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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1905-01-19, Page 7APS FIND A FEMALE AMONO RUSSIAN PRISONERS Oen, Stoessel Thanks Emperor William for Honor Conferred on Him. Gen. Nogi Says Gen. Stoessel is Neither a Prisoner of War Nor an Enemy, But a Foreign Gentleman Who Deserves to be Accorded Full Military Honors. 4 -++.4 -44-.14-.-044400-4040-4-0-4.4-4-+400+00++++•44-0444++++++40. Nagasaki, Jan, r0.—ro a.m,—General Stoessel has cabled his thanks to the Emperor of Germany for the decoration placed upon him. Passage for General Stoestyl and his party has been booked to Pert Said. • A FEMALE. SOLDIER. Tokio, Jan, ix a.m.—It is reported that a Japanese Gendarme dis- covered a woman about 20 years old disguised among the Russian, pri- soners, brought to Nishira. She was much embarrassed at the exposure, ant is now located in: special quarters, NOGI ON ST 0E88E14. Tokio, Jan. re.—zr a.m.—General Nogi has written to the Governor of Nagasaki the following: "As to the treatment of General Stoessel you will be advised by the au- thorities, but it may 'not be out of place to point out that General Stoes- lel is now neither 'a prisoner of war nor an enemy but a foreign gentle- man who meritoriously served his country and moreover so honorably performed, without unneceeeary delay the complicated task of transfer- ring forts and munitions of Port Arthur that he deserves to be accorded full military honors, and I commend him to your consideration." 40000 -0 -0 -0 -40 -4 -040 -41 -•÷044 -*-074-4.+4 Tokio, Jan. 15.—The Atiahi prints an interview with the commanders of the 5th and 16th Russian Regiments. They say: "It was originally our intention to fight until we were compelled to eat slide leather, but the men became in- capable of fighting through_exhaustion. When Gen. Kondratchenko was killed he had subsisted for a week on a pound of horseflesh. One regiment was anni- hilated. The swords of the officers Were .-.4* broken, and they used sticks instead. Until the beginning of November we obtained outside news and learned the condition of Gen. Kouropatkin'sarmy up to that time. All the Japanese wounded who were captured were treated in the same WAy,as the.Russian wounded. At the time of starender the whole supply of gun shells was exhausted and only • rifle cartridges were left. We longed for the arrival of the.Baltie fleet. •Once an artillery officer ascended a hill, whole°he discerned. four warships, which he mistook for Russian vessels. He descended in hot haste, frantic with joy;. and told his comrades, but when they ascended the, hill they recognized the _ships as Japanese. Several men were killed in tree -tops while vainly looking' for the arrival of the fleet that never came." The appearance of these and other officers, bears witneesto the hardships of the siege. Their clothing is torn and dirty and their swords are rusty and notelaed or broken. Among thO prisoners • are few ofifcers below the rank of cap- tain. All are .wounded, some in tea •places. A volunteer engineer of the.14th Regiment has thirteen wounds. It. as stated that the original strength of this • regiment was 4,100 men, but it was re- duced to 247, including four officers. Gen. Nogi attended by his staff, the division commanders, and the foreign at-. taches, reviewed at Port Arthur on Sun- day detachments of all arms in the • square of the new town. Some; Rus- sians were present. The Japanese.regi- mental colors, torn into ribbons by shot, were paraded. It was a stirring martial display. The generals after- wards rode through the town, which shows few signs of bonalarclment. No (casualties occurred among the women ;and children, who lived in their houses throughout the siege. They became ac- customed to the shells. Champagne was :always obtainable. There was a little dysentery and typhus fever, but the -sol- diers suffered from scurvy owing to the lack of vegetables. It seems that Gen. Stoessel was re- aportsible for the failure to fortify Re- jeshan. Many of the military officers were .nseless, applyieg for leave on days • when attacks were made, -and leaving tbeir commands to sergeants. The naval officers welt generally drunk. The whole :41b navy was demoralized by the death of Admiral • Maklutroffwhich produced marked apathy. The officers who 'nave surrendered are happy and cheerful. They had received no trustworthy news freen the outside for several months. The warships Peretviet, Poltava, Ret- vizan, Pobeida and Palle& are lying on their sides under writer. They show the effects of the shells exploded in Decornber. The &budge to their hulls has not been ascertained, but it is probable that the Japanese will not be • able' to repair them. The Bayer' is ,sunk in the eastern harbor. The Amur is hi the dry dock. The naval work- shop was conipletely destroyed by shells, At a conference held before the capit- ulatiors, some of the commanders of the forts voted for further resistance, but they were overruled by Gen. Stoes- sel. 4When the first news of the &mita. lotion became known, on Dee. M, sol- diers Meted a store containhig 5,600 'hot- tles of vodka. Terrible orgies on the streets followed. Troops who were .aMtto quell the disturbatee joined the revelers. The food supply was mill. eient for three months, but there was to meaty. exeept the flesh of homes ana mules. The steamer Xing Arthur early ;1in December ran the blockade end brought 500 sacks of flour, No private stores Were cominandeered. BREAKING THE LONG CALM, • the Novoe Vreinya expresses the opin- ion that the long calm since the battle of Sha River is about to be broken. It is also noteworthy that there have been no official despatches from Gen. Kouro- patkin for two days. A PATHETIC FIGURE. Captured Russian General Over Seventy Years of Age. London, Jan. 16,—The Tokio' corre- spondent of the DailyMail says that among the latest Russian .prisoners who arrived at Nagasaki on Thursday was Gen. Nadin, who is over 70 years old. His *appearance excited the profoundest sympathy. He was so exhausted that he was compelled to rest continu- ally, oven when walking the shortest distances. 1•Vith him was a °;AA of 15, whose mother was killed bya stray shell, and whose father is missing. She is trying to discover whether her father i3 among the prisoners • in Japan. Many of the prisoners are at Inasa, a suburb of Nagasaki. A majority of the inhabitants are familiar with the Russian language. The Russian offi- cers appear to be well pleased with • their surroundings. As they stroll about they politely salute the Japanese. A despatch to the Standard from Tokie says the repeated abuse by Rus- sian prisoners of the liberal treatment they are receiving is creating an ini- favorabia inipression. The press is urging the Government to exercise a more rigorous control over them. JAP REGIMENT ANNIHILATED. Rtsssians Drew Them to Masked Battery. Huan-Chen, Jan. 14.—The Japanese to -day bombarded Littofantun and • lautzanton, and also Lone ',tree • and Novgorod Ilills, which they are ex- tremely anxious to capture. All day of Jan, 9 the Japanese bom- barded the Russian positions to the right and left of the railroad with un- accustomed vigor. On Jan. /0, at 2 o'clock in the teem- ing,. a Ja,pitnem regiment advanced in the face of a furious fire from batteries and rifles, drove back the Russian out- posts, who drew on the Japanese to a masked battery, and later allowed them to come on suddenly, when the Rus- sians opened a murderous fire, the in- fantry at the same time falling on the Japanese flanks. The Jopatese regi - ment was almost completely i annahilat- ed, and the remainder lial n wild dis- order, leaving heaps of dead and wounded on the field, The Russians pressed the pursuit and took the Jap- anese. positions Jan. 10 at aeon. Active OperatiOns Looked for. in Manchuria. St, Petersburg, Jan, 15.— The War Office doenot admit the appearance of Gen. IVIistelienko'S cavalry southwest Of Liao Yong as more than a raiding ex - edition, designed to strike the railroad :at lieveral points and interupt the :transportation isf Gen. Nogi's gurus Irma Port Arthitr to Ittitneituria, but from tertiat indicetions it seems posi- lbie that it is a preliMinary to an opera - lion of magnitude. Gen. Alistehenko has over 20,000 horsemen, and, moving rapidly, might, be able to seriously damage communeations in the Tear of Isla° Yabg. The tete of the despatches front tome Ritesian cerreepondente vaguely hints at very important devel. immoral!, and the military miter for AMMUNITION USELESS: Supplies' Left at Port Arthur Ancient Relics. Chefoo, Jan. 15.—Midshipman Klisor- ish, who eemmanded a launch which reached here from Port Arthur on Jan. 3, in commenting on Gen. Nogi's report giving details of the Russian property which had been transferred to the Ja- panese after the surrender of the fort- ress, said that the 2,668,800 rounds of rifle ammunition mentioned were un- loaded shells, relics of the Chinese oc- cupation of Port Arthur, and not !SUM. for use in Russian rifles. The 82,670 large shells, the midshipman said, were. also Chinese, and were of no use for reunion guns. Klisorich further says that the locks of the 35,252 rifles turn- ed over to the Japanese were broken be- fore the fortress capitulated. japanese who visited Port Arthur on Jan. 3.0 say that the Russian wounded were in a terrible state, owing to the negleet whish could not be avoiaed, when the Japanese entered Port Arthur. Ev- erything possible, they say, is tow Le- ing done for their relief. • PRAISE 3'RO1VI THE CZAR, Extols Bravery of Troops and Says Rus- sia Has Passed Through :Worse. A St, Petersburg cable: Emperor Ni- cholas has addressed the folloWing res- eript to the ariny and navy: "Port Arthur has passed into the hands of the enemy. During eleven months the fight had been going on in its defence. More than seven ninths its noble defenders had been cut off from the rest of the world. Without any poe• itive assurance of relief, they 'continued to fight and did everything in their power to cheek the progress of the en. einysparing with bfe nor heart's blood to uphold the honor of the Russian peo- Itussie, with pride and admiration, fol. lowed ettelt move in the contest. The whole world was Astounded at their gal- lantry, but daily their ranks were thin sled, their powers of resistanee dimin %hod awl under repeated attaeks by th enemy, they were obliged to give way "Peace, home and undying memory will be the portion of you Ituesians who have fellen in the defenee of Port Ar that.. Far front home, you have Iv your balsa: upon alien soll, s. acrific to the dietathe Of Mr honor and, the demands of your emperor - “Peace and honor be your portion. Al. ways will you. be so held in our hearth azia memory. "Honor to the living, May Goa re. store you th health and, etrength, and give you patience to face this disaster with which you are confronted, "My gallant troops and sailors, Po not let this sorrow dismay you. Our en. emy ie strong, and daring. This fight against them is 7,000 miles from our home; but Russia, is powerful, In the thousand years of its existence, there have been still heavier Wale, worse and more threatening dangers, but Rus- sia ever rose from trial, with renewed force and streugth. Do not let your mils be troubled by lack of success and heavy losses. Russian, strength grows with. tulversity. "With all Russia, I join in the belief that the time is coming when aml will give strength to our glorious army and navy to Arise and break the forces of the enemy. (Signed) "Nichelas.” JAPAN CRITICIZES FRANCE. For Allowing the Second Pacific Squad- ron to Stay Too Long at Madagascar. A Tokio cable says: The French aro sharply criticised for permitting the ships of the second Pacific squadron of the Russian navy to make a prolonged stay at IVIedegasear. Heretofore, the Japanese press and people, realizing the peculiv,r position in which France was placed, were 'not disposed to judge her actions too severely, but the Asahi to- day says: "It is no longer possible to overlook the Trench non-preservance of neutral- ity nor her disregard for the obligations of a neutral nation. "Coaling the ships of the second Pea - fie squadron in French ports, has culmin- ated in allowing Rear Admiral Itojest- vensky to remain for twelve days await- ing remforcernents and in the use of 1Vladagasear as a base of operations agains the Japanese fleet, now reported in the Indian Ocean. "Such action is little less than hostile, ana if France is sincere in her promise of strict neutrality the ships of the second Pacific squadron ought long ago to have ben sent away or disarraed. . "Further temporizing for the purpose of rendering assistance to the Russian vessels must be considered a serious breach of neutrality." JAPS AHEAD SO FAR. But the Russian Flag Will Be Raised Again Beside the Warm Waters. St. Petersburg cable: New Year's reviews by the various newspapers ad- mit frankly that the Japanese have had the better of the war so far, but the whole tone of the press is summed up in the following in Russ : "They have done well, but not well enough. They have entrenched them- selves in Corea, as though they were at home, have captured Port Arthur and made conquest of Southern 'Manchuria, but are face to face with a Russian army of equal numbers and they are check- ed. The New Year will show the Rus- sian flag raised again along the borders of the warm water." The -Novoe Vremyet alone comments on the Russian note to the powers re- garding Chinese neutrality and says it reveals a., serious situation; that Sec- retary Hay's diplomacy, well conceived at the beginning of the war for the Limi- tation of the field of hostilities, has broken down under the test of actual trial. China cannot or will not pre- serve her neutrality and Russia has been confronted time and again, the ar- ticle says,by the way in which Wei Hai Wei' and Che Poo have ben used as Ja- panese bases. In conclusion the Novoe Vrenlya says it is a situation wherein Russia must no longer rely upon inter- national diplomacy but must take steps for her own protection. STOESSEL AT NAGASAKI. General, His Wife and Staff Land With Some Ceremony. • A Nagasaki cable: The Japanese transport Kamamkuri' from Port Deity, Jan. 11, with GeneralStoessel and oth- ers on board arrived here early this morning. After a prolonged quarantias inspection, Governor Arakawa, with the chief officer of the port proceeded on board the Kaanamkura, at three in the afternoon and General and Madame Stoessel, two of the Russian command- er's personal staff, seven other officers, two ladies and six . orphan children were landed in the steam launches at the Inasa Jetty, where they were received by a guard of fifty police and several officers of Gendarmes.. The Russian gen- eral was, attired in a grey military over - cot and wore his sword. He looked well and walked with a stately step. Preced- ed by a few pollee officers and followed by .hie retinue, Gen. Stoessel slowly wended his way up the hill to a prettily situated bungalow on Liam Hill, where lie will be quartered. Half way there some dozens of Russian officers y finding that their late general was arriving, ran up from all directions and saluted in respectful silence. The party then en- tered the house. The closing act of- the great drama caused a feeling of sadness which was not dispelled by the glorious weather, beautiful surroundings and the kind reception accorded to the Russiane by the Japanese. • • es - . THIS ASSASSIN' FAILED. Fired Three Shots at General Trepoff and Missed. Moscow, Jan. 15. --At the Nicholas Station to -night, while General Trepoff was bidding farewell to Grand. puke Sergius on his departure from St. Pet- ersburg a young man wearing a stud ent's cap fired three shots from a re- volver at the General. All the shots missed. General Trepoff. Grand noico Sergitts proceeded on his journey. •------ General. %roped, who recently was 1 relieved of the ofifee of Chief of Police of Moseow, and ,ordered to the front, as heaa of the Red Cross 'Sbeiety in Manchuria, ineurred the special enmity of students of Moscow by the severity with which he put down their denten- strations of December 18 and 10, 1004. Within,one week in 1002 there were three attempts 011 his life. The first of these, on March 31, 'OM by a woman tanned AIWA, a governess, who plaeed the muzzle of a pistol against the Gen- erars breast and palled the trigger. Tho weapon, however, failed to discharge. Four days later a men armed with a dagger, tried to force his way to tint 1 Mesenee of General Trepoff, with the avowed purpose of killing him. The. men was arrested. Two days later, while Trepoff was riding in hie earriage, . younis man, supposed to be a rustleat- . shit ent, sprang upon the step of the „1 vehiclo anti tried to stab Mut, but only sueeeedea in slightly wounding a polios - man. After the it:di-Government de. monstratione in l‘foteotv Met ninth .it was said that, the Sochtlistie mein- tiOnitty party tad IMMO(' sententie of " death upon both Trepoff and Grand Dukts Serglue. THIE0 TO BLOW 1 stook. TlIen It *raveled under tsbe traeks, causing jet eommotion among the frightensici sheep, whenee bleatiage were lead alid ineeseant- m hastily retreatea to their tialsootte. Jesse Lee, a flagman, had got hack with Ws The train crew had no weapons: and UP THE U fle:g and when he heard the catamennt's cram WAS momentarily at a at/444111 whether he :Amnia obey the Mina &Iv' et calling in of the flag er IVA la the other direction. The catamount linger. ed about the train until it Was well under way ana finally, with a snarl of baffled fury retreated te its lair. a • FAMILY BURNED TO DEATH, Father, Mother, Two Children and the Servant Perished in New York. New York, Jan, 15.—Win. T. 311.48011, lawyer, and his entire family, consisting tof wife and two children, glien, four years old, and Marlon, nix mouths, with a servant, Annie Wells, lost their lives in a fire whieh partially destroyed the brown etote dwelling occupied by them in West 180th street this Ixtorning•. Although neighbore who heard their cries for help and their attempts to es cape hold of cries of "murder" and "burglars," the police find. aothing to in- dicate that the fire was other than ac- cidental, The whole family appears to have suffocated. The bodies of the father and youngest child were un- tonehed by Ile flames, and those of the others were praetically burned after they bardndaielde;om on the second floor the fire- men found the bodies of Mr. Mason. and his six months oh.' Mild. The babe lay as if in sleep in the crib. The father, fallen on the floor in the net of drawing on his trousers, had evidently suddenly been asphyxiated. In a closet under the roof of the eeuttle, from which the usual ladder was missing, rendering es- cape impossible, were found. the Marred body of four-year-old Ellen, and near by the bodies of Mrs. itlason and the serva,nt. .••••,••••••• Is Gressler Roseau Brother of Karl Dullman ? United States Police Making Inquiries in Toronto, Tried to Destroy Statue of • Frederick the Great, philamphia, P.., JAIL 15.—"Gessler Rosman," who was arrested in thie city ou Thursday with an unloaded infernal =chine M his posseseim, admitted to the police to -day that he is the man who attempted. to destroy the statue of Fred - wick the Great in Washington last Tuesday, and that it was he also who sent the trunk containing an infernal machine tb the Cunard Liner Umbria at New York in May, 1003. The pris- oner, whose right name is not known, mid° these admissions in the. detective bureau after he had been identified by persons bre:night here from New York and Washington for that purpose. He gives 1,o reasons for the attempt- ed outrages, except "there are too many foreign affairs in this country." After haying Rosseau under fire all afternoon the police classed him as an,"American patimtic fanatic." The prisoner gave no information voluntarily to the police, he admitting only those things which the police had fastened on him. Both the Washington and New York author- ities want the man, and it is probable that he will be turned over to the police of the latter city. The apprehension of Rosseau was due to the disappearance of Owen Kelly, an Irish -Amerman, who is prominent in Irish -American societies in this country. Kelly disappeared on October 25, and from time to tine the newspapers, par- ticularly of the east, have published ar- ticles on the mysterious disappearance. These, the polies believe, undoubtedly attracted Rosseau's attention. On Thursday' he called on Patrick Kelly, the brother of the missing num: and offered t� take him to his brother in New York for $500. Ile said he and Owen Kelly belonged to a secret society that was organized for the purpose of blowing up British ships in American ports. The valise he carried, he said, contained ex- plosives. Patrick Kelly notified the po- lice, and Rosseau was taken into cus- tody. Is He Dullman's Brother? Toronto, Jan. 16.—Gessler Rosseau, the alleged. agent of a Fenian society, 'identified as the man who sought to destroy the Cunarder Umbria in May, 1903, and also as the man placed a bomb under the statue of Frederick the Great at, Washington last Tuesday afternoon, in some quarters is believed to be a broater of Carl Dullman, now serving a life • sentence in Kingston Penitentiry for the Welland Canal outrage. The police of Nett' York, Washington and Pluladelplam, where Rosseau 18 held, are making every effort to identify the mysterious prisoner, and last night sev- eral telegrams were received here ask- ing if Dullinan had a brother, or if any- one resembling the picture of Rosseau had ever called at the penitentiary to see him. When Chancellor Boyd sen- tenced the leader in the conspiracy. to wreck the Welland Canal to life ma prisonment every officer of the court knew that the Fenian had been at least successful in concealing his identity; and that the name to be entered on the prison books was one that Dullnutn had boasted was not his own. Afterwards in the jail corridor, when the prisoner realized the awful fate that had over- taken him, he broke down. KEPT A HUNDRED CATS. A Montreal Tenant as a Result Must Give Up Her House. Montreal, Jam 15,—A singular ease was decided in court here yesterday. Mrs. L. Brossard, widow, resides in a rented house at 401 Rivard street, and her landlord moved to have the lease cancelled on the ground that the worn - an used the house more as a menagerie than as a place of human habitation. It was set forth that about a hundred cats were kept by this lonely widow, and the plea was that they not only injured the premises, but were a. nuia- name in the neighborhood. The woman conducted. her own defence, She eirgued that she was a poor, Ione widow, and therefore should be allowed to have as many eats as .she thought necessary to solace her declining years. judgment was rendered by Judge Tasch- °roast, who ordered the woman to vacate the house and to pay all the rent due, as well as the costs of the case. TO ADMIT CANADIAN CATTLE. Mr. Campbell -Bannerman in Favor of Reopening British Ports. London, Jan. 15.—The deputation con- vened by Mn Pattullo, Secretory of the Canadian Cattle Importation Associa- tion, interviewed Mr, Campbell -Banner- man as to his attitude in regard to re- opening ports for Canadian cattle, which, they said, would benefit both the agri- eultural and the shipping interests. Re- plying, Mr. Bannerman said that for himeelf he was in favor of Canadian cat- tle, being admitted to this country, Ile had no idea the case for the trade was so strong, and hoped the public would understand tho question. He would do what he could to get the ports re- opened. s • • • s - ATTACKED BY CATAIVIOUNT. Drawn Front Its Lair by Scent of Cattle Cars. Port Jarvis, Isi. Y., Jan. 10.—East. bound freight train No. 78 on the Dela- ware division of the Erie Railroad was last n.tglit attacked by a catamount from the mountains about two nailed east Of Mast Hope, where the trait baa stop - pea to ma hot journals. The train consisted of beef and live stock and SOV" eral of the cars contained sheep. Elmer Westfall was the engine driver aud Data MI D. Ever conductor, both of Port Jar - No seem had the train tome to a halt than the crew were startled by the piercing eries of avild animal in the woods and a moment later a huge eatantount MUG bounding out of the bushes on the railroad track and made direst for a ear Of Sheep. The animel sprang tepidly against the side of the ear, sniffing and eluding in itt vain efforts to get at the -live MURDER TRIALS. TWO NEW YORK POLICEMEN ON TRIAL FOR CAPITAL OFFENCE. New York, Jan. ltt—Two policemen were put on trial for their lives charged with murder in the first degree, in the Court of General Sessions, in this city to -day. Policeman nrank McLaughlin is charge(1 with killing John Patterson, a negro night watchman, in Sixty-third street west, on May 27 last. Policeman Eugene L. Devanna is charged with the murder of George Der- rick:, a boilermaker, in the Morris Heights Hotel, at High Bridge, on Nov. 2 last. It is alleged that Dement°. kill- ed Derrick, while intoxicated, wben the laome. tertried to pacify him m and lead hi h Edwerd J. Hendry, 36 years old, a member of the insurance patrol, was sentenced to State's Prison for life by Judge Foster in the Court of General Sessions to -day. Hendry shot and killed Charles Miner, a former lightweight pu- gilist, in this city last August in a fight over a game of cards. Hendry has a wife and three children. Patrolman Claire, of the Mulberry Street Station) was arrested to -day charged with shooting Patrolman Ira Kenney of the Delaney Street Station, while at target practice. It is belTeted- that Kenney is mortally wounded. Claire claims that the shooting was accidental, KNEW ROSSEAU. -CHICAGO POLICE ACQUAINTED WITH THE BOMB MAKER. Chicago, Jan. 16.—Gessler Rosman, who was arrested in Philadelphia, Thurs- day, is well known to the Chicago po- lice. He lived under the name of Russell, at 287 Washington Boulevard, where he had his workshop. As far back as 1886, Russell mune under the notice of the po- lice. In November, 1902, he was under surveillance because of his apparent ac- tivity in manufacturing. He seemed well supplied with money and paid liberally for everything he bought. 0 • RUN ON THE BANK. NIAGARA FALLS DEPOSITORS TAKE OUT THEIR MONEY. • Niagara Falls, N. Y., Jan. IA—Rum- ors as to the insolvency of the Bank of Suspension Bridge resulted in a run on that bank to -day, a maple of hundred depositors being on hand at the opening of the institution to withdraw their money. The officers of the' bank state that they are in a position to pay ev- ery depositor the full amount of their accounts. The Power City Bank deposit- ed $200,000, with the Bank of Suspen- sion Bridge during the morning, which had a quieting effect on the excited de- positors. OF NO USE TN ANYBODY.' Toronto Young Man, Who Killed Him- self, Left a Note. Toronto, Jan. e16.—The mystery sur- rounding the suicide of Claude Bullis at A. E. Walton's drug store, Queen street and Broadview avenue, on Friday morn- ing waa cleared up ,on Saturday by the fiading .of a note in his apartments above above the stare. The note, which was on a writing pad, was a requeat to his ,parents to forgive him for what he was about to do, "as he had eome to the conclusion that he was no use to himself or anybody belongitg to him." A second note, which was unsigned, be- queathed eleven dollars, which lay on the 'writing pod, and his Account of about five dollars in the York County Loan Company to his mother. FOUNDER OF A CITY ARRESTED. Marasses Cantin Charged With Petty Fraud in London. London, Ont., Jan. 15.—Mareisses Can - tin has been arrested hero on a charge of petty fraud. Cnntin is widely known through his undertaking to found a city on the shores of Lake Huron, close to Grand Bend. Ito began the erection of great factories and a fine hotel, but no- thing has beett carried to -completion, Cantin even interested the Government to the es'tent that he had an approprme tion made for the building of a dock at St. Joseph, and the work was under- taken, but a storm washed it away. Cantia wits bailed for a week. e -- MARTYRS BEATIFIED. Pope, 'Who Participated in Ceremony, Appeared to be Fatigued. Rome Jan. 15.—Three Hungarian mar - tyre, Boucres, Grodeez, and Christine, were beatified to -day at St. Peter's, in the presence of 1,000 worshippers, This is the last function of its ltina 111 ton- nection with the festivities incident to the jubilee of the Dognut of the burnt. calcite Coneeption. Pope Piths Xs who participated in the eereinony, appearea fatigued and preoecupied, although he natured his attendants that he VAS feel. Ing well. FIRES IN :ILITICA.AND-CHICAGO, .Storey -Building :Queried in One ,anct Whole Block in the Other. Utica, N. Y., Jan, 16.—Fire originated in the cellar of the store ix:copied by the True Belting Company in the Crouse {block, corner of Broad and John streets, lest evening. After working about all WAIT the firemen thought the blaze was entirely subdued and withdrew from the scene. At 3 o'clock thia morning the fire ',noise oat again and bad made ench headway that two-thirds of the Week hes been burned, the remaining section having been eavea by a fire wall. At the first fire probably $150,000 damages WAS done the True Belting Co. At the last fire the section of the building oe. cupied by this company is completely destroyed and all that section occupied by Geo, W.. Head & Co., wholesale gro. eers and storage warehouse. As the fire progressed it was found impossible to clieek it at the fire wall as danger from falling floors and walls continually drove the firemen from the building. The entire block was destroy- ed, entailing a loss of $150,000 or more, The insurance is in the neighborhood of $100,000. Some suspicion is entertained that the fire did not start 'without help, as when the firemen arrived at the first call it was found that a gas meter bad been disconnected and gem was escaping in the cellar. An invotigetien luta been start. A section of this( building burned in 1897 and two firemen were crushed to deeth by a falling floor. To-dey there were oeveral narrow escapes, anti one fireman was hit on the head by a falling brick, His injury is not dangerous:. One in Chicago, Chicago, Jan. 10.—Fire which started in the beef storage warehouse of Seltwarzchild tfe Sulzberger, Forty-first street and Aehlezul avenue, last night, was still burning early to -day, although under control. The firemen out holes in the sides and roof of the building * six -storey structure, in their efforts to find thte fire, and although volumes of omelets and ammonia fumes poured, out of these apertures, no flames were visible. The fire wits in sawdust, which had been packed between the amble walls of the building. Fourteen firemen were overcome by the ammonia and were carried out by their companions. All will recover. The loss is estimated at $150,000. Fire at Hoopeston. Hoopeston, 111„ Jan. 10.—Fire1n one of the main business blocks of the city has caused a loss of nbout $100,000. Frank H. Parnell's department store and the brick building adjoinieg were burned. Parnell's loss is $75,000; insurance, 03,- 000. GERMAN COAL MINE STRIKE. The Men May be Satisfied With a Moral Victory in the Meantime. pssen, Germany, Jan. 16.—The coal the accompanying privation. The strike strike will paobably be settled by the is by to means actually.settled yet, but mine owners yielding a small part of the the mine ?waters and the attike leaders lincieuoorr asjoiroes bbs estieFee- workmen's demands now, thus allowing Litiet).111}7iritt,11317 districts are closed by police order at 6 °Week in the evening. The government has appointed *com- missioners under the chairmanship of Herr von Velsen, chief inspeetor of mines, to inquire into the grounds of the -strike and to supply Herr Moller, Min- ister of Commerce and Industry, with complete material for passing judgment thereon, so that he may be able, if neces- sary, to authoritatively interpose in tha strike. General Strike Declared, Dresden, Germany, Jan. 16.—A meet- ing of- miners' delegates here this after- noon declared a general strike. them to win a moral victory, with the understanding that the other portions of their demands will be considered and agreed to later, if possible. The prospeet of a general, prolonged strike dismayed the industry, and the government sought to bring about eonipromis* e. The strik- ers were not eager to fight to a finish in midwinter, the extreme cola throughout Germany having affected. the strikers' spirits. Therefore the feeling has sud- denly' become general that it is better to accept a moral victory with some small material gains than to persist with I NEWS IN BRIEF Mme. Loubert, mother of the President of France, is dead. Rev. J. A. Sinclair, Principal of Regina In- dustrial School, is dead. Steamers arriving at New York report se- vere weather on the Atlantic. Rev .J. A. Sinclair, M. A., Principal of Re- gina Industrial School, Regina, N. W. T., died on Saturday, following an operation for appendicitis. Mr. John McAinoh, of Guelph, whose house was burned, was rescued with difficulty. He is 80 years old. Alfred McIntosh, aged 22, was killed by a falling tree in the Northern Lumber Cam- pany's camp at Fish Creek, in Dauphin dis- trict, Manitoba. The Allan Liner Parisian arrived at Hali- fax from Liverpool, covered with tons of ice. The crewdescribe the voyage as the roughest the ship ever encountered. During the progress of a fire that destroyed the Second Baptist Church at Lynn, Mass., the steel ceiling of the vestry fell, pinioning uisnd5700,10100a.nd injuring five firemen. The loss A unique pjroject for a hotel for telephone girls in Paris has been completed. Extensive grounds have already been purchased. The hotel will have one hundred apartments, a co-operative restaurant, and a library. A fire which is said to have been started by the overturning of an alcohol lamp, over which some of the girls were cooking a dish of "fudge,' totally destroyed Lawrence Hall, the ladies' dormitory at the St. Cloud, Minn., Normal School. The loss Is 531,000; insurance 813,000. With the exeeption of the Michigan Central, all the railroads extended eastWard from Chi- cago have decided to fix passenger rates ab- solutely by agreement. The Michigan Central has withheld its vote until the opinion of the general counsel regarding the legality of the agreement can be made. The conference between., a committee oi the Fall River cotton goods manufacturers and representatives of their striking employ- ees closed at Boston on Saturday, no agree- ment having been reached. Another confer- ence will be held Wednesday. Another serious fire occurred on Sunday morning at the Fens= Dlevator Company 4 works, 48-66 Duke street, Toronto, and dam. age to the extent of between 520,000 and 526,- 000 was done. The loss is more than covered bY insurance in fifteen corapanies. Chicago's experience with a municipal light- ing plant was described by Edward B. WM— cott, city electrician of Chicago, at the in- vestigation into the city lighting contracts, he saying the venture had passed the experi- mental stage, and had proved so satisfactory that a second plant, with more than double tho capacity of the first built, is now in c oTu hr se e Peat r i es r eccht al omn. b er of Deputies was packed owing to the expectation that the Cabinet crisis would reach a decisive issue. A mo- tion postponing the debate prevailed. M. De Schanel, former President of the Chamber ot Deputies, severely arraigned the Ministry, de - daring that the dignity of the country requir- ed a new regime. Two htindred canal docktnen and other lab- orers ta San Cristobal, Panama, have struck. The =en have refused to Work for a dollar and a half per day, demanding two dollars in sliver, whim is equivalent to one dollar in gold, which the Colon dockmen receive. An effort is being made to bring Panama lab- orers 10 Colon to Unload the idle ships. An application has been made to the Ceun- ty Court of Kenosha, Wis., askitig that an administrator he appointed for the estate of Senator Charles Durkee, and attorneys aro to make another effort to collect the Durkee claim from the United Statee. The claim amounts to nearly 5200,000,000. It is eald that more than 40,000 people have purchased shares of stock le the : -ycompa,ny pushing it. ALL THREE WERE ARMED. _ One Tried to Draw on Tomato Policeman. Toronto, Jan. 10.—War was declared 1 last night by Inspector Gregory and De - teetive Wallace of No. 4 division on the thieves responsible for the inereased ;number of robberies in the east end, and its a result three most important arrests were made. Bight plain elothes offieers were detailed for the round 'up. Two of the prisoners were caught on the street in Riverdale, and in arresting the third man in a house on George street Policeman Reburn tame very near losing las life, The third man WAS Ernest Hunt, who escaped from the Industrial School with young Quaeltertbush, and be- fore he was taken last night he maae a desperate effort to draw his revolver ,front Lis hip poeket. i The other two prisoners are N•Villicut lhown, 139 DeGrassi street, and Walter Month, 303 Pape avenue, both of whom tore also heavily armed, ana each had tt plentiful supply of cartridges. Month. IA also an ex -inmate of the Industrial School. and was badly wanted for vio- lating the tonditione under whielt he was relented on parole. Impeder Gregory and Detective Wal- lace were much relieved when the trio were safely behind the bars. Policeman Alln and Reburn came upon the trim about 7.40, when they were in the vicin- ity of Queen and Saulter streetc. With tbe officers at their heels they crossed over to Bolton and Broadview avenue. On the latter street Hunt left his coin- panions to size up a house from which a woman had just emerged. The offi- cers pounced upon Brown and McNair, and Hunt made his escape. The two prisoners were taken to the Wilton ave- nue station, where they were charged with burglary. Only an hour elapsed before the offi- c'ers returned with Hunt, who was hiding in his room, and on him was found money which, haa been stolen last night from the home of George F. Stephenson at 60 Elliott street. BRITAIN'S TWO NEW GUNS. They Are Quick Firers, and Mark an Advance in Gunnery. London, Jan. 16.—The Arsenal at Woolwich have secured a large order for two new guns that are to be known throughout the service as the 18 -pound- er, quick -firing, wire, fixed .ammunition gun for the Royal Field Artillery, and the 13 -pounder, quick -firing -sister 'WM gun for the Royal Horse Artillery, for the Indian Government. They are an improvement on the ex- isting 15 -pounder and 12 -pounder guns, and will fire nearly twenty shells to one as compared with the present weapons. In addition they will carry much furth- er, and as the success of warfare is to concentrate as many shells intoa given position as fast as possible they are a greet advance in gunnery. The gun embodies all the best points of the French. and German artillery with important Enema improvements, and it is claimed to be the best gun in the world. it has a new breech -block, which is more rapid than those of the 15 -pounder, and an improvea carriage, with a new pneumatic cylinder. The order from India is for 132 guns (22 batteries) for the 18 -pounder and about ball that number for the 13 - pounder. 4 • EATEN BY CANNIBALS. Five Priests and Five Nuns Slaughtered by South Sea Islanders. San Francisco, Jan. 16.—The Rev, M. L. Samson, South Sea missionary, who arrived yesterday on the steamer Doris, brings the first details of the murder of five Catholic priests and five nuns of New Britain last October. After the murders the savages ate the bodies of the victims within sight of the German Governor's residence. Mr. Stimson is settled at Penapi, Caro- line Islands, at he got the details from the Vice -Governor of New Britain. Ile said the nuns and priests svere surround- ed by a mob of natives whose fanaticism had been arouse& The priests fought for their lives, but all were soon killed. Then the eeinnibals proceeded to hold a feast on the bodies of the victims near the reddenee of Dr. Halt], the Governor. He has organized a punitive expedition. • •- - 13IG STONE, FELL UPON HIM. Theodore Quinn, Stonecutter, Was In- stantly Killed at Montreel. Montreal, Jan. 15.—Theodore Quinn, a young stoneentteronet a te rrible fate yesterday morning. 'While standing on the second storey of the new Notre Dame Hospital, which is in course of construction, a large block of stone that was being hoisted to the top slipped from its fastenings and fell on Quinn, killing Mtn almost inetantly. 'The young 1111111 lived at 4.20 Plessis street, where lie leaves a widow and a baby just thee days old. Found Dead in Bed. Het:peter, Jan. 15.—Thomas Brown, a well known Hespeler citizen, was found detta in bed yesterday morning by hie Wife. Deceased, who had been n suf. fever from heart trouble for some weeks' past, retired Friday night in good health. fie vas in hie Oith year and remidaa here for Li years. lie leaves a family of nine children.