The Wingham Advance, 1909-08-19, Page 7MONUMENT
TO THE IRISH.
Magnificent Celtic Clf033 Unveiled
at Green Point,
Suggestion of Hon. Charles Murphy
in His Speech.
Tribute to the Immigrants Who
Were Cut Off by Disease.
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Quehee, Aug. 15.-A znonument to
the Irieh immigrants who eljed
1847 was unveiled at Grosse Isle,
tiventy-seven miles below Quebeo, to-
day. It takes the shape of a hand.
4301ne Celtio cross, erected by the An-
oka Order ef Hibernians. Perfect
'weather attended the unveiling °ere -
monies en Grosse Isle. X fleet •of
six large steamers carried the crowd
down the river. There wee 'visitors,
holm Washington, New York, Boston„
Toronto, Ottawa, _Kingston, Montreal,
and other places.
- The Ofteadian Goverement steamer
Weld was at the disposal of the corn-
Mittee in charge, and the steamer
Alice had on board the Lieutenant -
Governor, Chief Justice Fitzpatrick,
and Hon. Charles Murphy, Secretary
of State, with whom were Mgr. Sbar-
retti and Archbishop Begin. The
scenes on the island were impressive.
A small temporary 'altar had been
eroded on the flat ground back of
Telegraph! Hill, near the cemetery,
and there a low Mass was said by
Rev. Father Hanley, Redemptorist,
rector of St. Patrick's Church, Que-
bec. Mgr. Sbarretti and the Arch-
bishop in their robes attended, and
after the Mass the Archbishop sang
the Libera, or prayer for the dead,
assisted by a fine choir from St. Pat-
rick's, Quebec. Under the blazing
sun, in the swampy flat and up on
the hillside the congregation knelt in
rapt devotion. They listened to a
sermon by Rev. A. E. Maguire, chap-
lain of the Hibernians, who, making
no effort at all at eloquence told the
atory of the famine, but dwelt with
reiterated detail upon the performance
of the ferty-two priests, most of them
of French extraction, who, during the
prevalence of the disease, went fear-
lessly among the dead and dying.
Father Hugh McQuirk, of New Bruns-
wick, war another of those priests.
The spirit of the French clergy also
animated the French-Canadian people,
who took into their families and rear-
ed as their own children six hundred
of the orphans of Grosse Isle.
Mgr. Sbarretti having imparted the
Apostolic benediction to the vast con-
gregation, Archbishopleegin, deliv-
ered a short address in English. He
drew an affecting parallel between the
French and Irish Catholics in Canada,
who had 'both learned upon that spot
the lesson of bitter hardship, and for
whom the symbolism of the Cross had
the same meaning.
THE MONUMENT UNITEILED,
The unveiling of the monument was
then performed on top of the hill. The
majestic Celtic cross of Canadian gran-
ite occupies a most commanding posi-
tion, and can be seen at a distance pf
ten miles from the river. To -day it
was flanked by the banners of Ireland
and Quebec, these being the only flags
in the immediate vicinity, although Can-
adian and American flags were else-
where abundantly in evidence. On the
three sieles the stone bears the follow-
ing inscription in English, French and
Irish: "Sacred to the memory of thou-
sands of Irish emigrants, who, to pre-
serve athe faith, suffered hunger and
exile in 1847-48, and, stricken by fever,
ended here their sorrowful pilgrimage.
Erected 12y the Ancient Order of Ribes-
nians in America, and dedic ted at the
Feast Of the Assumption, 1909."
Preseat with Mr. Charles .T. 'ov,
Perth, Ontario, national president of the
A.. 0. IL, were the lieutenant -governor
of Quebec, Sir Charles Fitzpatrick, ISIon.
Charles Murphy, Hon. L. A. Taschereau,
William Power, M. P., C. J. Doherty,
M. P., Montreal; Hon. Charles Devlin,
E. Devlin, M. P., M. Turcotte, M. P.,
Dr. Guerin, Montreal; Matthew Cum-
mins and E. Mearystal, representing
the national board of Hibernians.
Mr. Foy's opening speech was a mas-
terpiece, and whealte called upon Mgr.
Sbarretti to draw aside the veil from
the front of the stone, the Apostolic
Delegate spoke a few sentences prais-
ing the Popes for their love of Ireland.
TO THE HEROIC PRIESTS.
The fourth inscription on the stone
read: "Memorial tabkt to the priests
who voluntarily ministered to the ty-
phus -stricken etnigrants: W. W. Moy-
Ian, B. MeGauran, J. McDevitt, P. T.
Sax, J. Nelligate C. Z. Rousseau, A..
Campeau, 3. Bally, L. Proveneher, M.
Forgues, T. Caron, N. Bellegner, L.
A. Proulx, H. MeQuirek, McDonald,
L. 'Fralian, P. J. jean, .B. A. Portend,
T. Harper, F. S. Brady, E. Monminy, B.
L A. Dupuis . P. Perras, M.
Dugttay, M Tardiff, Id. Kerrigan, J. 0.
O'Grady, E. A. Tasehereau, E. 3. Hosan,
It P. Beaumont, E. Payment, E. Halle, 3.
11, Dorion, C. Tardiff, A.. Lobel, P. Gar.
iepy, W. Dunn, C. Tremblay, L. S.
Mato, H. Robson, P. Roy, M. Power,
who contracted the disease and died of
fever"
After M. Matthew Cummings had
spoken, Hon. Charles Murphy made a
fine plea for the ereetion of a tablet
to the Canadian clergy; both Protestant
and Catholic, who had died in 1847 by
the cohtraetion of typhus from the emi-
greets. He spoke with reverence the
name of Mr. Drury, the Presbyterian
minister of Bytown. te offered $100
to start such a monument fund, and
euggesthcl that the work be utrusted to
the A. 0. IL, whose directors he thank-
ed for giving to Ititn, and to the Govern-
ment of which he was a member, the
privilege of assisting at the mtveiling
of the monument. Continuing, he trated
the historical story of the emigration
and settlement at Grosse- Iele, where
Maguire had declared that efrom 10,000
to 12,000 ef the Irish race teeth con -
Meted to the grave pit,
UNTER COMMITTED
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Hohcaygeon Man Will be Tried for
Wife -Murder in September.
thxdsay, Aug. • It -Soseph Minter,
charged with muttlerhig his wife at
tobcaygeon on August Ith, was up
4014 before County Magistrate 1%/foote yes-
terday. Crown Attorney Devlin eon -
ducted the proeuration; Mr. le V.
O'Connor appeared for the liccumed,
Ifuntet pale and wan looking, but
not in the least nervous, was led in
by Chief of Police Vincent, and with.
out glencing to eithet islet* teak hie
piece in the prisoner's ciimr. When
once eeated he looked around him in
a calm manner. He wore a owed
blue snit, and had his hair bruehed
back off his face. Ho quietly shook
hands with his two children, Grace
and Carman, Bridling as be did so.
Througliont the trial he sat quietly
watching the different witnesses with
a steady geze.
Only five or six witnesses were ex.
maned; the Wetted had nothing to
say, and the Magistrate comMitted
him to the Fall Assizes, whiele will
commence on the 27th day of Sop
-
Wilber next.
WAS KNOCKED
OUT OF BED.
Lightning Plays Queer Trick Upon
A Paris Km
Brantford, Aug. lee --Tet be knocked
out oebed by lightniug Was the unique
experience of George Snagle at Paris
loot night. A. big storm came up about
10 o'cloek and he decided to sleep
through it. One hour later the light-
ning struck his house on William
street, tearing a hole in the roof peat,
knocking the Mester off the bedroom
wall. In the mix-up Ito was hurled
from bed eel the Beer. Stunned for a
few moments, he quickly recovered,
without injury, but tho incident was a
great eye-opener.
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QUAKE IN JAPAN.
A Severe Shock in the Central
Provinces.
Tokio, Aug. 15.s. -A severe earthquake
occurred in Central Japan yesterday
afternoon at 3.30 o'clock. The shock
was particularly hard around Kyoto,
Osaka, Lake Biwa and Nagoya. .All
railroad communication with those dis-
tricts has been interrupted. Many
houses eollapsed, and it is feared that
.many people were killed or injured.
Nagoya, which was badly damaged, is
one of the principal cities of Japan. It
is located 170 miles west of Tokio, and
hos a, population of a quarter of a mil-
lion. Osaka, which also suffered, was
visited only a fortnight ago by a very
deetruetive fire.
The deaths at present are said to
number 30, though it is feared the
fatalities will he greatly increased when
the outlying &grids are heard front
The numbest of persons injured is 82.
Thus far 30e. buildings, including many
temples, are reporfee destroyed, and
more than 1,000 other. badly datnaged.
The shock occurred at 3.30 ceelock in the
afternoon, and affected a wide area in.
the Shiga and Gifu, prefectures. The
town of Osaka in Gifu suffered terribly.
The banks of the Hid River there broke
and the surrounding country was in-
undated. The people of the district fled
to high ground and remained in the
open all night. Intermittent shocks
were felt throughout Saturday night
and early this morning.
The Mountain Ibuki, an extinct vol-
cano, a short distance -west of Gifu,
emitted smoke in the earlier stages of
the earthquake,and then oollapsed with
a thunderous roar. The shock at Tokio
was slight.
BRITISH NAVY.
--
Lord Charles Beresford and the
Admiralty Both Blamed.
London, Aeg. 16. -The Imperial De-
fence Committee's sub -committee,
which was appointed to investigate
the recent criticisms made by Ad-
miral Charles Beresford of the state
of the navy; has issued its report,
which is signed by Premier Asquith;
the Bart of Crewe, Celonial Secretary;
Viscount Morley, Seetetary for India;
Sir :Edward Grey, Secretary for For-
eign Affairs, and Richard 13urdon
Haldane, Secretary for War. The re-
port practically exonerates the Ad-
miralty of Admiral Beresford's charges
of having endangered the country by
the unwise) organizatioie tend distribu-
tion of the fleet, having too few cruis-
ers and small craft, and inefficient
war plans, but it finds that both the
Admiralty and Admiral Beresford are
blamable for inharmonious co -Opera-
tion..
ROLLING TO DEATH.
Jordan Man Was Saved in the Nick
of Time.
Niagara Falls, Oat, despatch: Friday,
tbe 13th, was not 'unlucky for Patrick
Whitney, of Jordan. Whitney. was to-
night saved from rolling to his death
over the river bank near the Maid of
the Mist landing, by County Constable
Frank Bell.
The visitor was intoxicated, and
Was lying near the edge of the bank,
which is about 180 feet high, when
discovered by Bell. When the eon.
stable attempted to rescue him Whit.
ney began to roll towards the edge, and
was within an ace of losing his life. He
implored his rescuer to go away and let
hint sleep. The rescue was made before
the eyes of hundreds of visitors.
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CHICAGO'S POLICE CHIEF:
Leroy T. 4, Stewart Appointed by
Mayor Busse.
Chicago, Aug. 15e-4Tayor Busse lute
ant -touted the appointment of Leroy
Te Steward, superintendent of city de-
livery of inails in the Chicago postoffiee,
as chief of police, to succeed George ht.
Shippy, who has resigned, Mr. Stew.
ara is 47 years old. He was born and
edueeted in Dayton, Ohio, and earne
to Chicago in 1870. After a business
eareer he Went into the pestoffice and
bee been lit executive positions: there
for twelve years. 1Te hag been a close
friend of Mayor Ihisse for you's, but
has not twit elehtified with city poli-
ties,
TMT BULL FIGHT.
In rase, Tex.Aug. 10.--4ot the rem -
poet. of raising money for entertaiting
Presidents 'raft end. Diaz when they
nteee Item the leading eitizerte of Ciudttd
,Tunrer. opposite 14:1 Pl1110, gave an amt.
tem. 14111 fight yeeterdity. Three bulls
were killed. The best families were re-
presented mom; the fighter% Later
bell and tupper were Vent,
Trirekg;t,ario scheol Primer was iseue
on
The T. & N. O. Railway has bed a
MOO successful half yeerte. operation,
The Ratify River Redial ItailWay will
apply- to lenlituncut for it charter.
Toronto Italiane have received a Pro.
yiieinleliarter for a elute "'
Fire did damage to the extent of $303.
000 to stores And houece in Little Brie
Fire at Cohourg chtteed a loss of sixty
thorteand dollars. •
Fifty-one persoes were killed by aittc-
mobiles in Chicago in the last eeven.
months.
Eight persons were killed in a Iteed.ou
cevollloisrtttot,on the Rio Grande Railroad in
.4 volunteer balloon corps is to bo or.
ganized in connection with the Massa-
eltusette
The city's share of Toronto Railway'
earnings for duly exceeded, $2,000, per
day,
Hay, oats and wheat in New Outario
show remarkable growth, and all Crops
look splendid.
Mr. Nixon Sturdy, clerk of Goderich
township, was fatally injured by falling
from a bridge.
The schooner St, Joseph Was sunk'
near Amherstbarg in collieion with the
ore -carrier RoekeWler.
Immigration returns fer June show an
increaee. Tbe numbee coming from the
United States is increasing very fast.
. The mail bag stolen .from Brighton
station last Juno Was picked up on a
faxni near tho town. It was, empty.
Rev. George Gilmore_ nuttle serious
charges against the moreli of Port Stan-
ley at the trial of a number of cases of
breach of the Lord's Day Act.
The youthful Shah of Persia weeps in-
cessantly, crying te be allowed to join
hiiractueor'
Thrt house at Washington,' Ky.,
where "Lin& Tom" was sold, was de-
stroyed by lightning,
A royal commission has been appoint.
ed to report on trade relations between
Cana.d and the 'United States,
T1ie. four protecting pow•ere have signi-
fied their readiness to use force if neces-
sary to compel the Cretans to hiul dow.)
Me Greek Barr
A despatch fioin Yokch tine oi
the loss of the British bark Howard D.
Troop; at Yokohama. Site is afire, and
has been scuttled.
Sandy BacAlli, the alleged, murderer
of Nicholas Laguy, was captured at
Brow Siding, near Bath, N. B., where he
had hidden in any Italian camp.
Late next summer or early hi the
spring the Prinee of Weles)will go to
mSoefnitth Africa to open the Union Parlia-
Mr. William Reynolds, aged 03 years,
died at Power Glen after ten days' ill-
ness. Deceased was a lifelong reeident
ef St. Catharines,. and was for many
years postmaster at Reynoldsville.
It was reported at Huntsville that
two men, named Hughes and Beswick,
had. been buried by the caving -in of a
gravel pit in which they were working,
about two miles from town. -
Arthur Wallace was arrested yeeteae
day at 'Kingston Mills, five miles from
Kingston, charged with stealing $50 in
meney from the Toronto 014 Dairy
Company.
A
score of miners have been killed by
the are wheel' is destroying the Oasidla
n?ine at Biel Del 'Monte, in the Sbate of
'Hidalgo, Mexico. Six bodies wore recov-
ered from the mine to -day. ir
A writ has boon teemed at the idettiente
of Lei. Selma; of Toronto, against the
Ottawa Fire Insurance Company to re-
cover $3,800 on a policy ismed on May
el, 1909, for dareages in the reee,nt fire
itt Henlan's Point.
The "Breadalbaoc," a large apartment
Mock being built in Winnipeg for J. B.
McArthur, and which lord been C311
strueted up to the first floor, collapsed
burying four of the workmen, who were
underneath, and injuring two serio•usly,
Among a herd of young c ' attle the
property. of Thos. MaMa.hon, atMil-
ford, there is it two-year-old heifer which
has developed it rather peculiar appetite,
none other titan a fondness for fish.
There are three vacancies on the St.
John police force, as a result of a:report
of a police sergeant, who found three
officers intoxitated while on. duty, (thief
Clark dismissed them ail from the force.
• Mr. Biol,htuete, M. P,, rinencial secra
Lary to the British Treasury, states in a
written repiet to a questiot by Mr. Ket-
tle, 'AL P., that the amount paid for old -
age pensions in the first quarter of the
present financial year wee approximate-
ly $10,230,000.
The steamer Jetnara, bound from
Montreal to Buenos Ayres, which ran
aebore on Cranberry Head, N, Se while
entering Sydney Harbor ou Friday night,
was floated on Saturday, and doeked At
the Dominion Ceal Company's piers,
Halifax.
Leander Booth, a slimmer resident of
Buttermie Bay, seven miles west of
Brockville, fell a d.istanee of twenty feet
from a rocky cliff near his cot -tip lag
night, and eseaped with a fractured eol-
Mr bone, a scalp wound, and it. few
-bruises.
A Paris wire says wifeless mes•seges
from New York age received, or inter-
cepted almost daily by the military
station on the Eiffel tome Oceasioth
ally radio telegram have also been re-
ceived from Canada, evlech is believed
to eorm e reeord in wireless telegraphy.
Eder:era Weemle, •a, former Assembly-
man, State Seeger, Repretteritetive
from Netv York to the 481h Congrese
and twice Comptrelier of NOW York
State, returned to the world et Middle-
town, N. Y., on leridaer, Almost as from
the dead, after thirteen years M. the
Middletown State Hospital.
A 'counterfeiters' delt on the east side
of New York was located and reided
on Friday by. Federal seeret service men,
who arrested two *Whom they acense
of condecting illieit coining operatioite.
Pinisiting toucluse were being put on ft
lot of fieWly-cast ten atel fifty -cent
plate&
John P. Seybold, world -hulloes phila-
telist entl. well -Into -We Merchant of that
city, ithot himeelf to Oath in his effete
et Syritetute on Prithey, Ile suffered it
nervous breakdown three weeks ago, mul
luidebeeti despondent ever einee. Mr,
Seybold'e Stamp eollection is said to
be • wcrth 000,000.
A sad neeldent warred at thulerWooti,
Ont., on Friday, itt w'hieh William, the
15 -year-old boy of Henry Itoppel, was
killed, Be WAS leading a horse to the
btu* of the fain to :mond 14 and fa
some way got Might in the harness,
and was dragged seine distance. When
found life Was extinct.
The Puller bill paseed the. Alabama.
House on Friday. It provides for mid.
ing places of suspielous tharucter, von.
fiseating and destroying liquor, mid pre-
vents advertising the sale of liquors.
The vote was 46. to 31„ By it vote of 38
to 30 itit einendment to eut out the pre.
hibitioh of advertising was defeated,
.111. Henry Deutsch has given 500,000
francs, and prcpmfaes in addition an an.
nual. grant of 15,000 fumes, toward the
(mrtion of an aviro-teehnleil institute
itt the University of Paris, M. Breit
Zakaroff haa given 700,000 frit -nes for
the founded:on of a, Mita of eviation itt
the faculty of sciences of the university.
For the first •six months of dim pee.
sent year, ending Z. -tine 30 last, the
total net receipts by the Provincial
Treasurer from the Government-owned
Teralekaraing & Northern Ontario
Railway were $377,020, For the first
half of 1008 the net receipts were.
$55,103,
The thirty Alleged keeeers of betting
books who were invested in the Tomato
police raid on Friday Appeared lief ere -
Colonel Denison on Saturday.
r
pleaded not guilty,. and, with thEeiTxYatli
eetp-
eton of Alfred W Wright they Mete:lel
to be tried by Colonel Deniten. me.
Weight deelded to be tried by it jury.
All were remanded to various dates of
next week for trial, and their beelsewere
renewed.
ast
The funeral of the late Mies Celrit S,
M. Andrews, Who was burned to death
at. Hanlen's Point, Toronto, took ghee
itt Ceibouttg on Saturday afternoon. The
kcal Society of Chosen Friends, of whielt
Miss Andrews was a member and had a
polley of insurance in for $1,000, were
present in a body, The funeral wee
also largely attended by employees of
bho Crossen Car Company, where de-
ceased's tithes., Mr. Robert Andrews,
is employed.
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DUE TO MAYOR.
Fort William Strikers Agree to Re-
turn to Work.
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Their Grievances Will be Investi-
gated by Board of Conciliation.
Fort William, Aug, 15.-Toonorrow
morning should soe the end of the
strike of the Canadian. Pacific dock
laborers, After having been away
from work for exactly one week, the
men will, if they abide by their own
promise of thee afternoon, at 7 a, m.
be again moving freight from boat
ano -tram in tome accustomed eaces,
while the machinery of the Limieux
act will be under way to bring about
a settlement of the wages differences
between them and the company. The
promise to return to work was made
by the men of the three nationalities
involved -Greeks, Italians and Hun-
garians -this afternoon • at a mass
meeting held in the coal dock section,
At this meeting Mayor Peltier, who
hes spent the last couple of days en-
deavoring to persuade the company
to agree to submit the dispute to ar-
bitration, presented the situtttion to
the men, telling them he had procur-
ed an agreement from the company
to arbitrate. He explained the Le-
rnieux ect, at the same time advising
them to return to their positions.
The situation appeared eminently
satisfactory to the men after it had
beenexplained by the Mayor with
the aid of two interpreters„ and im-
mediately on being asked if they
would go back to the sheds they ac-
claimed their willingness to do so,
with cheers and hand -clapping, which
was later confirmed by the various
leaders among the men who were in-
terviewed by your correspondent,
The effect of the agreement under
which the men will return to -more
row is this :-They will return on the
old scale; the company, despite the
former declarations of ,General Mane -
ger Bury that no Greeks. would be
used again, will give work to all ex-
cept those under arrest, who may be
convicted of having actually commit-
ted violence in connection with the
strike. •
This agreement was secured yester-
day afternoon by Mayor Peltier from
General Manager Bury and General
'Superintendent Arundel, after a series
of letters in which the Mayor show-
ed no hesitation in stating thee he em-
lieved the men had grievances which
were werth consideration.
lttaterial assistance was afforded by
a telegram to the Mayor from Mr.
W. L. Mackenzie lung, offering the
assistance of a cenciliationi board un-
der the Lemieux act.
- Yesterday afternoon eighteen men
who will be charged with violenee on
the occasion of the riots were ar-
rested by the police, and/ remanded
j
to the district ail at Port Arthur for.
trial. Soliciter A. E. Cole leas been
engaged on their behalf, and he eX-
presses his intention of asking that
the oases be sent to a jury.
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PROMENADE FELL.
Five Hundred People Drop Through
to floating Dock.
Montreal, Aug. 15. -There was it
scene of great excitement at the St.
Agatha regatta op Saturday after-
noon, when a promenade over the
water collapsed, preeipitating 500
people to it floating wharf five feel be-
low, and throwing fifty of them into the
lake, five or six feet deep at thee point.
To ateommodate the crowd at the fin -
biting line it promenade had been built
over the floating dock, opposite the Ho-
tel del Monte, the dock being used by
the competitors. At the Conclusion of a
rnee one of the onlookers fell out of a
botmedietely there was tt, rush of five
or six hundred people from the hotel
verandehe to watch the reseto. The
weight proved too much for the prome.
'node, whose snupports slipped let° the
lake, and the whole mass of people were
precipitated to the dock, five feet be-
low. The guard rail broke, and fifty
of the trowd were thrown into the lake.
A wild !swim of confusion folloWed, as
the,Masa of frightened people were ex-
trireted from the wreckage of the
liromenade, while the beats Were busy
teeming those throwe into the lake.
For it time it wee feared thata ter.
rible catastrophe had, happened, and it
Wee some the before it could be deter-
mined whether any people had beenkill-
ed or not, Fortnnately the mishap had
km more Serious result than giving a
• number of people a. good soaking, the
people in the lake being reamed, While
• none of them thrown to the dolt were
lbjured beyond a ntiMber of man mite
end bridesit,
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•CONTROL OF
THE FLEETS
Point Under Discussion at imperial
Defense Ccnference.
Athniraity Wants MI the Vessels
Directed from
Lenthen.
Canada Demands Absolute Control
of Her Own Ships.
London, Aug. lee -The final meet-
inof the Imperial Defence Confer-
ence will be held on Thursday to re -
receive the report of the miltary sub-
committee add the results of the
Various coefercuces between the re-
presentatives of the oversee, domin-
ions itud the Aemiralty. The metal con-
ferences with Australia and. New Zea-
land, have been completed, but some
teebniesel details with regard to Canada
remain, referring chiefly to the local
dieposition of Ceuadion ships mild ser-
viees.
A despatch from Melbourne says
it is believed tnpre that instead of a
Dreadnought. z..ustrana, will provide a
squadron of fast cruisers, cepable of
beieg used in local and Pacific waters'
and will also be respousible for the
maintenence of a, large federal naval
base,
THE FLEET IN THE PACIFIC.
London, Aug. 14. -While the Imperial
Defence Conference had little difficul-
ty in elaborating a scheme for the army,
the delegates found' the naval question a
hard proble mto solve. All the colonies
readily agreed to pay a fair share of the
cost of the navy, but discussion as to
thg particular form of the contributions
disclosed it sharp difference between the
Admiralty and the Canadian and Aus-
tralian delegates. This was particularly
true with respect to Great Britain's ve.
cent policy in the Pacific. When the An-
glo -Japanese treaty was concluded Greet
Britain withdrew the greater ;art of her
fleet from the China coast and entirely
abolished the North Pacific .fleet, both
of which emild be used in conjunction
with an Australian squadron to protect
British trade and British possessions in
all parts of the Pacific.
The home Government sees no dan-
ger in that part of the world, and
has full confidence in her eastern ally.
The colonial delegates, however, per-
sistently pictured Japan aft a rival
which might some day become possess-
ed of a desire for more territory. They,
therefore, while agreeing to contd.
mute to the maintenance of the main
'fleet, declared that the greatest ener-
gy should be exerted to provide defences
fee their own coasts and trade.
THE CANADIAN FLEET.
Aestralia •already is building tor-
pedo boats as a nucleus of the fleet,
and Canada, it is believed, will do the
some. The Admiralty believes that
these fleets tvill prove .of greater uso
if controlled from London, but to this
the Caandians do not agree. The
fleet, they say, would come to the as.
eistaece of the mother country' in a
time of need, but it muse beeabsolutely
urder the control of the Federal
Government. Canada's first ships
will be modern cruisers, and. the
Canadians think that these should be
placed in the Pacifists. The home au-
thorities, on the other hand, want
them in the Atlantic, whence they
could join the main fleet in the North
Sea on the shortest notice.
The delegates are in daily conference,
and the Admiralty hopes that a scheme
will be completed and ready for presen-
tation in the conference on August 19.
New Zealand) South Africa and the
smaller colonies have agreed to make
direct contributions to the British navy
and to depend on, it for their protection.
TO DEFEND CANADA'S COAST.
London, Aug. 14. -The Canadian Asso-
ciated Press learns that one result of
the Imperial defence conference will be
the provision of the sum of 2 1.4 mil-
lion pounds for the further development
of the coast defence of Canada. It is
unders000d. the Canadian delegates sub-
mittted to the Imperial delegates
scheme in this regard.
On Thursday next the First Lord of
the Admiralty will present. bilis to
amend the colonial naval defence act of
1885, and to make better provisions re-
specting naval establishments in the
British possessions.
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GIGANTIC FRAUDS.
Serious Charges Are Made Regard.
ing Maska Coal Lands,
Denver, Col., Aug. 10. -Within a month
it hearing will begin in Seahle, Washing-
ton, that Government officials here as-
sert will disclose proof of gigantic frauds
in eonneetion with the coal lands of
Alaska. The facts pointing to alleged
frauds'are known to Secretary Ballinger,
of the 'United States Department of the
Interior, and Fred Dennett, eonnnission-
ce of the general hind office. That more
than 200,000 acres of rich Coal lands in
Alaska, sonte of them having veins 65
'feet in thiekness, have been filed upon
by dummy entry, procured through
agents of six large corporations, the land
office has evidence to prove, according
to.information made publie. Tim vi^w
of General Land Office Commissioner
Dennett, as given out, that all entries
found to be fraudulent sliould be can-
celled. at ouce.
One of the coal companies involved in
the alleged Melte is located. in Sciatic,
another in 'New York, and still °there le
San Eraimisco, Omaha, and Chicago, The
so-ealled dummy entry Men were reunit-
ed prineipally from the docks of Seattle;
the mines of Butte and the laboring
classes of Chicago.
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WIDE-OPEN TOWN.
Atlantic City Preachers Preaeh While
Extra Bartenders Work.
Atlantic City, N, Y., Aug. 10. -Some-
body made away with the Atlantie City
114 yesterday and the retort entertained
a, happy crowd of over 250,000 people
with every tort of amusement and
pastime furnished during the /Griner
years of its existence.
Preaehere engaged in the reform
crusade thmulerM forth from their
pulpits, eondeniniug the -open salons,
while extra forms of barteuders handed
out etiteks'of love to all eomera with
the prite, tleteetivee hunting more
evidence from the violators of shite
levee made OM rounds of etiloone, but
were hardly notreed.
Th bafl geltile at :bilet Park wee
1 played before a record crowd of 0,000 , RI Turk
Atro'unty Prooecutor Goldenberg re- "Lit; "
MURDERED.
1 mained at his summer home in Long -
port throughout the day, while Mayor
Stay, who was on the board walk for it
time tide morning, refused to Rieke
any statement, Politicians, saloon keep-
ers and officialappear lo believe that
the active work of the crusade is over
for the time, lifagistrate Iftighes, who
had issued fifty warrants for the arrest
of Sunday rum sellers, announced that
pesieunotr.o arrests would be made at
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HURT IN RIOT.
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Officer Struck a Roy and a Bi
Row Was the Result,
Twenty Persons Hurt in a Bayonet
Charge -Arrests Made.
Chicago, Aug, 10. -Twenty persons
were injured last night when it company
of Polish sharpsbooters, 20 strong,
charged a crowd of men, women and
children with bayonets at a church pig.
nio,
The trouble started when the captain
of the company hit a hey with a sword
because the youugster did not get out
of the way quiekly enough to suit the
officer, who was drilling his company
by electric light.
This enraged the crowd, which had
gathered to see the soldiers, The com-
pany was surroneded and An explana-
tion was deemeeded by the angry people.
Finally the mother of the boy atteeked
the captain with a stick. The captaiu
then ordered his company, which con-
sisted of about twenty mon, to charge
the crowd- with bayonets. The crowd
fought back, greatly outnumbering the
soldiers. The riot became general and
the captain of the company was one of
the first to retreat.
A riot call brought the police and
they arrested five of the soldiers, all
of whom were bruised. None were ser-
iously injured.
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DEATHS IN WATER,
Several Lives Sacaiced by Pothers
at Toronto and Elsewhere.
1.011 Aug.. 10, -Tho secondfatality
within a week °centred on the bstech at
teroodl,ine Cut Saturday lawman, when
Vidor NiviIIe, the 11 -year-old son of IL
Aliville, 102 Curlew avenue, was
drowned in tea surf, which was running
very high, while -bathing with his bro-
iler Albert and two other boy comparh
tons, Rueeell Oak and Meethew Stone,
each, aged ubout 14 year.
Drawn under the water by the swift
undertow, R. G. H. Evans, accoantant
in the Epeinton branch of the Bank
of Meatreal was drowned yesterday
afternoon tehtre teething in bite lake at
the foot of Jelaeitou road, Centre Island.
There were four young men swimming,
Messm. Fraser Bryce, Edward ifarriott,
Geoffrey' 1101, and Evans. At about 4.30
o'clock they decided that the water was
beeeneing too rough for them and the
other three came out. Looking" for
Evans, they saw tht be was tumble to
make headway against the strong under-
current, and theegh a strong swimmer
was evident/1y becoming exhausted. They
immediately sent a plank out to him,
but just as it reached him he went under
the mime
Hastings, Aug. 16.-jethe Merrity, the
10 -year-old son of Mrs.' John elnemy, of
this., town, was drowned in the Trent
River exec on Saturday. Be was fishing
alone off the cribwork of the dam, and
,0113t il0VC slipped in. He had sunk be-
fore help could arrive. The body as
covered about half an hour aftm, but
e..)1 efforts to restore life were 1111802C00.95.
ha. This is the' eecoud- drowning awe
(lent here this summer.
Niagara Fells, N. Y., Aug. 16. -The
body of a Man, 45 years old, five feet
ten etches in height, and. welgthitig 150
pound's, was taken from the W.hielpool.
The HUM hair on his heed was Iiget-
colored. Identification .may be estn,b.
tithed by a clover -leaf pin set with it
brilliant. The body bud .beea in the
water •orily a ehort time.
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WHAT WIFE SAYS.
Should Married Men Stay Home
Sundays?
Chicago Aug. 16. -Should a man de-
vote Sundays to his wife? Mrs. Emma
Louise Singleton, 2,067 North Spaulding
avenne, argued in the affirmative; Jas.
Monroe Singleton, it book-keeper, an-
swered. in the negative, and this led to
their estrangement. The wife obtained
a divorce from Judge MeEwen in the
circuit court.
"A wife stays home all week, keeps
house, mends her husband's clothes) gets
the mealsand is lonesome, and it is
his duty to stay at home on Sundays,"
said Mrs. Singleton,
"A mailed man Wriggles all week to
provide a home for his wife and he
should have his Sundays to himself,"
insisted Singleton.
"I won't stay at home All the time,"
said the wjfe. "I will get a divorce first,
It is too lonesome to be alone every
day in the week."
They were married on Sept, 14, 1905,
and lived boge.ther until May 11 last.
"We simply could not agree on the one
qttostiou,» testified Mrs. Singleton.
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HUNG ON A. TREE.
Pittsburg, Aug. 10.-4.fter hanging for
about three months to a tree within it
few feet of it publie road, Along which
lutedreds of persons passed daily, the
body of an unknown man, apparently
about seventy years old, was found. last
evenitig by 'berry pickets. No due as
to the ideutity of the supposed suicide
was foiled on the body.
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NO CANADIAN TEAM,
Ottawa, Ont., Aug, 10.--A Canadian
team will riot be gent to Seagitt to
cempete for the Palmer trophy :tide
year, The execuelee committee of the
D. R. A., •after giving thematter con-
eideration, has, it is understood, de-
eided not to send a team, principally
on the ground .of expense.
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WRIMIT IN LONDON,
Lefulen, Aug. 10.-Orvi1le %eget,
who attired hete to -day from New York,
will speed (ay twenty-four Mute in
England. He et going to Germany to,
morrow, lte will not he rible to do any.
thief; hi tho liee here. tie Ime
received na emummleatioe fram the
BONA War Office qui rio arraneententi
hiree been made for a butting between
him and Britith offichtle, as has been
reported in .1,0146 quarters*
Shot ROJO 44 the Threshold Of
His Own Door,
Rumor That His Wife Was Shot
Four Times.
Young Boy Arrested on Suspicion
of Being the Murderer.
Sinicoe„ Ont,, Aug. 16,--A shocking
crime was committed near the village
of Walabe tee niees west of Simeote la
Cherlotteville township. eilehael 1141,
80 years of age and nearly blind, was
rsturning to his lEnise after assisting
in the evening chores •itt the barn, fma
wbiles in the act of entering his door Was
shot frontbehind, la the clerkerese end
fell deeel on the. threttleild. Two more
shote were fired into the _prostrate body
be the asellant, who fled; and left b-
und no apparent clue to ftagt hi liLi
discovery. The old man was carried iuto
the _home and Pews of the mean wee
telephoued to the county pollee at Sim
coo. Constable Austin was sent to the
scene of the orinte, and arrested. it young
lad by tile name of Shellyorlio, it is
said, had teen quarrelling worth the old
man,
Later -There is a rumor current Vat
Mrs. Hail, wife of the murdered man,
ty0S 11100 ShOt prior to the old men, and
that although four shots were fired into
her body, she is still alive, and hopes
aro entertained for her recovery. Shelly
has been lodging in Simeoc. An inquest
has been arranged,. by the Corner.
Emery Skelly, about 10 years of age
is being held, as the person who fwea
the shot, No person saw hint fire the
shot, but shertly previous he Was la 0
neighboret with a, e2-eit/ihre rifle, end
was firing it off.
JUMPED FROM CAR.
Was Nagged by the Heels For
-Nearly a Block -May Die.
New York, Aug. 16. -Attempting to
jump from the window of a moving
train on the nerd avenue elevated rail-
road to -day to escape from detectives,
who had him under arrest on it charge
of burglary, William O'Brien was held
by the beets and dragged for nearly a
block, with his head bumping on the
railroad ties. His skale was fractured
and he is not. expected to recover.
O'Brien was chatting quietly with the
detectives untilehe made a sudden dash
for the window and plunged headfore-
most out of it
A PRECARIOUS COUCH.
A Toronto Man Found Sleeping Across'
Railway Track.
Toronto despatch: Lying peacefelly,
sleeping directly across the railway
track at the foot of George street,
Mieltael Duffy, well known to the police
of this city, was found last evening by
a switchman. The latter, being a kind-
hearted man, and thinking the rail was
not the softest of couches, removed the
slemberer to a more secure location bo -
side the track.
Coming back in ten minutes, the
switehman found that Duffy had again
changed his position, laying his head
across another track under porno freight
care, The police petrol wagon was sum-
moned, and the sleepy one was trans-
ported to the Coure Street Station. Ten
minutes afterwards the shunting engine
came along and pulled the freight cars
away.
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TELLS OF TRAGEDY.
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Child Appealed for Little Comrade
Drowned After Playing on Raft.
Ashtabula, Ohio, Aug. 16. -His Iittle
playmate's prayer being overheard by
the child's mother last night to -tat re.
ardted in the finding of the boey at
eight-year-old Sammy Walker, who was
drowned in the Ashtabula Riven- Weanes-
etiy while playing on a pen with
other boys. Searchers found the leo-Ely in
the river after hunting through the
night on the alarm sounded by the
mallow of the child, who had offeree
this prayer:
"Dear God, be good to Sammy. For-
give him, God, betatise he • feel in the
river; he was only a little boy and
couldn't help it. And please forgive
me, too, God, fmi being with him wine
he drowned."
Sammy Walker's playmates tried te
rescue the child, but failed, and were
too frightened at the tragedy to tell of
it.
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NEVADA FOR EVELYN.
Mrs. Thaw Going to Western State to
Get Her Divorce.
Janesville, Wis., Aug. les -That Eve.
lyn Nesbit Thaw's threat to seek a
divorce from her husband, Harry K.
Viaw, murderer of Stanford White, had
actual grounds for truth is substanti-
ated by a private letter from Reno,
Nev., received here to -day, which state
that she is making arrang,etnents through
a Reno lawyer to take advantage of
the divorce laws of Neva& and join the
colony of eastern women' now there
seeking divorces.
The Reno eorrespondent etatee thee
rooms in a private boarding house have
been engaged for her.
It was aleo expected thee ehe would
begin her residenee in Nevada about
Sept L
atite
CRETE AFFAIRS.
London, Aug. 10.-A joint note signed
by the four protecting potters at Clete,
Great Britain, 11.118sia, Italy and Preece,
haft been presented to the Turkish gee-
erntned. It promises that the powers
will see that the objeetiorieble flag
holetee by the Cretans is removed per-
manently, and it expresses the hope
that in these circumstances Turkey will
uot think it necessary to order her fleet
to proceed to Cretan -waters.
Paris, Aug. 14... --Th? joint note of the
powers to Turkey 18 it reetilt of a nog
ficatiott ftenn the Creten Goverment
that it tvim etsble to secure the bauleng
&nen of the Creek 'flag. The fottr pro-
tecting powers her, decided emit to sell 1
stoma waroliin to Canea, tile cipital
of iliaisIiid,ond proceed by force to re-
move the Grecian banner.
KILLED BY HEAT.
Omaha, Neb., Aug. 10.---Seveo (loathe
°everted in Omaha yesterday as it,
stilt of the lime. The Matimiun tem-.
pereture of VO degrees Was reached .at
g p.
THE KING AS A,
MATCHMAKER.
King Edwardto. be Asked to Help
Duke of Abruzzi
In is Suit For the Heart and Hand
of Miss Elkins.
New York, Aug, 10.-A Loudon de-
spatch to the Woeldelms it that King
Edward's aid will he sought es e match,
maker in the Case of Miss Katherine Eit
kins and the Duke of the Abruzzi, Toady
Granard, who was Beatrice Mille, Ant*
bowler Whitelaw Reie's niece, hes vol-
unteered to engage king Edward% flue
pathies for her friend, Mise Elkins, The
Kleg's influence is to be used, to remove
the objections, to the match entertained
by Dowager Queen Margituerite of Italy,
the duke's grandmother,
Ledy Cranterd's friendsay 111 tle
soon as the Duke of the Abruzzi returns
from India -as he is on his' way -he
and Miss Elkins and her mother will
meet, at Mortimer House, the epleedtbt
residence which Lord Greened recently
leased. They add that Mrs, Elkins and
Miss -Elkins are about to go from Bad,
Nanheirn, in Hesse, to Marenba.d, itt Bo-
hemia, for the sole purpose of being in-
troduced informally to King Edward,
He is a,t Marienbad "for the cure" as
usual each year.
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BI.ACK TO BADDECK.
Repairs to Broken Aerodrome
Will be Made There.
Petawawa Camp, Auge 15. -Follow.
• ing the accident to Baddeele No, 1
aerodrome on Friday evening, Messrs.
McCurdy and Balewin have decided to
take the die:I-bled flying machine baek
to their workshops at Baddeck, N. S.,
for repairs. They will leave here within
the next few days, or as soon as the
dismantling and packing up of the
drome can be completed. According to
their statements, they will return to the
camp and resume the trials when repairs
have been effected. Their reason for
leaving the camp, they state, is to facie.
itate the work, which can be 'done with
greater despatch at their shops.
A BORDER SALOON
Raided by Canadian and United
States Excise Men.
Ogdensburg, N. Y., Aug. 14.-Aoting.
in concert by prearrangement, Aimee;
can and Canadian excise officers in
automobiles swooped down to-dey front
opposite sides of the border on Jobe
Overton, who for years bas straddled
the line near Rouse's Point . with a,
saloon that has long been an annoyance
to officers of both countries. •
Overton and his wife were arrested
after it stiff fight in the Canadian wild
of their house, and nearly a wagon load,
of weiskey was confiseated. In two.
other raids on line saloons muoh liquor
was seized, but no arrests were made. "
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METING_1N AIR.
Plan to Have Orville Wright and
, Count Zeppelin Meet. •
Berlin, Aug. 15.-A meeting in the
air between Count Zeppelin and Or-
ville Wright is to -day being planned
as one of the features of Wright's
visit to Berlin to give a series of
aeroplane flights.
Wright is expected in Berlin tlie
latter part of the month, by which
time Count Zeppelin will have com-
pleted his newest airship, the Zeppe-
lin III. It is planned to have the
Count sail his ship from Friedrich-
shafen, and for Wright to fly out in
his aeroplane to meet him.
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TO KINGSTO,N.
Insane 1 urderers Transferred from
Edmonton.
Edmonton, Aug. 15. -Two convicts of
Edmonton Penitentiary, serving life im-
prisonment for murder, will be trans-
ferred to Kiln:sten Penitentfary, where
they will be placed in .the ward for
the Criminal insane. The men are Sam-
uel Prior, Wolsey, Sask., and Amadee
Petreault, Battleford. Prior was sane
teneed on March 26, 1908, to a life term
for killing a little girl, whom he hit
on the head with a stick, and after-
wards'beat her to death. Petreault was
s
sentenced on June 17, 1909, for murder-
ing a comrade, into whom he plunged
it elcife the weapon penetrating the
heart. Ris defence was that the man
fell upon the knife by aecident,
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ROBBED MR. GOODERHAM.
•
Man Arrested at Niagara Falls With
Wraps Stolen From Automobile,
Niagara, Falls, Aug. 15.-e4Vhi1e Mr.
W. 11. Gooderham and party from Tor-
onto were dining at, the Clifton
House last night, Boy Itibbert, of
Hamilton, stole two travelling tugs,
three silk tapes and one mitt:1010ga
eoat from their automobile in the gar-
age. With the goods slung over hie
shoulder, Bibbert commeneed to eross
the upper steel arch bridge. . Officer
ITardwiek, on duty et the bridge, think.
ing the goo& &I not belong to Ilibbott,
questioned hitn, and his answers not be.
ing satisfactory, arrested him. Title
morning Mr, W. II. Gocelerhem, who
motored over with the party on Settles
identified the stolen goods. Rib -
Imre will be arraigned to -morrow.
FOUND SKELETONS.
Washington, Aug. 10.-Fiftemi skele-
tons, lying together iii Buell a petition
as to indicate hasty burial, and three
Thiglislt eopper Conni bearing the date
1729, found with the skeletons during
the eXtaVritien of the United States
Medial Sehool Hospital sear the banks
of the Potonec, bring to light, it is be
-
'Howl, some Ihditoi or pitatieal tragedy
of early Antericah days.
es it being ecotiornieel for it Mari Who
ie losing his heir to make the Most of
what's left ever?
Both folly and wisdom torna upott tii
with yeatilee-Gerratet,