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The Wingham Advance, 1905-04-27, Page 7FORMER HAMILTON WOMAN OUTRAGED AND MURDERED. Iliss Lowry, an Old Lady, Beaten to Death by an Unknown Man. Broke Into a House at Rodney and Attempted to Assault Another, When Miss Lowry Struck Him With a Piece, of Wood She Was Outraged and Killed. A Rodney report: Murder, the third deuce of Mrs. within a few weeks in western Owas taken,ntario, i was committed here to -day ,the victim The Only Clue. being Miss Eliza Levy, a. maiden lady, 1 The placing on the .witness stand of seventy-two years old, who went ' John Wills, a farmer who lives about about this district doing good. It ' three miles northeastof the scene of the was while staying at the home of Mrs, 1 iider, was a surpirse to the crowded court room. It was thought that the Robert Covel, an old woman, whose hus- , witness knew something that might band was away with e section gang prove startlinss Wills was in Rodney . 0 rear Fargo, twenty-five miles from here, that she met a terrible desth. Miss Covel and Dr. Patesrsou Lowry was brutally beaten in the house, dragged outside to a shed, where she was assaulted and. left to die. Mrs. Covel, who is practically a cripple from rhouina- tism, was attacked first, and defended • herself until she was practically left helpless on her bed. Miss Lowry came to her assistance, which caused the fiend to tarn his attention to Mrs. Covel's companion for the night. There is no clue to the murderer, who seems to have left very little trace babied. Great ex- citement has been occasioned in the vil- lage by the news of the mime, and strangers are looked upon more or less with suspicion. There have been no ar- rests, and it is not likely that there will be any, pending the arrival of a Provin. cial detective to -morrow. Motive for the Crime. The motive for the crime, it would seem, was assault, although the murder- er on his entrance to the place demand- ed money. In enforcing his demand the man let drop a remark that leads the authoritiee to believe that the murderer was someone who knew the Covet fam- ily affairs. Robert Covel, the husband of Mrs. Covet, is a section hand on the Aklichigan Central, and usually goes away Oh Sunday evenings and returns on Sat- urdays. Their home, a small cottage, is about three-quarters of a mile north of Rodney village, and is surrounded by farm houses. There is -about an acre of land around the place. Miss Lowry, who is a worker in the Presbyterian Church, at times left her brother's home to keep Mrs. Covet company, Last night the two women were alone in the house end occupied separate rooms. Mrs .Covel's Story. Tho terrible events of the night aro probably best told by Mrs. Covel, who this afternoon, although in a weak con- dition from fright and illness, went into the witness stand at the Coroner's in- quest. Mrs. Covel says they retired about 8.30 o'clock, and a little after- wards .she heard Miss Lowry putting some wood in the stove. . There was nothing unusual, however, until about midnight, when Mrs. Covet heard some, one at, the door. "I want to come in," said a voice. "You can't," replied Mrs. Cove!. "I will," sternly replied. the voice out- side, and. at the same time the visitor put his shoulder to the door, forcing it in. All was darkness, and in the very 6,Aim light Mrs. Covel saw a heavy stick raised over her heasl as the intruder ex- claimed, "Money or your life." Fearful that the man would carry out his threat, Mrs. Covel cried out: "Sparc our lives; you can have all the money we have," at the same time handing the man a purse containing about $1.25. That the man knew to whom he was talking was made clear from the fact that he followed up his demand by an- other threat. 'Come now," said. he, "I knotv you ha,ve the money you got from younformer husband, Mr. Baker." After the woman explained that her husband took it with him the man declared that She meant, business. The man and woman were right in the midst of a death struggle when Miss Lowry, who was in the room to the north, was awakened and went to Mrs.. Covers assistenee. Turned on Miss Lowry. - Seizing a heavy piece of firewood; Miss Lowry used it with effect on the murder- er's head. Leaving Mrs. Comb he turn- ed his attentien to Miss Lowry, and seiz- ing her about the waist he dragged her oustide. The woman uttered a few cries after which all was quiet. Mrs. Covel remembered getting out of bed and drag- ging herself to the rimer, which she lock- ed. Presently, or about half an hour after tho first attack, the murderer re- turned, and bad it not been for a cat rattling at a handle of the door he no doubt would. have killed her, too.. Find- ing the door locked the man went to an- other door on the north side and easily gained an entrance by putting his snout. der against it. All this time Mrs. Covet was hiding between the inside of the bed. and the wall, end the murderer fail- ed to find her. Mane of Identification. It was while he was searching the house that the woman got a look at her asailant and Miss Lowry's murderer. Thoughtlessly. the man struck three matches.. and, in the dim light Mrs. Covell saw that he was clean shaven, about 35 years of age, and wore a dark overcoat and, fedora lutt. Just as the murderer fixed his eyes on Mrs. Covet the door latch rattled, and for an instant breath. less silence prevailed. Under his_ breath the murderer exeitedly asked, "Who is , that?" ie.( "That is Covet; thank God, lie hes tern() at last," Were the words which caned the tutu to leave the house hur- tiedly by the other door. Partly recov- ering, Mts. Covet int(' dragged herself and half walked to the door, the Welt of whieh rattled, and on opening it her pet eat Walked in end lay down beside the fire. Ono or twice Mrs. Cowl re- members opening the door tied calling "Eliza," but got no response, after which she fainted or fell aSieep. Miss Lowres Body. It was not till nearly 0 o'clock this morning •that .the murder was diseovered. Mrs. Cord attracted the atteution of two boys, who came in, and learning the startling sttiry, searched the yard, find- ing Miss Lowry's body in the shed. The remains lay,in pool of blood, Terrible injuries had been sustained to the head, and it wag apparent that the woman had been brutally assaulted. Nowa of the murder quickly -spread, end Ole afternoon's train brought CroWn Attorney MeCrimmon. County Magistrate Hunt and Cetnity Constable Hopkins from St. Themes. 'Coroner Horland, of Rodney, opened the inquest this afternoon, and after the jury intd viewed the remains the 'evi. last night, and left for home about 11 o'elock. While taking a short cut, when about three-quarters of a utile from the scene of the murder, he claims to have heard repeated sounds which he believ- ed to be the barking of a dog. Neigh- bors only thirty rods away heard. noth- ing. The inquest will be resumed at 2.30 to- morrpw, when the report of the autopsy to be performed in the morning will be submitted. The weapon the murderer used was cut from a Cherry tree on the old Lamont Hotel property, probably with a blunt jack-knife. It is about three feet long and 0110 and a half inches thiek. It is almost certain that the man wore heavy boots, as there aro nail marks on the walls or the shed close to the place where the body lay. The Crown °Myers to -night seems to be at sea. Any traces the murderer left about the house are now obliterated. The arrival of a Provincial detective to -morrow nmy be followed by developments. Murderer Not a Tramp. The tramp theory advanced at first has been exploded by Mrs. Covel, who makes the important assertion that the murderer knew her family affairs. Res- idents in the district say that possibly the murderer was somebody who was acquainted with her husband and was aware of his habits. The man's whole manner in the house indicated that he was one of that class who would do any- thing for money to buy whiskey. His breath smelled strongly of whiskey. The people here think that whilethe man demanded money, robbery was not what prompted him to go to the house. To- night Mrs. Covel said if the murderer could be tonna blood would be found on Ms clothing. Traces of her terrible strug- gle with the murderer Mrs. Covet carries hi a dislocated knee and seven bruises on the hand. Her husband reached home to -night, and is prostrated by the terri- ble death met by Miss Lowry. The Victim. The murdered woman was the sister of the late David Lowry, a former elder of Knox Presbyterian Church, St. Thomas. She was a native of Ireland, and had beeit a resident of Rodney for 40 years. Prior to coming here she lived in Hamil- ton and Toronto. One sister, Mrs. Ashly, died in the Queen City some time ago. Her father was the late John Lowry, eolporteur for many years hi connection with the Presbyterian Church, travelling through the new districts of Ontario. She was highly respected in Rodney. Mrs. Covet was formerly Mrs. Anderson Ba- ker, of Rodney, and was known to be in comfortable circumstances, having been left fairly well off by her first hus- band. Her husband, Robert Covel, is an industrious man, and is engaged regu- larly on bridge construction for the Mich- igani Central Railway. Their cottage s ii the section known as Old Rodney. Rodney, April 23. -Two more days have passed and. there is no solution of the Old Rodney mystery. Clue after clue was followed on Saturday and East- er Sunday, and until the investigation proved otherwise, Provincial Detective Rogers in each instance thought he was on the right track . Prestige P. Clark, the Toronto cabman, who was arrested at Belle River on Good Friday, was re- leased. last night after he had given a clear account of himself and Mrs. Ben- jamin Covell had an opportunity of see- ing. him. Seeking Revenge. Another important piece of evidence developed to -day. In an examination of Mrs. Benjamin Covell, Provincial De- tective Rogers got front the wonutu the admission that the mtu•derer visit- ed Ohl Rodney for revenge. Mrs. Covell pointed out that the man, while in the house, declared; that he had known Mr, Anderson Baker, her former hus- band, for twenty years, and he had good reason to complain of Baker's treatment of his sister. Mrs, Covell nutde the same statement to Mrs. Park- er, the first woman to reach the scene of the crime after the discovery of the murder. As a result of the new evi- dence Detective Rogers had a long drive this afternoon, and -Caine Wk satisfied that a man he had seen had nothing to do with the terrible death of Miss Lowry last Tuesday night, The while he returus to Ms work on the Mitthigan Central Railway. 11 is his • intention to make his home with his son [IONS L ST in St, Thomas. Neighbors are provids , . • • • • ing the necessaries for the present. Cov- ell is an old British army soldier a,nti IN BIG OEIL 14 highly thought of in OM Rodney. e SEVPN WERE]) TO DEATH, Terrible Family Catastrophe at Ste. Anne De Le Pocetiere, Ste, Anne de la Pocatiere, April 24.-- A terrible holocaust occurred here dur- ing the night, by which seven children lost their lives, and their mother is in. serious dahger. The dead children' are: Alma Boucher, eeventeen years; Napol- eon Boucher, ten years; Edmund Bench- er, eight years; tieorge I3oneher, seven years; Marguerite Benther, six years; Joseph Boucher, four years; Etienne Boucher, two months, Mme. Boucher is in a serious eondition. Charles Boucher, a prosperous farm - or, of the third range, retiree to rest last night at his home, where he lived with Ids wife and eight children. Miss Mario Levesque, school teacher, boarded with Boucher. About midnight Mr, Bolt - cher was awakenee by the cryiug of mut of his children, who seemed to be very much afraid. He rose quickly, and up- on leaving his room found, that the house was on fire and that. he was eut off from the portion where the children were sleeping by a wall of fire. He shout- ed to awaken the other members of the household. His wife awoke, and stricken with ter- ror at the aight of the flames rushed from the house. Maternal instinct proved stronger than fear, however, and she tried to reach the little ones, Her at- tempt proved futile and she had her hair singed. Meantime Mr. Boucher, af- ter waking up the other members of the household ran for help. When lie return- ed it was too late to lend any 'aid to the children. The eldelit daughter, Anna Boucher, who was eighteen years of age, might have secured her own .safety, but she succumbed in hes efforts to bring tier younger brothers and sisters to safety. The father and mother as well as the school teacher, and a two-year-old boy, who had been asleep in the room °with his parents, were the only members of the household who escaped the flames. Mrs. Boucher, after losing her hair, had to abandon her efforts to save her children and fell unconss•lous and al- most choked with smoke, at the en- trance of the house. She was remov- ed to the residence of her brother-in- law, Mr. Alexander Boueher, where she is still lying in a precarious condition. The house was entirely destroyed. 4:4----- BURNED TO A CINDER. • The Terrible Death of James McBride, a Wealthy Farmer. Ottawa, April 24. -Burned almost to a cinder, the body of James McBride, farmer, fifty-three years of age, was found among the ruins of his house, about a mile south of Bell's Corners, this morning. The discovery was made by Mr. Patrick Hammill, fernier, who lives near the McBride homestead. Ile rose about 5.30 o'clock and his atten- tion 'was attracted to the McBride home, from which Smoke was pouring in volumes. A ghastly sight inet Ms eyes when he- investigated further. On a heap of bricks and mortar lay the body of McBride. Every stitch of cloth- ing had been burned off, and the re- mains were.so charred as to be almost unrecognizable. Mr. Hamill did not disturb the body, but at 01200 notified Mr. Frank Gosslin. According to the story of a litttle daughter of Mrs. Michael Shen, who lives about a mile and a .quarter from McBride's,' the house, a small frame structure, was on fire at 11 o'clock last night. Neighbors say that Mr. Mc- Bride had been ailing for some time with rheumatism, but state that they never heard him complain of being ill. Mr. McBride was wealthy. He was mar- ried, but had been _separated from his wife for several years. She is at Nia• gara Falls. t G. T. PACIFIC TERMINAL. Ten Thousand Acres Purchased on Kaien Island. Victoria, B. C., April 24. -It is learned on the authority of one close to the present Government that an arrangement has already been made which practically settles the question of the Pacific ter- minals of the Grand Trunk Pacific. It has been felt for some time that the ter- minus would be farther south than Port Simpson, and it is said. to have been de- finitely selected at Tuck Inlet, on Kaien Island, about twenty-five miles south of the points usually regarded. as the ob- jective of the railway. The gentleman mentioned states that the Grand Trunk officials have purchased from the Gov- ernment for $1 per acre ten thousand acres- on Kaien Island as a site for a future city on the north coast. This was placed under reserve abouta year ago. It is an island. only at high tide be- ingseparated from the mainland aethat period. Only when the tide is out it is a peninsula. The harbor is said to be of the best, and the approaches from the ocean and protection of the harbor as good as can be desired. _ SENT THE WIDOW $roo, - Conscience Money Paid at Chatham After Many Years' Interval, Chatham, April 24. -When ,Tudge Hou- ston returned to his office after lunch- eon this afternoon he found a bulky en- velope addressed to himself lying upon Crown officers yet hope to get more . his desk. On opening the envelope the from Mrs. Covell, who is still in a serious Judge found it to contain one hundred condition. Doctors say that they are ' dollars in bills, with the following pen - not surprised at her Wiii'. to tell every- once message: thing immediately after the finding of "Kindly forward to Mrs, John Wall. the body of Miss Lowry, Sometimes her e cheated him once." mind is it blank as to all that occurred, The contents were doubtless tonsei- and. any suggestion that is melte elle enee money, and 11,TOSO from some trans. readily 1 falls in with. Mrs. Covell as., actiost when the late John Wall eonduct- serted to -day that she has not seen the ed a dry goods business in Chatham murderer slime the, crime, and added Ceti many years ago. judge Houston for - she would know him. warded it draft for the amount to Mrs. "If it WaS my onyl son," she said, "1 Wall this afternoon, enclosing the note woulil give hint up to the officers of the of explanation. Mrs. Wall is now living law," ht Cleveland, Ohio. f ' Had Been Threatened. 1 t One man who at one time threatened LEFT THEM IN MID -OCEAN. 1 Mrs. Covell will be seen by the officers - ts.mosssw, Ales; 'wins the youllg Cowardly' Desertion of Sinking Ship by farmer, who testifi ed at the inquest, Steamer, same into thevillnee with some friends 'London, April 23. -The Dutch steamer on Saturday night!' aed eonvinced De. Irene lauded at Cardiff twenty men of tective Rogers that he received the le- 1 110 French fishing steamer Alice, which jury to his face by running against the foundered off Newfoundland. The Alice barn door, wee thnt he took the short experienced shocking weather, was twice out through Biti'nes' lane to his home. dismasted and spreng a leak. Tier sig. Wing "Vs he II" c'1imkt'1t 111 11010" "f eels brought an miknown steamer with. himself the last -time. ie five hundred yards, but when the One of the Crown officers to -day de- . crew had taken to tlin boats, she melte scribed the ease 118 "0 herd proposition," off. The men had. to return to their and it mystery \Odell may never be clear- . vamps, 51181for six doys itna nights kept ell up, It may be found advisable to J1 the Alin afloat. They were in the last offer a reward for information that will . stage of exhaustion When the Irene bore lead to the meat and conviction of tee • down, the decks being awash. murderer. M.A.1115 Benjamin CoVell, in whose home Miss 'Are We free mon or are we slaves'?" Lowry wag murdered,is_ In rather thundered the orator. pause for a re - straitened eireaustanees. Iiia wife cati- ply." "'Well, most of us are married," not he moved end nobody in the neigh. came the answer from the very last rOW bottled/ 05111 be had to stay in the houee of Segs, Slump in -May Wheat Marks Collapse of Corner. -o-e-seesosess*.-•-e-e-•-•-•-•-sse-s. Less Of Gates crowd-44,59°mo to $3,000,000. Loss of Joseph Leiter in 480- 09,o00,o00. Loss to Edward, L. Harper in 1887-$3,o9o,000 to $7,000,000. Loss to James. R, Reene1- $4,000,000. Gain by "Old Ruach in x888 - $2,000,00b, 4-•-• 4-+ Chicago, 111., April 3.se-Failure -wits written indelibly bite the history of the May wheat deal yesterday, when prmes crashed downward through a range of 10 cents a bushel, and left the pit in the fiercest whirlwind. of excitement it has experienced since 1898. The end of the deal is not yet, but on the boasted "cor- ner" the post-mortem has been held, and the Wall street crowd, headed by John W. Gates, is out of pocket a sum that probably runs into the millions. Only a part of the gambling proposi- tion has been disposed of. When all has found a resting place, the merchandising of real wheat will begin, and more money will have been consumed. The average price of wheat since the middle of Feb- ruary is $1.15. The selling of 4,000,000 -bushels °yesterday at $1.05 means a loss of $400,000. For 10,000,000 more (count- ing tlie entire holdings et 20,000,000 bush- els), the Wes 011 this basis will be $2,- 000"0100 21eeash wheat whit+ will be offered to Mr. (tales on delivery day can scarcely be sold for more than 00 or 05 cents, if it brings that figure. With all these things to be considered, Mr. Gates and his crowd stand to lese apparently $5,- 000,000 before the corpse is fully dis- posed of, Prices Hammered Down, Convinced of their defeat at the hands of more experienced, Western powers in the grain trade -this means the so-called Armour crowd -with which, in self-de- fence, they combined their energies when they saw the last hole of escape closed against them, the Gates people liqui- dated on an enormous scale in all the principas markets of the country. From $1.10, the price which marked the close of Thursday's session, the option here was driven down in the most sensational manner to 08% cents a bushel. When the final bell sounded at noon and the perspiring traders had experi- enced one of the most exciting times in the history of their operations in the pit, there was one name that outshone all others-Vidennne. The quiet, always cool and calm leader of • the Armour forces in the active markets departed from the floor the greatest trader, in the minds of the "crowd," in the country. July Deal Next, But the collapse of the corner in May wheat was not the only motif in yester- day's operations. Another chapter, quite as interesting as that of yesterday's, is to be written into the speculative annals of the current year. The material .will be furnished by the Armour wise men, and. it will concern July wheat. While the bull deal in May wheat was breathing its last, a similar movement, to all appearances and upon the confi- dent, belief of the closest observers, was being formulated iu the July future. Against the almost universal liquidation of nearby option July 'MIS bought in all the leading western and northwestern markets, and Valentine and Gates were Ilia ones who took the offerings. • The manner in which the combined forces have accumulated between six million and ten million bushels of the July 'wheat within the last week is re- garded as sufficient evidence of the in- comparable cleverness of Valentine, who directed the plans for acquiring the grait lting the attention of the traddin general on the May deal by keeping that month in a maelstrom of insane excite- ment, he spread his brokers about and steadily took on the July without arous- ing much suspician. Nov, say the wise ones, he is in control of the July •situa- tion, but whether he intends to boom' prices or keep the .publie „seuessing, as it has been guessing in the May campaign, is a question that no one is willing to answer. The scenes attending the startling de- cline were such as seldom before have been witnessed in the world's ,ffrentest wheat pit. Almost frenzied. in their anx- iety, the traders in the pit, huddled like steers in a stampede, awaited the open. Mg bell. That aensations would develop in the course of the short session was believed by 'everybody. When Valentine pushed hia way into the midst of the excited crowd with an irritating •expression of calmness in his face, the mass began to surge, simply because it could not keep timid of the bell was the signal for a roar of voices, a din that never be- fore has been equalled, according to men \Oa were present at th0 stormy sessions that marked the most exciting periods in the Leiter and Harper deals. Clothing WAS tOrn, hats smashed, foul bodies bruiesd in the frantic efforts of the trail- tO the graiu. SMALLEST ENGINE IN THE WORLD. It Stands on a Five -Cent Piece, and is Operated by Steam. Indianapolis, April e5. -John 11. Nit- ningbam, a jeweller, of Eaton., hes con- structed whet is believed to be the smallest engine in the world. It, stands on a five -cent piece, and so small 4.1%,- someof its parts that a magnifying glass is necessary to distinguish them. It is rue by steam mid operates at a remark- able rate of speed. The screws that hold the parts together are made of needles, and the eyes are so fine 09 to defy the naked rya. The boiler is made of a part of a hand bieycle pump. The strikleg boxes are packed with lila scraped from silk thread, cotton beim; too imam for the purpose, KILLED POWER GRAB BILL It Was Too Crooked Even for the Albany Assenibly, Albany, April 25.- The. Niagara Ismer grab has been killed. The bill WAR 011 the celendar in tile Assembly for final action, but et the hut moment its sun - porters in the Legislature weakened, mid diet not dare to fight for it in the *pen. As a result the bill was laid Aside unt11 next Wedftestlay, which wane that it has been abandoned. The Niagara grab has been one tif the most nototious bills of the session, it ia in effect it proposition to hand over O few million dollars' worth of public „ . property to the lelagaaa, Lockport .4.4t sOntario Power Company, It also en. dangers Niagara Fells AB OHO of the . scenic, wonders of the world. A persistent lobby has been at work for the bill ever since the session %m- en and rumors have been rife that large sums of money were being offered, esn- tingent upon its passage. By choking the bill off at this juncture, the Legislature has avoided the danger of adjourning with. it great scandal on its hands. DOES OAHAPA DESPISE ? Is That the Dominion's Feeling Tewerdlt British Government? London, April 25.-Tbe Morning Post, in •an articlegiving facts regarding the importation of United States jour- nals in Canada, similar to those argued when Lord Stanley refused to consider a reduction in postage from Great Bri- tain, says: Here is one of the innumen able.instances of lack of commercial- com- mon sense which causes the inhabitants of the colonies to despise the British Government. The Imperial authonties have often displayed a ridiculous incap- acity to get their money's worth in ne- gotiations. The various improvements at Esquimalt and Halifax and the senseless squandering of money in South Africa of anykind an imperial scandal. All these thgs areinagainst Imperial federation kind which the man of Great Bri- tain always defines as putting the em- pire on a business footing. 7 • FLEECED THE INVESTORS. -- A Queer State of Affairs in Plantations Company. Boston, April 25.-Stratling revela- tions regarding the Ubero Plantations Company, of Boston, and the Con- solidated rhino Plantations Company were made at a meeting of stockholders and bondholders to hear a report of an investigating committee. :According to Postoffice Iiispector Snow, the compan- ies have received for stock and bonds $1,500,000. 14 is alleged that ex -Con- gressman W. D. Owens, of Illinois. original owner of the land in Mexico, is now in Egypt, and that A. W. Sted- man and F. C. Hurd, of Bostoe, officers of the companies, are in Paris. The companies claim to raise rubber, coffee, and: other tropical products. The stockholders allege that $1,485 worth of corn is all that was ever raised on the 3;000 acres of land, and that the coffee the company pretended to raise 1105 bought in New York. • !- SENSATIONAL SUICIDE. A Marchioness' Mad Act in Milan Cathedral. Milan, April 25. -Marchioness ini, who was also an Austrian viscount- ess, who was only 27 years old, shot her- self with 0 revolver here in the cathedral this afternoon, while the place was filled with worshippers attending the (lotx1 Friday:services. Everybody present, WitS horrified by the act. A priest hasten- ed to the marchioness, and found her speechless. Tie administered the last.rites of the church and th, n had her remov- ed to a hospital. She died on the way there. The cathedral being thus dese- crated, was immediately closed, and it must be solemnly reconsecrated before services can be renewed. The suicide is ascribed to domestic unhappiness. The marchioness was living npart from her husband. ▪ : I TEN THOUSAND IN A DAY. Unprecedented Rush of Immigrants Into the United States. New York, April 25. -Four transat- lantic steamers which arrived at this port to -day brought 9,675 steerage pas- sengers, the largest number ever passed, in quarantine in 0113 day. Never since Ellis Island has been es- tablished as a clearinghouse for for- eigners entering the United States has the Immigration Bureau there been so crowded with the newcomers. 14 was impossible to handle the great throng in one day, and at least 4,000 had to remain over night aboard the ships on. which they arrived, as six thousand is the limit of Ellis Island's clearing ca- pacity. Up till last night 62,791 immigrants had been landed this month, compared with 42,447 up to the same date in April last year. FIGHT CHICAGO UNIONS. The Employers' Association Defies the Striking Teamsters. Chicago, 111., April 25. -Business agents for forty-seven teamsters' unions in Chi- cago have been instructed to demand that employers cease hauling goods to Montgomery Ward & Co., whose team- sters and garment workers are on strike, A refusal will in each case result, it WaS stated, in the calling of a strike by the joint council of teamsters. This action was taken this afternoon at a meeting, presided over by Interna- tional President Shea. The business agents started out et once to present the eltimatum. The Chicago Employers' Association buts definitely posted a placard on every wagon owned by the new teaming cor- poration backed by the nssociation, which reada: "This wagon belongs to tbe in- dependent company. We. deliver goods to Montgomery Ward & Co., and employ r non-union drivera." Below this placard Is posted a copy • of tut injunction issued. by Judge Bren- tano, prohibiting any interference with the business of Montgomery Ward & Co. >- JAILER TOO MUCH FOR THEP/I, Foiled Desperate Attempt at Jailbreak- ing in Spain. Madrid, April 24.-Eive notorious, aim - 'eels, who are confined in the prison at Corunint, made it desperate attempt to escape to -day. They eut the bars from one of the windows and used theebroken _pieces to break their shackles with. When the jailer went to a11 thent they seized, gagged and bound him. While nue of the prisoners watched hint tin others went to force -au outer door, The jailer, who is a man of herculean strength, broke his bonds and killed the man who lutd been sot to 1104011 111111. Ile ealled for help and other keepers ran to his assistance. A desperate fight oceur. red between the keepers and the pris- oners who were seeking their liberty. rltimittely the latter were overpowereel and reslutekled. DRANK CARBOLIC ACID, Former St. Cathatin; Wonuin Commits Suicide at the Falls. -Niagara, Y., April 23. -Mrs. May Dunn eornmitted suicide this morn- ing by taking carbolie acid at the family home 011 Ventre -avenue. Death followed Avail surprising rapidity. She Was 35 vems af itgeoand wife of joint Ditmulnit hint been twice married before, first to a Mr, Vilittmere, Previone to her marriage to Donn, she 2188 0 Mrs. Webster, of Sr. Catharines, Oat,. froin whieh city they came here to live. /1 ite Mid she had atenipted self-destruction twice before. BOOM OF GUNS HEARD OFF KARAM BAY„ Relieved That Rojestvensky Was Engaged With a Portion of Togo's fleet. Kamimura's Fleet Said to Rave Been Sighted Near the Philippines, France Asked Russian Government to Order its Fleet Out of French Waters. Saigon, French Cochin China, April 23.. -Last night heavy catumeading was heard out at sea. It is supposed the Russian fleet was engaged with a por- tion .1 the Japanese squadron. PROBABLY JAP SCOUTS. London's Explanation of the Heavy Firing Heard. Londou, April 24. -Interest in the war still centres on the Baltic fleet, but be- yond the official statement that it has sailed from Kamranh Bay there is no newe of its movements. Correspondents st Tokio report some relief in the popu- lar tension, although yerification of the suspicion that the Russians have had a harbor 011 the Indo-China coast for more than -a week brings the realization that they have accomplished their purpose In revietualing and recoaling awl otherwisa preparing for battle undisturbed. .De- spatchea from Saigon represent Aaiun- -11 Rojestvensky, his officers and mews , us highly confident of victory. They ex- pect Admiral Niebogatoff's squadron to join them any day. Admiral Jonquieres visited the fleet and bade farewell to Ad- miral Rojestvensky before the , latter miled. They exhibited great cordiality. It is believed that Admiral Rejest- vensky will remain for a fortnight long- er in Annam waters, and that after Ad- miral Niebogatoff arrives the fleet will - be divided, one section engaging the Ja- panese, while the other makes a detour _ and attempts to reach Vladivostock. The firing heard off Ktunranh Bay Saturday night is supposed to indicate an. en- gagement with Japanese scouts. Tokio, April 23, -It is reported that _ the crew of the cruiser Diana, which is interned at Saigon, were conveyed to the other Russian vessels while they Were. in Katuranh Bay. Hong Kong, April 23. -The British - fleet is hurrying preparations for imme- diate departure. Employees of the newel 1 yard who were away for the Easter hell - days have been recalled. FLEET HAS DEPARTED. Leaves Kamranh Bay Under Orders From the Car. London, April 23. -The French Govern- ment has been officially informed that tl ieissian Baltic fleet left Kamranh Bay yesterday. Its destination is nn - known. A despatch from Paris to the Central News says that Admiral Rojestvensky's -- fleet has sailed from Kamranh Bay, and Kamimura's Fleet Sighted at the Phli- is coaling off the Island of Hainan, which ippines. is Chinese territory. The fleet was directed to leave by the . London, April 24.:--A despatch to the Czar,who personally sent an order to Datillayl activity is being displayed there. Mail from Mani1a. says that un- ' Admiral Rojestvensky. St. Petersburg us despatches to the French Foreign Office - There has been it conference between the state that the instructions were 'explicit . American admiral, the military coni - that Rojestvensky keep outside of French - mender, and the Japanese Consul. The Admiral will confer with the Governor territorial waters -and respect French neutrality fat the summer capital Monday, The ully. Consul says that the Japanese warships, Officials in Paris take the view that of the coming of which he has been noti- France has secured all that Japan can reasonably ask. ' fied, will not enter the bay, but will The following semi-offical announce- cruise outside. mein; wTo Assemble South of Formosa.as published at St. Petersburg last night: . _ London, April 23.-A news agency "Admiral Rojestvensky, who was in- despatch from Manila says the Japan - e egrant formed of Japan's protest against his ese Consul there has received a t I stay at Kamranh Bay, hannouncing that .Admiral Togo's mainas been notified , qua( i.on 11 ill assemble south of Formosa. that it is necessary that he should not 8 s KSmimura's Squadron. violate French neutrality or remain in . London, .April 24.-A despatch front territorial waters of he has actually used Mattila April 22, to the Daily Mail, aayst such waters." The French authorities at Saigon htwe onitfl.zire- The s - rill a inspected four Rusm sian steners which "Vice -Admiral jiampraanle!sreConsul leieeet Togo's ii arrived there for e purpose of embark- : soluble souh o tf Formosa. on 20. 'n Po' e usntities of coal "The The authorities have ordered that the i eeived 11 long cipher message concern - shipment of the coal be prevented, and j ing Kamimura's squadron, which is ex - that the vessels be allowed to load only . peeted to -morrow (Sunday). The Consul iilslenaisititesindte7 Manila har- enough to last thein on their voyages. iii:tos1;sitntlite.HIsailviiiieipseltrri• - Arrived Off Manila. SATISFIED.TKaIkOenbyFrance Deemed now off Corergidor Island. It is imp - The ActioTn° - poeed here that they are Japanese yes - Manila, April 23. -Three warships are Effective. eels. Japititese Consul le_larita is -hourly Tokio, April 23. -The announcement - Game of Naval Hide and Seek. expeetmg N. ice -Admiral Issummura. that in response to Japan's representa- tions France has promised the expulsion of the Russian second Pacificsquadron St. Petersburg, April 23. -Vice -Ad - from leamranh Bay, and affirmed, lir enist' Rojetvensky continues- his poi - determination to maintain neutrality, ts se - y of strategic silence, and has ali- ' 1.eceived here with pleasure, and hswered the Admiralty's message of as re- lieved the tension of petiole!. Rojestven- fooling, al- last Saturday, pointing out that the. though it is believed. that it position of the French Government on sky entered Krunrituli Bay for the puneutralityr- regulations only by putting pine of finally preparing for a dash to spa, giving no intimation of his plans or destination. Russian naval north, the purpose was accomplished be- eireles would not be surprised if it Fore he was ordered to leave. should, develop that the squadron had There is also a suspicion that Rojest• been already two days or more on the vensky may simply make a technical re. way north when the instructions were moval from French territorial waters by -ming outside the three-mile limit. Hence . . • cabled to him, and that the Admiralty the incident will 101110111 une oset un i was aware of, and when the message was the Russians depart .from Tittle -Chinese sent asking the Admiral to move outside waters. the three-mile limit if he happened. to be The Foreign Office in a statement is- in Freneh territorial waters. A prom - sued. to -day says: "The French Gov- inent naval ,offieer here last night called eminent, upon receipt of the is.port the present state of affairs "a game of naval hide and seek," and deelared that that the Baltic -screadron luta arrived : th at Kamranh Bay, Instructed the Gove Admiralty was justified in sending - minim despatches, especially :13 there enter -General of Indo-China, to strict.< 1 iy enforee the ules of French neutral - was reason -to believe that one motive of ity. Subsequently the Japanese Gov- _ Japan in pressing," the question was the r - eminent, lodged it protest with Frtmee, desire to learn the exact position of Ro• and the French Government issued . jestvensky's squadron. new special instructions to the Gov- i t t. e2nor-General for transmittal to the 'T Russians, ordering them to leave WON'T AKE WETS. Ereneh -territorial waters as soon as the Russian fleet have otpresseil thent- selves as confident of thew ability to ' meet any situation which may arise. It is stated that Admiral Rojestvensky is suffering :rem dysentery. Before the departure of the squadron Vice -Admiral Rojestvensky visited Ad- miral Jonquieres, No Russian officer or sailor landed from the fleet in Kaniranli Bay. They had expected Niebogatoff's detachment of the squad- ron to arrive at any moment, britain Backed Up Japan, London, April 23. -The Paris corre- spondent of the Pall Mall Gazette un- derstands that Sir Francis Bettie, the British Ambassador to France, inter- rupted an Easter holiday and returned. to Paris in order to present to the French Government a note from Great Britain, supporting Japan's representa- tions against the Russian breach of neutrality at Ictunnteh Bay. ABOUT KAlyIRANH BAY. Has No Habitation and No Telegraph System. Paris, April 2 3 .-Off eials here main- tain that the gravity of the Franco - Japanese issue over neutrality has been considerably relieved by the vigorous measures which France adopted. Em- peror Nicholas' orders to Vice -Admiral Rojestvensky to leave French waters are the direct result. To have the Emperor give a decisive order, it IS said here, signifies that si...iche order must be obeyed, whereas Vice -Admiral Rojestvensky has exercised his personal discretion as to observing orders emanating from the Russian Ad- miralty concerning French waters off the coast of Madagascar. It is the official application of the order that the depar- ture of the squadron should have occur- red yesterday. However, it is recognized that delays inay occur in getting the Ent- peror's orders to Rojestvensky, as it took four days for Rojestvensky's last telegram to reach St. Petersburg. This is due to the remote and desolate char- acter of Kam -rants Bay. Heretofore leanwanh Bay has been an unknown spot, although an adventurous Frenchman, the Marquis de Munville, has established a small colony there. The Marquis uses this colony as a base for hunting expeditions and for carying on a considerable trade with coast points.. Except for this primitive settlement Kamranh Bay has no habitation, no tele- graph, no Custom. House, and no official Customs of any kind. JAY WARSHIPS OFF MANILA. _ p ossible. The Governor-tleneral tele- Peature of Prime's Coming Visit to India graphed, replying that he had Which Rajahs Don't Like taken . London, April 25. -If the natives of be, the necessary measures :wording to instructions. "The French Government simultaue• die were puzzled in the recent great dun ously addressea the Russian Govern- bar to see the king's own brother, the Duke of 'Connaught, yielding precedence ment, asking that the Admiral be in- i„, 11110 tO royal blood are likely to be he. structed to leave Freneit territorial io Vieeroy Curzon, their ideas ,of what waters. .et when the Priem of Wales "TRussian Government replied that titrittisminlillila it had already sent such instructions. It is 'stated that the Prince will never The Freneh geve .assumnees that they hita taken, mul won t ta18 1 . . will 1)111(1 A few durbars. but on OM 'Oe• e over VieeroV CurzOn. He ,' take preeedene necessary 11180821108 to 00 that nein trality is rigorously respected." Another .announeement in eonnection ..easIolis tho Viceroy will not be present. , with the Prinee's visit which does not --- meet with the approval of the native It0g811/11181tY ILL Wens is that Rajahs will not be allowed Russiart Admiral Reported to be Mt the , k to make him preseuts. The reason far Sttigon .April 23. -No news has Wee - tst emit oceasions 'compete most jettIoutily :SicList, 1 this 18 doubtless the -fact thet the rajahs. resolved 'here. of the Russian squadron as to who shal make the niest mageiii. since it left Kannanh Bey at mid-day cent gift. for which the poor taXpayere Saturday. Tito °Meetsand men of suffer aceortlingly.