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The Wingham Advance, 1904-12-15, Page 7JAPANESE B16 GUNS NOW SHELIA PORT 1 t of she parallele A4 We 1 AS swarming nip . fereitt pointluu Mowed Down by Ifundreds. forts were juelehiug smoke and burst. STIL114 IN TOMBS PRISON., ARIL -1U , g:llgvtvta: to;,7 Ilrgnotet Ill'(> R Chute blazed from the 'Russian posts lug shells, and the rampart walls were 4.1.. ing the crests, met with an, awfl fire 1 black with assaulters, who, on reach - Life f.m. )vithin the forts which swept) 'Andrew Carnegie to be Put on the Witness Stand Mild be seen emergiuf from the covers m the fortified, height at half A dozen. Russian Fleet in the Harbor I3eing Destroyed Town is Being Bombarded. Wireless Teleraph System Damaged at Golden Hill and the Arsenal Set on Fire. Japane4e Attacked Russian Trenches at Mukden, but Were Repeatedly Repulsed. '''.4 -444 -44,4 -4.4 -4-4-4-1)44-4-4)-44-4-44-4-+++44-4-44-4444444444444444444-4- • Multden, Dec. e2.—On Friday night the japateee several times attack- ed the. trenebee of the Rassians' right, but in each cage they Were repulsed. ARSENAL ON FInt, London, Dec. x2.—A despatch to the attpaiese legation from Told° to day says the Vonaberdment of Port Arthur Sunday considerably damaged the wireless telegraph station at the foot of Golden Hill and set fire to the arsenal. BOUND FOR HOME, larest, Dec. le.—A Russian cruiser has been sighted peseing Ushet go- ing in•a northwesterly direction. It is supposed that the vessel is return- ing to Russia. SHELLING PORT ARTHUR. Tokio, Dec. 12.-4 p. m.—The commander of the Japanese naval land battery reporting to -day says: "Four Russian battleships, two cruisers, one gunboat and one torpedo store ship lying in Port Arthur harbor are completely disabled, There is no further necessity for bontharaing the Russian naval force. "Are now engaged shelling the town of Port Arthur,- which is being heavily damaged." ARRIVED AT CRETE. Suda Bay, Crete, Dec. x2.—The Russian cruisers Oleg' and Dnieper and the torpedo boat destroyer Grozny arrived here during the night. AT CAPE TOWN. Cape Town, Dec. is —The Russian hospital ship Orel arrived here to- day to take on supplies. Two large 'Russian warships passed Cape Point early this morning. 4444-444444444444444444441-44444+44-444444 Tokio, Deo. 11.—It is officially report- of the same calibre. ed that last Thursday nigist the Jap- 'Only after this liettey artillery has taken abet will the storming operations eire,se outposts at Shaottuatan repulsed be resumed; which will hardly he before st Russian attack, At 3 a. in. Dec. 0, the middle of January. Sceptics regard iforce of uncertain dimensions approached the middle of February as being more tam outpost near the Sha River and the rs,ialaray, but were immediately driven ,a9ritils. At 5 a. in. they renewed the at- tack on the outpost northeast of the Sim tially reported teat Japanese torpedo "River bridge. The Russian force grad- boats attacked the battleship Sevastopol ually grew in strength, a battalion en- at the mouth of Port Arthur harbor on veloping the outpost front the northeast Friday night, The result is unknown. Boarded by British Cruiser. likely for decasive operations." Attacked the Sevastopol. London, Dec. 12,—A despatch to the Daily Mail from Tokio says it is anoffi- and. west simultaneonely. There was a heavy rifle fire against Liinuntun, but the. Russians retired at dawn, leaving a Jeep number of dead. The Japanese lost twenty slightly wounded. In the Ithuchang district a detachment of Jap- unese encountered thirty or forty Rus- sian. cavalry towards Sungshukau, who wet'a reinased with fifteen casualties. The Japanese detachment reached Shang- autze -in the -afternoon.. JAPS LOSE SHIP'. Tha Cruiser Saiyen Destroyed Wbilie Bombarding. Tokio, Dec. 11.—The Japanese cruiser Salaam struck a mine and sank Nov.. 30th. Fifteen officers an 175 men were rescued. Capt.. Tajima and thirty-eight others went down with the ship. In the official report of the disaster the Navy Department says that the Sal - Yon, while co-operating with the army in bombarding - Port Arthur Nova 30th, struck a Russian mine and was seen to be enveloped in smoke. The gunboat gi which was also engaged m shell- ing Arthur, immediately ceased firing and went to the rescue of the Sai- • yen.. Finding that the latter wee filling rapidly the Akagi .anchored near the sinking ship and, co-operating With the other Japanese ships, launches succeeded in rescuing fifteen officers and. 175 men, but Capt. Tajima and thirty-eight others went down with the ship. STILL BATTERING SHIPS, Port Arthur Squadron Will Never En- gage Japs. . Tokio,,Dee. 11.—The battering by the Japanese of the Port Arthur twat con- tinues, and there is little ground for expecting that they ever again will en- gage the Japanese. The battleship Se- vastopol continues at anchor outside,. but possibly returns to the harbor at night, and =here inside the outer boom, which protects her from torpedo boats. The recent heavy weather has given added protection to the vessel. Naval experts are discarding the the- ory that the Russians themselves sank any of the ships, and, the fact that the vessels first showed lists while cx- P ed. positions, and the efforts to saye ' Sevastopol are regarded conch: - ewe sive evidence against the theory of their being sunk by the Russians. A majority of the sunken warships received the bulk of the fire across them port sides, and tire -fact that at lease two of them show- ed Bets to etarboard. gists rice to the theory of Japanese exploding in- side the starboard armor, driving the armor outward and causing leaks.. In order to end the question of the filter° availability of the Russian war- , WAS MOWED DOWN. ships, the Japanese continue to drop shells into the sunken hulks. The ' Awful Carnage in Assaults on Poet avhereabouts of the torpedo-boat ae &that Forts. stroyers continue doubtful, but it is thought they are sheltering outside the London , cable: Censured depatefies harlaor. The weather prevents a good front Tokio detailing the last general observation being made, but the Japan- assault on Pert Arthur, which finally ese are sending searching tire into repulted in the capture of 203 -Metre that first an attempt was Ttoeics "which are not observable from Hill, ahoy. 203 -Metre Hill and other heights. The mule on Nov. 20 to capture the forts, observers report A number of tulle. 1 at Riblung and Keel:wan Mountains by launches, dredgers, arid small craft, enveloping the city from the ettet. A anchored near the hospitals in the wog strong tome then intellect up Shield Viii - for the purpose of obtaannig protec- ilia "" of West initiate; Mountain to tion. . Perim, Dee. 11.—'1he British steamer St Leonards, bound for Mozambique, with, it is alleged, a cargo of coal for the Russian Baltic fleet, was boarded by the British cruiser Fox and brought here this afternoon. She was relesea and will proceed this evening. RUSSIANS LOOTING' TOWNS. Caldron of Rebellion it Setae of the Provinces. London, Dec. 12,—According to the St. Petersburg, correspondent of the Standard, a high court official said: "The state of the provinces, which the censorship prevents the public from knowing, is terrible. At Vitebsk lately the 05th, 00th and 00th Regiments, be- longing to the 10th Corps, which were mobolized for the Far East, rebelled and plundered the town for several days. The commandent of the town when he was reprimanded from St. Petersburg, committed suicide. At .tayaznia, the 27th mad Nth Regiments:, of the 21st Divis- ion, on route to Manchuria, also re- volted and looted. Moreover, there is great unrest among the peasants who have risen in insurrection in the Gov- ernments Ekaterino-slav, Kazan, and Sariloy, where they are threatening the landed nobility and burning. heuses. We at court are very anxious In regard to the result. Great Struggle Going On. "There is a tremendous struggle go- ing on between the .party of Prince Svia- topolk-Mirsky, Minister. of the Interior, and the Grand Dukes. The Czar is wav- ering, fearing equally reform and repres- sion. The uncertainty cannot last long. He met decide which policy he will adopt. It is my, opinion that Prince Mirsky will Win. Grand Duke Sergiusa who is at the head ad the Reactionar- ies, recently presented to the Czar a re- port that concluded ,by declaring that Prince Miasky 'must be dismissed or there would be a revolution in Russia.. The Czar replied that he believed in Prince Mirsky, and wanted him to stay Since then Grand Duke Sergius talks of retreat. • aM. Moravieff, Minister of Justice, who is a prominent reactionary, has re- ceived an unlimifted leave .of absence,. and several other reactionaries are go- ing, such as the Governor of Warsaw and the Governor of Kieff. M. Trepoff, chief of the Moscow police, says he is unable to prevent trouble on account of Prince Mirsky's tolerant policy. It is still possible that Prince Mirsky will be defeated at the last moment by the desperate efforts of his adversaries, who besiege the czar daily. Things innet come to a head aeon. There must ba reform or reaction.' harbor, whore they evidently have gene , ley and attacked the suporting fort in envelop the city from the west. The attempt failed. after furious fight. Heavy testes for japs. Whkh lasted from nooa Novem- laittlin, Dee. 11.—A despatch to the ber 20 until after dawn of the following lit`geblatt from Tokio says .aey without ecesatien. "The leases during .the storming a I The assault began in the early morn - the outworks of Whiting Mountain :tad ing with a tremendous bombardment Sungsau Moutttain, from Sept. 20th to , of the forts on the western half of the Sept. 30th, are generally placed in ' eastern fortified ridge by a battery on Tokio a 1.2,000. the crest of a ridge in the rear. For "The supalority of the Rpssian at. toure the whole western half of ihe tillery is admitted, ena the fir- fortified, ridge was deluged with heavy lag under Gen. Nitilein, the %mien I shrepnel. artillery commander at Port Arthur, ex- The front lines of infantry, strongly cites the tualtinted namiratien tat 3rt- !reinforced, attacked simulteneonsly rub nanese, who found it necessary to equal- wig the entire line from End iteekwan ize the artillery power by bringing heavy Mountain to West tiMountain. ordnance from their Aire to •oppose the Through the haze cautea by the smoke alitiehat Weentitueits guns with mud the bursting shells the assaulters to assault the higher heels, down line after HIM of 4tipanette. Ae fast as the aestiulters were re -1 044 more Japanese swarmed up„ only to be mowed down in turn. The Rus- sians resisted stubbornly. On the eastern extremity the Japan- ese attempted to capture the Busman trenches Midway of the east Heckwan slope. The Japanese paralleled some thirty- five yards from the Russian trench line, and 41.1 entire regiment . charged across, the men falling by hundreds. Others came on over the bodies of the slain, and by sheer weight of numbers they reached the ,trenches, capturing them at the point of the bayonet. The Russian shrapnel fire made the cap- turcd portion of the trenches a perfect hell, while the Japanese shrapnel fire assieted the datitere to push cast tuna West along the trench, Thee. The assaulters hold *eighty yards of the trench in front of the parallels, but failed to rush the trench line east and west, owing te impassable burning pits, and the fire of the Russian inechine guns, The Japanese built traverse walls across the teetches, and tried to cross the hills, but failed. At 0 p.m. the Japanese were driven back to the parallels with great loss, • Trench Filled With Dead. At 0 o'clock the Japanese again cape tared the trench, and made desperate, but unetweessfia efforts drosa the pits. The struggle continued until 2 a.m., when the -Russians again recap. tared the trench, which was piled with dead bodied. For over thirty yards be- tween the trenches there was a veritable shambles. The last fighting was over the slain. The flag attempt to rush the north Keekwan fort was made at 1 p.m. The assaulters met with an awful fire from within arid from the Chinese in the rear of the fort. The Russians moved a considerable force from the -Chinese wall into a gorge to the east and to the rear of the fort. During the four or five furl - oat assaults which the Japanese. made upon the fort some of the garrison attempted to evacuate the fort over the rear ramparts, but they were fired upon by the • Russian forces in the gorge. The ramparts were black with bodies. The Japanese second assault gained a foothold in the laterior, where the de- fences were bombproof with raised lines of protected trenches in the rear of the fort, where the machine guns gwept the front of the fort and wall. Hand Grenades and Bayonets. The assaulters attacked this bomb- proof mass, where the fighting was hand-to-hand, with bayonets and gren- ades. The. Japanese mounted six metal - tells guns on al entrenched hill called "P" bert, immediately to the west, in an endeavor to silence the fire Of the Maxim guns, but failed. At 3 as nu. the Japanese established a trench line within the ramparts. The first sections of the maze of bombproofs were smashed and piled with the bodies of the dead. The attempt to rush the interior of the fort failed, but portions of the fort were temporarily occupied. • The defenders NVOYC annihilated. Meanwhile a strong force of Japanese attempted to pierce the line of works east of the fort, but Another attempt Was made to pierce the principle line of fortifications sur- rounding the fear 'of the cast part of the Pantung Mountain, where after four furious attempts, a small body of Japanese got through the wall and es- tablished themselves on the lower &peg of Wantai Hill. The Russia -is rushed. the Jtipports with machine guns from athe upper slopes of the Wentei Hill slopes, and the small party of Jap- anese was practically annihilated. The most desperate fighting place here. Last Efforts of Assaulters. The last effort of flue assaulters was made at midnight, assisted -by artillery. The Russians fought courageously, en- gaged the Japanese with bayonets and grenades at Mose quarters. 'Ishe Japan- ese established a trench line five yards in front of the fortifications, and the forces threw dynamite grenades at each other. In the first assault agaibst the forts on "the eastern part of Ribbing Moun- tain the Japanese failed to gain a foot- hold, though their artillery made the in- terior forts a, seething cauldron of burst- ing A strong force of Japanese worked up from the parallels in the gorge between the fort hill and Ithehimakijla and. en- trenched on a hill in an effort to assist the assaulters who were attacking from the terse) and met with a terrible fire. A small party of Japanese gained a road- way lkding to -the rear of -the fort, but retired'. • • The attempts to rush *eat Rihlung lso failed. The Japanese reached the parapets from the moat, but DM fray the fire within the fort. The walls wort black with the assaulters, who were deluged with shells from the fort on Antse Mountain and from a fort in the rear, 9 p. in. two thousand volunteers pushed up the forge between the twt fortified ridges, and attacked the sup- porting fort of Sungsha (laihlunts,) Moan - tan, a short distance outside the west- ern confines of Port Arthur, intending* envelq the city from the west, and Mgr to assist the assaultera of the two Rib- Iung.Mountain forts. This force engaged the Russians upon the fort hill slopes in a hand-to-hand encounter, which last- ed for two hours. The japanese assaulting the east and west Riblung Mountains attempted fa rush the interior of the forts,. estab- lishing trench Hoes inside the ramparts. The. interior defencea of both forts are the same as those on North Keek- wen lamatain, but the East Rilalunr tart is the largest and strongest of the three forts. It has tipper and lowm An Awful Struggle. The 'lower levele were to scene of the most awful struggle whielt lasted from 10 o'clook until midnight. Under cover of darkness the Japanese pour. ed over the ramparts and furiously at. tacked. the first Bettina of bomb -proofs The .defenders received them with bay- onets end dynamite grenedes, whild the machine guns on the upper levels pour- ed forth a deadly hail, The etruggle was absolutely hand to itend. The defenders of the greatest part of the boomb-proors on the lower levels of the fort were annihilated, and the seetions and cross-sections of the bomb - proofs wore piled with eorpses. 'rite Japanese gained praetieally time whole of the lower seetion of the fort. mit Were moved down by machine puns and rifles when they attempted to Testify in the Closet hree Witnesses in the Nan Patterson Trial Will Swear Young Shot Himself. Fire in New York Drove Scores of Men and Women Into the Street in Their Night Clothes. New York, Dec, 124—Early to -day bail had not been secured for the release of Mrs. Cassie L. Chadwick fr6m the Tombs prison, nor hail she given notice of any Intention to waive examination in this city and go to Cleveland for a bearing. Apparently reconciled.., temporarily to prison restraints and fare, and satisfied that should she attempt to provide the bail now required the amount would he immediately so increased as to become practically prohibitive, it was believed to -day that Mrs. Chadwick haa, consent- ed. to ac a upon the advice of her coun- sel and await an examination in New York next Saturday. Mrs. Chadwick appears to have en- tirely recovered from the severe attacks of nervousness which attended her first few hours in the Tombs, and apprehen- sion of a collapse are on Ringer enter- tained by the prison physician. A sub- poena for Andrew Carnegie to testify. in the Chadwick case was received by the authorities in this city to -day. It was issued in Ohio. Now that there is a pros- pect of a hearing in this city, specula- tion as to whether Andrew Carnegie would be called to testify was lieigatened by the remarkable disclosures male by Treasurer Ira Res:m.01as, of the Wade Park Bank of Cleveland. The charge against Mrs. Chadwick was that elm signed a cheque for ,$12,500 when sae! luid no funds in the Oberlin, Ohio, bank, and then secured the certification of the cheque by the two •bank offloads under arrest at Oberlin. The aathoti- ties in attempting to .put Mr. Carnegie on Um stand., may argue, however, that the bank officals certified the cheque because of the various "Carnegie notes," about which they have hear so much and some of which they had seen. There- fore, it will be claimed that Mr. Car- negie's testimony is not irrelevant.. Wan Patterson's Trial. New York, Dec, 12. ---The trial of Nan • P.atteason, charged with the murder of Caesar. Young, was resumed to -day in the Supreme Coart. It is expected that the State will take at least two mom daeas to submit its evidence. The into -i' tions of the defence have been cis - cure. That a defence be offs-a:a is now considered certain, however view of time fact that a number Of wit- nesees, including three who claims to have witnessed Young 'shooting himself have been subpdenaed. Driven Out by Srdoke. I only to be no gentleman n aw, fi se) Halifax, Dec. 110-e"Bael Grey is the 1 A 0/ sTi,E1 the opinion of thousands of people who right sort." That eolloquiaIly expressos saw Canada's new Governor-General lius 01\10Bcr, ,QpabsssertienciouLh toristreetsthe Ilsaolnlifeawesimort Li trying installation cerembny on Satur. ordered by the (gnat r definition of a gentleman as "ono who and counsel concurred that 331aekstonas bears arm*" was obS01444. Counsel advocated the definition Of ta gentleman as MO who, by education, occupation or income holds a position above menial: service or ordinary trade. The judge suggested that draper who made X10,000 a year might be A, per - feet gentleman IA society, but would not be a gentlinan for purposes of a county on a high court scale, although A man with an independent income of 00 would be. CoM1601 Maintairie that his client, though 10004 a university degree, Was a man of educational attainments, of re- finement, of artistic and literary attain. mutts, an accomplished musician and the proprietor of a large school, and was, therefore, A gentleman. The judge, how. ever, upheld the registrar in deciding that he should receive fees on a loWer Eeale, but gave comfort to schoolmasters with this dictum; "No schoolmaster mad think that he is lesultea; that he is to be no gentleman faet.0 lie is i I EARL GREY IN Installation of the New Oov. ernor-General at Halifax. verybody Pleased With His Bearing and Responses. Countess and Her Daughters' Cheered by the Crowds, NOW York, Dec, 12.—Several firemen were overcome by smoke, tenants of nearby houses were driven in their night- clothes to the -cold streets and over $75,000 damage wits done by a fire that started early to -day in a story building occupied by gopple and Androvetti„ importers of shellac and. dyestuffs, al- most directly ander the Manhatten ap- proach to 13reoklya Bridge. The :dense smoke from the burning building filled nearby tenement houses and. scores. of scantily elad men, women and children were driven to the streets, Fear of ex- ploSions and, the stifling smoke .kept the firemen on the outside of the building, but even then many were overcome The blaze was finally check- ed after •it had burned for .nearly four houri, For an hour before midnight flue Jap- anese artillery shelled the higher levels, while the Russian guns shelled the lower levels. A similar struggle pro - grossed at West P,mhlung fern At 11 o'clock -the Japanese tried to plush a force up the gorge between the East Ruhlung -fort and Hachimakilma to assist the assaulters against the supporting fort of Sungshu Mountain but again and again this force was re- pulsed by the Russians behind the works, and by the guns on the ridge behind the forts. At Midnight the column. attacking the supporting forts of Sungshu Mountain was - compelled to retire, having lest half their force. The struggle in the two forts was continued until dawn, when. the as - seances returned to the trenches es- tablished inside the parapet walls, which they now occupy. The lighting of flue afternoon and night was the most desperate and san- guinary since the siege began. The op- posing forces were so close together that only the fort walls, or a few yards of level ground separated them. The struggle froirt start to finish was at close quarters, with bayonets .and grenades and rifles used as dubs. The ferocity of the attacking Japanese . was equaled. by the defending Russians, who died at their posts, everywhere fighting till their last breath. At daylight on Nov. 27 quiet reigned, and the silence during the day was broken only by occamenal cannon and desultory rine fire at points along the fortified ridge where the forces were Car enough apart to use their rifles. - Four THE PERILS OF THE SEA. Fishermen Lost Off Massachusetts Coast. Highland Light, Mass., Dec. 11. — laour of the twenty members of the crew of the fishing schooner Fish Hawk lost their lives las night after de- serting their vessel, which had struck and been pounding heavily on Peaked Halt bars at the north end of Cape Cod. Five others, including Captain Bly, who followed their four compan- ions over the tide had a serious six - hour tussle against' heavy seas and gales in a small dory, but managed to reach Proviimetown Harbor. The deaths and suffering would have all been avoided had all stayed by the ship, as few minutes afterwards she made a mirac- ulous escape from one of Cape Cod's most deadly traps, and four hours lat- er townwas safely anehored at Province - Sailor Frozen to Death. Norfolk, Va., Dec. 1L—The three' wasted schooner Montana, from Balti- more for Charleston, stranded late last night during a gale at Pea Island, N. C., life-saving station 50 miles north of Cape Hatteras. Witliin twenty min- utes the, veesel was full of water and awash, so that the Crew, consisting of Captain Boyce and six. men, were forced to take to the rigging, where they remained until 2 p.m. to -day, when six of the seven men Were reaped by the crows of three life-saving stations. One man, Henry ,ladwaids, after thir- teen hours in the. rigging, was frolen to leant and was lashed to the rigging in inch a manner that he could not be 'cached, head downwara. The rescued new are now at the Pea Island life - ;eying station. One of the men was partially frozen, and is in a serious con- lition. The seamen were so overcome by exposure anti exhaustion that only two of those flue rigging were able to assist in balding the whip- Hue aboard the vessel. Storm BOUM at New York, New York, Dee. 11. — Bringing, re- ports of heavy seas Ana bug -continued stormy weather, the ocean liners that were detained outside the box by yester. lay's stowstorm, came into port to -any. There were eight Moaners, including the New York, LlIcallia, Hanover rata Belgravia, in this atorm-bound fleet and delayed on board of them were 521 cabin passetigers and 4,934 steerage passengers. On the Belgravia tem 1,200 men Who left Russia to escape military duty. The Limits was de- layed outside the bar sixteen' inters. Sim brought the body of Motion R. Chap- man, who tommitted suicide by jump- ing from the balcony of the Carleton !Iota int London. Passengers Patticstriekett New York, Dee, IL—With her bow stove ih, the marine telegraph disabled and forward windless twisted, the steamer Belgravia arrived from Cux- haven to -day, with tales of a six -hour experience in a hurricane that threw twelve hundred of her 1,870 steerage passenges into a panic on Dee. Ct. o • a MARRIED ST. JOHN GIRL, Frederic W. Stevens, A New York Mil. Bonaire,, Gets Canadian Bride. St. John, N. 33., Dec. 11.—A special to- night from New York says; The latest sen- sational marriage in New York society has a St. Sohn girl as the bride. When it became•knOwn to -clay that Frederic W. Stev- ens, whose first wife divorced him and mar - sled the Marquis de Talleyrand Perigord, had quietly married again, there was tremendous surprise among :the large connection of the Stevens family. The bride was Miss Alice Caroline Seely, daughter of a well-known resident of St. John, Daniel J. Seely. Dy her marriage Miss Seely becomes the Step- mother of the Countess Orlowski, and of the wife of Gen. Gallitet's son. The bride is about 35 years of age. The bridegroom was a graduate from Yale in 1885, but does not show his 70 years. De Is very wealthy, and when he was the hus- band of the lady who is now known as the Duchess de Dille, occupied what was then the finest residential structure in America —the house at Fifth avenue and Fifty- seventh street, now owned by Harry Payne Whitney, built at a cost of 8:3,000,000. Ile is a member of the most exclusive clubs in New York, including the Metropolitan, commonly called "the millionaires'," the Century, Knickerbocker University, Down Town, and Benz. St. John relatives attended, and two sisters were bridesmaids. WORKS OF ART. TO PREVENT THEM BEING TAKE1 FROM EUROPE TO THE U. S. Berlin, Dec. 12.—The election of J. Pierpont Morgan to be Pesident of the Board of Trustee of the Metropolitan Museum of Art at New York, has caus- ed Siegfried Lilenthal, one of the best known art critics in Berlin, to see in this increased danger of the United State? stripping Europe of her art trea- sures, and he has begun an agitation for international action to prevent art ob- jects going to flue United States. Herr Isilenthal -has obtained the written views of directors of art galleries at Florence, Rome, Berlin and Paris, and several art critics. With the exception of Privy .Councillor Wilhelm Bode, dir- ector of the royal gallery of paintings at Berlin, they all are in favor of laws to prohibit the taking of works of art from Europe to America. - THE 'CALCULATING HORSE. His Powers of Observation the Secret of His Replies, Berlin, Dec. 11.—Dr, Carl 8tmnpf, professor of psychology at the Univer- sity of Berlin, and a member of the Royal Academy of Science, and two colleagues, Dr. 0, Von Hornbostel and Dr. 0. Pfungst, have ended nuattits of experiments with Von Osten's horse, Hans. They find that the secret of the ani- mal's replies is in its powers of obser. vation, which enable it to perceive while it looks at its quastioner the instant it has reachea a correct answer. Thus they found the horse was unable to tap out a .correct answer to a question when the person putting. it -did not know the anewer, for example : "how many persons are in group behind nte 1" The questioner not looking himeelf did not know flue number amid Hens 'was unable to give a correce reply, nor was he able, when wearing blinders, to calculate or perform the simplest count- ing. ,Stutnpf does not doubt the good faith of Von °glen and his assistants. TEACHER NO GENTLEIVIAN. Pedagogue Has no Legal Stehle as Gen- tlemen, but May be One in Fact. tendon, Dee. 11. --Judge and. aounsel in a London court aesterdey argued el he question whether a selmolmaster could eleint to lie a gentlemau. The sehoolnatetetas solieihee raisea the question in applying for bie client's fees as ft Witness under thin IWO af gentleman or professional man, instead of out the lower Reale of tanaetuain as • •day, Au hour after His Excellency land - street, Tommy Atkins in flue guard of ed on Canadian soil everybody was sing - Married Twenty-six Years in honor ,and, the officials whose duties his praises. The Man On the brought •them, in close contact with his Lordship are enthusiastic in praise of his democratic bearing, his' kindly, sin- cere manner and facility of speech. Earl Grey has certainly made a popular 'hit" and if the expectations of the Haligon- ians are realised he will be One el the most popular Governors-GerieraIs that Londen, lace. Countees of CaTnhaodaenenvnetrols:adnoy and her two charm- , . London, has raised an action in the aldin- Stair, who residee at Cadogan Terrace, 43uti pons.. They were quietly dressed, burgh Court of Sessions for divorce on and their simple, unaffected manner the ground of desertion of the Earl of and speech were refreshing. Stair. The Installation Ceremony. and Has a Family, Present Peer Succeeded to Title Last January. in' daughters have also won golden . The installation ceremony in- the his..TbepVesent Earl of Stair, whose age is teeth chamber of the Legislative .Coun. fifty-six, is the • eleventh Earl, and sue- cil,where twenty-six years ago tile Mar, ceeded his. father last January. As Vie- guts of Lorne was sworn in. Governor - count Delaymple he was formerly in the General of Canada, was a. brilliant ham - Reyna Horse Guards. He married in 1978 , tion. The gorgeous uniform of His By: - Susan, daughter of Sir James Geant-Sut- 1 celleney, the blue luta gold of the Min - tie, sixth Baronet, and has a son, avho is ' isters and, the military dignitaries, and 1 in the Soots Guards, and. two daughters. the crimson and ermine of the Suprema Ilia father, the tenth Earl, was eighty. Court Justices lent vivid touches of five years of age at the time of his death, color to the distinguished assemblage. awl was one of the most dietingeished . Lady Parsons minima a seat to the of the Scottish peers having filled flue left of the throne, while cnst the right positions of member of Parliament, Lord were the Countess Grey, an aide, the High Commissioner of the Church of Ladies Grey, end Mr. Sladen. The Count-- Seal:Ind, Chancellor of Glasgow Univer- ess entered with Hon. Mr. Scott. She city, and Chairman of the Bank of Scot- I wore a gown of clover -colored cloth, the land. He married Louisa de Franquet of, : bodice faced with white satin, a fox boa, daughter of the Due de Coigny, who died • and fur hat, with teaches of it corre- in 1808. . . . 1 eponding with her gown. Ladies Grey Her mother. the Duchess de Coigny, : both wore gowns of hunters' green cloth. was herself a Dalrymple, being the ' Had it not been known that Earl Grey daughter of Sir Hew Dalrymple -Han -di- ! would be the last of his party to enter teal a descendant of the first 'Viscount the ball he would have instantly .been Stair. The first Viscount Stair, Sir recognized from his public pictures. go James Dalrymple, was a lawyer appoint- is tall, of fine presence, with the erect ed by Cromwell a. Lord of Session, in carriage of a soldier, fine head and black which office be was confirmed by Charles eyes, remarkable for keenness and kind, II., who gave him the additional honor ness 'of expression. of a baronetcy Of Nova Scotia. The Earls The King's commission,. appointing NolovSataSicrotaiar,etloGililashegginstilYmpbliaersonnoetclosl was read by Col. Hanbury Williams. The Earl Grey Governor-General of Canada, connection with the Ameriean colony, oaths of allegiance and. office were ea- whieb at the time when the baronetcy ministered. by Mr. Justice Sedgwick, was given_ to thus Stairs, in 1060, Was a end, the Great Seal of Canada was ten - French possession. dered to His Excellency for safe keep -- Originally .the baronetaies of Nest. Sea- big by and immediately returned -to the tin were planned, by James I. in 1021 to custody a 'the Secretary of State. This assist the settlement of Nova Scotia. Tha completed the ceremonial part of the ie.. number of the degree was not to exceed stallation, and Earl Grey took his seat 150, and to each Of there, on payment of on the scarlet throne. ..13ougtiets WM'S a sum of about $10,000, was to be as- presented to Countess Gray by Mrs. signed. a tract of 0,000 -acres of good land. Murray, wife of the Premier, and Lady No service was required of them, nor Parsons. _ was any trouble taken to see that they Then came the most interesting lea.' carried out the scheme of colonization; tam as the day. Premier Murray on the raising of money for the Crown was the one great concern. Though favored by Charles II., the first Lord Stair was removed. from his office by James II. and obliged to retire into Holland. He returned with the Prince of Orange and was elevated to the peerage as Viscount. His son was made the first Bata by Queen Anne, after having been Lord Advocate and Secre- tary Of State. He obtained unenviable, notoriety by the part he took in tam massacre of Glencoe. The second earl was the most famous of the line, as he was one of the Duke of Marlborougles chief officers. He became a field marshal and served as second in conunand under George II. br-the battle of Dettingen, the last battle in which a King of England took part personally. He was afterward Ambassador to the Comt of France. He left no shildren, and the line of succession has been sev- eral times broken. The family seats are Lochinch. Castle, Castle Kenuedy, Wyg- tonshire. and Oxenfoord Castle, Dalkeith, Midlothian. 0 0 SMASH IN PRICES. MORE EXCITEMENT IN NEW YORK STOCK MARKET. - New York, Dee. 12.—There was anoth7 or 'opening smash in prices of stocks to- day, the trouble being centred in Anna. gmnated Copper. Heavy unloading of that stock carried it down 414 and '20,- 000 shares of United States Steel sole downan extreme Ilk on running sales. St. Paul dropped 2 points on two suc- cessive sales and there were opening losses all the way from 1 to in in the Leading Pacifies, Grangers, Coalers, in Trunk Lines and Specialties. The mar- ket fluctuated unevenly after the open- ing and then, went lower. The London prices for Americans before the openieg here were generally higher and gave no hint of the storm hanging over this inttroilliet, levigorous efforts were made to support the market, but by 11 o'clook there was another bad break. Amalga- mated slumped 61.1from Saturetty's dose. Sugar fell 5?.i. The extreme weakness of the market vane as a am- oral surprise to all observers in the financial district.. The vigorous rally of the latter part of last week encourage the idea that the demoralization was over for the pre.sent. The effective advenee in London this morning fmthered this view. There was no news to :mount for the renewed fright, but, the movement of prices was convincing evidence of the timidity felt by security holders. The selling was gemani front all sources. Tim offetings of money at 314 per cent, on call show- ed. that no stringency in ilea depart- ment was responsible for the liquitlati saaaassassassass.--- a PROMINENT WOMAN DEAD. cmeati,o, Dee, lee -Mae. Harry Negns is deed of liana failure at her reehlenee here, aged 00 years. eate Was graanated from the Northwestern Law Sehoscl, fuel was among the nest women to practiee law. Mrs. NegilS bad a national repute - tion as it temperanee worker. Aui mobile veal are not now so often Aeon gathered onto a small circular fiam'c. behalf of the Government of Nova Scotia and. City Clerk Monaghan On be- half of the Mayor and corporation, pre- sented addresses, to which His Excellency replied separately. The Earl's Happy Reply, Exceedingly happy were Earl Grey's Just speeches in Canada. Not only were they entirely unlike the sterotyped re- ply on suet: occasions, but they were notable as showing a keen and intelli- gent appreciation of the achievements and aspirations of Canada. His Excel- lency spoke extemporaneously, in a clear and forcible style. He referred to the moment of his arrival as interesting be- cause of Canada's enterprise in building a second transcontinental railway, that has attracted the attention of the civil- ized world; also to flue opportunities which the Dominion now offers to those seeking coagenial employment and hap- py homes, the influx of which people promiees to increase and aid in the rapid growth and development of Canada. Lady Grey mid her daughters looked forward with greatest pleasure to shar- ing with him their home in Canada for five years. Not a single Governor-Gen- eral of Canada that lie knew but had in- formed him that their term of office in Canada was one of the happiest periods of their lives. The Marquis of Lorne had more than once referred to it, Lord Lansdowne had repeated it, and his Ex- cellency knew from the nature .of Lord Minteas.'remaras that he was loath to leave. He hoped by earnestness and ac - yeti= to carry out the duties of his off le in the lest interests of the em- pire and the Dominion. Other Functions. After the installation the Earl and party drove through troop -lined streets to Government Rouse, being cheered by crowds on the streets. His Excellency anti Lady Sybil Grey drove through thus park in the afternoon. At 8 o'clock they attended the state dialler in their home given by the Lientennnt-Governort the guests including the visiting DonumOn Ministers and Provincial Miniaters, Archhishep O'Brien, Bishop Worrell and the civil and military dignitaries. At 9.S0 lure Excellency and the Countess held drawing room in the Legislative Coma eil chamber, when about three hundred were presented to' the Earl and Countess. The night was aisep,veetaily cold ana blustery. The affair wits largely eon. Anal to army att(1 militia officers and their wives, This morning the Governor-General and party attended service at St. 1..uke's •Vathedral. The preacher was Bishop To -night they attended the dinner aim by Sir Charles arta Lady Parsons. \Odell was a militervOmmtion. At 10.a0 they drove to the I. C. Itde, pot, where their speeial train was in. waitina. 'limevieesregal party boarded time private car a General Manairer Hays of the Gana Trunk. Which bail been nett here in 'charge of IT. R. Chealton. Ott twa, Out,. Dee. 12. -(Speeial.a - Earl Grey isettea hie first procleme titre niven under his hand awl veil at Hall - fiat on Saturday, anilottnoinp, that The Majesty the Eine` has been graciously Pleased in eppoiet hint (11-tvertior4lener in awl aver the I) 'minion of Carnal, rat by the saal e aide:ion is authorized. temmwerea atul canunanatal to exeraiaa and perform all the eppertainiag to the offise.