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Home My WebLink AboutThe Wingham Advance, 1905-04-20, Page 7REPORT THAT FLEETS UAVE GIVEN. BATTLE. Russian Fleet Undivided and Officers and Men,. Ready to Die for Fatherland. Togo Will Try to Torpedo Russiaq Ships Before Attacking Thenr. Chamberlain Says Anglo -Jap Alliance Would Secure Peace in the Ear East. A London cable: No confirmation has yet bean received hi London of the report from Batavia, Java, of a naval battle off the Ananlba Islands, ,and as there is no cable connection with these Islands It is difficult to see how Batavia could Kaye got such news before Singa- pore. 4. despatch to Lloyds froth, Singapore to -day practically confirms the Associ- ated Press first information regarding the composition of the Russian squadron which passed. there April 8. Lloyds' agent says it, was composed of Seven battle. ships, two armored cruisers, five unar- Inored cruisers, three converted cruisers, seven torpedo -beat destroyers, 17 steam- ers and hospital ships and a tug. FLEET NOT DIVIDED.. • Russian Officers and Men Ready to Die for the Fatherland. A New York repoclt: A St. Petersburg despatch to the Times says that a des- patch received there stating that Admiral illojestvensky's fleet is not disunited, evokes the greatest sensation at the Ad- miralty; where the earlier reports that the battleships were separated from the cruisers caused anxiety. It is thought probable at St. Peters- burg that Rojestvensky will coal in the Dutch territorial water of Northern .Su- matra and that he will await Admiral • Nebogatoff, who is due in about ten days, 'but who may perhaps be delayed by heavy weather. The spirit animating Ro- jestvensk's officers and men is worthy of the greatest admiration. A letter from an officer of the battleship Kniaz Russian Fleet Sighted. Suavaroff says: "Wo are all resolved to sacrifice our- - A Singapore' cable: Tho Russian fleet selves for the fatherland. We are de- was its latitude 8 degrees north, longi- Is.i t ludo 105 degrees ees f minutes east utnoerternined to die. There will be no tor ing back:'•April 11. The .peninsular and Oriental steamer Nubia, which has arrived here, AN EXPERT OPINION. reports having passed no less than forty- two vessels there: They were steering Togo Will Harrass the Russian Fleet north-northeast at a speed of eight or len knots. Before He Attacks. J'hep osition of the •flet a e was then A New York report: A London des- naval base, and, by strengthening tete defence there, snake' it a much harder nut to oracle afterward. If the land forces of Japan can capture Vladivostook during the coming three or four weeks or before the -survivors of Rojcstvensky's fleet can get there, a great point will ]save been scored. The Japanese believe they can take 1'lndivostock during the coming month. Almost any time now may @onto news of the arrival of General 1Sa- wamura's army before the city. It is well known that Oyama is making a flank movement in force toward Kirin and to the eastward thereof. This force is supporting IKawarnura, who should now be near the city. GREATER IN TONNAGE. Japanese Fleet • Outranks Russian in Guns Also. A Tokio cable: A11 the heavy arma- ment of the .Japanese, battleships was recently'renewed. It is estimated that the strength of ,the respective fleet is as' follows: Russian — Seven battleships with a total of 87,344 tons, and two armored cruisers, 14,7.24 tons. Their principal guns consist of 24 12 -inch, 4 10 -inch, and 8 8 -inch. Japanese •— Five battleships, of 60,890 tons, and eight armored cruisers of 73,- 686 tons. Their principal guns consist of 20 12 -inch, 1 10 -inch and 30 8 -inch. Prime Minister Katsura and General Terauchi, Minister of War, held an im- portant conference to -day with the chiefs of several departmenits. patch to the World says: Rear -Admiral Uayles, a distinguished naval strategist and expert, writes in the London Daily Telegraph. , "Wo may expert that the whole i le passage of the Russian fleet to the north through the China Sea, will be marked by continual harassing by tor- pedo boats, whose supreme object will be to wear down the Russian fleet, ship by ship, and when the supreme moment arrives for action between the battle Sleets, if such an event ever does take place, Admiral Togo's superiority may be even greater than at present. "It is probable that there will be little occurring .m'the way of a naval action while the Russians are so close to terri- torial waters. At present, they could • seek sanctuary• at almost any moment if it were desired, and this is not what the Japanese wish. So, that if Admiral Ro- jestvensky does not go into Saigon (French Cochin China) to carry out es- sential repairs, I should. say the first serious engagement will take place north of this French base. It is curtain Ro- . jestvensky will give the Philippine Isl- ands as wide a berth as possible, on ac- count of the lack of sympathy which is known to exist'in the United States with Russia's far east: policy. "We may take it for granted that Ro- jestvensky, after passing . Saigon, will keep out in the open sen around the south of Formosa. Then anything may happen." Admiral Sir John Colon said: "It would •seam to be the Japanese policy to keep the Russians in sight, but not to stake action until they have got them as `,vtear as they may go into Japanese home waters. "The further the Russians are allowed to•,go the greater will be the force of the naval reverse—of.the naval disaster, per- haps—inflicted upon them. "It would seem reasonable, probably, . that the Japanese admiral has it in his ]power to elect the time and place for the -fight and then— • - "Well, then, I suppose itwill :be the Spanish Armada over again. ANGLO-JAP. ALLIANCE. Chamberlain Thinks It One of the Great- est Diplomatic Achievements. about 300 miles northeastward of the t o .,Nantuna Islands (which lie between the Malay peninsula and the west- const of Borneo), and more than 200 miles south- east of Cape St. Jacques. This course indicates that the fleet was not going to Saigon, French Cochin China, SKIRMISHING FREQUENT. Russians Concentrating- and Strengthen- ing Their Lines in Manchuria. A Tokio cable: Reports received here from Manchuria indicate that•the Russians continue concentrating their troops and strengthening the Changtun- Kiriu line. Gen. Madrodoff's force con- tinues in touch with the extreme Japan- ese left. Skirmishes are frequent and may possibly develop into an engage- ment. It is reported that the Russians have armed the convicts of the Island of Sak- Millen, promising money and freedom to those fighting bravely. This, it is gadded, brings the garrison of Sakhalin ap to a total of 3.000 men. It is doubted, however, that Russia will at- tempt to Bold the Island. ONTARIO BiRTHS TOO FEW. Latest Record is Reported as Very Un- satisfactory. The thirty-fourth annual report of the Registrar -General of the Province of On- tario gives many interesting details re- garding births, marriages and deaths for the year ending December 31, 1903. The estimated population was 2,194- 692, and the number of births, including still -births, 48,742. Of this 20,071 were male and 23,671 female, a rate of 22.1 per thousand of the population, which was less than the rate of all European countries, according to the returns of 1890, the latest available, with the ex- ception of France, in which country it was 21.9. This tato, the report says, is unsatisfactory, and indicates that nat- ural conditions are being interfered with. Niptssing County bas the highest birth rate per 1,000, viz., 49.3, and Prince 1,ciwarcl the lowest, 14.6. There was a WILL RIO= -TAXATION. Semi -Annual Meeting of the Grand Trunk Railway. London,. April I7.•• -Tho half -yearly meeting of the Grand Trunk Railway took place to -day at the Cannon Street Hotel, Sir Charles Rivers Wilson, the Presideint, in moving the adoption of the report, referred feelingly t4 tate great loss the company had sustained through the death of the late Vice -President Price, Sir Charles stated that the com- pany were. determined to fight any at- tempt of the Province of Ontario to. in- crease the taxes of the 'company, and said he thought it a most unfair treat- ment on the part of Ontario, as the G, T. R. had done so much for the Pro- vince, 'the report and the accounts were passed and adopted unanimously. During the discussion at the conclu- sion" of the Chairman's address a share- holder asked what route the. G. T.: V. would take over the Rocky Mountains. Sir Charles Rivers Wilson replied that there were many who would like to know that, and Mr. hays, the General Manager, when travelling about to pick out a route, was followed by a company of promoters and others anxious to learn the 'route.. Another shareholder drew attention to the statement contained in Canadian newspapers, which said that Mr. Pullen, an officer of the G. T. R., had stated that over two. million dollars had been paid out in claims during the past year. Sir Charles Rivers Wilson, replying, said the statement had appeared in an obscure. newspaper, a railway news and:- commercial nd- contmercial travellers' newspaper, which ho (Wilson), had never heard of. Mr. Pullen had been Misreported, and no such amount has ever been paid in claims, Sir Charles congratulated the stock- holders on the financial association of the Rothschilds. with the Grand -Trunk Railroad in connection with the flota- tion of the recent Grand Trunk Pacific bonds. A resolution authorizing the reduc- tion of the number of directors to ten WAS carried. The retiring directors, Sir Charles Rivers Wilson, Clutton and Brock, were re-elected, also • Auditor William Ramsay, of Montreal. The meet- ing was poorly attended. • HOLT'S EDUCATED PARROTS.• • B. C. Man's Linguistic Birds Talk Sev- eral Languages. Vancouver, 13. C., April 17.—The latest Pacific coast enterprise is, a parrot farm, which is enabling its founder, Martin Holts, to accumulate a fortune. Of course Holts is an American. Travellers from Mexico state that he established his unique farm near Victoria. While run- ning as a conductor on the old Monterey & Mexican Gulf Railway,Iov a part of the 1(ex.ican Central system, Molts_ had daily to pass through the heart of the parrot country. He Collected Inany birds and taught them to talk English. Ho made a good thing "on the side" by sell- ing the birds to .tourists. The thought then came to Holts that e could make more money byret irin g his the railway and devoting 1, s r vhole time to raising parrots. IIe followed this plan and bought a large tract of forest near Victoria, which teemed with wild rarrots. He fitted up a ranch in a re- markable way. Wire etting was placed around and over the trees and the birds wore confined therein. =Then lie started to teach then to talk. IIe has a pretty good knowledge of Spanish, French and German as well as English, and some of his parrots are good linguists. As a general rule, however, he con- tented himself with teaching each bird only one language. He divided his flock of several thousand birds into four THE PENErANGuisKNE TRAGEDY' EN OF THOUSANDS UF Alexis Dos Roches' Confesses Re Kilted Doth Wale and. Daughter. A Penotanguishene report: In the outskirts of the town of Penetangui- sitone stands a small log house., near 'the railway tracks, and in this house was last night committed a most foal and bloody murder, the victim. being Mrs. Alexia D,esRoelio and her daughter, An- nie Prisque, a child of about fourteen years. Tho woman took in washing, and on the floor of the ono room in the house stands a well-filled basket of clean clothes ready to be returned to the owners. In ono corner is an orderly and clean bed, either .made up this morning or not slept in over night. In - another corner stands the cook stove, beside the stove a bloody axe, on either side of the stove large stains of blood, and at ono side of the stove a trap door leading down to n cellar hole beneath the floor of the house. This cellar ]role is about three feet in depth, and in -it are a small pile of pota- toes, some household provisions, and a terible spectacle, two bodies lying stark naked, except as to shoes, stockings and - the door and bit my wife first, killing - her instantly. 'Then t struck my daugh- ter a blow which did not cause death, but broke the axe. Fearful that the girl would revive, I dragged her inside and procuring another axe, struck her a ter- rible blow on the bead. I then went out- side Rua pulled my wife's body inside, and in my frenzy torn the clothes from their bodies." DesRoche then Went on. and deseribed ]tow to make death certain he drew his pocket knife and stuck their necks. Desltocho disposed of the botlics by throwing them lido the cellar, after which he attempted to wash tine blood off the floor with a piece of cotton, which was found to -aright in the cellar. •- The prisoner pointed .out that lie left the house about 0.30 and went to the home of a relative in Midland, which he reached in an hour and a half. IIe was to have secured employment in Mayfair's mill, - Discovered by the Son. The murder was not discovered till early this morning, when Joseph Prisque, i11rs. Desltoche's son, about 20 years old, went home from a livery stable, where he worked, for breakfast. Not seeing his mother or sister about and noticing some crimson ]narks on the floor, lie went over and got Louie Lalonde, who afterwards enlisted the help of Victor Messieur, with the result that the bodies were found. News of the murder soon spread and. County Constable McLaughlin investigat- ed it, subsequently calling in Coroner from Midland. Crown Attor- ney J. R. Cotter, of Barrie, was also early on the scene, and tonight he was fol- lowed by Provincial Detective Greer. Des- Roclte's absence caused him to be sus- pected, and be was ehas'ea to Midland, three miles away, and arrested. IIe was brought in ,just before the inquest was opened in the Town Hall. 1 • IDES �Oc i WHERE THE MURDER WAS COMMITTED. garters, one that of a well-developed woman of past middle age, and the other that of a young girl. Beside the bodies is a pile of clothing stripped from the bodies of the victims, and soaked. .through and throlgh with blood which -flowed from the and victims,which h had a el been hastily wiped up with the clothing torn from their bodies. The Murderer Confesses. Alexis DesRoche himself killed his wife and stepdaughter._ He told the story this afternoon at Coroner Wall - bridge's inquest, in all its horrible dc - tails, stud is now in the lock-up, charg •ed with the most terrible crime of re- cent years in northern Ontario. The classes, one for each language, He then € man went on the stand,and, although took a•few birds and instructed thein.I repeatedly cautioned tht he could not These educated birds ho placed among the , be compelled to answer any of the ques- others and they became teachers. The , tions put to him, he proceeded and de - parrots quickly picked yp from the ! ,icted in Itis own waythe terrible. speaking birds the words that Holts had events of the night befre. As the impressed upon them.' The American be- ' ,examination continued DesRoche's evi- lieves that the standard of intelligence donee was punctuated by questions as of• parrots. can be greatly increased by to the reason for his terrible crime, but proper attention in breeding them. .all the Crown authorities could get In his collection of parrots, which note from the Iran was that his dead wife numbers several thousand, he says he nine] stepchild had quarrelled with hint has several which are. seemingly pos That the authorities are not satisfied sessea or n;easoning powers. He even •with this explanation was demonstrat- thinks he will be able to get them -to • ed when it was intimated that the carry on conversations with 'each other. . prisoner hail several times tried to He has been able to mmake some of them break 'up the influence of other men learn parts, like actors, and carry on a about the house ]lis stepdaughter , conversation of thirty minutes' duration. was devoted to - heir mother, who inter- • fered of her behalf on every occasion COULD PUNISH SAVAGES. when ' he attempotd to vent his passion on her. It is not long ago since the But the Latter Would Not Know What county police had him before them for It Was For, an attack on the little girl: Washington, D.O.,'April 17.-Botel To- On Return From Church. bago savages in Formosa caused the The double murder to 4vhieli Des - death of eight members of the crew of Roche confesed at the inquest was, the United States ship Benjamin Sewall, according to 1113 own story, committed and treated other' members of the crew about 8.30 on Wednesday night. The in a cruel manner when that ship was present explanation is that his wife wrecked in Fermosair waters some time and stepdaughter quarrelled with bion ison Wednesday before he want to work When the Japanese Government's at- on a farm. Ile returned home early tention was called to the incident, it re- in the evening and found that hie wife plied that the Government of Formosa and Annie Prisque were out. The girl would efficiently and strictly censure came back - from church and inquired the savages, and warn them not to re- for Iter mother, and, finding her not in, retraced , her steps toward the town, She stet her moteer on the railway track and both returned to the house, Proceeding, DesRoche recalled how his wife and her little girl approached the house. He claims they both resumed the quartet that they had with him in the morning, "After they had kicked me," Res Roche declared, "1 •picked up a small axe near maked falhn osf in York Countywhere peat such. conduct again In the future. therincrease rr as G95 in 1002 and, 61 iuMr. Loomis, the acting Secretary of 1903. The number of twin births was State, promptly directed the American 402, or 31 lass bran in 1002, while four Minister at Tokio to say to the Japanese ' A London cable: Joseph Chamberlain tri lets were registered, the same as in Government. Something more irnpres- residing at the annual meeting of the psive than censure may suggest itself to. p g 7603. The number of infanta born out. Y gkm , puberal Unionist Club held in London to -of Wedlock was 782, or 10 per 1,000 the mind of that Government. The day, strongly supported the suggestion of births, compared to 30 in England and Japanese Government adopted punitive .an Anglo -Japanese alliance as one of the Wales 'in 1902, and 62.8 out of each 1,000 measures, but found great, difficulty in ;greatest diplomatic achievements of the births in Scotland in that year. exercising them intelligently, because Y they could. not make the natives under - sirequarter of a century, and said the Increase in Marriages. stand for what they were being pun. % reaty had already justified itself by lim- titins the area of the terrible conflict The marriages registered numbered ishea. uvhich Was • still going on. The Liberal 19,830, or 9.0 per 1,000 of the population, The United States Government then lUnionists, he added, would support For- an increase of 1,842 over the, preceding suggested that several Of the native reign Secretary Lansdowne in his deter- year. The lowest marriage Irate was inchiefs known to have been implicated in ,nination to carry out the treaty in its Rainy River District, 5.5, and the high- {iia incident bo imprisoned until some of spirit as well as in its letter, and lte est in Essex County, 28.3. The latter the Formosan officials could master their might say they would be very glad to figure is an abnormal one. Ontario's dialect and make them understand why follow Lord Lansdowne further if the marriage rate is considered satisfactory. they were being punished, Foreign Secretary thought the policy he June was the most popular month for r _ I. had Initiated could be extended. Mr. marriages. 13y denominations the Metho MISCHIEF IN SMUGGLER. C b 1 ` believed that any mutual dist Clureh still leads in the number of t' the far east and Church had 20.03 per cent,, the Church o ham er am defensiv�a understanding between Japan 3214 per cent of the whole and Great Britain would secure for an f goingeges, going to that Church; the Presbyterian Former U. S. Racing Yacht Fined for indefinite time pence in Smuggled Liquor, OVA bout Japanese and Great Britain England17.20, and the Roman Catholic Halifax, April 17.—The Canadian Cu,• ,eccuritl► in their possessions. Church 15.9.1. The Death Rate, toms Department have disposed of the vasa of the Amerhenn steel sloop yaeht A WVashington report: Field-Itiarshal The deaths, including still -births, nun- liischief, once defender of the Autarkies 'Oyama plans to capture Vladivostock bered 20,664, 0 proportion of 13.4 per Cup, The Mischief arrived at Mira liay, art of 1,000 of the reporting population, slight. C, 13,, early iu Noiember, badly smash- • Ebefore the hessian fleet, or any p 1 in excess of 1702, but lower by 0,2 per ed up in a storm. She•wits commanded it, can reach that port. This informs- c lit. than in 1001, The rate for 1903 by Captain limy Sparks, of Marble - tion has been received here through was, howevel', the highest recorded with hod, Glasse and at the time it was trustworthychannels. Por the Japan• the exception of 1000, when it was 14.0 sotto'] that she was on a pleasure cruise. per cent. Of the total dentis, 8,634, or .A few clays ]story however, she ryas sehr,- eso the capture of Vladlvostoety would 91 per cent., happened before the fifth ed by Special Customs Officer I3om•inet be' n trump card. The thawing of the car, of life, and 0,700, or 22.5 per cent. 011 the ehnrge of having contraband •{ and the muddiness of the roads ism Or the total, aeeurred in the feat year aboal'cl fa to note work g y against of 1.f'' ;Wet 1 Lug f • S sol tun heavily ngaiast Onti.rio's infaint truorta sty was It was alleged 'that the ]Mischief sailed c t they ee 1 they will111 l 000 11iglis • e 0 them. L l iblo 1Zussrtut 1 \ynles for 1002 was 3 In "`uB if rey snce d tiers per , , from , t, Pierre with 150 eases of ,liquor • v951tted a pass Tutu and, 133. '1'lle :aboard, but when the eustons officers have ']reel. r b1a a of apart of months of Juno and September went the _ f the stock wfts , move le the .'t; eu S ase and sub• i i stof theyear. Mile the deaths eonsidernbly less. '.rho -vessel and the their fleets a to n strong base, healthiest liquors were irunecaately seized. sec uant harassrnen.. fief Japanese shift• from enteric fever nof t}tory showed t nt little ping and raids on tin!tisports. ammo over those p g year, 1'he Customs Departtnetrt has ;low cert• p g i, s+•trsttegy the .lap the infection was generai, not a city firmed this seizure, amt imposed a lien•. In laying out the i ,e pll possible having been free from its baneful infhi' alty of $400 for infraction of the customs emcee have tried to fores. les. riimoi thd.'to is ti,e ease. Chc rnortaitty from this disease laws, Liquors valued at :MN) have heel. theningene erisk rnaj' be !title was greater in rural drsr1 t tlttiii els - forfeited to the Crown. The Mischief de - thence that ltojesty Y O ego A roller', The deaths fromfooted the Atlanta, Cart/Wien ebahlenger with a part of his fleet 1 o Vied va:"toc!t. 1003 were 2,723, and in 1002, 2,601. Sincefor the America's Cup. Eves and maks his way- uld be a itched battle 1870 returns and fol tnl,oiit show The rate at will& Zulus eau travel in Even if there dho , It R u ,The and the Jto t1' naso responsible between the a The maximum of dtnths Wan 4,484 in an emergency is astottishin�,y Some will e Ile victors in the e l t. C esti were decidedly t ;gngement, a eoteidorable animber ototth0 entb$ fromher accidents is suicides 2i €res reported, L Trt miles (I y10111 s an ordln ,ry ae . wart allpx Might make their way Joseph Prisque, his stepson,told of p q the finding of e body,, aftervhich the prisoner was called. DesRoche admitted taking a gun with him, but he claimed to have thrown it away on the trip to Midland. His story was taken through an interpreter, D. J. Charlebois, A Little Soft. To -night he has been closely guarded since he will be wanted at the inquest, which was adjourned till 10 a. m. to- morrow, when Drs. Bowman and Addi- son will make their report of the autop- sy. The prisoner.DesRoche is well known throughout the township of Tiny, where he is well connected. His friends can- not account for his terrible act, which re- sulted in the death of his wife and step- daughter. At the most, people thought him "queer," or as one put it to -night, a "little soft" IIe is about 46 years of age, and was never known to lose Itis temper to any great extent. IIe has been married to the dead woman about six years and during that time neighbors say that they have had a number'of quarrels, but nothing serious.- .Prior to her marriage to the prisoner the dead woman .had eight children. Her dead daughter, A,iine Prisque, was 13 years of age, and was a very bright child. Icer home surroundings were not of the 'hest. The scene of the murder is a small log house, poorly furnished, on the outskirts of the town. That DesRoche had bloodstains on his ,eoat when he reached Midland was prov- en to -night by Mrs. Fred Amyott, the keeper of the house in which he had breakfast. IIe was questioned about it and claimed to have got the crimson spots while killing a calf. The prisoner goes to Barrie jail to -morrow afternoon to await the preliminary investigation. The double funeral will take place on Saturday morning, The prisoner received a midnight vis- it from Provincial -Detective Greer. Des - Roche was awakened and brought from his cell, and given a seat beside the fur- nace. The man coolly filled his pipe, after which he nuswered all of the de- teetire's dluestions. Des Roche talked saintly of his Milne affairs, avid pointed nut that had his wife and step -daugh- ter not kicked hint the murder would not- have marred. He was that mad, be sand, • that lie diel not know what lie was doing. IIis' wife, he said, was al- ways wrangling with him. Tho night be- fore the murder he claimed to have got "the devil." The prisoner is about fire feet eight inches in height, with brown hair and tuustaebe. Iie was clad in a blue sweater end wore a pair of tweed trousers, --ahar.alsigirit COUNT VON IHILLOW, German Chance tor, IMMIORANTS COMM. Commander Booth -Tucker Tells How the Salvation Army is to Relieve Congested Britain. Wants the UnitedStates to Revise its Immigration Laws and Get Better Citizens, To Investigate Problems of Water Level, Navigation, Etc., Between Canada and l he States, Cleveland, Ohio, April r7.—Before leaving for the east yesterday Com- mander Booth -Tucker, who, with 11, Rider Haggard, the author, is snaking an inspection of the social .colony work done by the Salvationa Army in the United States, outlined the pt -an of the Salvation Army to relieve conges- tion in population in London by sending persons to Canada and other English colonies. He said: "Last year the Salvation Army carried noes persons from England to Canada, which is staiving for population. We car- ried them in our own ship. It will not be long before we shall be carrying Englishmen, not by thousands, but by tens of thousands, not only to Can- ada, but to New Zealand, Australia, India and South Africa, We didn't T dump our immigrants in Quebec as the United States dumps immigrants in Ellis Island, but dropped six here and eight there, and a dozen in another - place, wherever they were needed." ' "Every man who left England for Canada knew before he started where ' he was going, what he was going to do when he got there, and what wages he would receive. "The United States should revise its immigration laws. Through its consuls and other representatives immigrants should be investigated before they start, and not after they have landed in New York, Then you get the cream of Europe, the yeomanry, the healthy, sturdy stock, and not the scum, the ne'er-do-weels. .The Salvation Army would like to co-operate with the United States Government in a work of this kind. Then coloniza- tion could be made the handmaid of immigration." ♦a.,►i-ergo-�-�-e•f-+++ .. U. S. and Canadian Waters. Washington, April 11.—Among the several questions now pending between London and Washington regarding Can- ada, one of the most important affects the interpretation of the River and Harbor Act of 1902, providing for an American -Canadian commission to inves- tigate and report on the problems of water lever, water supply and naviga- tion of the waters adjacent to the boun- der line, including all lakes and rivhrs whose natural outlet is by the St. Law- rence River. Some question has arisen as to the scope of the commission of six, which has already been appointed, the Washington government ]raving taken She tentative position that its jurisdic- tion did not include the St. John River, where certain obstructions have been placed to the annoyance of Canadians. It is the wish of the Canadians that this river be included in the investigation, and they hold that such was the inten- tion of the act. A similar interpreta- tion was placed on the law by Mr. Choate, the American Ambassador at London, when he presented the invita- tion for the appointment of the com- mission. rasion. In vi ewf this fact, o s f et the re- presentation of the London Government on the subject will be again taken up at Washington and given careful considera- tion, BLO$DSIIED FEAREt GN MAY .4Y IN RUSSIA. St. Petersburg .Workmen Laying in a Stock of Bombs For Their Deadly Work. There have been fresh disputes be- tween the workmen and the managers of the Putiloff, Balica, and Navesky works and between the employees and the management of the government cart- ridge factory. At the latter place the men refuse to continue any longer to donate any portion of their pay to as- sist in the support of families of the soldiers at the front, claiming that the money is used to prosecute the war, to which they are opposed. The cities are being flooded with revolutionary pro- clamations calling on the people to rise on lIay Day. The criminal classes aro FALSE BANK RETURNS. Charge Against Cashier of Defunct Yar- mouth Bank. Halifax, N. 5., April 17.—W. Johns, cashier of the defunct Batik of afar - mouth, was arraigned for preliminary examination in Yarmouth to -day on a charge of making false bank returns -to the Department of Finance. Johns was unrepresented by counsel. The first witness was Thomas Law- son, of the Finance Department, 01.- tawa, who produced the bank's monthly returns. The accountant of the bank then testified that he had prepared the bank statements, and be identified the signatures on then] of Senator John Lev- itt, President; 1. C. Crowell, Vice -Pres- ident, besides that of Cashier Johns. • The final witness for the day was E. P. Stavert, who had been brought from St. John by the curator. Stavitt swore that what should have been placed in the overdue column of the statements had been placed as current loan. In his opinion this was deceptive. Had the amount referred to been placed in the proper column, the bank world have shown that it was insolvent. The court adjourned. TO AID COTTON GROWERS. Britain is Ready to Build a Railway in Nigeria. •- London, April 17.-- In a speech at Bolton, the Duke of Marlborough, tn. dee-Secretary for the ('oloniee, said that if the cotton manufacturers of Lancashire were prepared to spend ct few hundred thousand of pounds in culti- vating cotton in Nigeria, the Government would favorably consider expending one or two millions of pound/ in building a railway to the coast. The Duke warned his hearers that rename upon America for their sup- ply of cotton would, perhaps, result in a permanent shortage. He urged that provision be made for regular and stable supply, which would render it impossible for anyone to rig the market. DELIVER nitI FROM REARS. An Extraordinary Prayer for President Roosevelt's Safety. Springfield, I11, April 17.- --('hnplain lhadford, of •lie lllinoi,c ]louse of Ilep- resentativee offered at the opening of the Legislature's daily session a prayer for the safety of President. Roosevelt on the 1'teshdent's• hunting hip through the west end southwe,t. Ile drew n phet1110 of the' dangers into which the President was going and prayed for his Welts Itis prayer was in part: "We invoke Thy choicest blessings upon our eonntry at large. Bless, the chief executive of this great nation personally and offie}ally. and as he is soon to reach the 'happy hunting grouiuls' on which he has fixed his, far - taking advantage of the situation to pillage and plunder, while the landlords are powerless to cope with the peasants. From Dunaburg, Government of Vitebsk, come reports that the Jews are in a state of panic over the circulation of proclamations similar to those which preceded the outbreaks at ICishineff and Gomel. At Ekaterinoslav (South Rus- sia) three revolutionists who were usr- rounded by police fought their way to liberty, killing or wounding several of the later. A despatch from Kars, (Transcaucasia) says that the employees of the trans -Caucasian Railroad are on strike and that 100 miles of the track Inas been damaged. away gaze and where the wild.] beasts abound, whether these monsters of the mountains flee from ]nim in fear or fly at frim in fury may he find himself pro- tected by the shield of the Almighty, so that upon his return to his home in peace and safety, Iikce'thy servant David of old, he can testify to the peo- ple that !the Lord delivered him out of the paw of the lied .and ottt of the paw of the bear, and let all the people praise. Thee.' Amen and amen." GERMANY AND MORROCO WATCHWORD OF GERMANY IS "DAUNTLESSLY FORWARD." Berlin, April 17. --Count von. Tamen- bach-Asliold, who ]las been appointed temporary charge ']'affaires of Germany in Morocco, has given tine correspondent of the Lokal Anzieger at Fez a declara- tion of Germany's pellet" towards Mor- occo. "It is not only Germany's right," the count says, "but also her immediate and undeniable duty to protect and de• velop her Moroccan interests. "Germany's programme of action, which stands on a sound and irreproachable footing is for- tunately generally supported by public opinion m Germany, and has the sym- pathy of the whole Spanish population including the Liberal party, and the ap- proval of all the unprejudiced powers. Therefore Germany may confidently car- ry out her plans and can fearlessly face the eonsequenees whatever they may he. "The watchword of Germany is, daunt- lessly forward." GAYNOR AND GREENE CASE, Argument Finised and Extradition Commissioner, Reserves.,, pdgraent. Montreal, April 17, --'Phe ease of Gay- nor and Greene, who are wanted to stand trial at Seven/nth, Ga., on n charge of defrauding the tnnited States Government, has reached another stage, and is now its the hands of Extradition Commissioner Lafontaine. Ever sirtee their arrest and removal from Quebec to Montreal jail several weeks ago, they have appeared at intervals before the extradition commissioner, and num- mutes attempts have been made to annul the proeeedings on technical grounds. Argument war: finished to -day, and thr cot:unissiel ur rc-ervecl jlit gmenut. The object of the ]tearing ryas to show whether or not the prisoners should be placed oa their defence. If the commis - sumer r:aye they 3110111(1 not be, then they will go free unless an appeal be granted. Otherwise they will have to go up for trial. The Russian infantryman carries 120 rounds into battle, and his reserve, in. ' eluding what is tarried by field hand re- serve packs, amounts. to 422 rounds a 5r1an,