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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1909-03-18, Page 7T. KITTS LICENSES, morroroppw. Report That They Will be Cut Down to Twelve. St Catharines Mayor Very Sick With Pleuro.,Pueumonia, St, Catharines, Da, Mardi rumor has been going the rouuda hero this morning that the Provi»cial Setae. tary has sent instructions to the City laieense teommieeioners in response to the request of the City Council expressed in et resolution at its last meeting, to ac - voile to the wiehis of the peopleanl tsrant but twelve hotel licensee for the ensuing Bernie year, inetead of the nine- teen, a at pent. The Chairman of the Board could not be found tMs moru. iJig to have the report confirmed Or de. nied, Commiesioner Hudson, however: maid that as far as lie knew o definite instruction$ had been received, Commis- sioner Dunlop, wheu called up on the 'phone, sailit he had heard nothing of any smelt instructions. Both of the Commis. eioners, when spoketo, however, left the impression on the mind of the oar - 'respondent that they expect some such order. Mayor Campbell is very ill at his home on Chitrelt street, of pleurainteu- monist. He was eeported this morning to bave passea a fairly good night.' e Dr.Glasgow, of Welland, Succumbs to an 014 Malady.• Welland, Ont., March 14.—Siuc1air Holden Glasgow, M. D. one of the 'most promineut make1 men of the Niagara Peninsula and president of the Ontario Medical Council, died at his home here this morning from an attack of diabetes. Ho had been a sef- rem from the malady some years ago and it returned early this year. A month ago he suffered the amputation of a too and never rallied from the operation. Dr. Glasgow was born in 1866 in Township of Stamford. He obtained -4 his medical degree at Toronto School of Medicine in 1878 and immediately be- gan practice in Welland, which he con- tinued until his death. He held the pos- itions of jail surgeon of the county and division surgeon of tho Grand Trunk Railway. Ho had been for a nuniber of years representative of district No. 8, on the Medical Council. He took a pto- minent part in military affairs and was lieutenant -colonel of the 2nd Dragoons. The funeral will take place mi Tuesday with military and Masonic honors. • THE DOUKHOBORS, Three Train Loads to Settle in the Pacific Province. Wiunipeg, 'March 14,—The C. la R. has arranged to run three special (rains from Broadview to southern British Columbia to accommodate the Doukhobers, who will then migrate to ‘It" the new lands bought by the coinrnun- ley. A muck larger number of Doukhobors than was anticipated will leeve for tile west At the annual meeting of the brotherhood in Janu- ary it was decided that two men should be sent from each village. As there aro between fifty and sixty villages, .this would inean that one hundred to one hundred and twenty "yen. It has since been found that there are mike than a thousand members of the Doukhobor eolony •tho would like to try the farther west, and 'all such wilt be allowed to go. Seine of those who went west a year ago ditnot like the country, and have come back. Similar arrangements are 'now being made, and every effort to enforce then: demands, they prefer to return to Sits- katchewan they will be permitted to do so. Peter Verigen, who is at present in the west, recently purcbased an addition- al thousand acres near Grand Forks'B. C. The first three thousand acre plet is el( near Nelson. ROBBING 1. C. R. A System of Frauds Alleged Against Officials. Montreal, March 14.—What is eaid to Ise a series of frauds itg,ainsb the Government has been brought to light, and several of the higher officials of the J. O. R. in this city and Moncton are implicated. The frauds consist in false weighing at several points along the system, and have causal heavy losses to the road. It is stated here that a complete investigation hoes been ordered, end euspensions and arrests will follow as a result. The false billing of lumber between here and Point Levis was the cause of •411, the, discovery. Two cars loa•ded with lumber for Nieolet were inspeeted by a high official, who found them to be sixty thousand pounds over the weight paia for. Other reports of a like nature base been received, and a general clean- up of the system will likely take place. TRIED FOR MURDER. TO REV. MR. JACKSON Message of Coulidenee From His Former Congregation. Toronto, Merclt Geoege jackson, who preached to large merc. gations in Sherbourno Street hiethodiet CVurelt .yesterday, last night received feont his former congregation in Eiline her& tho following olden:mei "Men's meeting and eveuleg cougrega- tion gratefully remeMber 'evangelical ministry, linabatea coefideece." Mr. Jackeore's charge in liklitileargh was known as the Wesleyan Afethetlist Church, and his work on Sutlers Ives largely devoted to the afternoon mans meeting and the evening serviee, his assistaat oonductina, the morning ser- vice. Iu the course of his sermons yester, cley he made no direct allusion to the controversy now progressing beyond a statement that it did uot matter inuelt what he believed about Gepeeia, but „ it inattered a great deal what ho believed about Jesus. "SHOW THE FLAG." Interesting Feature of Britain's New Navy Scheme. Lontlons March 14.—Coe of the most interesting features of the new scheme for the redistribution a tho. navy relates, it is understood, to the Sec- ond Cruiser Sqnadron, which is now attached to the Atlantic Fleet. This squadron of four Ships recently visit- ed South Airier). and Swath America and thereby much delighted the Brit- ish communities in those parts who believe in what is known as "show - in the flag." In order to meet the wishes of British communities over the sea it has therefore been decided to oonstitute tho Second Cruiser Squadron on a permanent basis for the purpose of makingperiodical visits to "show the flag', in distant parts of the world. ' •• Result of Preliminary Lase Against Madam Stelnheil. Paris, March 14.—Tho preliminary investigation into the charge against Moat. Steinheil, acetteed of , having murdered her husbahd, Adolphe Steinheil, tbe painter, and her step - matter, Mme. J'apy, was concluded 'lir yesterday. The examining magistrate, M. Andre, informed the woman that the evidence against her was mufflc. ient to warrant the 'formal accusation of premeditated' tatirdet, She will probably be tried for her life in the Assize Court, not dB an aecempliee, but as a principal. • 4.* LINER. CAPT. DEAD. xew York, March. 15. --Captain C. Cameron, of the White Star line, who for a quarthr of a century was one of tlto best known trans-Atlantic liner tom. menders on the Atlantic, and who, until April last year, was in command of the White Star liner Meanie, died in South- ampton, L'ng, yesterday. INVENTOR DEAD ELEVATOR BURNED. 0 Fireman Badly Hurt, Others Nar- rowly Escape at Toronto, Toroutoe March 15.— One fireman, Robt. Faulkner, had his leg broken; sev- eral others had narrow escapes from death, and damage estimeted at about $25,000 was caused by a fire which broke out yesterday afternoon in a, coal ele- vator at the foot of West Market street, leased by the Crown Coal Company. The elevator will be an almost totat lose. The cause of the fire is a mystery, and the only conclusion that the offioers Of the company can arrive ut is Viet the structure was set on fire either deliber- ately or by some tramps aropping a lighted Match while smoking. The elevator is owned by W. A. Wil- son & Son, and damaged about $20,000, with $18,000 ineurance. The loss on the coal is uncertain. The =Omit stored in the two parts of the elevator Was valued at $15,000. Another coal pile belonging' to the Crolvn Company has been on fire for several days, and is still burning. The damage will be about $20,000 on thise 4$0 Rochester, N. Y., Marek 15,—The la- nerel of Ilajdr liMmund T. Zalinsky, V. et. A., inveuter of the dyitaraite gun, was ltehl from his. sister's home in title eDy-eesterday, The ‘Var DepartMent lout a flog to drape the coffin. COBALT FEVER. Thirteen -Year -Ohl By Goes to Make His Fortune. Montreal, March 14. ---Over. a week. ago Lionel Trude, a thirbeen-year-old boy, disappeared from his home at Point St. Charles, and since then his mother and the police have 'been seeking for him. To -day his mother received a with from the Chief of Police of Cobalt saying her son was (here. It turned out that the boy had heard of the great fortune to be made in Cobalt, and decided to try his hand at the • got -rich -quick game. Ire drew out; all his savings from thc. bank,amounting to $25, boreowed zt. picture of his mother and left for Cobalt without .saying a word to Lis mother: To the police in Cobalt he said that he had hoped to get a fortune for his mo- ther. DISEASE, INSANITY. Strange Case of Auricular Abscess at Cobourg Jail. Wealthy Young Parisian's DfallIlitie Suicide at Monte Carlo, Shot Himself as a Surprise to His Friends. 9.0 Parle, Muriel 15.—Fereiliand Itaxence, a wealthy pule; Parletan, committed toncide at .ionto caul) last night under remarkable and smationat eircum- etanctes. The yew, man gave a 'limper to it. imam of Rionds, at whieh the pleasure was fast and fttriotie. Severat times; during the evening Pawnee shout- ed; "This is nothing. A. big .surpelie is awaiting you at the end:" • At dawn. when the party was separat- ing, Ilavenez shouted "Now for the great surprise!" At the sum time Ite arose abruptly and walked toward the gyvay orchestra, Which wits piaying n. Bungler - Ian rhapsody. IBS friend's, expecting practical joke, watehed him expectantly. They werastupelied to see him suddenly place a pistol at his temple and fire. Ile fell dead. The only reason for this aet de- scribed as `sheer boredom," leavenez was only 20 years old, and he had be a Familiar figure on the Paris boaleyfteds, where his liking for vivid elothiog at- tracted ateention, Three yew, ago the young man fig- ured M a sensational duel. He ehal- longed a professional swordeman as a result of a cafe quarrel, but the swords- man refused to fight, on theground that 'Wentz had not yet reached: his major- ity. leadamnted, Ravenez issued a chal- lenge dated the day he was 18 years old, .anel he devoted tlui intervening thee to rigorous training. • When he finally did meet Itis sary On the field the eontest was of the fiercest character, and it ended by Ray- enez plunging his sword eight invites into his opponent's hodys BATTLE OF HASTINGS Preparations Being Made For the New One in London. London March. 14.—Britain is pre- paring for a new battle of Hastings on Wednesday next. This is no military necessity on the expectation of there being Retina hostilities, but tho scheme is to show how troous. may be transport- ed under novel conclittons from London and assembled on the sea front ot St, Leonard's, although the landing place of William in 1006 was Pevensey. This movement is devised by the War Office to carry out the idea of convoy- ingm troops by automobiles. Th ie hypothe- sis s that on England being invaded the railway lines will be blown up, and so a volunteer motor -car corps has bcea mob- ilized to carry reinforcements, to the fighting line with ammunition tunable guns, food, water, blankets Lula medieai equipment. Over 500 automobiles bave been offer- ed for use by patriotic citizens, who will piek 'up, the Grenadier, Soots and Cold- stream'Guards at the Chelsea, Welling, tore and fewer Barracks and rendezv•ous at the email Pauace, thenee proceed- ing fifty-four miles to Hastinan. se. • CChem, farch 14.—A young man named Sam Yates was brought` to the Cobourg jail reeently from the eastern part of the county violently ineano, The follwing morning, however, he seenvel quite rational, and it Was noticed that heavo eruption of matter was flowing from lila ears. Apparently he had. had an attriaular abscess which preesectaupon the brain, and when the pressure was removeti he became quiet and rational. It is eoesidered n vary strange ease. esse ASK r OR NINE -HOUR DAY. Whinipeg Street Ifialiwayrnee Prepar- ing Now Agreement With Company. Winnipeg, entrelr 14.— A nine -hour day withoub reduction in wages is sebat the conductors ancl motormen of the Winnipeg street railway will demand when their present sehedule expires on April 1. A ntass meeting was held to. tight to abeam the stand they will:take. The men will make every effort to en. force their demencis, and aro prepared to strike it neeeseary, SHOCKS RECORDED. Si. Peter:therm Mardi 15.---atetly eteong earthquake shoeke wens recorded on Reagan selemegraplis .oet Faturilly and Sunday. It is estimated that the scene of the disturbanee nevi approxi- mately in the region of the Philippinea and. Formosa. FATAL FIGHT Lufkin, Tex.' March 15.—As the •cll. max of a dispute, 3, 0, Drama an en- gineer, yesterday WM shot by J. P. Nut. ter, a workman, and after receiving the wounds svhich taster caused hle death Brown attacked Nutter with a knife Iinflicting injuries from which Nutter is notImpacted to reetWer. 444.4.....÷4.061,04401.14.11. A test church buiklin will be erected for St. Paul's Anglietin hurch, Tomato, BOY KILLED. Willie Woodward Caught in Shaft in Planing Mill. , A Lucite despatch: Willie Wood- ward, thirteen years old, a worker in the Gibson . Planing Mills here, was caught in, the. shafting this afternoon and. almost instantly killed. The only witness to the. accident was Hiram Windsor, a farmer, who had just come in when the boy made a remark about something being wrong with the shaft- ing, at the same time clinibing on to a table to investigate. The sleeve of his sweater was caught, and in an iestant Ito was whirled- around with terrific force, eight times before the power was shut off. He died an hour later, with- out having retrained. consciousness. Ho was the only child of Mr. William Wood - reed. • RIOT IN PARIS. Letter Carriers Disorderly—Forty of Them Arrested. Paris, March 3.5.—Serious .disorders occurred last night in the bentral tele- graphic bureau' of the post office, which caused great delay to foreign communi- cations and inconvenience to the patrons of the burette A meeting of severe' hundred postmen held to protest against eertitin modifi- cations in the serviee, gat out of hand, and the men planked to the telegraph bureau, which was stormed. • Reinforcements of poliet were hastily stetenoned, and rushed the barricades of furniture, Forty .of the disturbers were arrested. All who took part in the disorders will be dismissed from the service. POPE _AGAIN ILL. Physicians Protest, However, That He Has Only a Cold. DANISH WOMEN Exereise Dual Privilege of Voting and Beink Voted For. Copenhagen, larch 13, Danish WOrnOn here to -day for the"liret time exercised the dual privilege of voting and being voted for, and their teitunpli after 25 years' Agitation greater diet- ed them. The city was eXcited, all day. Tho minted svas a municipal one, but the main inn° being Social- ism egainet an alliance of the vari- ous grades of Conservatiem, the in- terest Wa8 to a great exteut nattoual. Half the eity'e voters ender the new franchise are womeu and they SOMA" ta. dominate the election. • There woe crowds of women areund the polling booths before they opened, eager as theatre firstotighters. Shel- ters were specially provided for chit- dren-lacion perambulators while the mothers of the children voted, They wore largely patronized. Ronne March 14.—The Pope is again ill and all atalleuces have been stopped. 'The pltysicinnS ineist that the Holy Father shell remain in bed, end it is not • likely that afty audiences will be granted' until a complete re- covery is reported. The inauguration ofthe new picture gallery, eidneh was fixed .for Moab 18tli, has been post- poned, 'he Pettaci pereiets in the statement that Iris Holiness is Only suf. feting front a cold. lb is likely, tow- cerer, that the Pope is suffering from bronchitis, 'coupled with a reeurrence of the gout, * ' OVER THE RIVER. Brother Puttinggill Stuck Fast to the Windsor Ferry. Windsor, March 14. --Because he oin jected to acknowledging his identity, anti declined to state whether ho pos- sessed sufficient fund's to make him eligible to enter Canada, Francis Pcie tinggill, a member of a religious bra- therhood, spent several hours on the Detroit River yesterday. Mr, Pettinggill, who is a member of the Christian Brothers, mat is known as Brother Fran- cisco, was on his way front Cineinneti to Chatham to enter a retreat to be conducted there dining the Lenten sea. son. Ile was unaequainted with border customs, end when a Canadien customs officer demended his name, address and further particulars as to his financial stitaonn:inge. he refused point blank to en- swer what he termed impertinent quest - As a result he was not permitted to put his foot on Canadian soil, but was scut back on the car ferry to Detroit. There lie encountered more trouble, be- muse he insistea upon preserving his attitude of reticence towards the Amer- ican officers, and Onee mom he was sent back across the river to Windsor. Half a dozen times or more he made tho involuntary journey, but when dark- ness fell he finally capitulated and of- fered the Canediau authorities full and free information, Investigation showed that Brother Francisco carried a bank roll of several hundred 'dollars and Was a prominent member of his order. RUSSIA PAYS UP. -- Cap. Copp Returns to Victoria With Sealers' Money. Vietoria, 13. 0., Mara 14.—Capt. W. IL Copp, formerly a well-known sealer, has ,retunied here after an absence of thirteen years to distribute the award of over moon from the Russian Gov- erninent lei settlement folothe claim for the illegal seizure of the schooner Van- couver Belle off the Commanderofski 1 - lands in the summer of 1892, for which the St. Petersburg Government road° 'myeloid, as well as for the darinelite, while the airtime of the Rosie Olsen and Maria were waived by Canada's repre- sentative in order to obtain this settle- ment. Csapt. W. H. Copp is now master of the British steamer Katherine Parke. Captain Copp was given the seized schooner Rosie Olsen by the Russians to being the complement of captured sealers back to Victoria, and endeavored to retain possession of her. He was part owner of the Vancouver Bello, for whose seizure by a Russian cruiser off Copper Islands payment, was made. Capt. De faveron, who commanded the Zabraka, which made the seizure, was found to have been insane at the_time. BRANT'S SKULL. Buffalo Physician's Offer to Brant- ford City. FOUL MURDER. Hotel Night Clerk's Skull Fractured and Throat Cut. Mplerer May be Traced by Thumb, Print, on Register, Philadelphia, Mareh Harvey ante, night elerk of the ilastern flotel, on 11111 street, war+ timid eitrly to -day with his slain Ireetured by a DIM With an Iron pipe, anil hie throat cut. The clerk was murdered by men who after - wattle rifled lite poekets, took $80 from the hotel till, and made an unsucceseful attempt to get into the male, la which there was $0,000. The police have prate tleally no clue as to the ideutity of the murderers, A thumb print Width was alongside the iutinee of two men written on the hotel regleter, the police ladieve to be that of ono of the men, mid hope to trove les identity from this, It wes the clerk's habit to come to the hotel shortly after* 6 o'clock at uight ut 7 on the following morning. Be; tureen 2 o'clock and Q tie" cleric is alone, and although no struggle wee heard by any one in the hotel, it is eupposed the murder was conunitted attring that time. e • FORGED DEED. Son of Late Millionaire M. P*. Charged With Fraud, Vanouver, 11.0„ ,March TTerbert bleCormich, son of the late George McCormick, who was man- ager of the Canadian Pacific Lumber Company's plant at Port Moody, when ho died there Oob 8, 1907, was ar- rested to -day by city detectives on a charge of obtaining thousands of dol- lars by fraud. The young man le well known about town as a free spender, a good entertainer and generally one of the hail -fellow -well -mot class. The charge against McCormick, who is 25 years of age, is laid by 0. E. Rand, a real estate broker, who is said to have been victimized to the tune of $6,000. McCormick's father was a millionaire, and a former mem- bes of Parliament, residing at Col- lingwood. The young man'el mother, wife and two sisters reeide in Van- couver. At Christmas McCormick visited Rand, askinga loan of $4,500. The security consisted of a certificate of indefeasible title, and a deed bearing what purported to be the signature Of Mrs. Emma McCormick, his moth- er, and convoying to the young man the Robson street home of Mrs. Mc- Cormick. Everything appeared to be in order and matters were all right at the land registry office. The loan was made, the $4,500 being advanced by a client of Rand's. Tho encumbrance was registered at the land registry of- fice. Recently it was discovered that the transfer was a forgery, and that Mrs. McCormick never signed the trem- ors. A month ago McCormick se- cured an additional $1,500 from Rand on a note. Brantford, Meech 15.—Dr, C. IL Me - Michael, Buffalo, has written the local authorities that he has in hie Possession a skull said to be that of Capt. Joseph Brant, after whom Brantford was named, and whose body is interred in a tomb st the Mohawk Church near this .city. Locally the claim is doubted, but the doctor says he sceured the ekull from another physician, who got it about 'thirty years ago'and is willing to give It to the city. Ten years ago Brant's tomb was broken into by unknown matte% but a search afterwards revealed the skull still in it. Whether or not Brant's skull was taken and another sub- stituted is mikeoevn. SUFFRAGETTE TERROR. It .Is Ruining Business of the Com- mons Restaurant. New York, March 14.—A cable des- patch to the Sun from London says: •Ono disastrous result of the suffregetto invasion of the House of Commons is the falling off in the restaurant reeeipts. The Commons resteetrant hits always been a paying concern, but Pince the members • have been living in- terror of invasions by the suffragettes and all female visitors Mate been prohibited, various cosey luncheons teas and din - of the members ink their friends have been almedemea and the whole tone of perliamentory life has been ehartged. Where members formerly cheerfully paid $10 a head for dinner guests when wisising to dine them well, they now dine alone or lit nertrape, eoting frugal retells at email expense. 'The restaurant used to be One of the best and antertest in London. le was not run for profit, Ileum the best food was given for the lowest priees. New it does not pay expenses. Once sixty welters were int- ensely; now seven meet all the re- quirments. 20 DROWNED. Itotteidam, Marth 15. --The Norwegian steamer Mascot collided yeseerdny with the German ship Margrethe*about 20 miles west of tire Maas lightship, The Margre.the sank ehnost immediately, 20 of the crew being drowned. Six were saved, The hirtsceob returned here with a big hole in her bow. The Dritialt fisati eetiMatee contain a proVielon for $04,000 for an extension Of the National Wien,. Buildings art to be torn down around it to give neeetsary fillae0 for the. ettlargeraeot, Ontario Man's Suicide. Buffalo, IVIarch 14,—Matthew Benedict Sates:lay night drank carbolic acide and died in A yard aajoinisig 72 Day's Park, where his wife roomed. They separated two weeks ago, Mrs, Benedict told tho police, because she had been told he had another wife at St. Begin Palle, Benedict came to Buffalo from :Brant- ford, with the intention of effecting a reeonciliation. Tho topic were mar- ried In Detroit four years ago. eneaict was On years of age cord eves born in Coortvall, Oat, FLY SIXTEEN MILS If Silver Dart is to Win Scientific American Cup. New York, March 14.-1 representa- tive of the Aero Club of Amerioa start- ed to -day for Baddeck, N. S., to view the flight of the aeroplane, Silver Dart, next week for the Scientific American's Cup. The new rules of the contest were adopted. The first trial for the cup was made on July 4th last, when Glenn II. Curtiss, with the June Bug, won the trophy, making a flight of 5,090 feet, which at the time was regarded as a no- table performance. The minimum dis- tant(' allowed by the rules then was ono kilometre. The new rules aro more severe. The minimum distance is twenty-five kilorao- tress a trifle less than sixteen miles, but for the Silver Dart this should be easy, as the machine flow last week a distance of twenty miles. The old conditions have been' alter- ed so as to permit any aviator to try for the trophy at any times provided he gives satisfactory notice, but each new challenger must exceed the distance Howe by his successful predecessor. If the same competitor wins the eup three years he will beeome permanent owner of the trophy. • s • SAVED A TRAIN. SWITCHMAN FORGOT Vell' C41404 Between Wabash Train at St. Thomas. St, Tholna0, MU& 1.4. --Ties wane. „twee Of a envitelunan in leaving a lading switolt open eaneed tt head-on oollieion between the oontineutal exprees ima it freight at the weet entrance to the Wa- bash Yard hero at 1.45 o'clock this morn- ing. The paesimgee train was travelling at a good Tate of, speed and, wan unable to seep before striking the engine of the freight,. lei the :siding awaiting (Mere to go out. The fronts of both tosiontetives were damaged; three freiglit cars were aladueed to ecrap, arat a Pullman witch . telescoped a day conch. The, passengens were, all more or leas shaken up, hitt the °My one tukon to Uni heePital was Mrs. John Terwilliger, of Aylmer, N. Y. She we in the day oaach and received cute and brulees front flying &se and wood, but 'will be able to "go home to -morrow. Engineer Blau - Mug and Ineemau Clutter, of Windsor, eti tho passenger train, eared themselves by jumping, but Engineer Thomas Ar - nem and Fireman T. Chute, of It. Themes, saw their predicament too late to jump. Engineer Ammo was squeezed between the tender and the l000motive and waa badly .sealded, but will recover,. Citale/s injuries consist al mei& about the arm., not consiaered serious. The passengere continued their jour- ney on the next train, and there was no delay to traffic. The accident occurred a shod els- thaw west of Kettle Creek bridge; in fact, one truck of the lase passenger coach stopped on the bridge, but did not leave the rails, T. Mason, the switchman, ackhowl- edges responsibility for the accident, staying lie forgot the expected arrival of the pitseenger train. Farmer Flagged C. T. R. Express This Side of Sarnia. L London, Ont, elespatelu The G. T. It. passenger train duo here at 1.10 p. nt., from Sarnia, was doubtless Paved from being ditched two miles east of Sarnia by a farmer's pres- ence of mind. The farmer (whose name could not be learned) discovt tend a -broken rail near Poch Creek bridge, and etandieg on the traeks Gagged tho train, which was corning at a good rate of speed. The train was stopped in time by Engineer Thomas Memo, and the crow, includieg 'gra- ntee Poetic and 'Conductor Douglas, temporarily repaired the 'track, so that the express could proceed, then a mamewas placed to guard the break aud the seetion gang notified. MEDICAL COLLEGE IN PEKIN. Committee in Britairs Raising Funds for Endowment. London, Marek 15,-- The Chinese Emergency Appeal Committee, of Which Sir Robert llo,rt, formerly Inspector -Gen- eral of Custom hi China, is President, to -day issued a non-sectarian appeal for $500,000 for the purpose of developieg a. medical eollege in Pekin aud three triediesil schools elsewhere. The idea is to pinivide for a thorough medical train- ing upon modern lines for the Chinese, tt is also proposed to eetablisli treittieg college for Chinese teatime's, within the co-operation of the missionary' sociotY represented at the Shanghai confereate hust year. 4 - War hits broken out in Central Amer- ica, an engagement having taken place between three Nieitraguan gunboats and the "Presidente" of Salvador. Mee -lean and Vnited Statee interfertnee will prob. TOOK HIS LIFE. .10••••••••••••••••• A Parry Sound Man Shoots Himself With a Gun. Frtttl kParry ett51.i,di elaroefi t el4O-1 oldest and most respectable citizens, killed liluiself with a shotgun. The aeceased was about his orainary duties on Saturday morn- ing and seemed to be in his usua,1 health, but about 9 e'clock he. took au old shot- gun, loaded it, wens to the telephone, placed the gun to les breast, and shot himself through the heart, dying almost immediately. , • For some time past Mr. Mosley has been failing in health and acting strapgely, but no thought of his taking hie life was entertained. Mr. Mosley was it son of the late Rev. Robert Mos- ley, the first Anglican missionary to Perry Sound, coming hero 'from Aurora in 1807, DYING INDETROIT. Canadian Girl's, Sad Fate in. a Strange City. Windsor, Marelt 14.— In a dying condition, Esther Rawson, aged 24 years., who came to Detroit from Montreal throe weeks ago, was taken from the county jail yesterday and placed- in one of the city hospitals, Where her death is only a. matter of a fewThdoeyusnfortunate girl was without friends when she came to Detroit, and fell lute ;the hands of a couple of do- signiug women. A few days later it 'Un- ited States immigration officer took her from a house of ill -repute and ordered her deported to Canada as an "undesir- able alien." While waiting for the re- turn of the necessary papers from Wash- ington and Afontreel, Miss Rawson was taken down with typhoid fever .of a malignant type. The papers Arrived yes- terday, bub when the officers went to serve them they found the. girl's condi- tion too serious to move her. The only thing left was to have her placed in a hospital at the city's expense, which was done, The girl says she has relatives in Montreal and Pembroke, but refuses to give the names. HUNDREDS BURNED. Whole Villapes Were Swept Away by Landslide in Kava. Women Must be Bareheaded to Get in Ibis Church. New York, Muth 15.—A. Beaton detie pateh to the Tinto says: The First Ba,ptiet Church of Somerville has off!. &Hy 'barred from public worehip oil women who ramie to reMO-Ve their heti before entering the •chtirell oueltoriune The thurch is one of the important ones of Now England. "The Macy nuilleery of the present time atentete so much attention," said one of the trustees, -"that women spend more tinie examiniag hats than they du listening to the sermon." The matter has been before the cloned" truetees for some time, and Met night they took formal action eivlten Valeta - tions barring hats in the church were unanimously adopted. They win he en- forced, beginning Sunday morning, GRIP THAT KILLS. A Deadly Epidemic Prevalent in Old London. Louden, March 14,— An insidious, fatal form of influenza is prevailing here. There wore sixty-six deaths from this *cause last week., thirty-six tae week before last, and twelve thrs week 'before that. Ono theatre had to close on account of tho ravages of this disease among the cast. Another fwoarstbohellegaerade to postpone its opening Practically everybody is dosing with quinine and 'carrying eucalyptus -amok - ed handkerchiefs. Many members of Parliament are absent frein their posts. Tautifeteprouzb.:ie schools are .especially affect- ech, 150 caws being reported from Eton alone, Princess Victoria is among the Emile visits of influenza, to Lon- don have boon mild, and it was be- lieved that the germ had no mai- ignity; but this outbreak is marked by the return of its old features—peins pinnetuhineobnaiacik. and eyes„ heaviness of the• limbs, and followed by 'bronchitis or Physicians are publicly exhorting all who feel symptoms of the disease to go to bed and stay there, no matter how slight the atta_....,0,ck, • Vancouver, B. 0., .11arelt 15,—News' of a Mudslide,- burying tbree villages, in- volving. the loss of hundreds of lives, probably over a thousand at Peadjalee, Kava, was brought by the steamier Em- pre,ss of China. A part of Mount Kent - jade, fell, -eliminating the villages of Egibeebeehen, Barcengaitoo and Pelek .Bangee, but ono man, ono woman and two children escaped to tell the tale. The ground was still working when the mail left, toes of earth slipping down. Crowds were flocking in to see the horrible sights, while officials were car- rying out the work of recovering the bodies, mostly buried deep below tons of earth, MACDONALD SCHOOL BURNED. -- Forty-Thousand-Dollar Building at Kingston, N.B., Destroyed. St. Sohn, N. D., March 14.—A tele- phone message received efrom Sussex, X, D., says that the consolidated school .building at Kingston, N. B., was de- stroyed by fire to -night. After this much information was received furthee communication with Kingston could not be obtained. The building was erected in 1003 by Sir William Macdonald, of. Molitreal, for the better edneation of the ehildren of the country districts near Xingstoit. also eontributeet to (bit running expensee for three years. The building east about $40,000. BUILDING UP THE WEST. ••••••....64.1441. About Thirty Million Dollars' Worth of New Work This Year. Winnipeg, March 14.-1t is estimetea that thirey million dollars' worth of now bitildings will be erected in ten eitiee of svestera Canada during the preeent eerteon, tills amount the twin citiee at the head of the lakes are expi,eted to share to the extent of six millions. Wiriniptet will rim between ten and twelves millionts, end the balettee will be distributed between. Brendon, Regime IITOOse Jaw, Celgery, Edmonton, Viit. thrift end Vancouver, FEAST ON FAST DAY. ^ London Irishmen May Eat Neat on St Patrick's Day. • New York, March 14.—A cable des- patch to The Sun from London says: The Popo has rescued the organizers of the annual St. Patrick's Day banquet at the Hotel Cecil from an extreordin- ary eilight. In arranging for the feast they took uoto of the fact that it fell on Wednesday, which in Lent is fasting (My. The organizers decided at once to petition for a Paphl dispensation. The dispensation was readily granted, but the ba,nqueters will still have to pass a few courses, because, while the indulgence allows the consumption of meat on Wednesday night, it fails to re- move the prohibition against eating meat and fish at the same meal, which is a strict rule of the Catholic Church during Lent. ably be the final enteorite. Arehileaeon Itennlaon, of Meiseotte, Many women voted in the m11111461 epeakhig in England, spoke of the trend elections ttt •Copenhagene displaying ex- to Coned& of Garnett Catholic eettlere cellent organization. leta Mance to the &alkali Chili:ch. STRUCK BY BRANCH. Herbert Lawrence, of Toronto, Killed in Egremont, • 'Durham, Ont., March *4.1— Herbert Lawrenee, a young man nineteen years of age, was fatally injured on his father's farm in Egremont township, seven miles from this place, yesterday morning by being struck by a falling breech evhile engeiged felling trees. The young man had been in Toronto for the past two years learning the steam -fitting trade, and had just come home on Tuesday last for a month's visit with his parents. His injuries were so serious that he expired about thirty minutes after the accident and before the family physician, Dr. N. T. MacLaurin, could reach him. The doctor's examination revealed a friutured „skull, a dislocated neck and ether severe bruises and injuries. • -••• • SCORED JURY. Judge Said Their Verdict Was an Encouragement to Perjury. Toronto despatch: "Your verdict can have no other effect than to encourage perjury in our courts," said judge Win- chester, scathingly, to a jury in the Ses- sions yesterday afternoon when they found a man named Samuel Parsonson , not guilty of perjury. The trial arose Out of Parsonson's former trial in the Pollee Court, where he swore, •contrary to the evidence of three pollee officers, that when the police raided his place at 130 Menro street they did not find any money or dice on the tables. ATTEMPTED ASSAULT Steven Still, a Saskatchewan Farmer, Sent to Jail For Six Months* NRADE MURDER.' barest late the Sheet* of Mel 004 Her Sister Declared She Did Net Know the Morderer. Regina,- Sask., Match 15.—Stephot SEM, a youug farmer residing north et here, recently visited the home of a neighbor named 'Meadows, and attempt. eti to assault the latteral wife, knowing that he wouid rot be home, but was ly Ing intoxiatted at the house of Another neighbor1r,1 was eonvicted, and escap- ed with a sentence 'of six months ih jail, His attempt was a most determinea one, end the Magistrate, in sentencing him, remarked flint something must be done to nroteet the lonely prairie home. KING SHUNS CROWDS, Ilamilton despite/It The Woad. min) dor InYlstfol J,s OM A MYAteM but If the line of questhming followed by /O. 1lto3kstock for ths OroWn tolLight 10 210V one of arnica* irrelevanond Mr, Blackstoole neuelly laus Putl:K"--14 0:eruct:Won is being laid for * etettling revelation. At 20 minuteto 2 o'clock* In answer to a direAt question by Mr. Ellasketeek as to vthether ahe oould Iden- tify her sistet's murderer, Miss Kinrade with a little ory answered: "1 don't know his name, but, Oh,1 should know him if X saw Want° and fainted. DO0- tora oarne to her, and on the motion of Hobson the Inqueet was adjourned till 7 o'clock to -morrow evening. For three hours Florence Einratle eras In the Vitneal box, and she was olosely eross-examioed ty Mr, Blackstock with regard to the murder of her ejster Ethel. The story mbiell she told meals so far no now fact, although in the course of her evident/a there can be observed certain discrepancies in comparison with her former ittories. Bar evidence bailey remarkable in re- gard to the incidents connected with inet salmon in uto south, and beemzse at Rochester and Buffalo she claimed to have stayed ea a guest at houttee the Manama of which, and the Vanina 01 their owners she cannot remember. Apparently she wits Introduced to her career as s soloist by a MU* Elliot, an EnAlish, woman given to travelling, whose/Present whereabouts she dote not know, and who introchtoed herself to the girl at the Mo.elslab Street Much. So far all 'her connection with Baum, with whom she was aeseelated at a. vaudeville theatre in Portsmouth, Is concerned, she admitted that he proposed martaige to her, having knowledge of her *Wee* mart to Mr. Wright, but she said that she regarded. his attentions as a joke. Both Miss Kim& and her father, rho WWI tho stand two hours, sgoke of the family being scared by mystew tone men, supped tramps, and ?by an attempt to break Into the house. Be- yond lapses of memory Miss EitraAlt gave her evidence clearly, although evii, &catty Under high nervous tentdon. Mrs. Eiurade, the dead girl's mother; Ernest Einrade, her brother, and the younger sister, Gertrude, ever° all ex- amined, and all denied having the slightest idea, as to who was the mur- derer. They also unamiously denied that the relatbns between the various mem- bers of tee family were otherwise than ef the most affectionate nature. Mrs. Hickey, to whose house Floe:lee went after the shooting, told a plate, straightforward tale of what happened. Dr. W. J. MeNieholl who was among the first to arrive at the house, was briefly examined, and stated that whet he got there the house was full of the fumes of burnt guupowder. Hamilton, March 12.—"if there was no man there, then only you two girls would be left. That will do, Mies Kin - Such was the sentence with Mech. Mr. George. Tate Blackstock; K. , closed his second examination of Florence Kin - rade in the einquirey as to the cause of the death of her sister Ethel under ter- eumstances which make it stand out with ghastly prominence in the criminal annals of Canada. The girl, who had been subjected to one of the most try- ing ordeals that ever a girl passed through, 'leaned back in her chair in the witness 'box with white, drawn face and drooping eyelids,and one tensely stretched hand clasping the rail in front of her. Throughout the court, not so crowded as on previous occasions, went it deep sigh 'as the heahrs appreciated the lecturing of Mr. Blackstock's laat re- mark. Then the slight, black-elothed figure collapsed, and the constablein attend- ance mice for Nurse Walker to come to her patient's asistance. Apparently she had collapsed utterly. Outside in the hall the nurse, who had been pacing tho hall witis anxious steps and bated breath as the ordeal within the closed doors went on hour after hour, was heard to say, "They will kill her." Her anxiety for her charge was marked on her /ace de she hurried into the court, and no less disturbed ivas Mr. Glair Montrose Wright, Miss Kinraele's fiancee, who came in with the nine°, Dr. Bruce Smith and Dr. Clarke, who had been in- tent)), watelling the case, hurriedto the girPs aseistance. Tenderly she was lifted from the stand, and was being carried from the court, when with one black -gloved hand flung, oat as if to ward off some approaching peril, she shrieked: "I eee that man,I see that man; he will choke me; ho will shoot Inc," and shriek after shriek rang through the building. Two facts stood out in the evidence. The first was the statement by Earl Kinraele that he tuulerstood that his sis- ter had practiced with a revolver. Ie was,he said. etimmon talk among the family. The second was that Florence Mende denied emphatically that she had ever handled firearms. Apart from these fads the eviclenee was else noticeable for the new elements introduced into her story, atid that per. 80115 in the neighborhood heard nothing of the shooting at the time it isesup. posed to have occurred. At the conclusion of Mise Kinre,de'a examination the inquest was adjourned for one week. • sei OR. W. E. BURGAR DEAD. Oldest Practitioner in Welland EX. piece Suddenly. Welland, March 14.—Er, W. E. Bur- ger died at his home here to -day as the result of the bursting of a blood vessel. no had beeti quite unwell for some weeks, but this morning was so numit improved he ventured to go upstairslie had just got down again when be fell. ile did not regain eonseienteness. Ho svite the oldest prectitioner'in the county, greditating from Queen's in 1808. OnIy Wilbue Wright Knows When King Edward Well See Him Fly.. Pan, March 14.---liundreds of automo- biles arrived at the tier° grounds here early on Friday earrying Amerleans, Frenehmen, Englishmen and ethers to are King Edward, but the Ki»g, WhO is doing his utmost to shun publicity dur- ing his period of rest, did not iterive, It Is noderstood that he intends to conic, but it, will be a torpriee visit SO Inc ns the pnblie Is roneereed. It it believed that Wilbur Wright knows the elate that has lain fixed, but be will not talk. o. 4 $ ' Broekvi I le Boy Badly Injured. Ilrockvilk, NIL, March 14.--.A peculiar accident befell a lad named Jas. Redgate yesterday. no was riding liebind farmer's cutter, standing on the runner. As the outfit drove past a horse led by Fred MeLenuan kieked Redgath behind the right eerprodneing e. fraeture of the base of the skull. The lad fell un- conscions,•and wm removed to the hos- pital, Ins condition is eritical. 4. Out of 42 men'there of tine MunleipaI Connell ef Copenhagen, t6V6)1 aro WOinen. &vett per tent, of the onntlidates elected la the psovintas ere Wenene,