS VatiSickle to arouse them, The
house was already full of smoke, and it
ia quite likely that the other two may
have been suffocated in their beds, or
being aroused, were nimble to inteke their
wee -out, The feet that all three bodies
wi re found 01090 together in the teller!
'mem that Harry hail gore Iron Ins
own pnrt to thet of the °thee member 33
of tire household to awaken thorn. WI
Mr, 'Van:Sickle rran erobebly overcome
after reeehing the door, but before he
multi get out, Lying on the floor he
would suffer lesa from the smoke, the
Plirest air being below, while the melte
tient to the upper parts of the rooms,
old time he may have been in nn unseen-
eelone eondition for a long time, this a0 -
counting for the fad that he was still
alive when found,
A theety advanced by others is that
old Mr. VanSickle may have got up to
stir tho fire and in doing so may have
raked some Pools out and etarted the
blaze "which destroyed them all.
Ap. boyS' layetl se
intta band
leetions irt Berkeley 'Street Methodist.
time% Toronto, no Sueday.
tendon 'Was all lila week triteloped
in a 10411 Vaal* at tog.