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The Wingham Advance, 1909-04-29, Page 7TURKEY'S SULTAN NOW A P NE Two Thousand Combatants Killed in the Streets of Constantinople. The Macedonians Victorious in Fight -25,O00 Armenians Said to be Massacred. London, April 25.. -The Daily Tele- graph's Ileum correspondent seods the report that the Sultan, was taken ont of the palaeo by fume at a late hour to- night, end that Meltemoted Residued Ef- fendi. was installed la his place. ' SULTAN'S'GUARDS SURRENDER. Constantinople, April 25. --The YfltIiz Kiosk capitulated at noon to -day. The garrison of four thousand Albanians surrendered unconditionally and were disarmed aird inarelted out Of the pal - nee under escort; or the' Macedonian army. This was the result of long ne, gotiations between the Sultan, Tewfik Pasha Grand Vizier; Beim Pasha, :Minister of War, end Chattel< Pasha, commander of the Parliamentary army. The future of the Sultan is toulecided,' On Friday Chefte•k Pasha an Said rnsito, President of the Senate, gave as- surance that there were no designs against the Sultan but Parliament an- ststs Cheftek and geld had no mandate, and reserves the right to determine the question after formal Inquiry into the origin ef the recent coup d'etttt. IL \mild be prudent; not to ridge this is - fine, as the army woeld uot tolerate the gleposition O the Sultan, Officialwho visited the Yildiz Palace to -day assure me that the Sultan is eaten and eonfi- dent. Ahmed Biwa ex -president of the Chamber, is mentioned as „the next Grand Vizier, Rena Pasha having dis- pleased the Young Turks by bis want of couragein the recent crisis. Quiet is as- sured on the Fairopean side of the Bos- phorus. elartial law was proclaimed this afternoon. TWO HUNDRED MACEDONIANS KILLED. The streets of Constantinople are thronged with spectittors who marvel at the few evidences of damage be', the artillery fire. Two hundred of the at- tacking troops were killed. • The casual- ties of the defenders are unknown. The 'lumber of killed is estimated at 600, but others say 2,000. Forty soldiers who refused to surrender at Taxim yester- day were shot down when the Parlia- mentary troops entered the barracks. Kiamil Pasha, the aged ex-Grand‘Vizier„ weceived an ovation es he drove through the crowded streets to -day. One cloth is cut and it remains Tam Co aseW the constitutional garment, a difficult task for statesmen with plenty of enthusiasm, but no experience. The army rules that after 8 o'cloek at night •nobtely shall be allowed abroad without a special permit. A PRISONER:1N THE PALACE. Constantinople, .April 25, --The Yfldiz garrison surrendered to -day to the, con- . stitutional forces. The commanders of these battalions began sending in their el -dm -lesion to Otahmoud. Cheftek Pasha Iasi; night, and the whole ofathe troops proteeting the palace gave their formal and unconditional surrender shortly af- ter dawn. Niazi Bey, who ess called the tero of the July revolution, ig now in eommand of the garrison, Sultan .Abdul Timid has been permit - .ed to rerintin Within the walls of the Vit41z Kiosk, where yesterday, in com- pany with his Ministers he waited for Lite outcome of the struggle . between his Ioyei troop's and -the army of invest- - CHANGING TIDO GUARD. The evacuation of tbe quarters around the Yitdiz Kiosk began early in the morning. The/soldiers of the garrison were made prisoners and their places were taken by Macedonian battalions. Ilea the Sultan looked out from the up- per windows of his favorite yellow and width pavilion he would have seen, at /lawn, sentinels thickly scattered in the aeroonds between the palace and the )..losp)iorus, and at the gaees of the canal Oran, which barges pass from the Yil- diz toy lake to the Bosphorus. Afendoule Peseta commander of the eurrendered palace guards, eame slowly ont; of the gate. Ife was allowed to Keep his sword, hut was attended by offieers whose swords were missing. ettentlenic Paella paused to talk with the corresmondents. #qt is the will of Allah," said lie. "We have done our duty." "It was through me," remarked one of the Chamberlains of the Court, Ali Bey, "that kis Majesty sea et-eie mes- sage to Mendouk Pall not to eeeist, 'All of them,' said kis Majesty, 'still are vie,. children. I do not wish any more bloodshed.' When the Sultan gave the command not to raise there was no resistance, and the affair was ended." "This is not a 'civil war, but a punitive expedition," said Col. Menai this afternoon. "Our task is to !cleanse the army from sedition and Orin" it to a proper state, of dis. eiplioc to find, try And etectite, those evho have murdered their officers, and devised and led the rising againse the authoriey of the State. We shall eourt-ntartial the suspected persons and execute those that are condemned, who will number possibly fifty, pos. sibly 200." Enver Bey, one ef the leaders of the Young Turks, when asked how Nre military men regarded the Sultan, re- plied: "We do not have an opinion on that subjett. The Sultan ts in the hamlet of Parliaineet, TJia army is the inetrument of civil authority, Ana the aerny'e Mission in this affair is upholding the seivil government." SCUTARI BARRACKS strratimmt, The het garrison to surrender was the one in the artillery barrecke in Scutari, opposite Stamboul. Four thousand men stationed there with a hundred guna threatened to blow the city into ruins, but Geneva Clieftek to -day ordered un sixty big guns •and Celreral batteried (A.:inedible guns to goeitions whieh eomnianded the her - rack% and the eruisee Atedjidia steam- ed out of rauge of the field pieces and prepared for action. The eommender of the hermits thereupon submitted with- aitte fjrkg a shot. rimaNNING OF THE FIGHT. Ile sanding fotward of the advatio poets of the, Salonika, army Friday af. Omen to evithin two end orgehalf miles 44 the NUN forefthetlowed the attack Apett the till Which began at 5 otoeh Saturday morning. The bridges had beeu picketed and small poetise of cavalry had reconnoitered the ground. After desultory firing just before dawn a strong advaoce was made in tne southwest part of Pera. The at - Woking forces spread out in a long line end made an assault upon the Matchka mid Tasclatischla barraoks south of the Palace, where they met with a. stubborn resistance. The invaders continued to advance in three columns with the utniost precision, eted occupied all the volute of vantage. The volunteers front Gheygoli received their 'baptism of fire from lltatelika, but fluky stood their ground well and replied with steady volleys. The strength of the volunteers was overwhelming and the Matchke, garrison soon surrendered. SALONIKAN LEADER KILLED. Almost immediately the loyal sol - in the Taschkischla barracks, on the opposite hill, opeacd with a deadly file, but, udwithstanding that ineuy of thenfell, the Salonika troops did not hesitate•their advance, but move(' slowly aud cautiously, bringing pp their =chum guns„ and eventually silenced the garrison. There were heavy losses or both sides, While this attack wee pro- ceeding another collie of Salonika in- fantryeencountered a sudden attack from the artillerymen in. the Taxic bar- racks; but these were only supplied with. rifles. Mukstar Bey, commander of the Salonika force, fell dead, and mauy were killed or wounded on the first assault. The fightiug in the Stamboul quarter occurred at the Porte, where the garri- son refused to surreuder, but after a sharp fusilade they were obliged to hoist the white nag. There was stiff fighting at the Tplik Haneh barracks where the mutinous artillerymen, who recently ar, rived from Tehataldja, were quartered. THOUSANDS K [IUD OR WOUN])ED. The number of casualties, probably never will be known, but it is estimat- ed far into the thousands. Around the Taxiberracks alone it is be- ABDUL HAMID, Sultan of Turkey, frem a recent photograph. 40. 'Wed thousands fell. The private houses within the line of fire suffered greatly. Oee of tlte heaviest losses of the Parliamentary forces oceurred through the misuse of the: white flag by the besieged Tasehlcisehla barraeks, For more than an bour the inachipe gulls of the attacking party pomeel hail of shots into the • garfreon, and then the defenders hoisted the white flag. Infantry moved forward in the open and the gunfire was simplified. When the battalion was within four benched yards of the barracks the guns behind tha welle opened up a deadly fire en them, 27 lreing killed and 80 wounded. GOLD 1X OICTINEERS' POCKETS. In ono row s3me 6,000 or 7,000 troupe were engagoil in Oa emilliet, 1011 with the terrific exelmage of shote few nolocombatante were killed. Half of the Selonika Chaseeure, who were brought from the eonntiey dietricts several mouthe ago and ',laud the Yildiz garrison by the eononittee of Union and Progrese, and who took a prominent payt in the reeent mutiny, fell fighlieg in or near the harraelot, where. they Ned murdered most of thew oflicers may ten days ago. In the pock- ets of some of thg dead were. found large stuns of money in gold, winch, it is as. meted, was part of the price of their loy. alt. At noon the battle ceased, an pre- cautionary niesoturee Were int :tuella tely taken hy those upon whom victory had rested to insure the safety of tii3; residente, General satisfaction seemeO to be felt at the. swift ehange from uneertainty to conetitutional order. Sev- eral Macre who were caught redderaded were simmarily executed. 'GREAT NUMBER OF SPECTATORS, Pethape the most remarkable fea- ture of the attack upon the city was the great number of people of° all hetionalities, inetueing many Euro- pean Women, Whir thronged thestreete immediately outside Cho zone of fire. EVerybody showed Bet coninlence ltad been inephod 1' the diseipline, valor end friendly toilrtesy of the invading troops, partieularly the gendarmes of Salonika. Seveial Anterietum were wended during the fighting. incheling Fred - Met: Moore und Harry G. J/wigh 1, both coireepondente. Moore .11,t thc time Ite was wounded wag watehing the operAtiona throxigh tt field gime. Ily hie elite ood a Greek taking photographs. The, two had probably at traeted the a t t eitt ion of . the Todd MarkSillon. imilet that passed throngl! Moore's neck killed a Votive behind him. Dwight, who ie it maga. zieee meter, mot muter fire for seme tome 1 to waa slint while. entleavoiing to melt Conetantinoyle :from a vil- lager a few 111144 out. eVinding the ep- proaebee to the titer elbeed IIO severed wovimat and made hie way- demi the Bosphurtie paet the Yiklie Kiosk, The Water round Ilk 1) int Was. stoutly splaaod with spout bralets. " Title Nally AT 'Mee lierdeedIT,A. ee fine view was had of MO ett. eneesseeeseeseeereeeedeed..e.e.e. ANIERICAN LEGATION AT CONSTANTINOPLE. ad&Maa,aafaa.aaaa,aaaaaaaaaa. gagemeat of the Taschkiselda bar- rackfront the roof garden of the German Einbasey„ .The yiene Keens was about 2,500 yards distant and the barn:voices not more than 500 .yarde. One side a the barracks wee tainted blown away, Not less thau 500 of the garrison finally retreated liv the roar gates, .dragging machine guns wife them They foment in the. Turkish graveyard, whieh fronts the Etubasee until fifty of them wore killed anil more than 100 woumled. Then they hoisted the white flag aud, surren- dered.LOOKED UP AMMUNITION. The troopswho were made prisoners were convey., ed under strong escort to Stamboul and interned in the War Of flee, As they passed through the streets of Pere, which so lately. celmed their gaieties, surrounded by .dusty, smainowned Salonika fighting loon, they looked sullen and deputed and seemed deeply IQ regent their defeaL nt the Minch; of fellowettoelems. Questioned as to why they final '11P - on the Salonika soldiers, one of the prisoners replied that they had arms and would he cowards to surrender without _a shot. Had not their of: ficers hidden the ,keys to the store- rooms where the guns and ammunition were kept they would have made the Maeedonian troops deuce a differeet tune. Apparently the officers in gener- al made no effort to help the soldiers, in revenge for their recent persecotion, when it is estimated that: ono hundred and fifty officers were murdered by the • TX]] SULTAN'S 'ORDERS. London,' April 24.---A special des- patch from Constantinople says that Nazim Pasha, Assistant Miniater of War, declares that he did his utmost to persuade the garrison of the capital to surrender. Some of .the men obeyed and. did not take part in the fighting. Subsequently they asked to be allowed to participate in the siege of the Yildiz. Wounded men in tile 'hospitals declare that they left off fighting In consequence of orders from the Sultan delivered by all officer in disguise, to -day by a soldier in oue of the consti- tutional regitneitts. The soldier was dragged sway by Ids comrades, but he called out in explenatioa of his act: "That rascal killed foul. officers." The men sueppeted ot instigation of the inetiny of April 13 have been Rep - muted from the main Welke of pris- oners, and will be tried by court martial, Theee trials, however, have not begun, , It le rumored to -day that prisoners are being shht in the country beyond the Swett, Waters, but definite aseur- awes were obtained at Schelket Pasha's heallqua dere (hot no -executions had yet occurred), altheuglt n eoneiderable num- ber was probable. Two hundred of the Sultan's Alban- ian soldiers etationed sI the- imperial • paittee et Yildiz persistently refuse to - (ley to surrender their quarters, wideit are adjaeent to the mein gates of the palace enelosure. Although these men have note fired on any one, their dead - fest refusal to submit 'and he disarmed Y01 y aenoying lo Seheiket Pasha, Who le arraeging to attack them and force their surrenaer, 11.1110894 they will do as he desiree. e The' correspondent repaired to the• scene of this threatened trouble, "Some al his majesty's children are disobedi- ent," remarked the officer commanding the approach to the gates of the palace in reply to a questiou. "We have plac- ed a battalion of Macedonian volunteers elose vaege and. we are awaiting only the arrival of artillery before mak- ing a final demand for surrender. If • this is refused we must ottaek." The Macedonians referred to were be- hind a series of low terraced walls, be- tween 300 rout 400 yards from the Al- banian barracks, Their cartridge belts were full. As the offieer Wes speeleing a number of Ma.cedonien volunteers, mostly men of independent position, were arrivinron the scene in cabs and OVER 25,000 MEN. Beirut, Aptil 25. -The situation in Asiatic Turkey is one .of extreme gravity, How many thousands 'owe been massacred caurtot even be esti- mated, because the disturbanees have beeu so widespread thot it is impos- sible to secure details of the happen - Inge during the past ten days. The latest estimates ot the number killed in the vilayet of Adana reach. ap- preximetely .25,000, 11110 tilMIS:111(1S have been thole to death in the towns of other dietriets. The' state ot siege which seyeral of the playa; are ender, going, has brought the inhabiteute to the verge of starvation, and each (hey brings ite tales of further atroeilles and the depths of misery and despair Lo whieh the savagery of the fanatics has brouebt the people. Several war- ships are now in these, waters' • but the disorders are so far-reaching that Ihe efforts of the powers to restore normal conditions have as yet hardly been felt, MISSIONARY LEADING A RELIEF FORCE, One of the Minsionarice at; Alex- ftIldrettfts Mr. Kennedy, with 450 Turk- ish trooped has gone to the relief of Deertynl, an Ateacnian village on the coast, • -where 10,000 people within the watt are besieged by immense ban.ds'of Kards and -Oireassiane, Confirmation has been received of the burning of the Armenian village of Kessale All the men cind many wo- men and children have ben slain. 'Miss e Cliambere, an American' missionary, ea fa A British warehip has been ordered from Alexendretta to Sttedittio where eonditions hove become worse. All the property of the Christians at Die- liereket has been destroyed. The total toss is unknown, but it will be enormotte, rieports state that, Ifadjin, in the vilayet of Adana, is on fire. There are five .American women otter, tered here, Frantic appeals for proGeo- tion and for food are coming in front alt sections. Beirut is quiet. - Constantinople, April 23. - Constan- tinople experierteed Met night the effects of the state of siege declared yesterday. The capital iosembled a city of the dead. No aim was 'dime(' on the streets after 8 .o'clock inthe evening, and the .earry- ing of arms by civilians as well as the publicatiot of news likely to eteate dis- quiet were strictly prohibited, The cone! mitto of uniori and progress hasissued a. statement denying the .allegations at- tributing the receitt occurrences to con- troversies betweeft the political parties, and saying that the match of tlie con- slitutionalists on the capital was under. taken touter the influenee of the conn mittee. 'The statement, sets forth that the tragic events of the paste fortnight Were provoked by "wretehes and vile per. sonages who were injured by the pr�. elamation of the constitution." Foldiers wore corrupted -with money, and incited to eommit acts of savagery. The holy mission of the armyis above personalitieg. The committee wishes to work for the general intend and serve the intheientel. The arrests of reaetionariea and re- ligious atudents continue, and it le eSti- mated that up to last night 4,000 suit persone had been Apprehended, The last burials of the men alto fell in the fighting of Setunirty took plow last oight. The dead number ("bout .300, and the men in imetiltals -do not Teach the total of- 50, Vivo thousand troops were taken prisonerse One body of prigoners marched pant Schefitet Pasha headquarters thia merit- ing on their way ite camp in the country, They Were in: no SellSe 'downcast, but weie smoking eigevettes. and Chatting with animation. Few prisoners have bee» shoe in at. tempting to ,eqrape. An nrtillerigt„ who 11)W1 waiting examination At Seheiket llasha's hendquottenn was knocked down the order by attentling divine torvice, edeteeeee. ogee-- easemosinewsleaspermiassaiseeesereaatrou IVIEFIEMED RECHAD EFFENDI, E3rother of Abdul Tamid. He is 65 years old, carriages to have a share in the final, engagement. CABINET RESIGNS. - Constantinople, April 28.--Tewlik Pasha, the erand vizier, this morning tranenetted tto the Sultan the resigna- tion of the entire cabinet and communi- eated this fact to parliament. CONDITIONS IMPOSED ON SULTAN. Berlin, April 28. ---The Conatautinople correspondent of the Lokal Anzeigev telegraphs that he learns that the Sut- tee of Turkey will be anowed to remain upon the throne, but on condition that he gave guarantees against a relapse to itheoluitSm. These conditions are tts follows; The walls of the Yildiz Palace to be razed, the barracks at Yildiz quata tering ,Ithoot 2,000 meet, under the imme- diate orders of the Sultan, are to be razed; in future there will be stationed at the palace a guard of 100 men only, Lo be ehanged daily, mid supplied froth the different regiments of the.gerrison altereately, in order to m3ake impos- sible for the Sultan to bribe them, The Sultan must pay the expenses of the ex- pedition from Salonika from his private fortune, and, furthermore, the Sultan, whose property is 0, largely dnvested &bread, must; make a gift to the nation of $250,000,009 as the basie of the finan- gel degeneration of the empire. LONDON THIEFS Robbed Houses and May Have Headed For Hamilton, • London, Ont., April gang of expert imusebreakere who 1)01ked 6trat1iroy on- :Friday night made a rielt hatil in South Lozulon on 8attirday night and Sunday moroing, load the pollee have not llama ton ana Toronto that the men have headed that way, fn the house of Mr. James Fox the thieve worked alt around the bearoome where Ales, Fox mei her daughter lay sick, and finally awnkened her. She screamed for hely, iind her hueleinti eleised the men wall a gun, but in the darkness they got away. At Fox's ane othsr 4 11018404 in the neighborhood tie• thievee steelingt eeveral lunelred dollats, • JURY FISHING, ( Flushing. N. V., April 20.-T11e work of emepletiug the jury at the Ariel of Capt. Peter C. Heine, jun.. for killing AIM'S la the llayeideeYstelit Club last nuguet was rectutted befota efuetiee Gar- ; relson in the Supreme Court to -day. Seven him:4 IMO 110001 8e10et404 out of 318 inleenten examineet riming the five days of remit hod week. The seven linena, who um stopping in a IMO at Willet's Point under einveillanee of mutt offieers, spent Rowel hours; on Sunday feel t hi Pluebent Bey i lifting( limetrea Terouto Oedfellown telelea 1 fel the ninetieth anniversary of EARTHQUAKE IN PORTUGAL. 'fhousands Are Homeless But the Death List is Si • King Manuel Personally Visits the I. Stricken Districts, Movement of the Earth Lasting Six Hours, Lisbon, April 25,- Although Liebon itself was shaken from end to end by the earthquake on Friday evening there homeless and -without food. The K-irta' ii\)v,o.aellunahtee, depths, Doctors., nursee and firemen, King Manuel, the Duke of Oporto, anir and found- some four dimmed. persons Lisbon the whole city 1)05 stirred to its immediately tor the devaetated towns. stroyee, The lesa or life, so far as known yet, was not commensurate with dead and 100 injured have been taken out of tele ATMs, Wliea the news reached taaing medical anti other stores, set off the Minister of Public Works and Olin- ister of Marine also weed to the sone Ssteven were almost compleeely de - the material deetruetion, but already 37 however, thet the outlying dietriete suf- wore no fatalities. It is now known, tercet Bottevente, Samosa and Santo litesbaonnto, stuliliTeoue7dnvdingb,yeivtehnotyhimingilie7s who were- praying for bread.. fli'S :Majesty immediately seut to the papitat for supplies, and later cartloatis of provisions ad thousands of loaves of bread were despatched and distributed to the famishing population. Later two thousand blankets and a imudred, miti- tary tents followed. Refugees aro camp- ing under the tents on neighboring bill. 810kS. A litariedlyconvened council of Min - isnot voted $100,000 for peclimiimay res lief. Hospital trains ere now coming in laden with the injured, who aro taken to hospitals for treatment. Lisbon itself is recovering from the panic, whieh on Friday was extreme. T.he inhabitants then were terror-striekeo, chiefly by fear of fires, which broke out in many places-, but the fire brigades, which in some cases were personally directed by the King and the Dule.e of Oporto before they departed for the more severely stricken districts, worked successfully. The troops were called out and patrolled the streetel ready to suceor victims in ease of a second shock. In the Ripatijo district, between San- tarem and Lisbon. both banks of the Tugas River are much damaged, and the river is inundating Santarem, where the Church of San Salvador' is so damaged as to render dts demolition necessary. Shocks were felt at Santarem at mid- night clad at 2.57 a, in. The force of the eartimuMee as registered at the Ebro Observatory at Tomei,' Spain, was the greatest ever re- corded there. 1:17 -he actual movement of the earth lasted :five hours and forty- nine minutes. 70,000 DEAD AT ALESSI/TA. Meesine, April 25. ---An official esti- mate`places the number of bodies of the earthquake vtdims recovered at 25,000, end of those still in the ruins at 45,000. Both figures are the minimum. 4 • 4, HOME SWEET HOME. The Apology For -Ore Maintained by Crankwright. Woodstock, April 26. -Mrs. Eliza- beth Davis, charged with Jtftying two More husbands than the law allows, wee not able to appear in police court this mornfng, having since her arrest a week ago, been taken to the hospital, the birth of _aachild being expected. Martin Cronkwright, to whom Mrs. Davis was married last February on capital of ten cents, and with whom she was living along with' eight children -two by sformer marriages -was tried on the charge of vagrancy and failure to support his family. Witneeses from the neigh- borhood said the family of ten were living in three span rooms with oracle in wells through which one's hand might be put. They said when they visited the house the clay after the mimeo were arrested, there were no proyisions on the premises but some old turnips. Only one bed, and the children said that they slept on boardS. They said the children begged hithitually nnd arparently got their livelihood titat way. Magistrate 'Bell lottiid the man guilty and re- served sentence anti' Saturday, In- timating that he might suepond sen- tence if the man consented to give up all claim on his children to the Ohildren's -Aid Society, FOR INEBRIATES. Provincial Plan to Aid Alcohol and Drug Victims, Toronto, April 26. --The sttecess of ge-' cent experhnents of the hydro -therapeu- tic system of curing habitual drunkards and victims of drugs treated in the pro- vincial hospitals for the insane at Lon. don and Kingston will probably result in iniportane steps being taken to eneble victims to be treated at a nominal ex. poise, The authorities and physicians are enthusiastic over the project as a great public advantage, 'as heretofore sanitariums Were too expensive, end the only other available 'recepttteles for the unfortuentes were the jails. The experiments have been cendueted directly ninder the supervision of the Pravincial Secretary's Department, and the results have been remarkable. The treetinent ie -000 of "boiling the craving out of the system," and some of the cures have been astoniellifig. No injury to the patient. One unfortunato. woman was recently taken to the Kings- ton institution an inveterate morphine fiend. The report of the phyStelattS to the department $et forth' that her body was everywhere calloused front injee. time, anti all thought of cure had been abandoned. A treatment of three Weeks, With a gradual leseening of the dose, served to effect a eure, the -craving for the drug being eraelieated, Several eases of men W110 WPTO eleoholie siethrie have been handled, and hi every ettSe the re - atilt has been a complete euro, tweardieg to the official reports. All desire for (Licata has been removed front the pa t lent's SYS(0)11, W. a, Hamm trader whole diree. non the experimente WM made, has - inaugurated a transformation in the treatment of persons of unsound Mind, having inview the Abolition of the tire. valent notion of asseentile pitikent of incarceration and transforming thent1nt0„ lioepitah in whieh the treatment aims etinetaittly towarde ultimate cure, 11 la understood that the Alinieter has further plane under consideration to grapple with the problem of Alcohol and drug victims i }trough the hydrothere peut 1system, the official 044 of which have been so Successful. The general adoption of the treatment in provineial inetitutions will, however, minim legialatiou, ai no present provi- sion is inede other than commitment to private ennitarittnis on the order of a justite of the Pew, The congested and erowded condition of the asylums will also have to he relieved before the bur- den of the enlarged work and new equip - went can be undertaken. It le believed, however, that the Allender ling the whole matter teethe, advisement and is desirous of inaugurating, important refoeme it) dealing with all mei mem where the craving , lute Weenie ehronic and le diagnosed no a mental ("Pease. FAJAL BLOW. Gilbert Oliver Arrested on a Murder Charge. The Vietim is William Gordon, Middle -Aged_ Carpenter, Toronto, April 26. --With his $kull ter- ribly fractured as a result of being knoekeit down at the corner of Tencliese and Gorge streets, 'William Gordon, a middle-aged carpenter, who lived at 59 Frederick street, died in St. IN:lichees Hospital On Saturday evening. TWO hours after hie death MS reported to tlee pollee Detective Harry Armstrong, witli nothing but a good description of the aseellant to guide him errestedeGile bert Oliver, aged 29 years, 01 120 Elm street, on a. ebarge of murder, Oliver, who hasserved terms for theft and as- sault, was identified at Court street pc>. lice station' by several speetetors of the assault, Aerording to the police,the dead man, the prisoner and another man nad been. in each other's company for some time previous to the assault, They had been drinking and quarrelled frequently,.with- out, however, coming to blows. At the -corner of Duchess and George streets, an altercation started, and Oliver, it is _said, struck Gordon Ili the mouth, The latter, fell backwards, the side of his ead earning in violent contact with the pavement. He lay as he fell, and Oliver ana the other man, after vainly attempt- • ing to rouse him, dragged the inert form over to the sidewalk and then ran may up George street. A CRUELACT. .Leg,Broirn in Fight and Left on Road to Die. Orangeville, April 25. --OA row oecurred here on Saturday night which might have been attended: with fatal results. George McDonald, a thresher, son of John McDonald, of Mono township, got. into a fight, it is said, with William McNamara, also of Mono township, on Broadway in which McDonald got the worst of it. About midnight McDonald started for home, a distance of some nine miles, on foot, and. shortly after- wards 'MacNamara started after him with a buggy. He overtook him near the Dufferin .ftgrieultural groonds and, it is alleged, brutally assaulted him, breaking his left leg below the knee,and then made off into the night, leaving his victim ia cIa unconscious state on the roadside. Shortly afterwards Geo. Nicholson, who was also walking home, discovered McDonald, and, hunting ttp a, wagon took him uptown to the Grand Central Hotel, and summoned Dr. Carson. McDonald would, undoutedly have perished from cold and exposure had he not been diseovered. MacNamara is a man about 27 years of age, and his victim a man of abgut 30. Both are unmArried. A warrant was issued for MacNamara, but he has not been arrested yet. a 0- . HIS NECK BROKEN. Mr, William Forsyth Accidentally • Killed. Orangeville, April 25.-A very sad at- eident happened enear Cemilla, seven miles horth of here, yesterday about noon, whereby William Forsyth, a proe- perous farmer of Mono township, lost his life, A. small outbuilding in Glencoe public school section bad been (teenaged by wind, nnd Mr. Forgyila who is a public school trustee, went to iospeet 11. The building fell over and broke Mr. Forsyth's neck. He WAS fourid about _2 o'clock by William McKim, another i trustee, but death had ben .nstantan. eons. Deceased was very highly respect- ed and leaves a wife and five -children. Coroner Henry viewed the remains to- day and decided that an inquest Was not necessary. Mrs. George Fleming is a sister-in-law, its, jarnes Dunnett ane Mrs. Weston Toronto, are sisteee. - • 4 • -- KILLS TWO. Motorcyclist. Thrown at a Terrific Speed Into Grandstand. Los Angeles Cal., April 25. -Two men were probably fatally injured at the Coliseum trade this afternoon, when El- bert tarnherdt, 11. motor eyelist, racing at a terrific 011004, 'Wag thrown 50 reot into tho grandstand, crowded with spectators. The skull of , one of the vietime, Howard It. Piper, of 'Normal, ille was 0)1) 110(1 by Bernhardt'e feet. The other victim, unidentified, received internal injuries and is dying at the receiving hoepital. Itarnbardt, who wag thrown lett feel in A Atelier rteeident 111 Erato a year ago, le uninjured. The six eontegtanIs in the five -mite raeo were buttered on the stieteb of the Wet Iap whet) the tieeitlent oceurred. They were travelling at the rate of a mile in 55 seconds. OONVENT amten EXPLODES. Superioress of Cote St. Paul oorigeee gation May Die. brentreal, April el -Starting it fire le a boiler in Whielt there was but little water led to an exploeion this =name hi the coevent of the congregation of Notre Dame At Cote fit. Paul, AS a IV - stilt of whieh the superiorese, Sister Nom de Jemig, 5.V08 prOhably fatally injured, and Sister Dultreuil and a Elite girl blot. All three M ere 10 the bailer writ et tin. DELAY IN PINRADE CASE° Validity of Coroner's Warrant to be Decided Yet, Divisional Court Will Deal With This- Feature. The Inquest Adjourned in the Meantime, Toronto, April 20. -.The Nil -gado lawyers were tomportrrily successful before Mr. .Tustice Teetzel this morn. ing, They blocked the inquest for two days at least. Thi e morning DA -Osgood° Hall they moved for a writ di certiorea to have the warrant is- sued by Comer Anaereoxi brought before. the coure to have decision handed down OS to its validity. Mr. justice Teetael did net think that he had jurisdiction to deal with the motion ann no lerred it to the Di visional -Court, when it will come up ; on. Wednesday. • The result of the application aeons that the warrant will have to be filed in court to -clay, in whose jurisdiction it will remain until the matter is fin- ally dispoeed of on Wedneeday. This means that the -warrant for the az'- rest cf Florence ginrade cannot be -eXectiteal to -day and the Grown will not producefurther.;witnesses till this legal' point is decided. bfr. Lynch -Staunton, L0,, was here early to press hls motion for a writ of certiorari in connection with the is.suance of the Coroner's', warrant. He met Mr, .Thotnas Hobson, the other counsel toe the leinrede family and Mr. T. 0'. Robinette, IC,0„, in the' library at Osgoode Hall. They had a long conference and secured a lot, tat formidable law books containing cases hearing in the matter. "I move, my Lord, following the move made by my learned friend, Mr. Robin- nette,for a writ of certiorari, to brtnp, hp the warrant issuedby the .Coroner in the Kinrade ease," said Mr. Lynch, Staunton, before Mr, justice wrf :;e`eIthkte.1a.et here from the Attorney - General's Departuienta's said Mr. Cart - "Is the Crown not representedt" "My learned friend, Mr. Washiuge ton, told Inc he would not be here unless it were necessary. It is merely 0 prerogative writ of certiorari that we are applying for now. It is a matter in which the Attorney -General is inteeest- ed," went on Mr. Staunton. Then followed a minute or so of tech- nical arguments, "We have an affidavie from Mr, Hob, son setting forth the facts," said Mr. Staunton. "But first I wish to draw your Lordship's attention to one fact. Although a Coroner's court is a court of record, it is a purely statutory court, and not a common law court." s, Mr. Cartwright. objected. "But," said, Mr. Staunton, "this is. ar- gument." He read from section 205 of the criminal .code, "To infringe on the liberty of the British subject and to try to arrest this poor girl end put her in prison over Sunday, like the Coroner attempted to do on .Friday night, had no peecedent 'in the courts of British procedure, and contrary to all British Mw. According to some of the newspa- apetii:,;eald Mr. Staunton "that warrant was issued to arrest tlic girl, dead or "That's not right," said Mr, Cart- wright, the Deputy Attorney -General. "Well, that's What was pobliehed," said ..Vp, Staunton. "That's all 1 kllOW. They didn't show me the warrant." The lawyer suggested that Detective John Antler be called to produce the warrant. "Of course," added Mr. Staunton, eif Mr. Cartwright says this is not tarred I will retract. They went to the Magis- trate here and tried to get him to sign $o as to arrest her on Saturday." "That is not true," objected Mr, Cart- wright, rising. • Mr. Staunton then criticised the way the Crown has handled the inquest. "This young woman was Montle into court at 8 o'clock, and kept till 3 in the morning. She was examined upon not only the ease, but upon every conceive able. thing outside, even to asking her how she slept.the night before, ..Then they brought het' in again, and kept her on the stead from 4 till 8 o'clock. At the end. of this time they eharged her with murder most dramatieally, as the n c wspapers said," "No lanasnage,ean deseribe the infamy of this procedlu'e," "The family . was sebjectea to come - lions which should make the questioner ashamed to slow his face in a court- room egain Ife cast aepersione upon every member at the family, and tried to untleereine their reputation. have notmet a counsel in Ontario who has tot condemned the methods of the CrOWIT O011n9 el ill the most pronounced terms." "They 1114 everything in their power to break tide girl up. If thee°, is any- thing they left- molone I do not know °rit "Counsel in this civilieed country no- . ettses a girl of 24. years of age of mur- dering her own sestet goto her as feeble as poSsIble and then he thunders at her to get her to say she murdered 11"'`..1.1il81tsl:001'N'vings of jitstiec are so badly Woleen as they have been in thie case, then justree in Canada has been dragged in tlie mud, "Your Lordship, sitting on this bench, would not permit gull a thing. It was 1)01 the 'license of ounsel. It was the tortere of this girl. I have yet to meet the num who has not condemned iiis r-eoceeding in the most unmistakable rme. 11)10 shoul)1 have been done in p Pirate; there Was no necessity of mak- ing a theatrieal spectarle out of it." Mr, Juetiee Teetzel interrupted Mr. Stnuntoe in his eneech against the inetio ods followed by the Crown proseeutors. d this wee% Nothing. ( "There 10 110 (.1080»0(.1080»111(0 Motion should 10$ nisensse etb be gained by teemed centneel repro- bating 001111AeI ou tba other side. 'The ;latitude of a eounsel engage(' tie Crown e.presentative In a rage like thts. eliould not be confined, perhape,•to thelimits of g ensinilitiee of himself or the witness ie :examining. It iitey bit neeeseary, rerhaps, to mem questing that are I:mowing to the witneee wed tho 1)1001- chola of the family. .I. eannot say that oungel hi Ode ease sigkell queetione thee were onteide the line of his ditty to the .1:‘:14181initi:Ilhie ehareeeiel 00111 Mr. "He made o ehatge ot minter against thie ,i -hl, And then reealled her to give evidenee. There ie no doubt leile ease ',should he probed to the bottom, but submit that it should not ba done this wroFtlii.;xt.diaarrt.wrip;lit submitted that it was "lint it should have been to geed," Otelge Welled Aida matter is eat ini- porinut that, 011 expresmion of opinioa by me 14 not likely to 'bo satisfactory. Would it not be better to refer 11 to the Divisional Court?' Air. Cartwright ---T ant willing if the wit:twee:es sue likely lo be produced AS 11:CIllired. I think my leaned felend le jumping too soon. Judge Weetzel--I think eo too. The waigent has not been Bernd. ein -Cartwright-1 am willing if nie' learned friend will givo the undertaking that the witnceces will be pfeduerd. Mr. Stauntou-I eaunot gtve any un- lertahing. The girl is under surveillance with a couple of detectivee watching her. She does not intend to loot%) the coon- tr. Cartwright objected. "The war- rant has notbeen served. Judge Teetzel-Do you mean that the arm of the law is so short that it cannot rettelt a warrant until it is executed? Mr. Cartwright -Yes, Judge Teaze1-1 never heard of D. ware rane Whig made to quash a warrant be. fore it was executed, but there nay bAve Wert rases, 1 do not feel that 1 have power to pass mien this matter, The warrant is not before. me. Tt is not here, Saket to cemnion :consent, I would prefer :re. return it to tile Divi- sional Court. elly decision woald, Koh - ably not be eatisfactorg to either party. His Lordship, in gtvang his decision! said: "1 direct that a writ oT certiorari ehould be issued reserving all the ob- jections Offered the crown returnable to the Divisional Court which ie now ra- ting. This may mean an adjournment of the inquest at Ifienfilton, but it Cermet be helped. Mr. Cartwright -The crown reserves the right to retain all objections to ethe writ on all other matters. "That is satisfactory to m e," Staunton. "I ion prepared to dispose of it as well es I may, but I think the beet; solution out of the question hi to refer it to the Divisional Court. I will therefore IS - sue a writ of certiorari on cousent, re- turnable before the Divisional Coed forthwith. The Divisional Court is now sitting and the matter could go on to- morrow. I think that is the quickest course; the crown of Nurse reserves all objections to the issuance of the writ." "I have no objection," said Mr. Cart- wright. "It is a pro forma arrangement. By consent I can make the writ return- able to -morrow before the Divisional Court,, presided over by the Chaucellor." "I think the evidence should be pro- duced," said Mr. Staunton. "Whatevidence," asked Mr. Carte wright. "The evidence of this girl," answered Mr. Staunton. "It would take three weeks.".. "I am willing to tale) the newspaper reports of it," said Mr. Staunton. "There is uo precedent for it," said Mr. Cartwright. • "1 stibmit there is in a similar case. Get the Divisional Coma to decide." "If they want the evidence there they caa get it," said His, Lordship, "this is not a question of evidence, but ox fact." "1 dont see if this writ is returnable to -morrow how it can be argued to -mor- row," said Mr, Staunton. • • * Dropped Dead Big Rapids, Mich., April 26. - Rev. E. G. Prank, pastor of the 1 German Lutheran Church 'here dropped dead while administering the rite of baptism to a child at Qui close of the regular service 1 * yesterday. The preacher had ap- parently been in perfect health. . As, he stood at the altar, and with- out tho slightest warning he fell to the floor and was dead when picked up. Rev. Mr. .Feanek was 57 years old and is .stirvived by a widow and nine children. 4444 4-+++4-44-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-44-4-44-4-+ MORE SHOCKS. Villages Wiped Out -Bodies Re- covered -Many Missing Lisbon, April 26. -Slight seismic dis- turbances occurred again throughout Portugal last tight. Every one is great- ly u»nresSed with the eourage and en- ergy of King Manuel. who, after direct- ing the firemen in the city when the first and most; violent shock occurred on -Friday, seb out with physicians and supplies for the districts where the dis- aster Ives the greatest. A number of villages have been wiped out. SalvatOre and San Stefano were badly darnageti. Thirty -pine bodies have been taken from tile reins anet 120 persons are missing. Hundreds were. injured. The officials of the observatory of Coimbra University place the centre of the phenomenon on the sea, close to the coast. - YEAR'S IMMIGRATION Nearly Hundred and Forty-Sevon Thousand Arrived. Ottawa, April 26. -During the fiscal/ (cm. ending 'March aist lest, 116,908 immigrants Cable to Canada. Of tilts number 60,91:2 were ot British °P)ste 01,178 continental, and 433.1 from the 'united States . During tee eat.. 603 undesirable immigrants creme releeted at ocean ports, Arid 4,5$0 at itlItted States boundary points, and ma 00- cent Imnieseants were deportee to the Country trete whenee they came. A 'total in an or reiectee and doptirtOd immigrants at GAM; or mere than tame to Canada altogether ta trie test year ot the Conservative regime. Of the 1,10426 immigrants arriving In 011311010 111 the Met ten years 819,213 cared fro Inthe tinned Kingdom end the Uhlted States. • MISSING GIRL. Molten, April ete-Theepollee are try. ing loeAte a girl anerwering the de- eeription of Adele Boma the 14 -year-old daughter of Arthur E. Boas, the wealthy silk 111011)1 fact who disappeared from. New York on Friday last. The girl whom tho police nye leaking for obtained work in a ChAricetori restaurant yettere but failed to entire": to -any. $200,000'BLAZE leitneas City, April Del, -A fire whieh for a time threatened buildings in the heart of Xansat City's business district early this Ii1Oriling resulted in Ihe total destruction of the Ridge building, a four -storey building. The total loos is estimated at $200,000, nee. lee IT. ltehogg, of Toronto, lent her railed to prominent Vrosbyterian Church in Carlisle, ra.