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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1905-08-31, Page 7REDEMPTION PRICE F SAGHAIIN ISLAND. May be Settled by Arbitration as Was the Dogger Bank Trouble, Conference of Japanese Cabinet Officers in Session at Tokio This Morning. St, Petersburg Svet Says Russia Desires a Battle Between Linevitch and Oyarna. • sPortsmoutla Aug, 27e --At the very tutomeut when the peace conference was About to end in failure President Roose- velt Itas stepped into the breach nail caused ft postponement of what was gen- erally regarded as the final meeting. The lucre fact that through the President's efforts the meeting fixed for to -morrow will not be held until Titesdity may aot appear to be a very important develop- ment, but it means auother 24 llour gained), aud every additional day that the conference lasts affords reanon for hope of a successful outcoine. It was at the solicitation of the Ja- panese envoys that the arrangement for the postponement of the next meeting was made. Tbey were impelled to this course by a message from Baron Kan- eko, Japanese financial agent in this country, who acted in behalf of the Pre- aident, with whom he hadg frequent con- lerences recently, The purpose of the President in requesting that there be no "session of the plenipotentiaries. until 'Tuesday has not been disclosed. authori- tatively, but there is reason to believe le expeets the japauese Government will aend new instructions( to Baron Komura and Mr. Takabira, which may have some effect upon the -outcome of the negotia- tions. Mr. Taltahira, according to infor- mation obtained from Russian sources, told. M. de Witte this evening that a response which be and bits colleagues, Baron Konntra, was expecting to a com- munication they 'bad sent to Tokio had not arrived, and it was desired that ad- ditional time be given for the receipt Baron Komura had a ten -minutes' vonversation over the telephone at mid- night with some person in New York. Although Mr. Komura declined to dis- cuss the matter, it is learned that he . was called up by Baron Kaneko, who is in New York. Much of the President's work for peace bee been conducted through Baron Kaneko. Russians Preparing to Leave. 'When the conference adjourned tardily it was with the understanding that they should next assemble at three o'clock to -morrow afternoon. The Rus- sians did. not hesitate to state that un- less something unforeseen and entirely unexpected occurred, Monday's 'mettle; would mark the ending of the Porte - mouth negotiations. 8o convinced were they that there was not the slightest -prospect of peace that they began peak- ing their trunks, paying their bills and making every preparation for an early departure. M. de Witte, it was learn- ed, lad decided that he would leave Portsmouth not later titan Tuesday af- ternoon, and. after making brief visits to Chicago and. Niagara Falls, would sail for Europe on aeptember 3. In bis mind not it. vestige of hope renuuned. The commands of the Czar against Um payment of an indemnity were impera- tive, and the Russian envoy bad not the slightest ground for been suspecting the Japanese would abandon them demand for monetary consideration. Alas, M. de Witte looked forward to to- morrow's meeting resignedly, convinced that it would be a formal procedure, devoted mainly to drawing up a proto- col es disagreement. The request of the Japanese that there should be it postponement of the session uutil Tues- day was therefore a total surprise. To -night the Russians seemingly are encouraged by the faint hope that their adversaries will submit new proposals which may be acceptable to the Czar. Tim Japanese, abandoning their usual reticence, frankly admit that it was at their request that the postponement from Monday until Tuesday was agreed upon, (ma that they were actuated in asking for it by a sense of courtesy to President Roosevelt. They decline to say whether at Tuesday's meding-they will submit new proposals to the Rus- sian envoys. • “ Mr. Takahlra's Statement, Mr. Takithiraa wbo called upon M. de Witte this evening while Baron Komura was absent at a dinner party, (mid in an interview after he had left M. de Witte% apartments: I "I went to M. de Witte to -night and proposed that the conference athould be held on Tuesday afternoon, --lasstead of on Monday afternoon, and ' he consented, The action was taken because we thought that as we bad been brought here to discuss terms of peace through the efforts of the Presi- dent of the United States, it would be well to go slowly and cautiously be- fore ceding the conference, out of courtesy to lam. Whetber .Tapan will have any new proposals to make when we meet on Tuesday I ant not prepared to say yet. "But our reason for asking for a post- ponement was entirely apart from the question of whether there would be any new proposals." Why Peace Conference Halted. Japan's Proposal—Russia to purchase back from Japan the northern half of the island of Saghalin and pay for it the sum of 1,200,000,000 yen ($000,000,- 000), for remuneration for the war ex- penses of Japan. Rejected. Russia's Counterclaim—Japan to yield back to Russia, without payment, the northern half of Saglialin, aiid Russia to pay liberally for Japan's care of Rus- sian prisoeers, the sum alluded to being $100,000,000. Rejected. Difference of $500,000,000—The am - omit of difference between Japan and Ruesia is one billion yen, or a500,000,000, anti there seems to be an irreconcilable difference over the question of remun- eration, ,Tapan insisting strongly on ob- servance of the "principle" •of =tuner- ation, to which Russia will not consent. But neither side has yet presented an ultimatum. ^ RUSSIAN REFUSAL NO BLUFF. St. Petersburg, Aug. 27. --The sooner it is recognized that the real desire 01 the Russian Government is that the war shell continue, the atelier the world will understand the situation from a Russian point of view. The Czar feels that with half a million men in the field to give the battle he cannot buy peace. It is not pride alone that impels him to this course. The pimalty for yielding to the Japanese pressure would be far more tangible than the sense of disgrace and dishonor. He dare not make peace, even if he desired to do so. APPEAL TO ROC.KEFELLER. Paris Paper Suggests That He Should Pay Indemnity. Paris, .Aug. 27.—Owing to the reports from Portsmouth indicating that the question of peace between Russia and Japan hinges solely upon Russia pas ing 8,11 indemnity to Japan, the Matin cabled last night to John D. Rocke- feller, suggesting that as President Roosevelt is making noble end hensic efforts to end the struggle between two nations, the question arises as to whe- ther another American would not shere the glory of President; Roosevelt and complete Me work by overcoming the sole obstacle now hindering peace. lie would time demonstrate the might of money in powerful and. generous hands. John D. is Silent. Cleveland, 0., Aug. 27.—Mr. Rooke - feller declines to make - any statement concerning the cablegram from the Paris Malin. FRONT IS WIDELY EXTENDED. Both Sides Received Considerable Rein- forcements. Ganau Pass, Manchuria, Aug. .27. — Since the Japanese reconnoitred the Rusaian centre about 25 or 30 miles on Aug. 10, which resulted in retaliatory skirmishing, as well asthe checkmat- ing of a wide •thovement of consider- oble bodies of troops throughout three days, nothing important has occurred. During the long quiet there have been reinforcements of both sides, giving the theatre of war a much changed ap- pearance. The front has been greatly extended., tnade possible by the use of the unexampled size of the armies, the character of the third stage of the war, whether it be active hostilities, de- mobilization or thie. garrisoniug of con- tested territory, will be complicated. The relative positions of the two IS MIX DOYLE /MAN[? HIS DEFENCE AT COMINMRIAL. Unable to Prove That the Murder WasiCommitted by Any One Else—Doyle in Poverty. Brantford Courier: Yesterday afternoon - Mr. A. L. Baird and Postmaster Costim of Glenmorris, -visited Felix Doyle at the county jail, when definite arrangements were made for his defence at the timing fall Assizes. Mr. Baird has undertaken the defence •and will personally conduct the ease for the :tensed maa. .„.463:elix. is still most vehemett in his pro- tations of intiocence, Ite declarce that it was tramps who killed his old mother and. be has the utmost •confidence that he will soon be at liberty again. Perhaps it will be better for his own sake if he never again regains freedom; for after it close research into the condition of his finanees, the accused man's -lawyers state that he is absolutely pennilese, The De*house, where tbe tragedy oc- curred, 'was sold 'early in April, and the money realized was eapendea to the last cent in paying up his. debts. Even at that a few debts remain unpaid, and. as far as the lawyers can learn the man has not a cent to his tame. As a, result the, 'Crown will probably be required. to pay the witness fees and similar expenses of the defenese. Vrent what he sap, Ma Writ evidently does not expect mooch, Anty, it. the way of monetary remun- eration. The 'Courier hita an interview with lb'. Beira 'Ude morning regarding the probable comae of defoien to be Adopt- ed. The -counsel etatea that the main -contention 'Would be the insanity plea. "We have gone into the ease and looked up evidence," he said, "and at present lame nothing- sensational to of- fer in the way of evidence, We cannot .prove that anytime else did the deed, but I believe we can prove that poor Fe- lix is insane." "Then insanity will be your main line of defence?" "Praetioally. You only need. tee the man to know that he is not right. In fact, I don't believe he was over quite (lane." A story is told to corroborate the in- sanity plea, by people who have known the Doyle family Mr ,years. Exactly two. years ago Felix took it into his heed that im wanted to be a veterinitry sur- geon, He betted of some correspondence course by which he auld obtain the pro- fessional rank for the sum of $60. In order to secure this money he tried to borrow from the neighbors and also -eta ileavered (more the neeessary sum front Ms Doyle. 'One of the neighbors canal at the house -and. asked Airs. Doyle if he would lend Felix the money,. and (le said not to. Fella, she said, watt "going crazy" over the idea of becoming a, vet. "Foe the past ten flights or eo," said Mrs. Doyle, "FON ha% been getting ue regularly in the night aud imaginin that he luta calls to doctor animals, can bear hint mutter, sts it a horse? ne Is 111 11 cow?' atel many other -things like that." "Are you afraia of MAO" she was asked. a011, no," was the reply, "Felix is perfectly harmlese, 1 think."' allawallririgt7 ago, and tho country immediately fee- I writ D lug the aupaneee almoat identieal to • • R rifle must have ben fired from a puha . yerds Matey! armies le comparable to that of it year that whieh confronted them at Liao - Yang, The acquisition of the tailored IN CANADA. 1111(1 )iveas by the ..laparteee illukden, together with their li'eng _Chime communieations, eta" (lee. Kemanitiriee new line of communication and. de- 1 A Little Boy Shot by Mob in Duni- fence, running from the head of nava gation on the Yalu River °cross to mer Township. Kaplan, with the occupation of the Chang Papillae Mountain region, makecontrol of the achuinistratien of klis Sister Also Wounded by a Shot .. . South Manchuria as complete as that achimed in the north by similar organ- from a Gun, izatipit and in the rapia consolidation of these connections and the destiny of Manchuria is clearly fixed' regardless Cuttle-Poisoning and Other Acts of Lawlessness, of other influences. The correspondent, recently traversed , two hundred miles over the old peiiaI hunting reserve on the east flank, Noewood, Aug. 25. ---What looks whicht was opened to settlement soy- something like another Diddulph trag- eral years, ago, Heavy crops of oil edy, a long-stonling feud culminating are antler _cultivation there now, 'Plus la - comprises a region extensively scouted by the Japauese, who appear bold end active pending the negotiations, Tile people cOmplain of hors* thieves and robbers. After an enormous rainfall Sawing the peet ten days it is believed that the itt midnight after being attracted to his ralas. season is closed." ----- bedroom window by the noine of a Portsmouth, N. IL, Aug. 28.—The As- crowds outside. The bullet grazed his societal. Press has defnite knowledge sister's hand, passing through Tommy $ a . that several days ago President Roose- . left side and lodging in the bedpost. ttoeltwluz,,se authorized, on behalf of Japan, There are twit other bullet marks on -the all claim for inderneity or re- imbursement for the cost of the war, outside of the house, and front A cursory ana to cede back to Russia the north - - exaanination made to -day it is believed half of Sakhalin Island, leaving the a Winchester rifle of 38 calibre was used. "redemption price of the same to the aliere are all sorts of stories in cir- arbitration of El. mixed commission." culation to -night, and, knowing the re - This statement was trensmitted to the saltation Robert D. Hill, the father of Russian Emperor through the American the dead OAK, bears in this neighbor - Ambassador at St. Petersburg. An hood, the authorities have declined, Associated Press telegram announced pending the iuguest to -morrow, to ae- •that the Czar's reply was "partially re- opt as sufficient his version of the sponsive." There is reason to believe shooting to warrant any arrests. 11.111, that this ,proposition on behalf of A- without any hesitation, declares that P1111 was not clearly understood at there were five or six of Ids neig,hbors in the party and that st was Stewart Humphrey who held the rifle and fired the shots. Ail -tbe men alleged to have been present at the Hill homestead are industrious and the best people in Dummer townsbip, Nobody believes that any of the party would be capable of doing the shooting, and this circum- stance only clouds the murder in deeper mystery, which promises no early so- lution. Cattle Poisoning and Lawlessness, The Hal homestead is on lot 14, con - Italie Island is de facto Japanese terra fcamoya 7, of Dummer township, Ihe The ;Japanese contention is that Sag - tory and that Russia bas no means at are lifelone residents of the vi- ociinciatyc,artelicer.father%axing a very cheek - It is understood that M. Witte has ed three years and his brother. John five Twenty years ago he sme- ller command for its present recovery. acceptea this view in principle and ex- ' years in the Kingston Penitentiary for pay something in the uature of redemp- 11y with scythes. Of recent years, ow - wounding members of the Olysalale fent- pressed the juastmeut that Russia should It is believed that the Tokio Council, ing to many cattle having died by poi - tion money. , which is in sesaion this morning, soning, there bas been. some suspicion considering this pbase of the question. is much feeling aroused against them. 8o cast upon the Bails, and consequently Conference at Tokio. intense is the bad blood that the Hills have found it absolutely impossible to Tokio, .Aug. 28, 10.30 a.m.—The con- get any of the neighbors to help theutt ference of the Cabinet canters and. I do any threshing or in any way Teti% statesmen which began here early this 1 in. the harvesting opera ions. T St. Petersburg, Aug. 28.—The Svet 1 eat the family off the place, the fare' I il it defined attempt made to morning continues at this hour. I was e well - to -day says: "The Japanese conditions at aat passed out of the hands of Hill to his wife's brother, John Dewart, fif- th -ea or sixteen years ago, when the owner got financially involved. beans, millet, maize, indigo (ma 110111.1) the murder of Tonuny Hill, aged twelve, ana the wounding of nis little sister, Mabel, .aged, ten, has worked up the people of this section and occasion- ed great eacitement. Tommy Hill [as stated in last evening's Times] was shot Peterhof, but wee supeosed to be a re- vival of the effort of Japan to secure an indemnity, under the guise of pur- chase money for the fraction of Sagha- 1111. It is believed that the conference which was held lest evening between Messrs. Witte and. Takahira was for the purpose of clearing up the situation, and it is now not improbable that fol- lowing the precedent of its ally, Great Britain, Japan will agree to settle the whole question of the redemption price 01 Saghalia as the Dogger Bank trou- bles were adjusted, for peace would only be acceptable If a japanese fleet was threatening St Pe- tersburg and a Japanese army was oc- cupying Moscow. Russia will not bow to the Japanese yoke to fulfil Presi- dent Roosevelt's desire to guarantee the American creditors of Japan and to cov- er himself with glory as a peacemaker'. Japan, needing peace, seeks it through the intermediary of her friend, Presi- dent Roosevelt, and makes exorbitant de- mands, while the President is striving indirectly to exact the consent of Rus - 801.. After long and fruitless negotia- tions it would seem that we are •on the eve of what Russia has long desired— it great battle between General Line - vita ana Field Marshal °yenta." The Tokio Conference. Tokio, Aug. 28, 2.30 p. confer- ence of the Cabinet officers and. Elder Statesmen adjourned at 2 o'clock this afternoon, and the participants proceedea to a place where the deliberations were continued under the presidency of the Emperor. It is believed that the decision will mean a, continuance of the war or peace. The capital antinuce to be exceeding- ly quiet. No manifestations have re- sulted from the outwardly critical situa- tion. Peace Hopeless. aTokio, Aug. 28, --The public here re- mains uninformed regarding the latest developments .itt. Portsmouth, but seems to be convinced that peace is hopeless. The market reflected this seatiment. MURDERED BY A LUNATIC. Guard Curtis at Mimic° Asylum for the Insane the Victim. Toronto, Aug. 28. —Albert William Curtis, oue of the attendants at the Mimico Asylum, received injuries on day morning front which he died on Sat- urday. Curtis was struck on the head with a sbovel by one of the patients. Curtis was in charge of a party of six who were engaged. in •cleaning up the main road. He was resting beneath a tree, when the patient, unnoticed, dealt him a blow on the head, fracturieg his skull. The injured man was carried to the main building where the asylinn staff staff and other medical men summoned from the eity, cared for him.. The pati- ent who was responsible for the injuries hae been on inmate of the asylum for the past five years and bed never pre- viously shown any homicide], teudea- 01008.0amer M. M. Crawford was notified of Curtis'. death, and after u thorough investigation and consulta•tion with Act, ing Crown Attorney Siaght, decided that nothing would be gained by holding ae inquest, as the patient wits absolutely irresponsible for his net. Deceased was e young itnglisinnam 111 years old, with no relatives in this col:m- iry. Ilie connection with the asylum dated front July 4 of last yet% • NEW YORK'S LABOR PARADE WILL BE AN iMIVIENSE AFFAIR, New York, Aug. 28. ---Plans were com- pleted yesterday by local labor leaders. _ for a lebor day parade salvia they Oahu, will eclipse in point of tumbere and display auything of the kind ever attempted in this country. More than 50.000 itnion men will be in line. Every 11111011 organization present in the parade will latve out as nearly as teasels ble very man on its nrinbership roll. The United lionsesmithe and Bridge - mens' union will here 5.000 men, From the International Ilrothealtood of Teem - atm' 157111 come 10400. The Brotherhood 01 Carpenter(' .expeets to have 0,000men in the parade, labile the itoekments and Ewa:calms' Union will coutribute The Father's Story. The stirring events of last night at the farm were described by Hill to -day and corroborated by all the rest of the family. It was nearly miduight, lie said, when he heard it crowd coming up - the road. Their conduct was anything but orderly. Hill says they maae threats against the inmates of the home. As he was looking out through the screen door there were several shots fired, one of the ballets just miss- ing his head. A piercing cry of "Moth- er, Pm shot!" caused 1111 1 and his wife to hurry upstairs. where his son Tommy and daughter Mabel had been sleeping. Carrying the boy downstairs to the light, Ilia was jest in time to SCO the little fellow breathe his last. The Little Girl Corroborates. Mabel gives a very clear and remark- able account of the shooting of her brother. Tide little girl asserts that they both heard loud talking, and that she was wounded and her brother kill - ea while looking out of Ike window. Fearing further violence, Hill claims, he made his family keep as quiet as possible, -and the crowd hurried away. Hill accounts for bis failure to give tale Alarm until 7 o'clock this morning, when he came into the village, through fear of a second attack. The father of the dead child bad a long interview with Magistrate J. B. Pearce, and wanted warrants isued for the arrest of the two Murphys and the Dcwart brothers. He claimed to have seen Stewart Murphy holding the rifle by the light of the flash, and re- cognized the others by their VOIVS. Magistrate Pearce delayed action, refer- ring the report of the shooting to Crown Attorney It E. Wood, Police Magistrate George Edmondson, High Constable Cochrane and County Constable Archi- bald 'Moore, all of Teterboro', for inves- tigation. The two last named officers are fiere to -night, and have summoned all the alleged participants in the shoot - Mg to attead the inquest at 10 o'cloek to -morrow morning. A Family Feud. By connecting his nephews, the De - wart brothers, in some way with the shooting, Hill makes the feud a little of a family affair, and as a result no- ticeably bitter. Ile told Magistrate Pearce that be saw the Murphy boys with a rifle going towards the Dewart homestead about dark. John De -art, father of the Dewart boys, told brother of Mrs. Hill, is the owner of the Hill farm. The property was made over to Dewart some years ago, and. Hill's legal proceedings to regain possession has t0 - milted in an endless amount of Mims- tiou and bad blood between the parties. Why Bill Sh011Id NVaiit to destroy alur- playa or anybody elee's cattle nobody seems to know. The Hill Family. Hill is between 50 and 00 years old, and his wife, Bessie, about the same age. There are four boys -tura two gtrls in the family. The •eldest boy is tune - teen years old, and the aunty authori- ties ere treeing his movements prior to the Shooting. It was represented to the Crown officers last night that the young man had deplored the injury done to a farm gate, and it is said that lie was carrying a rifle on Thursday MO for protection. One farmer ints ported that he threatened to use it nu anybody -who came near the gate. Mete is one point upon which MI. are agreed, and that is that there was shooting, itna that it nee done frostt the outside of the. bouse. The feeling in the neigla • boritooa la that 11 a party ilia ;at to the house they fired a volley •only to frighten, and thlit the shooting of the -chi:elan was purely •fteeidental. 15 18 pointed -out that the little ones votila -- net 1)1 seen from the extetior. 118 thOee was no light in the room. For the bullets to lodge where they did expert - mats made to -day indicate thal the th(N: °erliwo(oligAoufg.22J1QTyllellalr iisttelraYs fiptf- - titer's Jiouse in Dummer toWnehip as nn 'incident in a family feud is solved. Chas. : (low, of Wareaw, a South Afrtean • veterma gave laueseir up at 10 o'clock ',yesterday morning, stating that he had • tired the Pita that caus.ed the little lad's death, but did not know of the eoneequenees •of his ect until that morns ing. Ile geve las story of the snout - tug at the inquest yesterday, end the jury, eater hearing the story and that of ,Gowts companioeswhen the shooting wee done,returned it -verdict of a1581 - dental death and added a rater exonerat- • ing Gow from all bleme. The verdict of the jury is generally regarded as in-. • safficient in view of the eircumstances. • Couuty Crown Attorney Wood was eeen end says -that the further course of the Crowe authorities has not been decided upon. The Fatal Shot. It will be remembered that the family of ilobert Hill was uwakenea by cheer- ing and cries about midnight on Thurs- day. Hill eaya that threete were also heitrd. lie and Ms eau William came dowustairs, and as Ise looked out a bul- let was fired Italia j1.1St Inissea his head. At that element a cry of "Put shot, mother," caused Hill aud Me wife to Larry upstairs, where his twelve -year- old boy Teettny aud his daughter Mabel, aged. ten, were Weeping. Tommy was dying, with a bullet wound. in Ids left side, and his sister and. a WOltlla in the hand, probably muse(1 by the bullet that killed the boy. The children bad been looking out at the window, The Mlle declared that they recognizea among their assailants two members of the De - wart family and two of the Murphy family, with whom they have been oe bad terms for years. The Dewarts are nephews of Airs. Hill, and there has been a great deal of litigation and 11111011 feeling because of a dispute between John Dewert, Mrs. Hill's brother, and her husband over the ownership of the farm occupied by the Hills. Gow's Confession. These facts are necessary to a clear understanding of wItat follows. Gow learned •early on Saturday that death had resulted from his shots on Thurs- day night. He conmumicated with Itiath Constable Cochrane at Warsaw, and drove with Coroner Gray and Crown Attorney Wood to the Hill homestead. He seemed agitated, ana expressed sor- row for the trouble he bad brought up- on the Hill family. After telling that he was a farmer and captain of the War- saw rifle team, Mr. tlow feti11 that, with the Murpay Brothers and Eatva.rd De - wart, he had spent the evening at the home of John Dewed. About 11.30 they decided to go home. Stewart and Wm. Murphy .and Geo. Gallagher wine in front on foot, and as they passed the house of the Hills they yelled. and made a noise. Gow was coming on behind in a vehicle in company with Edward Dewart. Did the Hills Fire? As the rig came in line with the lane leading up to the Hills' Gow thought he heard the report of a gun fired from the verandah. As to that he wouldnot swear, because the buggy was making a great racket going over the stones. It was his impression at all events that a shot had been fired. Gm had on his knee an army rifle of which the Dewart boys had had. a loan, and which he was taking bow. The horse was not stop- ped, and the weapon was discharged by him as it lay across his knee. Three shots were fired rapidly arta quite at random as a bluff and without the slightest intention of cloing baton to any - 0110. The other evidence was not of value in bringing out further information. 'The Members of the 11111 family gave evidence, a portion of which dealt with the circumstance attending the outbreak of the feud between thefamily and their neighbors. George Gallagher very positively swore that a shot had been .fired front the Hill homestead, and in. a close examination stuck to hie story 10 such a way as to show that he believed implicitly in its truth. After the verdict Mrs. Hill spo'ke very bitterly, declaring that the party de- served hanging. • Cow is at liberty. Ile is twenty-four years of age, and is due to -day at Ot- tawa for the Dominion rifle ntatebes. FASHIONABLE WEDDING COUSIN OF MRS. 'CLIFFORD SIFTON MARRIED. Ottawa, Aug. 28.---A fathionable wed- diug took place in Ifintonburg on :Satur- day afternoon, when Miss Edythe Sparks, cousin of Mrs. Clifford SWAM, WitS mar- ried to Dr. Leonard Vaux, of Ottawa, son of Mr. Harry Vitux, of Toronto. The Iter. Robt. Eadie officiated, and the cere- mony was performed in Bethany Presay- terian Church. Aliss Winifred \seams oS Toronto, was brideemaid, and Norman Guthrie, barrister, Ottawa, assisted the groom. The bride, who was a daughter of the late Capt. Sparks, who went down with the steamer Asia en Lake Superior about twenty-two yearsago, was given away by her brother, Mr. Meisel Sparks. Hoe. Clifford and Mrs. 8ifton were among the guests present. 7 MINERS' TROUBLE. BATTALION OF NATIONAL GUARDS GONE TO TRACEY CITY. • • • , • . • . ., 1 'I , • . • . 1-11A Women Whom He Wedded Estimate That He Had That Many. He Got All the Mone Y They Possessed and Then Disappeared From View, Reports Come From Many Cities and Detectives Are Now After Him, New York, Aug. 28. J --Just bow many woinea have. been woed,wed awl deeerteld by Da George A. Witzhoaf within the last ten years may never be known, unless detectire* um look- ing for the tamantle young man. bring him into court to Mee hie staves. Four of ido 1vivee Itave elready told their stories and all declaro they have Wis. putable evidence that he married at leasr fifty women inside of ten years •ansi ob. tabled Mate amounts of motley from al- most all a theta before deserting then). Front statements mede by lawyers, act- ing for some Of the wives, it is esti- mated, net Witzhoff has had as many aliases almost as ineariaees. One woman said yesterday that in 1000 he married amen women in one week, and in eita ease- under a different name. Usually he has posed. •as a dentist, and la his prac- tice has made the acquaintance of many young women over witom be appeared to exert.; a etrong influence. It is Klift he is it native of Switzerland, about forty years old, educated and always polite and entertaining. • Witzhofre tnatrimonial methods first came to light more than two yeare ago, when Miss Etta Randall, of No. 123 Sum- mer street, Boston, whom he had mar- ried under the name of pr..Erimund Rei- ter Muller, came to New York and dis- covered two other wives. One was a Mrs. Anna Parioltill, ot Syville, whom Ile had married as Dr. Witzheff, The other vas Miss Lillian bora woh is now living with her parents in No. 70 net 123rd street, Tbese women consulted lawyers, and, on June 9, 1904, George A. Wendhoff, alias Muller, was- indicted for bigamy. He could not be found. Investagation proved that 1110 Man had marriea in Providence under the name of Dr. Hoffer, and reports of his operations began to come in from St. Louie, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, ()Ido, and other cities. Each report told of a young dentist, a marriaae a deser- tion and the disappearance otthe bride's wormy. NEWS IN BREIF fl [1 Yellow fever is spreading to the vil- lages surrounding New Orleans. The Canada Launch Works, Limited, of Outlaw avenue, Toronto, will go into voluntary liquidation. It is 110157 estimated that about one- third of the Manitoba wheat crop Ss cut. London papers generally favor the ettg- geleltIndiesstelitelsegislaive union of Canada with u There have been over thirteen huodred eases of yellow fever and two hundred and fifty deaths in New Orleans. Continuing expansions in the British iron industries is reported by the finan- cial review of The London ?Times. The succession duties office is investi- gating losses in cennection with the im- proper probate of wills in the country. Mrs. Trusdale, a lady of 81 years, wandered from her home near Rainy River to pick berries, and has been mis- sing for the past ten days. Mr. T. G. Mathers, of Winnipeg, has been appointed Judge of the Supreme Court of Manitoba. Toronto street railway employees have agreed to a voluntary tax of $1 for the benefit of every family of deceased mem- bers. A passenger named O'Brien, of Boston, Mass., wes killed at Maple Creek sta- tion, Man., while attempting to board a moving train. aim :Minister or Lands and Mines con- firmed Mr. A. 11. Beath in the owner - (i slistrie ipotf a alining claim in the Sudbury i Robert Rowland, for some years County Councillor of the Comity of York,otries;w3(1,101,1(1.ace. athis residence, 18 Mont - in The barns of Mr. Luther Lander, in West Darlington were burned, with a let ofgrain rtalteic. iaallive stock, by a child play- ligll The steamer 3, W. armament, with it Don Rowing Club excursion on board, broke a shaft and was adrift in French- mana Bay Sunday night. The Canadian Press has learned that the Australian Commonwealth intends to send st commissioner to Canadato re - One ease whieb cam to light yesterday was that of Miss lala, Goldbom, of 51 Weet 117th street. Ile did not marry her, but tad proposed marriage and had been accepted, and obtained- a loan of $800 from her and her relative:" on the pretense that be was about to open a dentist's office, Miss Goldbom diecoverea that he bad a wife in Providence and eonfrontea Wm with her 'knowledge. Mho has not seen him since. When Witzhoffa photograph waesbown to them last night the young woman and her mother both recognized as that of the young den- fast- •' Miss ])orfs mother at first &Mal any knowledge of Witzhoff. ales deelared she • was a Mrs, Friedman, And filet she had 210 daugbetr who had married, Dr. Witz- hoff. A. note of introduction from her dau,gliter's lawyer uusealed her lips, bow - ever, and sbe and her daughter then identified the photograph of Witzhoff. "That man has fifty vretims," said Mrs. Dorf. Witzhoff is said to have obtained about $800 from Miss Dorf and ber fa- ther, who conducts a tailoring establish- ment in Third avenue. Mr. Dorf refused to talk. "I _am an innocent victim," he said, "and I don't want to hear anything about it. If they catch him, that's all I want to know." Great secrecy is being maintained by lawyers and detectives in the case. Coun- sel f er the Boston woman said last night that he expected Witzhoff would be ar- rested in a few hours, "Then," said be, "the whole story will come out. it will surprise many parts of the -country. We do not yet know bow widely Witzhoff extended his operations, but it is not at all extravagant to say he has had fifty yes." 'Two detectives were last night looking for Witzhoff 1 Harlem. I5 is said he has continued his marrying progranune in New York and neighboring cities up to within a few weeks and that he has been seen in New York within a few days. Mrs. Parkhill, who WS a widow when she married Witzhoff, and Miss Randall, of Boston, have obtained divorces, Mrs. Parkhill has married again. port upon the conditions regulating im- migration traffic from Europe, Rev. G. T. attebb has resigned the pas- torate of ',misdate Baptist Church, to become General Cemetery of the I. 13. Y. P. U., with headquarters at Chi- cago. A collective note from the six Embas- sies, g1 ring notice of the appointment of commissioners to control the finances of Macedonia, was presenetd to the Porte to -day.- • The lifth week of the fight against yellow fever at New Orleans began to- day, with a continuance of favorable con- ditions, and was the occasion for hope that the crisis had passed. Rev. C. W. Casson, of Milford, NAL, formerly of Toronto, son of it retired Methodist minister, has accepted a call to the Church of Our Father, Unitarian, Ottawa. The plant of the Canada Machinery Company a.b Point Edward was discover- ed on fire, at 4 aan. There are no water- works there. The buildine.was totally deetro,yed with contents, boss $150,000, with Mem= of about $75,000: Prince mei Princess Arisugawa, who rcpresented the Japanese Government at the marriage of the Crown Prince of Germany, arrived at Yokohama to -day on the German steamer Preussen. They were enthusiastically welcomed home. Millen Beauchamp, of Hull, was fount dead lying beside the track of the Hull Railway about 200 yards west of Bis - son's crossing last night. It is supposed that he bad gone to sleep and was kill- ed by an Aylmer bound .electric car. Rev. Dr. Antos Sheffield Chesbrougit, a former fellow of Yale University taut one of the oldest Coneregational clergy- men in 'Connecticut, ise'dead, at his iioiise at New Hartford, Conn., frotn old age, he bating passed his 92nd birthday last Tuesday. Three Toronto girls, from 13 to 10 years of tare. have been arrested in taut city, two Of them charged with theft and one with receiving stolen goods. A num- ber of chatelaine:a and other stolen ar- ticles have been recovered, among them. a silver watch said to belong to a Ham- ilton lady. Charms of infraction of the rules of the Methodist Church bare been made against Rev. John Armstrong, a super - animated minister, of that church,re- siding et Hochelaga, 'Montreal, arising out of the celebration of tbe marriage ceremony in a show window some months r, in which that gentlemao participitt- Chattenooga, Tenn., Aug. 28.—The bat- 1 's s assassasTs---- Guard left Cowan, at the foot of Cum - talion of Um Third Tennessee National ma BETWEEN CANADA AND BRIT .riand mountain, this morning for Tat- . eey City, the scene of the miners' trouble. The ride is some twenly miles, and will be made with due caution, awl it pilot The Allans Will Probably Carry It for the Next engine, as all sorts of threats have bean made to dynamite the culverte. The of- Five Years. AIN. liars in command are veterans of the Spanish war. Men who are postea in the situation consider the outlook very grave. All is quiet in Tracey City this morning. BRITISH MARINES. Ottewa, Ont., Aug. 28.—(Special)—It is understood that the 'Government bee practically consented to renew for a per- arrangemeet with the Messrs. Allan aw ' •the carryine vf nmil matter between C511 - 15s115 ami the Veiled Kingdona The Al- ' leas wanted a ten-year eontract but this proposition the Ministers have declined 1 to ettertain. The Canada Pacific Rail- !s 'way ompauy has also been applicaeta for this contract And there are void to have been a warm contest between them ; and the present contractina. Your sat-. respoudent gitthers that the Premier and the Ministers of Juatice favotea us • continuation of the arrangement with the MMus. but that Sir ltiehara Cart - Wright believes tiro public interests • woull be much better served by lured- . Beg the serviee ever to the Canadiau Pe- eifie, when the existing hatpin with the Allans antis cot eext eummer. 'the ob- jot -of the Alluisiter of Trade end C010- 01101il1` 'WAS 1101 merely to obtain it super. ior silt ice tbe Atlantie side but to conjoin therewith, if possible, a 'some- iod of five years from August next its WILL TAKE PART AT THE OPENING 010 THE TORONTO EXIII13/0ar. Toronto, Aug. 28.--Prinee Louis of liattenberg, rem admiral -of the British sgnitaron now et Quebee, mat Ills three hundred in:trines, will be in -Misname at the Toronto Exhiiblioe at the opening teentorrow, and a performaiwe will be given by the marinas, tuammpanied be their fine band, In the evenitig. This is one of the most attractive feature% of itlIttleekm, fair. The arena whera e similar per- • formanee was given in Montreal was The Grend ,Truick Ittlihvity Company lat% applied for an injuuetion restreating et lllsitig maehinints tit S trait0I'd 'from to- teffer.ina with workmen at OP OWN there what improved tervice across the contins rut from Alontreal to Iseneouver and there by the C. P. R. -Empress liner to Yokohama. lt 18 computed that with 18 knot boats on the sttistutie fled ttfour day suttee aeross the eoutinent from alontreel to l'uncouver 11111118 auld eas- ily be deliveted between London, Liver- pool ana Volsolmeet 111 twaty, or ut leak, et the outside, to/mita-one days. The contract which the Canedian Pact- fic TIOW holds for the earning of the Ibitish Government of gcneral 1111(11 boat between United. Kingdom and Hong Kong -calls for its delivery during the whiter in Utiity met a half days. The maniy er twenty -nue Stites' passage faun Liverpool to Yokohama would. be -couthletabie improvement of this lime and would, in fart. eetablisit the quick- est imams of communieation between England and japan. It is Meatus that wonla la a great •achietament, for, vita eides making Canaan the mein line •tif trevel betweet latelatiii and the far Esst if might greatly facilitate the •extreisicet tif our own trade mid cotenancy stil h &Trot and Havana, both of which placea are lihely to beams in the near future, large purvbasers of our products,