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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1909-09-30, Page 7THE POLE HUNTERS' PLOT IS THICKENING. f ry Refused to Take APy of Dr, Cook's In- strutents or Records on Board, Cook's hoofs Delayed Man Min& - Pear Says He Has Direct Proofs, Paris, Sept. ;M. -The Paris edition. 'of the Ilona prints a despatch from ' its correspondent aboard the steamer Jeannie, with Harry Whitney, sent by wirelets from Indian Harbor, giving Whitney's ecount of ItiS meeting Dr. Cook on April 14 When Cook tOld, him le had. passed. two (bays at the pele, 'When Ceola left on a siedgbig trip to Upernaxik, he entrusted Whitney with his Stxtent and horizon finder, as Whit- ne,y said a ship wes certain to come for /inn Cook requested only to tell Peary (that 'Cook had passed Peary's record, ibut not to say anything about his ;finding the pole. This 'Whitney pro, nalsed, and therefore he did dot tell Vseary or anyone aboard the Roosevelt what Cook had told him about his sue - coos. Fearing that no ship might ar- rive, Whitney determined to return with Peary. The latter told him in the most emphatic witis that he could tiot take anything on board belonging to Cook. He added he wcnils1 say no more about it, but woukl truet Whitney's word of honor that he, avetild not take anything with him 1)(44er:zing to Coale. Whitney was forcei o unpack the instruments, Bags and. 'boxes, •of the contents of which Isis was ignorant, and leave them ori; the, rocks at Etah, where they now • • .; • ; 3.....-eary refused also to take Cook's raedge, which 'Cook had given to Whit- Iney, on which Cook had made his entire journey. Whitney ends by expressing faith in Cook's story, which the Eskimos -corroborated as far as Whitney was able to understand. • PEAR'S JUSTIFICATION, Portland, Me., Sept.. 26. -Th was learn- ed from a source close to Commander Peary to -night that the commander jus- tifies his action of refueing to allow Dr. Cook's instrument:a ot records on board the homeward :scittand. steanaer Roosevelt en the theory 'Chat he had been aware for some thins of Cook's intention to claim the e!ficovery of the North Pete, and that Peary, therefore, would sanc- tion rto'ling to aid his project. • WHITNEY'S TELEGRAM. New York, Sept. 26.- Commander ?Robert E. Peary refused absolutely to allow any of the records or instruments of Dr. Frederick A. Cook to be brought aboard she steamer Roosevelt, and wee thus instrumental in causing thee re- eords to remain in a eaeite at Etah, (Greenland, according to Harry Whitney, the New Haver sportsman, in a despatch received in this eity by Dr. Cook -to -day. '.The message, which came as a reeponse •to one sent by Dr. Cook, is as follows: "Stratimona, via Indian Harbqr and Cape Bay, Nfld., Sept. 25, . r. F. A. Cook, Waldorf, New York, -Started for home Roosevelt. Nothing zaribeed for me. Peary would cdlow nothing belonging to you on board. Had to teave everything in cache at Etah. 'Met Capt. Sara,'North Star. Did not, go back *after going 'schooner bound St., John's take, steamer 'home. Hope yen -well. Sae you soon. Explain all. Good shoot. Harry Whitney." ' • coms PROOFS DELAYED. 'New Y'ork,- Sept. 26. -Dr. Frederick a. Cook, the Arai° explorer, is prac- lically bound hand and foot, tics far as, is concerned his ability to prove within the immediate future that he did dis- cover the North Pole. It remains for Harry Whitney, the New Haven sports-. man to 'undo the cords which now render Dr. Cook almost helpless. Whether or not he will succeed at his task remains to be seen. At present he is hurrying in. this direction from the Par North as -fast as the Jeanie can. Mavel under full steam pressure. • "I can't very well do anything until X have had a talk with Mr. Whitney," :said Dr. Cook in an interview, "I have eproofs-plenty of them, but I have wait - led for Mr. Whitney to corroborate my istatemonts by producing the instruments and all of the data which I gave aim when at Etah." Someone asked him whether he had any cause to believe thastsair. Whitney might favor Commander Teary rather than himself in the North Pole contro- versy. "Mr. Iltsligmey will not favor either of U8. He teal tell the truth." PEARY'S PROOFS. 'Portland, Maine, Sept. 26. -The atoosevelt, with Peary's crew on board, arrived here to -day. The men of the Roosevelt feel certain that s'hen the statement of Peary's, now in possession of the Peary .A.retic Club, is given to the wotld there will Le but one opinion relative to the claim of Dr, Frederick A. Cook, and that its publication will so clear the atmosphere that when Pearystands up- on the Roosevelt's bridge in the Ful - ,OU parade he will be acclaimed as the *ray man who has over stood upon the top of the earth. Henson, the negro, who accom- panied Peary to the Pole, took to his stateroom when the newspaper Men stepped aboard the Roosevelt, and was only brought out when Capt. Battlett went in to find him for the newspaper mem Prof. Mc- Millan was disposed to talk, arid did talk with some readiness, but the others volunteered little. lIeneert said he had. seen the Eskimos who bad been sent back by Dr. Cook when he started on the last stage of his journey foe the Pole. He ietiinated that there were riot 12 ef them in the party sent bad, but lie would not say how 'many. Henson talked freely about the handling of Eskirno dogs and tali that Dr. Cook knew nothing about dogs, and could not harness one or handle them after they were harnessed. "X ean hendle Eskimo dogs as well as any nskinto," said Henson, "but it has taken irie years to Item how td do it. Dr. Cook knows aleolutely nothing about them." Profeaeoe MeMillan bas recovered the most Iralfiable of the books tdolee froth him at Sydney by the souvenir hunters. The terkimo mums, evitieli wee repotted as having been stolen, Wits not taken from the ehip. Boren also foetid some of the articles lie had lost by the .ecruirenir litnitere, but not two teientific books filled With notes. "Twenty iceltinee," he paid, "were eiya to me and cached at Cape York. The Eskimos did not toneh this property, but the first White people we saw stole everything they eould get their hands on. ' Commander Peary. leaves Portland folk Bar Harbor at noon to -morrow, It '91 believed he will there give out the statement coneerning Cook which he has prepared and. Which kn. . 11b - bard has been eactniining ±Ie is, Very impatient that it shotild be feeblislied.. He said he would not ko to New Yerk until the tontroversy. had beeu clear- ed up, but the people on the 'loose, elt understand he is 'to On the bridge of the Ittonatelt chain the Fulton parade, Peary believes he has proof of charges against Cook. It is not evidence based on a deduction of scientific) facts alone, so they all say, but it is tangible, direct evidence. 'Dais is What those near Peary inti- mate, although they will not make public) what it is. The Eskimos who were with Cook have all contributed something, but this is nob the • only evidence sehich Peary has, Bo kis friends claim. 4.40 STEEPLE.JACKS. Three Women Climbed.Spire of a Yorkshire Parish Church. New York, Sept. 26. -The London eor- respondent of The Herald sends the fol- lowing:, The parish of Whitwell, near hr.alton, 'Yorkshire, has neen the scene of a remarnable feat on the part of three adventurous ladies, Lady Con- stance Foljambe, Miss Octavio, Cayley and Miss Nellie Bear, says The. Daily De- spatch. Whitwell Pariah Church, tyldeli lies on the main rotte froet Malted). to York, has a veil- high Apin, on which steeple- jacks Wee reeently been engaged in re- pair work. Lady Constance, who lives at Kirk- ham Hall, near Melton, the seat Of her brother, the Earl of Linerptreil,accept- ed, together withher two friends,. wbo also heti ht tbt vicinity, a challenge. to 'mend the spire, and the,y all success- fully accomplished the daring feat while the workmen were away. Lady Cbbstance was the first to as- 'cored.scaling the spire by meansof lad- ders outside the building, all touching the weather vane at the top befoise de- svendine. Miss Cayley lerid 'Miss Beal followed In their turn, and then, not satisfied with a • single ascent, Miss Cayley re- peated her performaace. The church stands in the centre of the 'village, and many of the villagers watch- ed the feat with considerable interest and not a little fear. • • - NOT HOPEFUL. Unionists in England Do Not Expect to Win, Lont1031, Sept. 26. -Unless all prophets are at fault, dreat Britain will be in the throes of a general electien Shortly be- fore or soon aftet next Christmas. The politieal elteitement which began with Lova Rosebery's denunciation of Lloyd - George's budget as rank Socialism, and .Premier Asquith's rejoinder that it was a poor man's budget, was carried to the highest pitch during the past week by a speech by former Premier Balfour, in which tb.e Unioniet leader *as under- stood to have tailed epee the House of Lora to reject the financial proposals of the Government. The result of the battle is not likely to be immediately decisive. Though the Unionist papers of London are declaring loudly that the general election will be a Conservative victory, practical politi- cians oh the Unionist as well as the Liberal side hold that the present Gov- ernment will secure a majority. The only point of differenee is tie, to the size of that majority, The probabilities are fOr A consider- able reduction la the Government ranks in the House of Commons, a continued period of Liberal administration, and eventually an appeal to. the country on the question of free trade or a system of moderate protection. Mr. James Keir Hardie, member of Parliament for Merthyr-Trivil, outlin- ing the policy of the Laborites in the general election, said to -day that he be- lieved the Liberals woulkt emerge from the conflict with a working majority. The Laborites, he said, were tonfident of increased strength in the House of Com- mons, from 54 meinbers to between. 65 and 76. Although supporting the bud- get, they will follow their used course in the election, running a Laborite wher- ever they think they have a chance of defeating either or both of the opposing political parties. FOSSIL SEA BEACH, Found by Scientist in the Canadian Rockies. • Washington, Sept. 20. ---The base of the geed Cambrian system in a fossil eea beach was reeently found by Sem, tarv Charles D. 'Walcott, of the Smith- sonian Institution during ri, trip in the higher Ormadian Rockies near the Main line of the Canadian Pacific Railroad. This fossil beaelt now forms a bed of white quartz pebbble conglomerate three hundred feet in Wel:nese, Below this four thousand feet of limestone of an older peviod was measured, and Above it twelve thoueftee feet of Cambrian lime - Atom., sandstone and shale, itt whieh were Musa many fossils. A large mike - tier of these roeice end foils has been emit to the United States museum. RAISIN Tilt MISCRiEF. - Washington, Sept. 28.-,-Raisiti wine is taxable wording to a decision rendered today by Commiteioner of Internal. Re. venue 'Odell. The tee will take -e4feet Oct. Ist net, Ali internal revenue teats were notified today by telegraph, DR. COOK AS HE LOOKS TO -DAY. FIRST POSED -PoRtRAiT oP TH E NORTH POLE DISCOVERER s SINCE HIS RETURN FROM THE FROZEN ARC't101 .. . . _ . STEAD AND SPIRITS, Newspaper MO Gets Scoops From the Other Side., •. New York, Sept. 26. -The Tribunte publishes the following special cable from Parisi A widespread sensation not limited to spiritualistic circles has been caused by the, exitraciedinall- itory told to the Belie Mahn by W. 1'. Stead,. the known London Journalist, in which be reports a conversation he held on Sep- tember 16 through a Mediate" mimed Julio with the epliit clf.the Fieneli avia- tor Isefebere) Who.Wint WI& reChntlY in an dulo efdent: • Th'e practical outconfi of the apirit's communication Was to prevent the Russian aviator, Bolotoff, to whom Mr. Stead conveyed Lefebvre's warning, from Making an aeroplane ascent at Chalons with it mo- tor which, according to the ephit; would fail to work at the ceitital neelikint. The relatIvee ti.e,Lefebee; tlirdugil .the mouthpiee0 iLefeliereseicirnier einploy- er, the en'gine haialbeit, are protest- ing againit the publication of Mr. Stead's article as unfair to the memory of the late aviator, and "the outrage by a tactless Englishman upon the feelings of mourners." Mr. Stead telephoned the spirit's warn- ing to Bolotoff, who promised to be cau- tious. The motor -which Bolotoff was using Wee well tried. It was a four - cylinder Panhaed, whith seemed. incap- able of breaking diaSen) h thoUght. But when he enonnted in the Machine the motor abeolutely refused to Work. The starting crank hisike ;ands the experi- ments had, te abanchined. The Mithate-tlaY,Publiklea a telegram from M. Colilekiat Malone, Who was Bolotoff's assistant during the above mentioned experiments; and hesdeclared that not only did the crank refuse to work, but the magneto- suddenly return- ed to its position of maximum advance, with the result. that he narrowly escaped serious injury to his arm. SOUTH POLE, Scott's British Expedition WEI Leoe it.L...„July ext: Lomibin Sept. 20. -Captain R. F. Scott's antarctic expedition is now complete, so far as the selection of offi- cers and men ie eoncerned, and oven the ship has been secured, though it will not be paid for until the funds, which the British public is being. called ,npon, t15subscribe) eonie Mere tepidly than they 'lane done So fah, . The neesel fi tlie Terra Nova, the largest and strongest cif • the. °kr Scot- tish whalers. She is considered the' best ship ever launched for the Greenland whale trade, and has always been a 'most profitable possession to her own- ers. In 1903 she was purchased by the Admiralty as a relief ship for the "Dis- covery" expedition. Two years later she was in the service of a North Pole expe- dition on a visit to Franz Josef Land, Tints far she has ranged from the great lee barrier in the south to the North Poler peek) from extreme to extreme of the nanigahle waters of the glebe. Despatchen froei tegieed teaVii no room for doubt of AU_ 1ritjh deteriiiin- atioa to do everything that iniiney .and trained explorers can do to equal in the antarctic the achievements. ofscom- milder Peary in the man. •Within ten the menit is expected •that the famous eommander of the "Discovery" expedi- tion of 19011, Captain Robert F. Scott, will be at the head of a well -fitted ship seedy, to sell from England with the 11176 determination of nailing the Union Jack to the South Pole. Capt. Scott Mee appealed to the British nation tor e200,000 to equip his expedition, awl has the intited, nesii4flitt.Q of, the eiltes him in jetting for ..thiegitianS that the honor of finding ,the Pole at the other end of the world shall be gained lot n Briton. It is possible, however, that a South Pole controversy may yet develop, for Dr. Jean Charcot, at the head of a strong French party, is already well down in the far southern regions. • No news can be expected from him before next summer, but, etinsiderinee the fact that before this trip be hes- hed two years of eeperience in the antarctic, the carefully laid plane for the elpedi- lion with •the piirpoee of teething the Pole, end the favotable lee ebeditithiejt is at least nel.letsary Charcot a Poisible Peary of ttie The proposed ticott expedition will leave in July. Two bases will be. eitab- liehed, one at,Macmurdo Sound, just to the east at Rosa Island, in latitude 77 south, and the other on King Edward VIT. Land, the new. land. discovered by Captain Scott on his first expedition. Geographical work will be conducted here; but the chief aim of the party is to reach the Pole and not to do the work of scientists. CAN'T KEEP SECRET. Shareholder of Bank of England ObjeEle to Watch Cleiks. - London, Sept. 26.-A curious protest was made last week against the employ- ment of women clerks in the Bank of England. One of the shareholdors rais- ed the subjeet at the helf-yearly 'meet leg of the Court of Governors. "They should not be here," he said. "Women ought not to lit hi this 6stah- lbthillent. hJte et.iiidlt kceeli dAdd: you know they cannot. It is impossi- ble." "1 cannot think the speaker is right," said It. E. Johnston, the Governor, "in &lying that lady clerks should not be employed in the bank. They are well adapted for the work they have to do," PEARY AS HE LOOKS TO -DAY. SNAPSHOT OF COMMANDER CATTLE HARBOR, LABRADOR, STOPPING THERE FOR nfilmins, A PICTURE. OBT . E. P EAR Y, TAXEN AT TH5 ROOSEVELT WAS PEARY 'REFUSED TO POSE OR NILE WAS JOLTED UNDER CAR. Thunas Does Lep Dal; A pOiatiou Was Nary Niagara Falls, N.Y., Sept. 26. - Thomas Daw, 21 years old, son of John paw, 01 No. 1019 Fairfield av- enue, was run over early this morn- ing in. the Erie yards and died this afe ternoon at Saint Mary's Hospital, death resulting from the shock of the amputation of both legs. Dew was it cleric at the north end freight office of the Erie, and Olio morning stat,ted out about 2 o'clock to get way111116 at the North avenue station, tlie Mat dip the kind that lie had made. Arl drig rid with a ca- boose hi tow tame along arid Daw climbed eboaed tho rtont platform of the calenos6. Near Sontle rtyPriiie the ,engine out lose and 2.an ahead tA .nrittite a switch and then to batch the rear end of the caboose. The engine bore down on the caboose at no great speed, it is said, but the force of impact threw Dew from the platform, and the wheels of the caboose passed over his legs, smashing the left at the ankle, and the right between the knee and the thigh, Dr, Dumville was called and Daw was rushed to Saint Mary's Hospital. Death oaane at 2.40 o'oloelt this after- nooft. Tha thnirldat Vtati 10. E. Davi the conductoi, Thiimae Conroe', oci of No. 57 Walriutsetieet, all North Division street; that city. James Sheehan,. of NO,. 57 ”East Ferry street and Charles Hurting, of No; 1345 Olin - ton street, railroedmeri, wer,i en the caboose with Daw. MORE STABBING. This Time Italians Mixed Up in a Toronto Street Fight. .Toroeto, Sept. 27.-A wild fight, in which two men were stabbed, broke out among a crowd of Italians at 322 Ade- laide greet West laet eveeing, and the pollee ate. iiont :Milking the eity for the three Italian istbetera *Who Made their escape before the tifficetil ,arriYed: These men woret guethe tlieelieleg euid are said toshaya idonesthe stabbing. Their names have been given to the police by the wounded Italians. According to Pasquale Pefatho„ boarder in the hones, who is held at Far- ley avenue police station as it material witness, the row was caused by three men, whom he had invited. to his board- ing house to spend the afternoon, Be had promised to supply the drinks, and when the men arrived wine and it keg of tat iltre bt 1IdnU. A iithdlier of other lxiaideq in the Miltee joined the party, among (Amu Toni Mucille and Liberto Seinnoca. A card game was started, and after it had been in progress for some time a, quarrel broke out. Knives were brought into play and in a moment a hand-to- hand. fight was under way. The three visitors fought their way out of the house, smashing several pieces of furni- ture and it glass door front en route. A neighbor, who saw the tail end. of the fight at the dpois telephoned the police and Patrol 8ergeant Umbaeh Sent four constablee to the Wade: The offieet fthind *Ole With. it deep knife wouitd in hig 'back and Solna= with a eh -inlet injury ii. lia ahonldet. Neither Italian ii..Sdideu0 -, CLAIMS TAXES. Separate Sichool Board of Ottawa Allege Illegal Diversion. Ottawa, Sept. 26,-A formal elaira has been lade on the city by the Sepetate Scheel Bead, asking' an erd.er for the palmed ef eehoel taxes alleged to have been illegally &Vented to the Public School Maid: The elahe is biteed Me the act, ihiihthat a, Setiatatii ealtodl supporta iahipt06 tiekedie it ublie school supporter rauat giVa riciti6e ,in writing to the city clerk. In the pat many have been transferred 'simply by it verbal request to the -assessors. It is claimed by the Separate School Board that it has thus been deprived of a large amount of money which it should have lied, tREASUR•g) Millions` Have Been Taken Orem the Ruins of Messina. New York, Sept. 26.-A cable despatch to the Sun from Rome says: It is esti- mated that $2,000,000 in coin, $6,000,000 in bonde itild other, seeurities arid $1,. 000,000 Worth of iewels teconered from the Jenne of Mashie are still undefined, In addition to the fotegoing there hi a further &peek of 100 sttong boxee and 4,000 Sealed peetcages, immix td den - Uhl VnIntibled; Whieli hate ha betiii opened, repregenting cit l,east 400,00: This. total of $13;0Ci0,006 tio•eg,At the treasures froth the cethedial, ahuicls: es and vaults of banks. The valuables were simply excavated, and were sometimes found clutched in the dead. hands of unidentified men and women. The excavations will be com- menced again on October 1, when the unclaimed deposits- will naturally in- crease, As it is generally impossible for sur- vivors to establish claims to the pro- perty, the State will benefit largely. • *- CONNAUGHT FOR IRELAND. •••••••••••••••••••••••.••••• The Duke to Succeed Earl ef Aber. deen as Lord Lieutenant. London, Sept. 26. -The Livetpool rest ssys the Duke of Conanught will hat, ly succeed the Earl of Abeteleeii astotd. nieatenent of fielded. It says the statement ia bound to be tonttadieted. Nevertheless, it adds, it Is cie true as anything • Nth be that has not taken place. It further says: "The authorities for the statement are two of the most ifttinutte friends of the King, who, each unknown to the other, observed that this was perfectly u ell known to the court ttet." [MT MINUTE TICKS . Twenty-five men have been added to the 'reroute, police force. A general election k expected' in Bri- tain by January at the latest. Colonel Foxton states that the Austral- ian fleet will be ready in 1012. Anglican clergymen in Toronto have decided to organize it church club. Mr. J. IL Clergue, father of Mr, E. Clergue, died at Sault Ste, Marie, Three pliotogrephers descendee into the critter of the voleano Kilauea in Tho [tussicn G ovel lament has been ask- ed to buy $,10,e00,000 worth of wheat to sustain the price. Dr. Sheard, 'Toronto Health Officer, will experiment with electeic flushers to clean asphalt etteets, The Mauretania is to be fitted with -new propellers, which, it is believed, will make her a 20 -knot ship. le, Port, Uf Cleveland, was crushed be- tween a vessel and the pier at Sitiet Ste. Marie and fatally injured. • ' Mr. Justice Riddell has refused to re- open the case of Blythe, who is under sentence of death for wife murder. Mr, George Watson, formerly collec- tor of customs at Collingwood, died at the age of 81 years, The T8rento atto qf Oontrol recom- mends the appointment of Mr. William Johnston as City Solicitor. At Cobalt twenty-five employees of the T. & N. O. Railway went on strike on Friday. Their places are being filled. The dispute between the Bank • of Montreal and the dein* Ontario Bank will now go to the Court of Appeal. It is reported at London, Ont„ that the Ontatio Government are considering the establishment of it new nniversity in western Ontario. William Woodrow, of Picton picked ripe strawberries and a number of blooms for exhibit at the fall fair there on 17rMay. The Law Society has appointed Mr. John I), ralconbridge lecturer in equity, in suecestion to the late Mr, 1. H. Marsh, K. C. On Friday tile Royet Hag et Hep- worth was burned, and seietal.of the inmates had a narrow escape from death.' Fire also destroyed Donaldson's sash fac- tory at Almonte. The fortnightly report of the American Railway Association car shortages ancl surplusages shows a decrease in surplu- sages of :31,778 cars, bringing the total surplus down to 78,798. Three children were burned to death and (weedpetsone had narrow escapes from it sithibit fate laet night in a fire which destroyed three residence at Mill - vele, a411burb of Pittsburg. Morrisburg ratepayers .voted to give the Sheet Steel Corporation sixty years' franchise of its hydro -electric plant and right of way through the streets for an electric railway. The old established law firm of Grif- fithe & McGuire, Niagara Falls, has been dissolved, Mr. McGuire leaving to be- come a member of the law firm of Den- ton. Dunii & Boultbee, Toronto. The body of Thomas Hallett, an aged gentled -min who wandered away from his horicie at 92 Wad stteet, Toronto; near- ly a Week agd,,iVaS idund yesterday af- ternoon in th6 ba f neat FttinliinB roint. A eaiiip cleiPetoli fiat I1onAii1iieeysi A ram of meteors which swept over Hon- olulu and .Yicinity caused alarm last night. More than foety, brilliant me- teors were counted as they; fell into the ocean. Rev. E. Wood, rectal- of the Church of St. John the Evangelist, Montreal, and a well known high cluarch leader, -died yesterday morning. Ile came to Canada in 180 and lived in Montreal ever since. He Wad 80 years of do, Alex. Molten*, the nine-yeat-old son of Williain McKenzie, of 65 Teeueiseh street, 'Afoot°, wag Van ovet by a street cat On King etteet on Saturday evening, and re 11C4 in Gictee Ififitital With his right leg aeVered beloti: the kW; Eable deePiiieh ironi kingaten, Jan- aica sap.; The ()piths:Milts of this com- munity is wholly against the.,proposed reciprocity treaty with Canada,: . The people will have .nothing, to do with it, because they fear American reprisals. Traffic on the Canadian Northern was held up over twelve hours on Saturday by three spills of grain cars between Pelt Artkitt and Winnipeg, one at the jleat;, tintsitt Veinatite) and the other outside bi One Wad hurt. Refusing steadfastly to allow the C. W. & L. E electric line to cross his fields, hale 13echard, a Dover township farmer, is holding up operations on the extension to Pain Court. The railway .will appeal to the Dominion Railway Tomittieeion, Is the result of an explosion of a, gas- oline engine Used in it Chatham bakery,. _Reeky Derfy, aged 18, was On leritlay afteeddeit eo terribly injared that he inky n6t ter. butty Tvfla Wed editio ailitahtt, alicithadro nnedabioa, engine was deribilithed: ..A. desPatch eii.Ye that every day the uotoricaul Bleck Redd Ot- ganization appears to inYent dente neW method of despoiling the pecitile of, Siii1y and its latest device is ftmazinglY iiri pudent. • The society is not only impos- ing taxes, but compelling large numbers of persons to insure their lives and pro- perty with it concern specially establish- ed britself. o • EM PTY.BOAT. Charles Smith, of Buckingham, Be- lieved to Have Been Drowned. Ottawa, Sept, 20e --On Saturday after- noon mitten t4iiiitit, an Ottn,Wit boy, went out Alone hi a' 'boat at lltieking- ham. Que., and never returned. On Sum day the boat drifted ashen With olio oar missin/. A look -out is beteg kept for the bot y, ris the youth is thought to he drowned. He WAS living for tilt time in Buckingham, engaged in mining. ' 4 • * - BOY KILLED HIS FATHER. Coeltecton, Ohio, Sept, 27.--Yni, Davis, e0 years old, killed his father, Eli Davis, six mile" south ef here, yeeterday der- ing a quarrel lietweeu the bey's plrenti. The eon Kftys Ms father threntened to strike his mother, and in order to pro- teet her he struck his father down with a hatchet. TIM police say the boy elm Used it knife an well as a hatchet, The son is Man errest, Eli Davis is Raiti to here quarrelled with ble wife Isseau ',a site did net eaok his bioalcrast lo Ala itha. Olte fello v11 40,61 mom tit know ......1.....ossas, what they are driving at, Oen When they piny golf. KING MANUEL'S WEDDING, Positively Announced to Take Place in ApU Next. London, Sept. 44t0, -4t is positively stated hi Lisbon that King Miami will merry in April. The name of the bride pipet is not given, but in view of the pad ranons eonneeting the King's name with that of en English princese, 11 is a:monied that it Will be an Thrash 4111 epee. Enquiries here, however, fail to I bring forth teuy coufirmation of the re port. DIED AFTER KITING MAN, Blaw Intended rar an Intruder Kiled tite Other Man. nuftaio; eeirst, nay View yes. terday aftdinocille flu& Sclitimen pick. ed up a loaded shoigUrf and wailoPed Thomas Martin across the head with the butt of it. The shotgun explod. ecl and the charge entering Schumares abdomen; he died, within an hour. Schuman's horno is et No. 68 Ideal street. He had been living in a hut at Bay View during the suMmer. Mar- tin 'also stayed Iit the neighborboOd. He often visited Seltuman's hut and the latter objected to his presence. George Rommer of No. 442 Goethe street, and John Reunion, of No. 21 Stanton street, who were at Bay View fishing yoaterclay, dropped into Bohm man's hut just before the accident. They told Denser that Martin came along within a Lew minutes anci Well- man, seeing him, picked up the shot- gun and said: "I will make him keep away from here." The blow which Schuman struck at Martin broke the stook of the shotgun. Martin wee brought his knees, but was riot ,setiottslY hurt, Schuman Dever epoled after' being wounded. He was 61 years old. He ts survived by his wife and step -children. Martin is 51 years qld. Dn. Damsel decided that Schuman's death wag ac- cidental. A GREAT INFLUX. ••••••••••••••.••• 115,000 Settiers Eltpected to Cross Border Next Year. Winnipeg, Man., Sept, 20. --"Immigra- tion from the United States to Canada has increased fully 00 per cent. this yeer, and next year there will be about 115, 000 Americans come to Canada." 'Plus ssislistatement of Mr. W. 3. White. Superintendent of the Dominion Immi- gration Agencies in the United States, ton .aty.e Mr. White said that it was surpris- ing how popular Canadian finde wore becoming in the United States. Farmer; were selling, off their good farms, whieh bring possibly $125 an acre, and were °omit* over to Canada to take up land. ' •.! GOV. A. 0. EBERHARDT. New Governor of Minnesota. IT'S COMING. rr. David Burn Heart More About Antipodal Riches. •••••••••••••••••••.... David S. Burn-id:innerly David S. Kidd -says that he has received it let- ter from an official of the Common- wealth of Australia, stating that his claini for the wealth of the late Mr. Burn would shortly be satisfied. A num- ber of friends gathered at Mr. Kidd's neW libitio at 745 Pahnerston avenue, To- ronto, Friday night, where an "absolute- ly accurate" account of the whole mat- ter edoneeted with the trip to Chicago, the reeulitint coeiteteion of Lucy Burn, and the ineidenta that foliose/ad, Were given by the new Mr. Burn (nee Kidd). Mr. Burn says he will havethe slide soon With which to pursue his intended crusade against immorality. By the way, Mt, Bern' is Mr. Burn socially, but/ on his neW business card still figures as David Kidd: 4 - THEY PRAYED, But Old Mother Earth Did Not Shed Its Crust West Duxhury, Mass., Sept. 26,"(), Lord, don't disappoint us," prayed the Triune Immersionists at intervals dur- ing the meeting which they held Friday night, but their prayers remained un- answered for the Lord had not appeared in person to thein and the world was still intact. A itlege proportion of the "elect" neVertlielesS vemitined firm in their convietien that the Wicked would' be de- stislyed by the deeeling off of the earth's erdet at eonietime between 6 pan. Fri- day find the same hour dn Saturday. Early td dts tlict eeliretisted believers dispersed to various Video netieby for rest ar.il food. ROYAL PREROGATIVE Is the Creation of British Peers and Knights. New York, Sept. 20. ----The Herald's London correspondent sends the fol. lowing: Mr. Winton Churchill has "pet his foot in it again," Lord Knob lys,ott behalf of the Xing, Ms doilies - tercel th6.snub (Brett to the "spoilt and of the Ministty," Having asserted that 'Mr. Balfour lied "taken the •prseaution to make hp Berons" eertain %flume tial personsi, Mr. Churchill is informed by Lord Knollyn that, notwithstanding les statement, "the ereetion of Peers ie. winsit Royal prerogative." The King, of courses is absolute's the only person who cat give it title in the British Empire. Tie can -create Knights or Peers simply beeause he pleases, and -can decline to confer these lumers if 11 18 not his pennon -h. The Earl of Oxford in 1715 was int- peathed nod imptisoted for two years it the Tower for recommeuditig the erem Hon of WPM- Another even more pre - mint in that of the %eke of Thieltiug tane who Was iMprisoned for selling reerege ter tie (SA Therefore Mr, teitivehilI was treading on exceeeingly TILBURY ROBBERY. Esit%le Main Committed For Tr:al tit Chatham, Chat/tam, despatch -The preliminary trial of leritzie Diehn, charged whit switching a valise on P. L. Meeerthure Sovereign Bank Clerk, at Tillenry, /smut years ego, and getting away with ovee $1,600, opened this morning before Magie. trate Honatore Ed. Quinn, Dielm's al- leged aceompliee, Wail the chief witneas tor the Crown, He made it clean breast of the whele effairt poretively identifying, the prisoner, Diann Ife tole of Alice valise ewitelilug and after leaving the, train said they walked to Vrairie Sid- ing, and caught a train for Chatham,. whence they took the trait baei4 Lc Windsor, crossing the ferry there Thence they left for Toledo, Quinnie story created a sensation. J. Milton Pike, K. O., counsel for Main, closely croee-queetioned but did not materially shake hie teen- mony. Quinn told of meeting Detem gatthr tive Stenton et Detroit, alleging th tt Kenton told them to cross into Canada, tho aotturgtilimig short of murder would Stenton positively identified Diehn as the inan he met with Quinn in De- troit prior to the robbery. Oscar Rogers, Detroit patrolman, eon, rolsorated this, Stacey, of the Eseax train, had testified he saw Quinn and Diehl' dismount from the train. Quinn carried a valise Under an overcoat. At the conclusion of the hearing Magistrate Houston committed Diehn for trial at the Fall Assizes. GET RICH QUICK. Canadians and Americans Victims of Clever Swindle. Co.uncil Bluffs, Iowa, Sept, 27. -Vis - tints in eighteen States of the Union, iis Alaska and in Canada are named irs the indictmetit brought in by a grand jury here yesterday, charging eighty- five men with conspiring to defraud by illegal use of the. 'United States mails in connection with fake races and other contests. As only four of the accused have been arrested, the names of these yet at large have not been made public. It is stated that the list in- cludes the names of nutny persotie known in criminal circles in all parte .of v the country, and that nearly eery name is followed by from one to four aliases. ' The sums lost by the vietime will totel, it is stated authoritativelys over half i611/106 donn achma, The swindling ee was an eX- ccedingly clever one, and so planned ale to almost entirely shut out complaints on the part of victims. In 'fact, the victims were led to believe from the first that they themselves were swin- dlers. They were invited to share in it "dead sure" get -rich -quick scheme for defrauding the public. Races and other conteste en which the public were likely to bet were to be advertised, and. "in- siders" were to be given information which would enable them to lay wagers at long odds and clean up fortunes every time. As for the contests, they were to be non-existent, mere fakes.. But this would not' prevent the an- nouncement .of the result. As the eon - federates --of whom the intended victim was to be one -had the whole thing innie their own hands, they simply could lose. Large numbers took the bait offersia and staked sums ranging from $1,000 to $30,000 on contests which they knew to be fraudulent but in which, they be- lieved, only the other man could lose. In the end they learned that the die° were loaded the other way. The men behind the fraud had fleeced them ex- actly in the manner in which they had hoped to fleece the public. CHIEF HONORS. Went to Canadian Delerates in Australia. London, Sept. 26. -The Times' Mel- bourne correspondent, reviewing the results of the Congress of the Cham- bers of Commerce says :-"As a body; the Canadian delegates have undoubt- edly won the chief honors and greatly' attracted the Australian public. Ono of their number, Cockshutt, great- ly diethiguished himself by his gift of speech even in +his land of oratory," The correspondent adds that the Can-. aclian and South African delegates aie solid for preference, and that the re- markable vote of the congress made - a deep impression on Australian opin- ion, It is admitted even by the de- voted adherents of free trace that "Australia is rapidly becoming in- creasingly devoted to a policy of pref- erential trade, and will probably be willing in due season to aceord bet- ter terms." 4* • THE MAGIC TOUCH. New York Customs Men Learn Ileight t f Hand. New York, Sept. V. -Two casts of "assorted bread and biscuits" cost tlio importer, Joseph Benger, 850 to -day, when theu e stotns officials found, in eompartments supposed to contain the Oaf(' of life, a fur nniff, it fur cape, china, laces, and other dutiable artielee. Mr. Bolter said that. these articles were inteeded as prizes for salesmen 'who should dispose of the largest quantity of his bread and biscuits in tliis coun- try, lied disavowed knowledge of IMW they came to be packed with the breast In addition to the $105 duty, he was fin- ed S245 under the customs act. Gi-if MAY. Burglars Escaped From Custody of Bailiff at .North Bay, North Ray Despatch -Two borstal, sentenced to terms in the Central rri- eon, escaped from Pronincial Ry, au at. the North Day Station last night, nbile leaving the C. P. It. eXpreeL The prisoners were hanileuffed together, but WI:Mg advantage of Bailiff Ryan's bade being turned Mr the moment, they step. pod off the trein on .the oposite side and slippee away in the darkimes. An umitte- ecesiel search for the fugitives Ithe been in progress all day by the loral pollee, but no trace of them has yet been itground. found.