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The Wingham Advance, 1909-07-17, Page 7THAT NAVAL back the invirders towtted the Seas . They made an ettempt to autee time guns, but several of them were ca -p• tared. The 4.7eineh gun - had to be abaridoned, and In a few moments the. whole body Of the enemy was in fall treat toward the boats. it was too, late. , Nearly all were de- stro,yel In crossing the beach, save A little band which, imp to their knees in water, kept the flag flying and perished to the last man sooner than surrender, THE. BAT'TLE OVER. Then the bugle sounded, and, as if b'y a magician's wand, the hairly-burly of mimic warfare was stilled. The band played God. Save the King, and at the sound living end dead sprang to their feet anti saluted. As the last. strains died away the spectators cheered anti as, cheered again this magnificent display of smartnese, dexterity, intelligence and forethought. Theatrical it may have beau, but it was a grand spectacle, well worthy of the eulogy which the spectre - lore unstintingly bestowed upon After this there was a drive through the dockyard, but it is to he feared that the gueets were too delighted and excited bythe thrilling display they had just Witnessed to pay mach attention to the feateres of the great naval arsenal. The visitorsreturned to ',endowed 7 o'clock, well pleased and not a little instructed by all that had been seen. GERMAN BITTERNESS, Berlin, June 13. -One result Of Lon- don's Imperial Press Conference is an unmistakable sharpening of the tension which the controversy about naval arm- aments has introduced into Anglo - German relations. The speech delivered by Admiral Von Koester before the German Navy League and in the Presence of Prince Henry of Prus- sia, was in substance a declaration thee an understanding with Great Britain on the ghestion - of limiting ar- maments was' an impossible proposi- tion, which Glernutay could not, in any circumstances, consider without permanently endangering its .prestige and independence in commerce. Pra- tte:01y the entire official pres.. and many newspapers whiel are unofficial have now emphatically endorsed - this sentiment, some with wildly contemp.tu- ous references to Britain's "attack of nerves, others in a -truculent spirit, Tho Keene Zeitung, for instance, after declarinebthat, according to the British view, the whole world is simply the British sphere of interest, begs to remead the British that the Germans are the "descendants of the people Who once crushed the Roman world -empire to .ruins," THINKS THE' COLONIES IN A PANIC. Berlin, June 13. -The press continues to publish angry comments on the Im- perial Press Conference. The Vissische Zeitung believes the "speeches of incite- ment delivered to the conference were primarily spoken to the gallery and were intended to prom.e,te the policy of closer union of the Empire." The Neueste Naehrichten ridicules the statement that the speeches were net panicky. The Kreuz Zeitung says: "It- is probable. that the delegates. will agitate for Im- perialism -with all their strength after returning home. The speeches delivered on Friday prove beyond a doubt that the nervous agitation which we have ob- served with anxiety in England has been extended to British oversea is dominions." SOO CANAL The Lock to be Emptied of .Water and Examined. Press Delegates Witness Review of British Warships. Sham Attack on Warships and Lauding of Enemy. Delegates Duly Impressed -Ger- many Feeling Sore, London, June 13.--(C, A. P.) --The delegates to the imperial Piase Confer- ence were profoundly impreated by their inspection of the home Peet at Spit•head, yesterday. The eighteen miles of war- s -14e, which -ineindeil four Dreadnoughts and three invincible'scaurditute'd the most powerful fieeteever assembled for review. A salute front Nelson's old flag - hip, the VieLory, announced. the arrival of the Admiralty yachts, bearing thea %Lords of the Admiralty and the news- paper guests. Atter traversing the lines of the fleet the visitors went. on Wald. the Dreadnought and witneseed a sham- ettack of submarines a•nd destroyere 00 the battleship. The sea front of Ports- mouth was black with masses of specta- tors, and the roadstead was filled with eteamers thronged with eightseers fram all parts of the kingdom. Admiral Sir John Fisher aeeompan- ied the Press delegates, amt on. the an rival of the party at Victoria Station oa their return from the manoeavree, ties newspapermen gave him a great ovation, ascorting hint to his ear and singing "For He's a Jolly flood Fellow." All the delegateeldmit that the fleet was a wonderful object lesson to them as to the Empire's navel might. • THE, VICTORY SALUTED. New York, June 13.-A cable des- patch to the Herald. from London de- scribes the spectaele which the dele- gates to the Press Conference witnessed at Spithead. It says: On arriving at the South Railway jetty of the dock yard the guests em- barked on the Volcano, a special ser- vice vessel allotted for the porp.orie, and proceeded out of the harbor. Nel- eon's venerated flagebip. the historic Victory, could not be left out of the entertainment, and she saluted the Ad- miralty flag when it eves broken on the yacht 'Enchantress, This vessel led the way out to Spit - head, passing South Sea Castle on the left and Hasler Hospital on the right, until three lines. of destroyers in parallel columns,forty-eight in number, with their scouts, came into view. A little farther on the first line of evayships of larger size was •passed. At elle head of each column was the (lapilli) Dreadnought. the King Ed- ward • VII., and the Prince of Warm resnectively, and behind these, lay in their impressive majesty all the great battleships and cruisers and all the home and Atlantic fleets. Oil BOARD THE DREADNOUGHT, After the big ships had all been peeae4 a visit was made to the thirty- five 'submarines, anchored in two long lines, anti having made a close inspec- tion of these vessels, passed up again between two other tines and came to Anchor alongside the Dreadnought. • The visitors were transferred, to the flagehip of Sir•William May, in order to witness the evolutions by the sub- marines and 'destroyers. The former craft passed by the flagship in single file, 'some being in cruising trim, others in diving trim, and a third sec- tion giving an exhibition of the way in which they could disappear at will beneath the surface. After the submarines, came the de- stroyers, every alternate boat firing a torpedo at the battleship as she came abreaet of her. These missiles plough - ,ed their way through the waves at A fast rate of speed toward the ship, gemeing a fine line of -Nam to indicate (their progress until, *Mg caught by the torpedo nets suyrounding the Dread- rieghte their career was stepped, thus elemonetrating the value of this species • of defence. ATTACK ON WHALE ISLAND. .lhee „After this the visitors proceeded to Whale Island, at the top of, the har- bor, to he entertained by one of those realistic spectacles for which this great gunnery establishment is famed. In it specially erected stand the, vieltore watched the proceedings with the keen- est interest. The ben& of the islend bore slopes ()own toward the sea, and in it rows of tenches had been dug, one above the other, in preparation for the attack Axpeeteil from the enemy. The pa- trol was partly sheltered among the tussotios of the gram and the bushes pi the bank affording the only sign of life and watchfulness. preeently away to the seaward a flotilla of gunboats was made omit, and at once -there was bustle and netrvity. Bluejackets appeared in large numbers and lined the trenches. Guns were brought into position, tied a rocket, bursting in the air, sent in- telligence of the invasion to the fartla est part of the island. ENEMY REACHED SHORE. The gunbots opened. fjre and shells Severe semi burstineeamidst the ranks of the defenders, .wlide stretcher-bearers tete and there picked up a 'Wounded man and conveyed him to the rear. The fire from the, attack grew hotter, nail boats were seen putting loff with a party, evidently intent on landing. On these came toward. the ahelving beach, and as theettilaboats' fire drove the de- fenders from their trenches the invad- ers- sprang ashore quiehiy and occupied them. Then dame the landing of twelve pounders and machine guns, and, tleese• coming into action, the islanders Were BUIL further forced back and obliged to • take refuge in the leopholed fortress, supposed to be much farther away than was actually the ease. Then. the attackers Made their great effort. Amid a tempest of shot „end shell which scoured the plateau, tbey landed A five -ton 4.1 ineh gun, Mkt( Ste carriage eompiete, and -op- evat4 of a hundred men tailing up to tthue 'dreg-W*10e. Up it went over the beights, anti. was speedily brought to bear upon thee enemy. The defenders' fire slackened, and it seemed they must tic defeated, /NVADEBS SWEPT nAeg, Th d ground wee strewn with their "dead" and "dying/' and episodes of bravery were not, wanting, ita Men -dish. ed out to save a fallen comrade or sue. ror a friend in eeed. At Ude juncture the tide of the ,struggle turned. Suddenly there ap- +peened upon the -scene an armored OAT, the guns front whieb, playing •upoet the Bank of the attackers, die. .colneged them. This was the first eheek and then out of the 'haze of emoke overwhelming reinforeentente %soured from the train end swept Ottawa, Ont., June 14. -The Depart- ment of Railways and Canals has re- ceived. word that the gap in the centre of .the emergency dam at the Soo has been stopped by means of Idles and sandbags. This has shut off the flow of water through the locks, and will en- able the emergency gates to be closed. The leek will be emptied of water to- day, and the bottom examined. If it is not badly damaged the lock will be used at once with the emergency gates, which will be used all summer. It is feared that a sill is damaged, as one of the boats is known to have struck hard in the lock. Hon. George Graham reached Toronto from the Soo this morning. • -4 • • SCOTCH FARMERS. Envoy From Canada Says They Are Eager to Emigrate Here. Ottawa, Juno 11. -Mr. P. IL McKenzie, ex- M.P. for South Bruce, has returned from Scotland, where he has been spending four months carrying on a propaganda for the Immigraion Department. Ho found general depression In Great Britain, and the Scottish farmers have suffered severely. "These tee - ant farmers would improve their condition by immigrating taNCanada," said Mr. Mc- Kenzie, "and they tire anxious to come, al - hough loath to leave Scotland, where their families luth lived on the same land for centuries. They are also Influenced by no- cial EARTHQ1UAKE • IN FRANCE. Dead Will Probably Number a Hundred or More. A Report That Aix Has Been Destroyed. Ruins of Friday's Earthquake Not Yet Thoroughly Searched.. Marseilles, jun-Ts 137 -It is estimated to -day that from 76 to 100 were kill- ed- and about a hundred injured in the earthquake which • devastated several towns and villedes in the south- ormost part of France, particularly in the departments of Ilerault and Bouehes the Ithone. Great suffering is reported from the remoter places. The casualties may be greatly increased, as the ruins have not yet been entirely searched, The villages of Saint Calmat and Rogues were completely demolished by -the earthquake, and Larabese, twelve miles front Aix, suffered heavily, According to advices received here, a neuaber of the wounded are still imprisoned in the ruins, and soldiers are working desper- ately to rescue them. Survivors are sleeping in tents, and the streets are impassable. In many places they have been torn up and are encumbered with masses of rocks. Houses, public buildings and churches were crumbled to pieces. Among other villages seriously damaged are Van- venargues, Wadies, Pelissanne, Puy Stalleharade and. Arguilles. The vic- tims at Saint Cannat and Rogues were horribly mutilated. There were evi- dences that several ef the victims had lived for hours imprieoned by the debris before they died. The people rushed into the streel when the first shock occurred, crying out in terror. Many of them returned to the rescue of then families. At 'Rogues a family of four were buried, Their cries could be heard throughout the night, but all were dead in the morning when a rescuing party reach- ed them. At Saint Cannot an old man and his son were watching a billiard game. They ware killed, The players escaped. The Chateau ValMousse, near Saint Canna, was badly damaged. The historic village of Vernegues was wreck- ed, but no one was killed. The monetaey loss is very heavy. FLED PROM THE CITY. Toulon, June 12. - Fearing shocks to -night a large number of residents left the cityand camped in the country. The Mayor opened the schoolhouse for those walking the streets. The earthquake damaged the arsenal and several ships were almost driven ashore. AIX REPORTED IN RUINS. New York, June 13.-A. cable des- patch to the Sun from Paris says: De- tails of the earthquake in the vicinity of Aix are very meagre, as all the wires are down. Aix is reported to be in ruins. Other villages within a radius of sever- al miles are also said to have been des- troyed. • Troops have been sent thence from Mareeilles and Toulon to aid in the work of resell°. • There is a large Italian population in the region, most- ly laborers from southern Italy and Sicily. These are familiar with earth- quake horrors, and they fled wildly in all directions without stopping to rescue their con -wader who were in- jured or buried in the rains. Ten corpses and five badly injured persons have been extricated from the ruins of buildings at Lambesc. Thirty houses .were levelled by the earth- quake at St. Chanute. Altogether -seven villages were destroyed. There were scenes of panic at Canute and' Nice. DEATH LIST MAY GROW. London, June 13. --,Details of ethe earthquake, which are slawly arriv- ing, indicate that the casualties 'are much greater than was previously es- timated. It is expected that the death list may amount to several hundred. Several villages were rendered unin- habitable, and the number of dead in the ruins cannot be accurately esti- mated. Three towns alone now re- port sixty dead, and there is fully a score of other villages in the seine plight or even worse. The Marseilles correspondent of the Central News states that it is esti- mated the death roll numbers 60 at Lembo°, St Cannat and Rogues. At Lambesc there were -certainly fifteen dead; at at. Cannot, nine; at Rogues, possibly twenty, and certainly six. Sol- diers • are at work clearing away the ruins of houses in the hope of saving persons who may be buried under them. 4 • HONORS COMING. Lemieux, Brodeur, Wm. Mackenzie and Harty Mentioled. •• Ottawa, Jimmie 13. -There is already some gossip current about the Cana - diens 'who will be included in the coin- ing his of birthday honors, Postmaster - General Lemieux itad Mr. William Mita- kenzie, of Mackenzie & Mann, are men - timed, and also Hon. L. P. Brodeur. It is 'stated here on information al- most direct that Hon, Wm. Harty, M. I'. fo Xingston, has been recommended for knighthood by the Canadian Gov - eminent. new YUKON GOLD. Dawson, Yukon, June 14.-T1ee steam- er Tanutna, has arrived with. $600,000 worth of gold dust, numei g a total of $2,700,000 received so far this season, en route to Seattle. The ice is gone from Lake Lebarge and Yukon steamers are rnindeg regularly. * • 4, CHECKS FIRE. Houlton, lvte., June 14. -After mall% days of anxious expectancy, copious reins fell during the night in the fire scourged district of Northern Aroostook County, checking the devastations of the forest fires, which for days ligtVe reed uncontrolled. MAY LOSE EYE Landon, Ont., Jurte • Bough, aged 11, was struek in the left eye at school by a pen being whirled around by •ft boy, and will lose the sight. The Pen wt filled, With ink and it is feared poisoning May develop, necessitating ?moral of the eye ball, tilliler Koine loge in the river, a short dis- titmice below Dtuelt Meek, by a Couple of men who were working tor the Rathbun Vo, The: Minims were interred in St. ,lolufe Church burying ground. MYSTERY =AMID VP. WATER'S DEATH ROLL Welland, Gate dune 13. -The mystery of the disappearance of Lewis Rice, bar- ber, on Tuesday afternoon was solved this morning by Wm. Driscoll and Fred Green, who, while boating, found the body floating in the Welland River. Rice was acting very strangely on Tuesday and the police were notified to cause hie detention. On the arrival of Officer Jones he had disappeared. He was 32 years old, .the son of Daniel Rice, and had lived in Wellitod all his life. DROWNED IN OTTAWA RIVER. Ottawa, Juno 13.--Evanean Belanger, aged 17, while fishing off Edward's wharf on the Ottawa River, was drown - ea this afteraoon, The body is in the swift waters still. ••••••,,,, * ****-4?-***-• 4-4,-***4-4.4+1****4-4* Fatal Stroke HARRY HUSHNERGARD DROWN. AT BERLIN Gilbert Delong Thrown Out of Launch and Sinks -Body of Samuel Moran round Under Logs -Ottawa Bog browned. Green They, Wis., June 14. - Lightning stench the steeple of Italy Cross Catholic Churrh at Bay Settlement dining mats. yes- terday, apd killed Edward !Mahan, 20'yea1'e old, and ithm.ktel and in. joredsixteen other persons, two . of whom may not +survive. Panic prevailed for several mimitee after the bolt strut:, It wee some time before Father Attu:kers eould quiet time congregation of more than 200 persona 4-•-•-•44-44-**44-4.44-4.4,-*++++++++ • * • ON WARPATH • Charge Chiefs' Council With Pf!lalad. ministering- Affairs. Braqtford, June 13. -The Six Nations Warriors' Association at a big picnic et Oshweken entered a strong protest against what is characterized as the "petticoat government" o7 the system of hereditary chieftainships, and an appeal will be made to Ottawa. According to tradition, Wine. from 1390, chief tainships are confinedto cer- tain families, and when one chief dies the women of the families select an- other. President Jacob Miller and others delivered impassioned addresses to the gathering, charging graft and maladmin- istration against the chief's council. NO DOCTOR CALLED. Father °Mild Charged With Man- slaughter. ^ Winnipeg, June 13. -The first prosecu- tion of a Christian Scientist for failing to summon a physician in a ease of ser- ious illness, which has ever taken place in Manitoba, has been instituted by the Attorney -General, following the death of a child of j. II, Williams, of Virden, from pneumonia. No doctor was called to attend the child, who had been suf- fering from pleurisy for. some time, and later, a fatal 'disease developed. Two Christian Science practitioners, Mrs. Mc- Dougall and 'Mrs. Sprague, are under surveillance, end Mr. Williams has been arrested. He is' charged with causing the death of the child, which is equiva- lent to manslaughter. • 40- - • • • STREET CAR MEN Strike in St. Petersbuig For More Pay and Other Things. PALATIAL CARS. c. P. R Adding Observation Cars to Its Equipment. .0.. For Luxury and Comfort They Beat the Worid, It Is Said. • Montreal, (eine June 14.-- etanaeliaa Pacific mule entailer stride lanyard yea 4'11131Yr when it added new palatial lib. eery observation care toits alreedy eplinalid. equipment. 'lima; WS, Willeit are intended fur transcontinental travel, are of two type, the Wens ulna Mounts, and ti he the two eerier; are rompletel alit number 22 in all.. They cuntain Li ery requielte width minemizer; what- ever In there may he felt In travel. Jing, each one futylembelegant sleeping epartments whielt grIreitle the utmost eeelneion, and a buffet, a well.Atorked library, writing desks, eta, and a spat:leas pariPr, With Vritle windows from which the eeenery along the li»e can he unin- terruptedly observed. The rear plat - foram will comfortably accommodate a dozen or more people, 'the cars, which .are lighted by electricity and pereectly ventilated, are not, miler handsomely de- signed, substantially built, elegantly op. preened, and the exquisite tinnugs and ticourations 1)13.41400y harmonize, but they a.flord additional resting places far seleping car passengers for Mimic nee and comfort they ate specially intended, Emir of these are already in cammission, and will temporarily tun in theCanadian Itoekles. In about a fortnight a suffi- chmt number will be ready to equip- tit; Imperial Limited trains' . and in about a month the Atlantic andPacific expresses will also have them attached. The Glene• and the Mounts are the output of the company's Anglia shops, et Aionereal, and surpass umythiug in the wae• of eom- fort and luxury for the travel hug publie that has yet been attempted, An Eng- lish visitor who has trevelled in all parte of the world, and who WAS a pa•SsPagin to -clay's car, • said it. WAS the finest reilway service be had ever seen any- where, and that it wmild astonish the people of the old country if they rode in. one of them, St Petersburg, June 14.=-A general strike' af the electric street ear em- ployees/of St, Petersburg began to -day. The inc ndemand increased. pay and a different arrangement of the shifts. The authorities declare they will not con- cede dither point. Although the de- mands are purely,, economic, the strike has a political basis, and was arranged by the Social: Democrats to test tiren ‘kmoiogranizeautiogneneailtallythe moral effect on v • • • HIS LAST LOOK. Takes Drive Round Chicago Before Going to Penitentiary. • Chicago, June 14. -Former Judge Ab- ner Smith, who probably, will be taken to the Joliet Penitentiay to -morrow to begin his sentence for bank wrecking, spent many hours yesterday, riding throagh the parks of the city and visit - jag scenes he may never see again. Sheriff Strassem has arranged to take charge of the former justice at midnight to -night, when his reprieve evires. 4 • * FIVE THOUSAND KILLED Berlin, Juno 12, -Harry Iluelthergard, aged fourteen, son of J. W. Melina- gard, Foundry street, was drowned. in the Grand River at Bridgeport this af- ternoon. He and several ether lads were on the small ferry, worked by means of a wire, to cross the river, from which they were diving. Young Hueh- liergard disappeared without the other boys noticing it, until over an hour later, when they saw his clothes on the sehore. Then they dived in search of the body, and a young man named Birch brought it up. THROWN OUT 01? A LAUNCH. June 13.-A drowning acci- dent oceurred it few mites west ofthis city late this Afternoon, the victim be- ing Gilbert Delong„ a young married ram, employed at the Canadian IlitpresS CO., and who was very popular. Ile, with a number of other young men, was on the way to Trenton on the Motorboat Delong was sitting la the bow of the boat, when she ran iuto a heavy sea. The jar threw Debug overboard, and. he was strode by the bow of the boat, which was going at a fast rate, lie wita ettumed and sank at once. BODY FOUND UNDER LOGS, Belleville'Jane 12. -The myetery sun - sounding tlle disappearance of Samuel Moon, who left his home here on April 26, with the intention of going to work in Mont Eagle, was cleared up peter - day morr'ng, when the body was found Savage Tribes Ravaging Northern Provinces of Persia • St. Petersburg, June 13.-A despatch to the Novae Vrey.ma from Astara says that the Shakhsevan tribes are ravaging Ardabit district in Azerbaijan, the most northwesterly province in Persia. Ac- cording to the despatch 5,000 pereons have been killed, and the leading in- habitants have appealed to the Russian consul for protetion. •••• ONE OR DRY PUNISH PARENTS Most Offences of Children Due to Faults of Parents, Are Foreigners Dhcriminated Against in U. S. Courts? the latest &VIMlieerareldlghte and for wireloso telegreThY, although ' the hi. strumente are not yet inetalleet. The Himeoe is one of the half-dozen now ships which have Installed the new ask , expeller, by means of which the ashes from the efurimees are thrown out from the bottom of the ship. She carries a crew of twenty-four mem and is under the command of Capt. Richmond. The vessel left for Cobourg on Saturday night. Buffalo, June 14. --Children, lawbeeak- ers, families and ameighbarhoods, immi- grants and State supervision and admin- istration were the topics scheduled for discussion, at to -day's session of tile con- ference of charities and corrections. Frank E. Wade member of the State Probation Commission of Buffalo, was the first ppeaker in the section devoted V: lawbreakers. He claimed that most of the offences of children are duo to the faults of parents, and that the child problem can never be solved until cor- rective influences are also applied to parents, Mr. Wade Would give the ju- venile courts exclusive jurisdiction in all eases in which children or parents who contribute to the delinquency of their children are concerned. " Under the topic "Immigrants," Ohm C..Speranza, attorney for the Society for Italian immigrants member of the New York Immigration 'Commission, delivered an address. He made the sweeping charge that foreigners, including immi- grants intending to Make time United States their home, are discriminated against in Ames -lean courts. He claimed that the United States discriminated be- tween citizens and -prospective citizens by classifying the latter when they come to an American part into desirable and undesirable,and said that while the country had. a. right to do this, it ought to be done- by a court rather than by summary, arbitrary and non -judicial tribunals or boards of special intquiry. He claims that this discrimination fol- lows the immigrant after lie has became a citizen both i in civil and criminal courts.. Good Effect of Keeping Liquor Out of London Camp - London, Ont., June 13. -The present camp is pronounced on all sides to be the cleanest and most orderly that has et en occupied Carlieget Heights. So far Un trietillier has been 'charged with disor- derly conduct, and not one has been brought before .his superior officer to be reprimauded. !Phis is a record, and Ha eoireetnese Is attested by Inspector Gal. pin, Secretary MeDermid, of the Temper- ance League, Chief Williams, of .the po- llee force, Magistrate Love and Canon Demi, senior chaplain of the ramp. U. S. CONGRESS, liVashiagton, Zane 14. --"We will sure- ly be here until the first of August and probably until the first of September," said Senator Clay. of Georgia. to -day, respecting the session at temper. Mrs. T. .1. Smith, wifeof a well- known resident of Huntsville, on Friday fell down stairs, sustaining injuries from Isthieh She -died later. FOR NAVAL DEFENCE Report of Generous Financial Offer From Canada, *-******•-•-••.• 44-+++4'**********4-4-****4-4-4-+ London, Sane 14.-4t is stated here that the Canadian Government is con- templating a "very generous financial of. for to 'the Imperial Government," to be expended Oil naval defence in mu+ a way as may be decided by the Imperial De- fence Committee, Mr. Balfour's speeeh at the Press Conference bee encauraged Canadians to believe it, amisible to come to ati agreement on thee lines of an am. tonomous local navy working in har- mony With the Admiralty. It is ridded that the Admiralty is now less inclined to oppose the formation of local navies than was the ease- formerly. "The °mils are favorable, therefore, for an agreement between the Dominion Government and the Admiralty ou the lines of their present prapasale." THE SIMCOE Shot Like Rabbits Conetantinople, June 14, -One of the foreign Volliatiki in Turkey white has arrived at Tereus after a tour of the +WPM of the April inaesaeret harm sent in a report coefirming time previous appalling &talk, in the course of willed' he says: “Two tholoand laborers wove skit like rabbits at Hama - Melt and in the earroun-ding Welds. Their bodieri still ere lying as on a battlefield, just where they were wo ng." 4 -***4 -*******44 -4 -:*****4-***** BIG BUSH FIRES. Immense Fires Raging Along the Line of Algoma Central, • New Brunswick Fires Fierct.-Peo- , p'.e Flee Before Flames. Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. June 14,-1te- porte from along the lino of the Algoma Central Railway say that bush fires are running all along thee line of the rail- way, between :nil° t33 and 69, The fire exthels about three miles ou each side of' the railway. Last night it made a break on the property below mile 63, Smith's camp at mile 68 has been com- pletely destroyed, and, also the camp of the Mayflower Mining Company in Pennyfather Township. The fire threa- tens the camps along the ClOttlaiti River, and yesterday W. T. Yull, who conducts a camp there, was advised to visit it if he wislMd to save anything. From this fact it is estimated that the fire is cov- ering a large district, and unless rain comes the fire will rage right down to the "Soo." Thee Algoma Central Railway Juts a large staff of men employed along the line, between Mile 63 and 68 fighting the flames,. which are grad- ually working toward the "Soo." At Hayden yesterday the houses of the seetionmen and the water tank were threatened by the flames, but were saved with considerable difficulty. The fires are regarded as the most eer- ie= that have visited the district for 'many years, and there is no telling what tho result will be until, the rain comes. Everything in the bush is very dry as tinder and the flames are making a pro- gress which'it is said, is only seen in the fall of the year when the bush is dried Out. It is impossible to say what camps may have been destroyed along the Bile and an the shore of the Goulais River. Canad 's New Cruiser Carries Crew • of 25 Men. Toronto, June 14. -The new Dominion Government cruiser Simeoe paid a short visit to Toronto harbor on Saturday, and as she lay iii her berth at the foot of Bay street the vessel Was the cynosure for many curious eyes as a result of the report eirculated as to her warlike equip - trent. Men tlee Simeoe reached Mont- real mine days ago it was stated that she was an itm•moureil warship, fitted for the carrying of heavy guns. Nothing eould be further trout the truth. As a matter ef fate, the most warlike pint of her equipment are her Butbeoek & Wil- cox tube imilere, \Adult are of the same type its those used for the Dreadnoughts. The Shame was specially built for the Government in Enghtml by the Tyneside firm when built the Atlaetie greyhound Mauretania. end she is designed particle, larly as a lighthouse service Teasel, In length she is 180- feet, width feet, draws 14 feet of writer and is fitted with triple .exprinsion engines -capable of de- veloping a speed of twelv, and a half kuots an hour. In view of the Ammeter of the work the Simon, is to undertake she rarlita a monster whieh, capable of 'handling fifty tons at a time, ea well as BLYTHE MAY • NOT HANG. The Wife Murderer May Not Live Another Dap Has Lost His Reason and Is In a High State of Fever. Public Sorry He Was Not Hanf ed at the lime First Srt, .1•••••••••••,...1 Toronto, Ont., June 14. -It seems very Improbable that the wife murderer, Walter Blythe, will pay the penalty for his erbue on the scaffold on Thursday otorniali. Frew, present indications it looks as though Blythe would not live to See Thursday, Your correspondent • was inforpled thismorning that the doe - ton's consider Blythe's condition most serious, and that they doubted very much whether he would' live another day. ITo is supposed to have loet his reason, and has been practically delirious. On Tlmrsday Dr. Clark, superintendent of the asylum, was called in, euci he spent two days in examining the mental con- dition of the condemned man. Blythe talks unconnectedly of his childhood days, and of strfall incidents of his early life. De has lightened minds in weight, and is in a higit state of fever, with rapid pulse, and is SG weak that if time sentence (seethe court is carreld out it is Saki to be very improbable that he can walk to the scaffold, the probability 'being that se will have to he carried, It is midelstood that an attempt will he made to have BIthe removed to a city hospital, butt it is doubtful if this can be done in view of the sentence passed on. him. It must be said that, there is very little public sympathy being ex- pressed for the murderer, beyond' a gen- eral regret that -.the original sentence was stayed. De. Bruce Smith was seen. this morning, but refused to discuss the .Illythe's spiritual adviser is said to feel very strongly over the stay of sentence and its reimposition at a later PENNA DEAD. .....••••••1.•••••• President of Brazillian Republic Has Passed Away. Short gketch.of His Career -The Vice -President. WashIngton, June 4. -President Penne, of Brazil, died at half past seven o'clock this morning, according to a dispatch received at the State Department from the American ambassador at etioaeaniero. There has been no intimation that Dr. Al- fonso Morelra Penne, President of Brazil, was in ill health, other than a despatch re- ceived from Rio Janeiro Jest night, saying that he was gravely ill 4nd that as a conse- quence the ministers should be summoned to Lice palace. • Dr. Penne was elected to office by univer- sal suffrage in 20 federate states in 1006 and assumed office on Nov. 15 of that year. His, A VILLAGE WIPED OUT. terra expire il in 1910. He was a native of • the state of Minas Geres. Dr. -Penna was one of Don Pedro's min- inhabitarris of New Brunswick Settle- isters who accepted and supported the re - merit Fled Before Flames. Public after its Proclamation, Ile had been St. John, N. B., June 14. -Never president of his state and governor of the since the great Miramichi fire of a Bank of the Republic. He was Vice Pyeet- hundred years ago has New Brims- dent of the republic and President of the wick been in such danger from for- senate at the time of his election to the eat fires. Another day without rain chief magistracy The Vice President to -day will create' conditions unpreeedented. is Nilo Pecanha. "Nk Already the damage has been enor- mous, aced in almost every timbered county in the province fires are rag- LIVE LIZARD • lug beyond limnan control. The cen- . tral and northern portions. of the e province are in the sorest straits, al- Atter Being Thousands of Years though the Maine border of Charlotte Embedded in a Rock. County. To -day a whole village, with a large sawmill, was destroyed in Victoria County, the inhabitants being forced Great Falls, Mont., June 14. -In a coal to flee for their lives, mine near here yesterday Moses Hartin- Refugees from along the /atm:nation- dale, a miner, uncovered a lizard about al Railway, who arrived at Campbell - ton this evening, tell a tale of hardship nine feet from the surface and embedded in the colid rock. There is no conceiv- and suffering seldom heard in a settled able method by which the lizare could country. After a week of fighting fires, have entered the cavity, since nature and when the danger was considered closed the gap thousands of years ago. past, the roar of flames was to -day When first uncovered the reptile was heard about two miles away from torpid; bug when brought to the light it Messrs. Couillard and Gouimont's mill, ,„r;ns of life. There is no evi- and, fanned by a brisk wind, they ad- elleewed nem' si deuce that it had been affected injuri- vanced rapidly on the mill property. A brief fight was made to check the flames ioillIstlebysoilittst rlooiciake.fast and imprisonment but they advanced throagh the old work- ings with a roar which sent terror to SENT BAZIC.TO KENT the hearts of the ninety inhabitants of thsevpitlialocieit. stopping to pack their be- Case of Hattie Mynott Causing Coun- - longings; some without coats or hats, ty Councilors Trouble the men carrying the children and help- ing the women, ran in advance of the Chatham, June 13. -An exciting discussion flames two miles, until picked up by a mt000ircnipnlgacewiatht OrteereCreonuenety toCeiulnactitlieye:Ityenrdoatty. relief train sent out by the manager of the International Railway, and all were brought, from Toronto in charge of Mrs. brought safely to town, where they are Johnston of the „Mercer Reformatory, She being cared foe. by friends. _.. has been a thorn in the flesh Of maul- " Along the Miramichi conditions 'are deal officials hero for some time past. A desperate. At LOckstead, near Black. native of Howard towaship, site Married ville, fire is raging, and men are twelve years ago Chas. Mynott, who after - fighting desperately to get control of wards deserted her in Toronto. 'Since then it At Busby's Siding, about three miles she has been shipped from one municipality west of Beaver Brook, another fire is to another; the Motown authorities fin- ally securing her sentence to the Mercer for destroying the Mirannehi Pulp Com- on Year as a vagrant. Dr. Bruce Smith,pti pears 'large tract of valuable timbers, tho ground that. she was not a fit subject On the Itichibucto Road there is a stretch of nvc miles en both sides ee for the Mercer, being afflicted with St. VII - the toad that is nothing but a acetic- us' datice, committed her to the Kent House tug' mass of flames, and. great anxiety of Refuge, :but the. housekeeper refused to this district, as help cannot be got to mitting the woman was hotly denouncer by them. receive alictti of Dr. Bruce Smith in ni the Councillors, Conacillor, Rankin declaring is felt for the people who are living iu A. special train with a large mew the county of Kent." The Council decided that he should he shown 'who Wari running of men loft Newcastle last night to to provide for the woman temporarily, pond. eight the fire in the vicinity of Rogers- ing an ilwestigation to ascertain what inuni- Um Canada Eastern to teem and cheek Her husband lives there, but she ieft lifiri ,..... is another large fire raging at 'Peale KISSED HIS RING Cardinal Not AuswerAble to Cord For Allocution. Immerse. Crowd. Cheer the Prelate atBordeaux Bordeaux, June 14.-rWiten bardinal Andreatt appeared In eettrt this morning to answer the summons of the Judge charging him with having incited a breach of tha laws by the allocution which pronouneed at the cathedral on the occasion of hie enthronement, he was acclaimed by an immense crowd of Catholic& The cardinal told the Judge that he came as an act of courtesy, not because tie recognized the competence of the court. lie said lee had, spoken ne a 43,441- 01), am/ that he was anewerable only to his conscience, the Pope and God, and - declared. that he assumed full revere. or his worth*, in whieeh he main - tabled the right to distrust the laws Of the republic, When 'these were pretudicial to bhc tree exercise of religion. When the cardinal emerged from the court he was Again acclaimed." Women fell ozi, their knees and kissed hie ling, while the yoling Catholics cheered. vine. Another special train wout up altrIt4.1t3a`oll'aellabiLeAgilliutf nit2errurritu'es the fires in these directiouer, There owing to Aonsupport. TOO MUCH LAWN MOWER Inver, Which is destroying the truest of the &mtg. Thee fire is not yet Cutting Crass Caused Death Of iIfls- ohs Woman metier rontrol, although a large body of men are fighting despeeately. Yorkville, Juno me -Pushing a lawn mower coat Mrs. tilzabeth L, tlertrude valuable timber limits in that section 4 CRUISER MISSING. The French Jules Ferry Has Crew of 728 Men. Paris, June 14.-Tite Toulon. corm spondent of the Eclair says that. no official news has beep received. yet of the armored cruiser Jules Ferry, Welt left Turkish waters for Toulin sixteen days ago. The reletives of one of .the oftleere of the ship recently received a let -tee; hem him, in which he stated that the cruiser was leaking, badly. The Marine authorities, while admit- ting that the veSeel should have been heard. from several days ago, state that there is no ground for concluding that she Ms sunk, and are hopeful of receiv- ing reakeming news within the next 24 hours. The jules Ferry is a ship of 12,760 tons, add carries a crew of 728 men. She was launched at Cherbourg on Aug. 8, 1903, • CAMPING SITES. Only Small Lots Will be Leased in Forest Reserves, REVENUE INCREASING. • den her Ma She was taken to the Aurora Hospital yesterday suffering from Injuries Customs, Excise and Post Office MI braught on by the exertions of 'operating the Show Large aains, grass -cutter, and died there to -day. grass -cutting nastbaletilicivenrastilione, in eOrittia f(v)vras,1Jaeyinesitlotes ithhee rfeivneanneueialfosrtatiekee- mentearse.iloSsheertihdeeftgreviz first three months of tiliseityneahrwit,enailelavoii lsaiwiennetveeforrelrdbuatttuempelietveedd till: wmtioowidingbeofotithlye been. $13,013,074, which more than a million Ana iliree-gaarter 't'lliiiitathloodenioirtet tthaookn wattle:is:het: fainted. It dollars over the collection$ in the same believed she was merely tired, but she failed time the year before. The increase ii pi ineipally clue to enlarged customs col- t* rent, lectioue, which Alm an inei•ease of oven W. A. Sherwood, the Saskatoon bank' a million dollars during the titre,. clerk who ame badly Wolnuld. by an - months. lexeise eolleetioni inereased by notiltiere•acnlenr1k, wmhaiyle recover. eitriai:kesonadroitnittotIn 'shows Sotile improvement. Ottawa, June 14. -By an order -in - Council all places for public camping sites, Such as lake fronts, medicine, springs, fishing grounds and the like in Dominion forest reserves are to be reserved for the public before individu- al leases are granted. Lots of one time, with a water frontage of 100 feet, may be let by the season to private camp at $5 per year, but large areas will be. kept open for the general public for picnic and mina purposes. It is further provided that permits The .of dues may be issued for the cutting of timber for the construction, of educational, religious and charitgble institutions,. and buildings in connection therewith, in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia. • IN A SUBMARINE. TWENTY RUSSIAN SAILORS MAY BE -STILL ALIVE. Two Divers Died in Efforts to Save the Sunken Vessel -All Hope of .. Rescuing Men Abandoned -Acci- dent During Manoeuvres. Sebastopol, June 13. -Alt hope is gone of saving the lives of the crew of the Russian submarine Kinabalu, which was sunk in collision with the battleehip Rostislav during manoeuvres Friday night, or of recovering the wreck, owing to the great depth of water. Two divers Immure died in the attempts to rescue the men, on account of the immense pressure, Others have tried repeatedly and heroic- ally to pass chains around the wreck, but finally came to the surface utterly exhausted, having accomplished nothing. All operations have been abandoned.' The chances of saving the lives of the imprisoned men were recogized, front the first as very remote,. al. though under normal conditions the submarines have an air capacity of three days. The Kambala type of submarine, however, was weak Arne - totally, and for. this reason cannot normally make a descant of., more than 100 feet. The Kambala went down in 150 feet of water; ansl only an - trustworthy bulkheads stood betwee.n the men ane death after the. boat Was struck by the Rostislav. The disaster occurred five miles ,froms Sebastopol. The accident took place while the sub/amine flotilla was conducting a series of night manoeuvres against the battleship squadron with the idea of forcing an entrance into the harbor. During the operations the kaaniatla,. upon which was Captain bielikiff, the . commander of the flotilla, and the of. fleet- in charge of the manoeuvres, um accotintably left her course and swung across the bows of the battleship Ros- Claim The two yeamle collided and the sublime e sank instantly in twen- ty-eight fat mile of water. The bone. niander of the submatine, Lieut. Amin- onoff, was on deck at the time of the ' accident, He swam away and. was Raved, but Captain Bielikiff, Midshipman Tact- koff, a warrant officer, and seventeen membere of the crew went down with the vessel. a number of smaller winebee, neat a alma handred thoesand ilollare nett steam launch. Sim is also fitted with post office revenue by the name. ' -4 • * EARTHQUAKE IN FRANCE. Eight Persons Killed g Lombeso, Near Aix. Marseille, June l4. -Wo earthquake shocks, running from northeast to south- west, were felt through 'the Riviera be. tween 0 and 11 o'clock. 'While the dam- age done here was not greet, reports from smaller eitiee show that the of - feet e of the second shock were serioue. At Lambeeo, a town of 2,500 inhabit- ants, twelve miles northwest of Aix, Sev- eral houses collapsed and eight persons are reported to have been killed. Troops were inemediately hurried there to search in the debris for possible dead or injured persons. Reports received later in the night indicated that the shocks had been felt practically throughout the whole of the south of France. They equalled in sever. ity those of the earthquake of 1884. The violente seemed to have been greatest in tit vicinity of Toulon, Warships in the harbor there were diaplaeed from their moorings. "-e* The Clinton Street Methodist Ohtirchi Toronto, is to be Improved at a cost Of $2,701 4