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Ty FouR LivEs
WERE LOST. L, hotirki they were arisen tewardd
vertea by tao cenert ettto & Wetting RussiA WON'T
gereatit anti worn abeeet
After Weathering the gine for .
Of lee, whlea Mane movement data •
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Moan Cove Rhone Whoa the anehora •
DISCUSS
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wore let Vintling the isehoeuer
STEAIIER CLALLAYI gitrig7trieofIttg.
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urgo.t linuieellatent totn,1 meek,
Hitchcock, driven Weller% beeame
he effort nroYea, fraitteen. Tbe
MANCHURIA WITH JAPAN
In .a Terrific Storm Off the British C
umbia Coast.
Women and Children Lost by Swamping
of Boats.
Part of Crew and Passengers Resciled
by Tugs.
r
ViTrwr Coning From Seattle to
Victoria, B. C.
•
e See,attle, Waste, nan,10.-The eteaut-
or Mobilo, or 'me feeattleaVictorla
fleet sank eerly yeeterdaY inidway
Detweea 'Smith Weed and Dungen-
c, in the Straits of jean de Fu.
lafty-four per.sone were clrovvned.
'iatte Deaero.
CAPT.. L. THOMPSON, Tacoma,
Lloyds' agent.
BRUNO J. InelltLeN, Tacoma, cue -
toms inspector.
CPT. T. LAWRENCE, Victoria,
YOYAY.47,4141W,ViliteWatitdfr
who was ou bete wedding ,trip,
N, P. SHAW, Vintoria, la to, bliip-
owintsr.
C. W. THOMPSON, Tacoma, Peesi-
dent. of the Washington C000para,-
. tie.° Mining Company: •
Mita, .A.• 3. C. GALLATELY, Vie -
twee, wife Of ;the manager Of tint
Bank of Montreal..
a wan"LOU1SJ HARRISON,
MISS GALLLTELY, Victoria.
ROUIN, Sea.ttle.
• PRINCE, Chicago, mombor
of a theatrical. company.
EUGENE . HICKS, Indianapolis.
MRS T. SULLEN% and two eta -
ren, Port Townsend,
P. L LAPLANT, Port. Towasereln
, H. H. SWANEY, Seattee
MISS MURRAY, Victoria'. •
.W. W. tUDBONS, Tedeozna.
BICIIA.RDS, Vent Toveneend.
C, LOOKWOOD, freight clerk, Se-,
ettle.
Stelneen. SMITtf, Hest assistant ens
▪ gamer, Seattle. ,
CHARLES MANSON, quarter-ntast-
er, Seattle.
R. LINDHOPE, quartermaster, Se-
attle. -
JOEEPII JEWEL, Oa:don watchman,
a, Yietttria. •
A.11EXANDER HARVEY, mass -Man,
Seattle.
ROBERT CURRIE, IsteWard, Vic-
toria.
11A.RVEY ,SEARS, seaman, "Viatoria.
, GEORGE -HUDSON, Waiter..
G. F. jElr ea, ,
A. l'ALDEMEER, •
It...G. CAMPBELL.
MILS. • ItO"SE.
V. H. JOY.
MISS REYNOLDS. e
at. TURNEY.
W. 11. GIRMES.
GUY DENNIS. •. •
MRS. CHARLES:COX.
MISS GILL,
W. E. ROCKLEDGE. .
• W. CLUETT.
CHARLES GREEN.,
GEORGE HISEN. • -
a P. BUCKNER, • -
CHARLES, THOMAS.
C. j..11.TeltNEY.
• LENNAN.
. C. JOHNSON.
MISS BELLIES.
Ono :unknown man.
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Tao followlog avere reseuen
II. ARNOLD, member. of crew.
J. ANDERSON, member of crew..
. .JOHN ATKINS, „oiler.
AH LOOK, member of brawl. .
H. l). DAILEY, passenger.
JAMES CALD1VELIe member of
crew,
CHARLES W. DAVID, passenger.
.301IN DAVIS, Passenger. "
G. W. DOWNEY,. -first °tether of
the stoamer..
SCOTT DE LANE, chier engineer.
ARCIIIE DAVIS, -inember . of crew..
W. IL GRIES, passenger. '
R. GPIFFITII, member of crew.
WAL arC)HNES, member of ereW.
11. JOHNSON, member of. crew,.
3. JEFFREY, member of crew.
. One LANG, member of crew.
wra,t,rAlki RING, passenger.
It. C. XREER, parser or steamer.
VAL- LE PLANTE, p await) ger.
EDWARD LAUMER, passenger.
T. LARION, paesenger.
A. IneKEEN, member of crew,
P. mgyEnS, tof.4rob0r of crew.
ilyfrlatittlele MATTLOCInt, fireman.
NORRIS, passenger.
THOINIAS S'OOLIUS, passenger.
J'ACK SWEENEY, Passengnie-
GtOlton atonEjerS, captain of the
attain -lea.
Be WATSON', . steWard of title
tia ,
Pull Part lenitive.
Poet Townee.nd, Jen. O....Fifty-tour
Bees ;wero lost in the sinking of the
thee new gteamor Menem, plying be-
tWeen Seattle „and Victoria, in a
sterna which swept over tho Straits
of junn do Fuca with relentletnefury
• yosterday and lest night. Tho nee-
,. sal a9 a regnlar passenger packet,
•gad. left Seattle yeaterday for 'Vie-
' feria. She meede mcdurately geed pro-
gress across tile straituntil Trial
lint:tad, off the entrance to the har-
bor, woe abottni. Then a terrine erose
Sea pelted the vesisel, retertling her
progresse tittle fear was nuenircetel
until Word Caine from below that the
vessel Vita leaking. Pavesitigittion
SleolWect that the waves on the wind -
eve .d side bad Moved a dead -light.
ugh
• ulMeettth jU attempts to
.431) it.
• enomert and Childreo Drowned..
! Bravely tho °Mere awl 'ern* of
the helplees nitlp Worked to save the
boat and the sould aboard hor, but
In vain. Staitnek tts she Was, the
tould not stand the terrific
onslaughts of the sea, and jest be-
.• fore darkness began to fall it watt
tleckaul to make an attempt to Rave
the passenger& at least, by bootee
TIM boats were launched. The nest
containea only Wonien arid children,
three (leek halide Irma tbe Clallam,
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'and Capt. Lawrence, a Yukon pilot
• wbo had volunteerea to command.
The boat was overwbeinted eh: butt -
tired feet from the Ciallam and itu
ocante sbrieked in vain for aid
!rani those aboara the steamer. Not
te hand could be raiseil to help them.
• • Swept- Itronf Their neat.
A. second life t oat, filled with male
passengers, tend in command of See-
Oati Oriecer Currin, 'wars probably lost
a few zninutos later. Aborted' tbe
Clallam, watebere saw wavee sweep.
passengers from their hold an the
•ennakeeteeletellarletliern Into the waters.
"Tirolegtranifetnlire boat wee righted
later, tilligent seareb failed to find
a trace of her. afore parmengers tend
members. of -the Onto were lont when
a third 'fro boat Nv.o,o awe/lined in
an attompt to Munch it. Tbree pane
gengere were picked up later by the
Fteamer Bulimia. They had fastened
1 if o peteserners .arranied their bodies,
and had died trete expoeure. Their
bodies. wero brought to Sect•ttlo to -
don. •
• To Sa've the Stilt,.
After the eetlanipIng of 'the boats
tbe membere. .of the crew and passen.
gore who had Voiliunteemct to re-
main aboard deroted timmeilves to
the teals of traing to Seale the vela
eel. The pumps, were uselese, and
tbregang t1 ballere ,.were set to
work. In 'spite oe their efforts the
water gained on them, . and they
were about to resign tamuselvesoto
their fate when the Richard larelyone,
coo or tbe nix tugs whicia had
' bdon teat to tha reeaue from. Pore
Toweeenci, berve In sight. A line wa:e
thrown aboara tho tug, and,, Men
• liar loW, she startnel for Pert Towne-,
end. It seemed for a. time, that the
Milani was to bo ;saved, but the Mill
began 1x give way beforethe terrific.
aesaelta lof the wanes.
The Tods•Lines Cut • •
• At 12.30. the ,Oliellani went on her
beam ends, and began sinking rap-
idly. At 1.07 oho aettlede • and the
tow Baal wore cut. Dy heroic efforts
tile crows of the tugs Zallon'. and
-Holyoke saved the, lives of nearly all
who remained aboard the. Clallam.
With:mit aanomonasee hesitatioa, the
tugs' 'boxes wore lowered, and the
work or rescue. began. Defore all the
struggling ,people had been taken off
the Clallam commeneed to break .up„
•and coon afterwards went down, Ail'
'pootelble assistaace to tbe rescued
'people weer given by the two -earip-
inageters ane, their crews, and the
:Washurtled to Port Tow•n,seral. The
paseengeits, euryiving and teas remain-
der ot • the crew then took passage
On the, Dirige, bound for Seattle.
ti . -
W. II. Grime, of Redraond,
hbearn tee bound for 'Nieto.
ria, gives a.oenc.ese Altatement of the
disaeter ; "Dee weather wee pretty
rung 1." sakPle, "but wo had'uo suspi-
cion or dai ger until someone lOrTvat
said sontonang, about life preservers.
I Went forward, to investigate, awl
.tleere Learned that the Claheen was
leaking• ese bats were
promptlY manned and launched, and
the women and children and such
Passengers a deeired to leave were
placed en teem, compotedt crews be
ing in charge. The beats made off
from tee steamer safely, but ono af-
ter another they, capeized, and we
were nelpless to render their occu-
pants aey assistanoe. Teey simply
drowned •adore our eyes. In the
meantime crew and passengers were
busy baiting and trying to stop tee
leak, nut witheut eaccess. The bailing
was kept up, however, and coon we
were overjoyed to learn tbat a, big
tug had hold of us. Tho tow -boat
started, tied made pretty good era -
groes, mien it became apparent that
the Claelam was careeni .g uoder us.
Then all Janda went on dock, and as
the ill-fated packet 1 tilted we grad -
trolly orawled upon Ler exposed sOle,
from weer° tile brave fellows from
the Holyoke rewired most of us."
Tte ejeleng (scene was eight nallesi
nortir of Protection Island, only o.
sitort &starlet) north of Port Towre-
end, aral apProxilnatelet thirty milts
from eletor.a. Tao stitaivors of *the
Ivreek Were brought to Seattle on the
steamer 1):r1go, latvingiheanjanlied at
Port Townsend by tee Holy -oke and
Sea Lion. Prominent among those
known to be On board andun-
enacoeinten for, le Limner Swaney,
. item and stool plant pronloter and
-owner of valuable iron properties In
Britaer Columbia. 1141 boarded the ves-
sel hero, and wan not among the rev -
toed. 1 .
Superstitioe Dies Hard,
TaeOlila, Jan. 0. -Wien steamer
Cleliala 'wee lair nolied Meet lest April,
tee bottle of ,clinaneingne war not
broken, but fell and slid clown along
the slats or the vessel. Old seamen
peedeited that disaster would over-
take the 'easel wIthin a year, and it
was said at tile time that it would
be a eliff.cult mattne to securo a
lorew t 'than the VesSIII.
AWN, Prom Iga.terit Canada.
• Vaneettver, 1. (1., .Tan. 10.-2The
stvanter ilannin returned to . tort
this evening from a fruit1as1 cruise
alone till 1 lardi ttitl.len the %arm
o: Pritley oyez/loge/ tireati tilt -aster,
uld len t the :o I ,ra itup
L the ono of the 1Xtate not
:RUM t0.1hf* tapeizal when Lutuchtel
with the women and eh:liven from
the toseel matlit have nvod
to neilt .toned palet on one of the
ranee :•rit Heade. No sign ot nny
zoOli svaa obLaIned, and all :Leo now
ro:coa to the nlItne11,1 y t ceielm
that the total death tel of, 51, will
not Its reteectle -Of the Vetter; a
(109en at l'ast wore former canteen
Clanadlaus, maim, of them wcil
known. M s Murrey, a inatcr In
ni It. M• Mrns, lone1'/11 ugent of the
tIrtat Northern at Victoria., was
Oal ill0 iteighberhoon of Toronte.
Urs. A. x. 0. Clonally and, her daugh-
ter Were, 1 lee Ur. Ciallatly, reenter
lifentrealers. rs. S. 'Z. Bolton, or
b inn saw' her pla.eol in the eecond
boat, and then Stool back to taXe
his lessor chances with the other
men. lIa saw the boat swept avel7
In the daikaess and eriguned. He
hiniself wits pleked up cut Ot the sea
by the ifolyclgela crow an , hour
later,
Mies Ethel Diproae, Who Waimea
Toronto as hor home, had been for
18 itiewthe a nurse {it the Fannie
Pad.o Tatoma. nho Was.
tL naugliter, Of R. Diptoee, of le -areal/ -
ray, Ont., and waa on her way to
vieit ler sister, tIrs. W. L. Ohal-
foner, of 3,71aiorta. Nies. Charles Lex
awn3‹.18 hclisIwiatiriog,"1.111aolliiinasnbdandB' b errlunrgll ear
conductor on the Ylc:oria Electrle
Raliway, yore former reeitlente of
oPils.0'..1k. Ur& 1. W. Larl ;lit, of
leriday Harbor, who war drowned
cia'spIng her little boy, in earner
1110 resaled itt Lieelmte, Que, 0411)-
. tatn T11ems,0 Lawrence, master o:
the steamer Sc.otia, and well lalown
as a sailor skipper during years
pat, was from the Maritime Pro-
vinces and R. G, Coznrbcjl, the Se-
. attire timber cruiser, a nattlea Of
Lunehurg, N. S. Nathaniel 1.. khaw,
head el a Daweon-Victoria, 'melte
firm, ana con-inelew of Charles II,
Lurgin, was lioni St. John, X. B.
Other w -ell -known personages'
among the 'awe inoludod itiss leaulso
}1ai'iL ot Speicane, a, daughter te•
W. 3. Harris one of -We original
ownors or the Iso Rol elines; airs.
Lenora Itleherae, of Port Townteral,
the neat woman resident of the
Noun t. Sicker mlnlog aletrlet, and
• nameatever oe the Lormra Aline and
camp; Cept. Livingeton Thomptoa,
a retired army °Meer and explorer
and surveyor of repute, rosining at
Victoria, a Col. 0. W. Thompson, 9:
Tacoma, Pres:dent of the Washing:-
ington Co-operative ltfiniag Com-
pany, alai to.it members of the Kan-
erie city, vaudeeillie tdam or Prince
and Daniela .
• . • A. stratheoy Mal Lost.
London, Ont., Jane 10,-Re1etivee
here have received the sad intent-
,genee.. or tho death of Miss Ethel
Oeiprose, daughter Of • Mr. ..Rebart
Diprose; of .Strathroy. The' young
Indy, wile Was a Mune at a. Tacoma
Hospital, was a , passenger on tae
steamer. Chilana .wrotked err .Port
Townsend, Washington, •
brat tad in a bevero Storm.
Li the face of a heavy storm, caus-
ing One •ot the ugliest seas of the
winter. tire n10,11E111) left aeattle on
nriclas for. Victoria,..Sbe had a good
eet oi lateeengers, mann of them be
lig Victoriane. •, •
Late on Friday the Olanam' was,
sew.; etammgebefore; the asouthwest
win Lowata San Juan. $1M was far
to UK, north .of aer course, and had
a sail hoisted on 'leek.
Despite title she was -drifting help -
easily, and the heavy seas were
breakieg (ever her. • • -
When the news reached here sev-
eral tuge started to the rescue. Tim
Sect Leon oral the Holyoke:were first
to reach the sinking vessel, which had
by thee tiinecareened partly over
,frore, the Inrush Of :water. Teas -had
.pu. ea firos oi3t..
The HblyOlte reeellet1 the Olallam
aboat 11 Oolotek lerido,Y night near
' /eland, and expeditiotisly
scut a hawser aboard, with wliletl
ehe started to tow the • VIallam to
safety. ,The sea was very heavy.
Al; 1 o'clock yesterday- morning tbe
Cla lam took aaheavy lurch, and those
remaining .on board were compelled
to climb up the side -to safety, fin-
ally reaching tbe. roof of the pilot-
house. • .
ante Holyoke's. crew eroved of tbe
right raetal, for without a moment's
hesitation the tug's boats were low-
tere;:ilegb
d te, work of reecue Com-
ae .
At thls 5tinel.ure the tug Sea. Lion
:arrived, arid her men rendered vat-
' uable aseleta.nce. Be:ore e 1 the etrug.
gene people bad beer -taken, off, the
Claela.n'a commenced to break up, and
EOMafter went -down, leaving it
leaving a swirling ,eddy in her elatio
on the waves.
limas Caps:zed.
Some of the women ane children
had been put in the. small boats, and
started .for eafeter, but, the boats
were swameel in the heavy seas and
a't were lost.
The terrible fury of the storm Is
attested 'by tire tact- that not it
single w•otaan or child of those on
board the email bootie which Jett the
ship vlien she was first in danger
lived to tell the tale.
All rosolble assIsteeee to the res-
cued people was given by the two
sbipatastere and their, crews, and
the tugs 'merle.] to Port Roweeend.
athe eurviving passengers and the ree
=leder of the crew then took 055 -
age on the Diego for Seattle.
The Ciallam; was it now vessel, bant
$10:1,000'.
at Taeome last July, ;at a °est of
(;4$ Received Al Victoria.
Victoria B. C.1 joke 10. -Great ex-
cl. client (Latinate. here to -day- ovor
tile 'wreialt of ,the .0teamer
• orowde thronged the, newspaper, tele-
g,11;:ligsatri otir sytiertmisuhip office., to scan
Mn. anti Aftss Gallatin, among the
tItowneri, are tho wife and daughter
ottf.atalliehnoirtit
ianage.r or tt ho Dank of Mn
o -
Capt. Livingaboo Thompson was a
Prominent land i:itirrey,Or and retired
Briti.sh antra offieer. •
Capt. Thomas Lawrenee was reen-
ter, of the ateaaner Seatia.
Homer Swaney was corning hero
to arranno Octane for the, proposed
purchase or aomo iron ntinee en the
Vaineouver Likud coast.
W. H. Shaw Was it aoesninent
eteamehip owner. .
A, Price atiel 'Cain Dal:dole, of Chi -
cam., Were returning bore to give
ollarity, concert, tithey have been
touring tbo United Sallee for three
y ears.
Tho ateamer Clallam was Within •
20 rultuteei run 'on her (look here y03-
torday afternoon when he broke.
down. People who We:lobed her tame
the. ehoro 'say! elle suddenly stopped
oteaming and nlowed around anal
44ie wee drif ting broadside before the
wind, which woo, blowing at the rate
of tiO milen hour from the mouth-,
etv:ocobt6.ainiltio roiled heavily from beam
01141 kiciarobaw parties which
hem been ottrolllits the 1 -hero inc
in this Oily have naiad the banes of
nine vIctime or the tanllion disader,
Meetly women. Tero boats Intve
aloe been amnia, ono of wlach eon-
tolnea lam voreen or a UMIttill, Miss
0,:1ro,:40.4.of 'Taverna, furl an unidenti-
fied woman. This boat Was found
drifting towara; the pliore by' the
Aiblon. Another boat wa.-3 found 'by
searehere dote, to the seen° dt tbe
e
r breaking In of •Ciallamee bow .off 010 -
ver Tho -nine bodline are at
• twat undertaker. Four haste neon
.M=11471gin:Ts;illitleaeg:Ctlil
; Wee Diprofee, Alias Hargis,
wboete rennet:ad drifted ont0 tile
• beach at Doetenen 11111, and Aleaander
Harvey, a dock hand. 'rile other
beanie are thoen or Women, two wear -
Ing 'wedding ring% Tuge ore 'MAW.
(dug the search.
Ono or the corpbes found this after-.
aeon hats been identified an tbat of
E Mrs. Thomas. Sullins, of Mount Sick-
er. Iler husband was among the sav-
ed, but twoeselaidrea were drowned
With:bor.
Ono in Port Hope.
Port Hope, Jan, 1(9.-ktr.3. A. J. Gal-
natelee et Victoria, a, victim of 1110
Ole Ilam cheesier, is well-kutewrt to
many, residonta of tble place. Sev-
. eral eleArra apt he wais loical manag-
ee of the. Dank of tiontreal branch
Imre before removing to ilia west.
drovveed, was saint known.
Her deughter, Nos GallatelY, also
GERMANY NEEDS SOME MONEY
Would Like tei Get a 11.1.041.st Loan of
$55,000,000.
Berlin, jan. 12,.-A cenference of
bankors, calleet at the iestance of
the Cfaverement, took place yester-
day to consider bow to improve the
Market value of Uovernment bendy
and lessen. their fluctuations. Leper,
la" three per canto were quoted at
011-4 yesterdaY, 0.62 below
• Feenoh three per cents., and reale,
tively stal !ewer than Britieli cOnsole.
'Anis is a fferl0ue goeetion, as the
Government must ti Year ask for a
new loan of $55,C00,00), and, prob-
ablyf
ceeding years, because -1t was part
of the Governmeat's plans, when the
naval pregreatme was auttorized, to
mesa teitee-eightlis of the eXPUIse by
loans. Oteee coaditions have contrib
uted animal deneits ; but tee
greatly increased naval expenditure,
beginning In 18J8, was the mest sere
bus.
•
• A MYSTERY CLEARED.
now the Schooner Entera'd Catne to
• eel Wrecked.
The myntery surrounding the"eauee
or the wreck of the schooner Emer-
ald, On tise night or Nov. 15 last,
when seven licee weee lost, has been
• cleared up. Yesterday the family of
Captain Prank McAlester, who was in
command of tee schoo..er, received a
letter . from' Ames ,MoDoriald, light-
house keener at Salmon Palet, thirty
'111:105ee souteeast of Brighton,. in Pr: nee
Edward ceinity, stale g that 44 feet
of tee foremast, which has once bee.:
identified as belengin
hg to the wreck-
ed vceselead been Need. It had been
broken Into three pieces. There was
•a„olean break four feet 110112 t1143 deck
at tee saddle, and another three fcet
below tee eyes of the rigging,
' ant. Mole:1mM says that it sudden
.squalt probably jibed tee foresail, and
the heavy strain boingteo much for
the spare it bre and tumbled over-
board. The vessal In the heavy sea
'must have struck the wreckage, awl
thereby had a bele delven in her hull.
• DAIRY. PRODUCE.
• ,
Cal of Instructor Presents His
Report.
• Dellevillo repert Mr. G. G. Pub -
low, Oilier inetructor for Eastern On-
taatio, preeenee.1 to tie Dairymen's
Assoeiation this morning, a report
or hie vrork for the pant Leeson, deal-
ing with the operatione of the syn -
(limbos; •a result of it conference
bold by theapreekleart and directors
.of the aosociation with 1110 AlMiseer
of- Agrieulture a,t Toronto, about a,
year ago, It wag derialed to endeavor
to group the .faeterece into isymii-
ea,tee, with not more than twentyn
five et thirty in each, and place it
eenTpeten bletalletOr in' charge ef
eace gra/elan.. Applioatione were re-
ceived from . about .500 factory own -
,ors througbout the territory between
Toronto and Montreal, desiring to
'come let° tne aerattgement. The
twenty -twee eyndicates compeeeed
551 faetorlea, and eho total num-
ber Of vents pald.to those was 3,317.
Oat tef the 43,8,00 tests tbat had
been made for adulteration% there
wero tound to be a5,9- sampies that
were deteriorated by skimming or
watering. There were it:),OD3 fermen-
tation texts made, and of these 9,-
020 were more or'10215tainted.
SIBERIAN HORRORS.
TeriebIn Charges -Jr Craeity Against a
Hemline Govf r)me.
Venn,enea, Jan. 1,2.-A great sensation
Ilan been ceased, especially in &bar- .
by the trial at Ekaterinburg, of
Col, Foes, lato governor or Niko-
laleff Priem, for embezzleirient, forg,-
big public doeumente, and cruelty! to
Presoner,s, we'e proved, Says the
Journal abirlosij Wiestnik, that
blow had fitted out a. regular cham-
ber of torture, in which eallee were
zubjeeted to Inhuman emnIsheltente.
he
Tlaapootor of prisons gave evi-
dence 'that the torture chamber of
Foes was a sight to make the blood
run cold, the ^walle, ceiling and flr
oo
being eplaslied . with blood. For the
moat offeacos the prisoners
wore. flogged t,e death. One poor
martyred wrettli, suspected of hay.
inga.t tempted to eseettpe, Wall brought
into.the hoepital'evith broltee bones,
len baler a. manteof bleeding flh
os.
Feast preforrea to, torture hie vie-
thee himself, and developed web a
di•abolleal Ingentilt.n 1110.1t many
went mad In len bends. • r
The leentence delivered ton this fiend
was throo lyearsl penal servitude.
WERE IN AWFUL PERIL
ot'Clale-Drivett Schooner lelnal ly
Iteeelies shore.
lIalifaX, N. S., .Tati. 11. -Tae Amer-
ican three-tizaieted' 60116Oriet S. P.
Hitchcock, 220 tons, Hugh Alcorn.
la, , t 1 )11 AO
York, with rittotor, went liql1OP3
last cloning at 13trOettl COVea plgbYs
and Is a total loss. Tile seed--
W..%. •10le ealue pei o
the call tater.) the CU1101311 WAS
rnet away fifty years! ag.y. The
ruffering of tho •eretv during the
atom of tho pant tbrea days bat -
Tito deserlption. Their vessel was
IteavVy lation, and tho feerfal .rean
ef the Day Of rarely brOko re-
p,..a.'.edly over lier. The deck and
elaging were a glare of lee, Mill
the teothing of the crew, dreneited
continually by Met ray, was con.
'Tito. OreW, with difficulty, escaped to'
Rooky 0111, where they wereaided
by tiro residents of theneighbor-
.whe did all possiblo.to
itile-
tato their sufferings.
18178111", 41.0".19.',Ztr. tywr (11.),121,014
Mira Of New Yarn.
'Bennett Butleigh. Believes War .Between Russia and Japan
is Only a Question of a Week or Two.
,
PLAYING SOLDIER. Aatement That the Triple Alliance Will Remain Neutral
in Cas of W • i G
d
'Old re Blew Her BrotheHead
Off,
Corry, Pa., Jan, 11.-1lue 4y,o,
small e Wages toear here, WWI rhe scene
of a terriele •tragetly yesterday. A
13-year-ohl elaunhler Or Vieteher
apardllog, witli her beother and
two yoangor Waters, were playeng
eoldler In 'their home. The girl got
bold of an old army' =Snot and lined
tho ahildren up in front of ber with
alone for guns, She pointed the mus-
ket at her arother'e bead and Loki
Jilin to Lett. nhe pullea the trigger
and a terrifie expleelon occurred. Af-
ter the emok,e had Melina away, the
brattier wue found with his head
blown entirely tiff, and two ale -
tore were uncortecions, with tbeir
beellee rinoo witb eliot. TheY mad
Tbe girl says Rho (ticket know the
gun wars loaded.
•'rho Spardltng famile baa ll
ad
of ill-luca lately. About three
throe weeks ago two calldren were
atriekon with fever, ad after a 'abort
ilineee (1ied. The day after the fun-
eral eta other childron were taken
write ,searlet fever awl are now le
it precarioue oonditIon.
The young girl who is the ealise of
Om aerial) of her brother, W bysteri-
eealeand it tor eared elle cannot etand
the shook. •
CAN'T GET HER MONEY,
InsuranoeCo.StIll Fighting Mrs*
Sternaman. •
Duffel), Jan. 12. -Tae lefetropolitan
Life Insurance Co. Is going. to Lon.
to- the last ditch against paying the
judgment which Mre. Olive A. titer -
Manual recently obtained against
in tire suit wbieb she brought to re-
cover the eoliey money on lier has-
bares life. The suit has been tried
tbree or four times, the original
amount which Mrs. Slernaman sought
to recover boing $1,000. But by the
different px one edings The amount
has swelleo, and the judgment whh
ic
aim recently obtained amounted to
$2,229.55.
Now Seward A. Simons, represent-
ing the life insurance company, has
feed notics of an appeal to be taken
to the Annellate Division of the Su-
ereme court 'from that judgment, and
nIso trom the ender denying. the moe
tioa for it new trial, whiell was en-
tc.recl 11M day before Christmes.
It will be remembered that Mrs.
Sternaman once -stood' convioted of
murdering her bueband, and was
sentenced to be banged, but on a
new trial elee,was acquitted. That
,t
in Canada -
SOUGHT ,DEATH.
Killed lay Fall While Trying to
Hang Himself.
Lansing, Mich., Jen. 11.- Elmr...r
mete Conner, 19 years old, inmate of
the taboo' for the blind in this alter,
attempted to comma suicide last
night by hanging hirnself with a roe
to 1.11c. fire escape outside his bed-
room window. The rope broke when
be swung off, and the boy's neck
wan btoken in the fall to the groune, -
it distance of about forty feet.
Conner has been considered slight-
ly cleranged for several weeks. Yes-
terday morning lte 'Vitae -found wan-
dering about in Grand River In
water up to his knees. It bad been
• decided to tako the boy to Ids home
'01 West Branch' to -clay. Wirlt the ex-
erptior that be could distinguish be-
tween light awl darkness, he was ell,
tirely blind.
REGISTRATION COMPULSORY.
Government Accedes to ltectutst of tie
Horse Breeders! Aseociation.
Ottawa report ; represebta-
times of' the Dominion Home Breed-
ers" Assootation bad a very' satis-
factory' intorvieiv with the Govern-
ment. They reaw the Premier, Messrs.
Fielding, Fisher and Sition. While no
definite aseurrences mold ba given re-
garding the tariff on homes from
the United States, the deputation
ware informed that the recluest that
thoroughbred rite& to registered le
Ca,nadian and and herd books would
bo ateeded to.
The eeeputation Weie delightod to
eoeure this concession and hope for
favorable consideration ef their
other requeete.
DECOLLETE GOWNS
Rust be Absent Vroni (Maui ings
lien Cardinals are Preset, t.
London, Jan. 12. -Teo Ilonte corres-
pondenD
t or tlio aily Telegraph seys
that the POpe has notified the doz.
ens of diplomate accrenited to the
Vatican that no laay wishing to be -
regarded as a good Cattiollo shan
heeeeforth appear %nil deeellett-
,
gam' at any gatherine; whore. car..
dinette or preleteu aro peesent. The
order applies speelelly . to the laiGt,
of the diplern !ell toe)", weore
rp cart ucareely c.,ealeealcel. tatin
o them 00100 near ....a possible te
rebehion, and threaten to stay at
keret.. . .
THE DOn0113 DIED.
mite Doctors Attended on One
Dog.g.
Jan. 11 -Thatteyear a lady
elate all the way, from Coutral Ame
•orlea to Callen:act, for the eltke of
box* eleveneyear-ola lap dog, 'Vicky.,
wblob brom-bt with bor.
'Theellanate ,.Cartsbad3 however,
proven thin itIold for her pet, and the'
veterinar.v'surgeon there reeenrinend-'
ed the Riviera.
There the dog and lie, mistress lived
nearly a- ryoo.r, hot tot lernl ago
1P -inky becantiy wow*, nine clatters
were conkolted. Itonlgen rtcys WOr6
tried, hut all to no avail, for the dog
tiled of canter.
Ito mistress has now written 4
letter, published in a Carlsbad rap-
er, to tho veterinary lirreoon there,
In width rdie reproonlies herself for •
not having done more for. yitky,
"who Was lief .411 in WO Wont"
e war 8 onfi rme
flie Russian People Take No Interest in Manchuria and
Want the Czar to Dispose of the Railway.
1)or1.0, Jan,11.-Tao Ruestall
Ciiv-
rnntcnt has larerrned the kowurs
chat it w:11 reepeet fully the rights
'Any notion has in Manchuria, ;ander
isaty with China. This declaration
1..0. made w:threut reservation.
. Bessie. gves 'formal expression to
p41cy now in controvernY with
iapan, ciao or weose persistent con-
entions has ly.:en for a deLnition of
.ftuesta's p. Loy in lianc.:,.uria,- and an
..cenowleogerneat of dopaine 'trade •
erivaeges, uussla's reply lits bout in
substance as .fellows ; "We eatnot
: avauss Mane:ante wete you any moue
iian we .btsild Atottralla or the
mac% Ittatlellaria. belongs eel-
• -tier To us nur to 700. 11 clues not Le
wetain the jureediet.oe 01 14er Or
ciespoi.s.• dr t.c in.ure of Mancini -
ria,"
Rosein, boweeer, is walling to ob-
...verve the t1.4ty rignts -of all the
& vert; th Mane..urla, and now tri
'sages To do so.
&theta, It re edited, teue removes
tee liege-teat:ea:is oeo Of the
,lints epee which Japan coun Led for
hr mernl support oi ober powcr$,
'and where -en .she especially bad tlie
ympaa.liy of . the United btates alid
.vireat Britan. Tf..o terms of ltuseia's
last note To japan are not known
Le.re. Japan's reply, It is
aeseeted, will be in a, eimater tooe,
• J0.pa1l.1..ae I...formed Germany that no
troops have been landed in Corea, and
that Japan has no in ten t;on at pres-
ent of so dolag.
The statement, published IT London
'n legit authority, that the Tr:ple
rAl-
liance w.11 remain neutral in the
avent of w,ar botween ltussia and
fairan, is 'eenfirmed here.
China Neutral.
Tokio, Jae. 11. --China's decision to
obser-ve st.rect neutrality In the event
of war between Russia, and Japan
was taken partly on the advice of
fapan. Tho latter pointed out that
tho war could thus be localized, the
listurbanee of trade minimized, and
• the danger -of internal disorders
le China, as well as needless compli-
catione of China's financewould be
avoided. a 1 )
Feeling in Iluss'a.
St. Petersburg, jan. 11. -It is semi
-
officially announced in reference to
the repa'n that Russ13 o cotupetIng
with dapon ter the 4.1.trointse or War
• uatil other c,I1 p4, that the Alarioe Min -
toter has ne ietention of buying any
foreign striae, tied has not eatered
into ilegotiatione with anybody with
that valeta in liew. Patriotie news-
papers have been trying, to bringethe
publics to it realization of the Mi.
portance of the issaes involved lathe
Ituseo-Japanese dispute, but, hither-
to, wbully uneuccesefully. The press
is forced to admit 11151 the general
miblie not only does, not interest tit-
uolf the slightest in Manchuria, but
that It positively detests the entire
undertaking- and ardeutly desires the
railroad to be disposed of, if possible.
Baraight te,lieves War Certain.
New York, Jaa. 1L -A. special to
tbe Herald, from Loudon, setes, afr.
Bennett Burleigh cables to the Daily
Telegraph 'as follows: Tokio, San -
Amy; Everything, points to the ap-
proach of war. Pereonally, I agree
with this view Dut there may be rea-
son for a little (relay before the eta -
break. Therein lies the gist of the
setuation. A week, more or less, Man
elanee before tbe drama begLue
, solarises fashion. Aocordiug to a Pekin
telegram received by' the Jinshimo to.
day, M. Uelada, the Japanese Min-
ister to China, saw Prince Ching last
Thursday, and told him Viet Itassla'a
reply was unea,t1sfa0torn and inde-
finite as beforo. The further aired that
Reasia was ineineere in her desire for
a pacific settlement, and in view .4t1
IbLesia's duplici+y there was no al-
ternative lef t to japan but tore-
sort to arms. M. Uchida asked the
prince whet China's attitude would
be in the event of war. Prince Ching
thanked M. Uchida heartily for the
communication, and said China
would observe strict neutrality..
Pass Torougb to Dardanottre.
London, ja.n. 11. -The Japaneee
Government Is alarmed at the re-
port that the Russian Black Sea fleet
intends to pass through the Dar-
danelles. With the request of the
Toldo authorities, Baron trayashi,
the Japanese Minister to Br.eat Bri-
tain, has made inquiries on the Sub-
ject here; but, the British Foreign
.01f1ee has inert heard that Russia. has
asked Turkey's permission, and IP ltOr
inclined to think Iliassia will raise
such a question in Europe at present.
MOMS MEMORIAL SOCIETY
9 9
?ennanent Society Fermed for Various
Purposes.
veWeee-vowtreovee..e'kee-tee•erdese4-,vve.vrw•-tveeevvoeve.e.e
iChicago, Jan. rt -Funds to .aiin prosecuting the ;keens respon-
sible for the Iroquois fire have been pledged to the "Iroquois Memorial d
Society," composed of relatives at victims.. Arthur E. Hull stated that
?
i the offerhad been made by "ail. rm with a financial backing of more
than a million dollars,"
A committee on permanent organization decided upon the following
resolutions:
a To establish a memorial to commemorate the names of the vic-
' time ef the fire.
• 2. To render assistance to t hose made destitute through the loss of
relatives in the fire.
e 3. To devise methods to pr event similar occurrences.
4. To assist in and compel the enforcemtn of ordinances and stet-
", lace to categuard life M public assemblages.
5. It was decided to appoint a committee to aid the toiletry in this
investigation. ,"' 1.1 I.kt i
loWl..."v4.0"..PW'Vork..rAntalne•NvA...nri•*\../.*Un•Upiwet...A.....
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, DERBYSHIRE PRESIDENT.
Henry Glendenning, manilla, Elected
0 Diem:toe 01 Dairymen.
Belleville report ; Tde Eastern
Dairymen to -day e.octed the
foilosting officers: President, C.
Oerbyshire, Brockville (re-elected);
Grst Alec -president, J. R. Dargavel,
Egiri ; second vice-president, John
MoTavish, Vancouver ; third vice-
preeldent, L.- L. Gallagher, Dilton;
directors, E. &lad, Mt. P.; Wm. Eager,
Jr Miorriaborg, Levi Patten, of Brock-
ville ; James Whitten, of Wellman's
'Corners; T. Darelaw., of Warkworth;
fl. C:endenniug, of Maxilla.
3. W. AL•tchell, of the Kingston
Dairy Sehool, in am address' on but-
ter -making, pointed out tho advent-
- ages that the butter industry has.
over the cheese industry in winter.
Met for. butter may be, In fact
btou:d be, pasteurized. • alar thbs
0100.112 bad navors lo milk due to fod-
der o,nd 'other taaecie limy be re-
moved. Such treatment in mak for
chow° is impessibee. Then tho
'use of a good, cloak -flavored, active
;et:titer in the creamery win con-
trol the flUVOr Of the butter in a way
impassible In cheese making.
. EXIT HAVANA LOTTERY.
Pres I di t !ma Seods atessatee
Vetoing the
Haviten, Jan.111.-President raima's-
melosage totaling tho Lottery. 13.111
tr00 rcend in thol...-bnn,to to -day. The
Prersident enye that he always e-on-
sideren a Seale tottery an abon1-
inablo 1nt,liutbon, and lm quotes it
number of terzons in tupport of kis
opinion.
Ile wide that Senator itforult, who
fittliered the present bill, described
tho Ilavaira, tottery in 1801 as se-
olai gangrene. teener Palma then en-
ters on a. general eansitteration cf
the berm tbitt would be done to /m-
oiety by a lottery eatablislimeut.
Prh; Admit') intrat Ion teenator.e want-
ed to clineues the message, bet Km -
or feanguilly opposed ouch action MI
tbe ground that the neevenge had
been fient parporely to surprise the
Monate, Jibe Prosideat knowinzr, that
there veto not vixtoeq members
ay.:1110)10 to pima itho hilt over lila
veto.
LbearrOke ettrealttlen,Ily of the
Maga arid evol,ttrod tbA„t Ellmor roltno,
durbur tho revolution ha.d availed
himfself Ft a, 10110171 In Key West
to rata° tunas for the revolution,
It was filially (leaded to Summon
tho feerratore who are absent from
Havana., to vote on the questioia. It
10 necessary for two-thirds of the
Senate, or sixteen enenibers to stip-
port the bill, In order to pasts it over
the veto. , Z ( ( 1, (
RHODES' SCHEME APPROVED.
13u1 Austral ia Pears Grad uatelieW 11
Not lteturn. Says Or. Parkin.
London, Jan. 11. -Dr. Park:n, who
recently returned go England, after
touring australasia in connection
with tee Rle.des scholarships scheme,
speaking to to correspondent of the
eanachan Preal AssJciation last
niget, said that :New 'Zealand tood
Australia were ea thusiastle, but
afraid that graduates would not re-
turn home. South Africa,, Rhode& own
home, cutiously, thought the least of
the eclenne.
Dr. narkin will visit I'leawloundiand,
tho West Iedies, and Larbadaes next
May to complete his tour. The Labor
party, Ito says, inenaeos Australia,
and tee only safety lice in a coali-
tion betwooa Premier Deakin and Op-
position Leader Reid.
KILLED BV POOR GAS.
Its Rank Quality Respenslble
for Several !Deaths.
Neal York, Jan. 11.-Pei,ot
hlunith-
atlzlg gas, which flickers and good
Oat, Irate responsible for three deaths
Tosterday.
Es'iwin Kamp, L'a stare' old, it drug
Cork, nwt eoath last night 10 las
room. II* war; a student, putting hi
hit evening hours to enable him to
peso erre:emanation for the crillege
of paa.rina,ty. lin used a as stove
for lietttlaA and cooking purposes.
Last night lie fell aeleep while 'study -
Ing and the gas went out. The gas
began to now Again, and Xeinp mot
death.
Gas that flickered tot and then
flowed analn alco caused the dtatin
-of •lA1r3. M.try two', turd Lode 11.
thinger. roto wero dittoing when
overcome In their 1101nos in different
I900t1One 'of the ,