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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1905-12-07, Page 7U. S. CONGRBS OPENS Fl ITY-Ni NT SESSION. Speaker and Other Officers to be Elected and Members' Seats Drawn for, The New York Legislature's Life Insurance Irt- vestigation Committee to Continue Sitting. Washington, Dee, 4.—Congress will - Senate to order while the House was convene to -day at noon with the metal called to. esder by Clerk McDowell, formalities. The sessioue of the twe Balfour Resigns. bodies will be brief. In the Senate London, Dec, 4, 5.05 p.m.—Premier now members will be worn in end the Balfour ii ted. King Edward at Bucking- ham Pala: s this afternoon and, it routine incident to the first day trawl- understooe. tendered. the re'signation of acted, after which an adjournment will the Cabin( e 1:0 taken out of respect to the memory Th: Insurance Committee, of the hute Senator Platt, of Connect': New Yo Se Dec, 4,—Senator Arm - cut. In the House greater interest strong, Chi 'man. of the Legislature :eife attaches to the proceedings, because a Insurance luvestigation Committee laid complete organization wee necessary. to -day that there was an erroneous im- pression a t the life of the committee This bicludes the .election of a speaker would. end et the beginning of the aext and other officers and the drawing for sesion of tee Legislature on January :1, seats by the members of the House. This, he sr id, was not true, The corn - The first session of the fifty-ninth mittee wore1 continue in existence and could contieue to sit mut take evidence Congress has been looked forward to as unless the Legislature by joint action one likely to be more than ordinarily - ordered it tao stop the investigation. e hope and intend," saul Senator Armstrong, "to finish this investigation by December 31, and to make our re- port to the Legislature before it meets. To push the inquiry further than that would be an attempt to 'exhaut an in- exhaustible subject. We have got at the main things and the moral effect is half. We think we have done all we could in the time at our disposal." The Senator said it is possible that Postmaster General Cortelyou and Cor- nelius N. Bliss, of the Republican Na- tional Committee, would be called but he does not see any reason why they should. Asked, about the probability of callingother witnesses, among whom H. H. Rogers had been mentioned as a. pos- sibility, the Senator said the commitee was not appointed to investigate the Standard Oil Company. George D. Eldredge, viee-presiden and actuary of the Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Company, was the first wit- ness before the committee to -day. eventful. Pending matters of commer- cial and political interests, have pro- ven intensely attractive during the long recess. Columns of newspaper space have been devoted daily for many weeks to predictions of legislative battlethat may be fought by factions interested in the outcome of demands for railroad rate regulation or legislation, on any ono of the dozen public questions of equal importance. The matters, to be urged upon the attention of Congress include the questions of protecting the interests of policyholders in insurauee companies, Panama canal construction, immigration, and the treatment of the Chinese under the present exclusion law, control of corporation s engaged in in- terstatobusinese, corrupt nse -of money ,at elections, as well as the usual divers subjects which, the various executive departments annually present to be re- viewed by eongrese. Vice -President Fairbanks called the WANT A CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY. Warne?, Dec. 4.--A decisive meeting of the League of Leagues is expected, to be held to -day in St. Petersburg, where A project for a constituent assembly will be adopted, and a demand for its accept- ance will be presented to Premier IVitte. The league will wait for an answer until Wednesday, and in case the Government refuses to grant the demand it is under - JILTED, SHE TRIED SUICIDE. Chatham Girl in Detroit Takes Large Dose of Chloroform. Windsor, Ont., Dee. 3.—Piqued be- cause Frank Natais, her lover, had jilted her, Emma Eberts, 10 years of age, made a probably successful at- stempt at suicide by chloroform in De- troit last night. Miss Eberts came }here from Chatham some years ago and procured employment as a domestic. .According to the girl's story she was engaged to Natais. Last night she sent a note to him at the loeal theatre, where he is employed, but he was not there. When she found the note was undelivered, the girl uecame despondent, and at once swallowed a large dose of chloroform. At St. Mary's Hospital the house physicians worked for hours without restoring consciousness. 1. THE WHITE gWELS. DIXON .TO BE TRIED AT WOOD- svieZ FOR THE ROBBERY. Woodstock,. Ont., Dec. 4.—(Special,) —At the Police Court this morning Wal- ter Dixon, °barged with the theft of over $3,000 worth of jewels from John White's home, waived examination and elected to be tried before County Judge Finkle and a jury. He will receive ]ds trial one week from to -day. The court room was crowd- ed with spectators. The false report sent out from Buffalo ,that Mr. 'White had agreed to let Dixou :go free is a source .of great annoyanee eto Mr. White, who. states that there is sabsolutely no truth in it. e LOSS' OF THE IRA H. OWEN, FoutitZers in Lake Superior With Nine- teen Men. Chicago,' 111., Dee. 3.—The big steel freighter Zrn. It. Owen has foundered on Lake 91,uperior 111 the great gone. Nineteen men composed lier crew, aml they all prebably are lost. Only the following are known. Capt. Joseph Milligan, of Buffalo; First Mate Thos. Homier, Second Mate M. Haggerty, First Engineer IL Buchanan, Mount Foreat, Ont., Seeond • Engineer 3. B. Alger, of Chatham, Ont.; Oiler B. B. Hook, Wheels- inen.N. J. Jacobs and L. Montsay. Look- out 3. Knudson. The Owen was last seen about 40 miles off Outer Island, of the Apostle group, iby the steamer Et G. Nye when the $storni was at its height on Tuesday, The ' stood the league is resolved to act inde- pendently in accordance with what it declares to be the wishes of the people. The Jews of Warsaw to -day are mourning for the victims of the mas- sacres. The shops are dosed and ser- vices are being held in the synagogues. Awaiting to official Jewish informa- tion, massacres of Jews occurred in one hundred. and thirty localities in Russia. Owen was then hi a bad way, and was blowing distress signals, The Nye had all she could do to inind herself, and was unable to render the Owen any as- sistance. Then the MOW set in heavily and shut the disabled. vessel from view. When a lull came two hour's later and the sky cleared a bit the Owen was not to be seen. The Sir William Siemens, Capt. M. K. Chamberlain, at Ashland last night, reported that off 'Michigan Island a mass of wreckage was met, consisting of chairs, standnons and the top of a cabin, Life -preservers were seen mark- ed. "SS. Ira, II. Owen." The Owen left Duluth on Sunday before the storm with barley for Buf- falo. IMMIGRATION PROSPECTS. One Hundred Thousand Will Come to Canada Neese Year. Teronbo, Dec. 4.—The number of immi- grants who will come to Canada next year will probably be 100,000 is the opin- ion of Mr. W. T. 11. Preeton, Dominion immigration agent in Groat Brititin,whe arrived in Toronto on Saturday. Mr. Preston hopes to see the day when the total immigration into this country will reach 250,000 annually, but he pointed out that Australian immigration agents are keen in their efforts to persuade set- tlers to go tn the Antipodes, and are is- suing literature which is not fair to Canada. Tile Salvation Army immigration work Mr. .Preston, describes as the biggest undertaking of the kind, outside that of the Government, Great Britain has ever seen, and will completely chaege for the better the current of thousands of lives. .As to the complaint which has been made that England will be drained of her a.gricultural workmen,. Mr. Preston said if half it millien were taken an- nually for twenty years it would not materially affect the general labor mar- ket. .7 MURDERER BENNETT. NEW TRIAL REFUSED—APPEAL TO THE MINISTER OF JUSTICE. Toronto, Dec. 4.—(Speeial.)—The Court of Appeal to -day delivered judge ment refusing the motion of L. F. Heyd for a new trial for Bennett, the Brant- ford Indians who is under sentence to be hanged on the 15th lust, Mr. Heyd will go to Ottawa on Wednesday to plead with the Minister of Justice for a clump in the sentence on theground that the evidence was insufficient, . 1 k61.11;.041.161....4k1:311:;;;:a4k44,4' ariOr44426WSIMVIIIIMilfillraW- "4' 4 4"" PIA IFIREE er This Beautiful Fur. Scarf Given Away Th19 !1n* nn :Fur Scarr,, tando of lino black funtattod akine abotIt4S1nC1iOti tong, and bat anr latirobeautiful blank tall% Tho tar iti f1111, note and nutty, just the laht style, rationing in appnatanco Meta Martin iSostrfo that cost five Or stac dollarao oraavarntait nab nito plat 1 Neck Mitt of wry had. 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The Dr. Armour Medic no Co., FUR TO4ONTO, ONT. 031L311 fl r !Ts r.v11,11fai eatuttivy, . . , 1 y 11, .11 3, 1 1 TWO GIRLS KAD, FIGHT BETWEEN ST JOHN PHYSICIAN CHA.RGED WITH, SERIOUS CRIME, RUSS SOLDIERS. Pastor Called in Police, and Postponed Mutinous Troops Attack Loyal Regi the Funeral—Young iXen Arrested by Body of Sweetheart, Charged With Complicity. St. John, N.B., despatch: St. biro has a sensation to -day, which considering the size of the community, is hardly less than that of Boston's dress-euit ease, D. E. A, , Preston, rs city physieme, enjoying a large practice, is in jail, charged with performing a crimin- al operation, and so causing the death of Edith Clarke. He is also said to be im- plicate(' in the death of Laura Jennings., and it is understood that a third case has been brought to the attention of the police, • On Wednesday, Edith, only daughter of Robert Clarke, a respectable wid- ower, living in Adelaide Road, died. She haa been in the care of Dr, Pres- ton, but at last Drs. Seam -rid' and Roberts were called in. They coulddo nothing. The reported cause of her death was pneumonia ,and the funeral was sot for to -day, Rev. R. P. McKim, pastor of St. Luke's Anglican Church, and pastor of the family,waa asked to couduet the burial services. He bad meanwhile acquired information calling, as be thought, for other action, and accord- ingly weut to the police station this morning and made the statement which lee to Dr. Preston's arrest and prompt imprisonment, bleauwhile tho. permit for burial was withheld, and the funer- al postponed. Among those who did not know of this change was Howard D. Camp, well known as a yachting inan, one of the owners of the fast boat Can- ada, and a former official of the Ken- nelmeasis Yacht Club. He had been paying special attentions. to Miss Clarke, and was early at the house this afternoon. There, beside the body of his dead sweetheart, he was arrested for complicity in the alleged crime, and he too is now in jail. Coroner Berryman decided to hold an inquest, and this afternoon Drs. Seam- mell and Roberts held a post-mortem. A jury was sworn in this evening, and viewed tho body, but hearcl no evi- dence, and adjourned till Monday. bliss Jennings, who died last eveek, was attended by Dr. Preston at first, and at last by other doctors, who certified the cense of her death as blood poisoning. She was only nine- teen. None of the parties have made any statement, and the whole charge at present rests on information given by Mr. McKim, who takes the respons QUEEN'S MEN SWINDLED. Charges Against Alex. P. Preston, a Former Student. Detroit ,Dee. 4.—Alexander P. *fres- ton, aged 29, of Napanee, a former medi- cal student of Queen's University, Kingston, is wanted by the local police on a charge of obtaining money under false pretences, Marvin Preston, a De- troit merchant, is out $125, and. the Cadillac Hotel hes a fancy bill to col- lect. Preston's modus operandi was to conie into a town, look up an old college chum, and have a good. time. A little later he would turn up with a hard luck story of having indiscreetly "blown" all his cash. Then came the touch in the form of an endorsement on Preston's drafts on a Riverside, Cale bank, where he was 011ee 'interested in an orange grove. By the time the draft return- ed the swindler was absent. It is 'estimated that from Fernie, Brit- ish Columbia, to Seattle and across the continent,' Queen's men have contribut- ed a total of $3,000. One doctor at Fort William is said to be out $300. War- rants are said to be awaiting Preston at Napalm. Preston's parents say. they have not heard from him for some months. His father :is it prominent lawyer, and he has a brother practising at Pueblo, Colo. Preston puts up at the best hotels and limits his operations to men who were his friends at college in the last ton ,yeare. Gloucester, "Mass., Dec, 1.—At the re- quest of the Rochester police Alexander H. Prescott was arrested here to -day on a charge of being a fugitive from justice. He is being held pending the arrival of officers from that city. It is, alleged that by pretending to be a gra- duate of Queen's College, Ontario, Pres- cott has obtained large sums front the alumlu of that institution in the Unit- ed States and Canada, and for the as - tensible purpose of enablieg li•im to. visit his father, who, he claimed, was ill in Califernia. Prescott is 20 years old. HONEYMOON COST TOO MUCH. Suicide of a Young Japanese Artist— His Family Wealthy. New York, Dec. 4,—According to the American the romance of an artist from Japan who Jimmied a young Brooklyn woman last snminer end a tragic se- quel yesterday, when Frank Yamftki was fourid dead in a wood near North- port, L. I. He had been missing slime Nov. 6, and it was apparent that he had gone to the lonely place to kill himself. Beside him were his camera and um- brella. In his pockets were his gold watch and A small sum of money. Yeertaki, it is said, was one of . the Samtutri, ttod of wealthy family. His marriage to Miss Pastille:: Brown, of trooklYn, was followed by a honeyntoou tour, with stops at the St. Regis, the Grand Union Hotel, Saratoga, and other resorts, which led him into financial plights, from which 1315 pride saw only Wage It death. t COTTON MARKET EXCITED, New York, Dee 4.—T13e Government's annual estimate of the trop expected at , noon, bullish predictions as to ite show- ing in eirculation and Liverpool, inueb Itigiun than expected, the cotton market had an active and excited opening with prices showing gains of 15 to 82 points, AS compared with Saturday. Thedemand was more or less general, but there was also Active realizing by old longs and following the tall fluettn ations were irregular around 11.74, for March, and 11.80, for My or '25 to ;20 points net higher. .101*1[6.4. al • 10 II WANTS TO DE MAYOR 6 Kingston, Ont., Dee. 4.—(Spetial). An depends King, fer year seeretitry of the Kingeton Board of Works, niul at present seeretnry of the Dominion Aseeeiation, announees his end. ditlaey for the mayoralty, After five years aetive :service in the Council. Ite 1 13 a leading Conservative. mat and Are Routed, Jews Make an Appeal to be Saved from Massacre, •,,,,,••••••••, Report That Grand Duke Doris In- jured the Czar. London, Dee. 4,—The Daily Mail's Kieff correspondent, in a despatch dated Doe. 2, and forwarded by way of Pod- woloczyska, says: Early yesterday morning a company of sappers, dissatisfied with their martinet commander, mutinied, and persuaded a second company to join them. They left the fortress fully armed, and by threatscompelled the *remainder of the sappers' battalion to join them. Numbering a thousand, the mutineers marebed to the barracks of the 12511t Kursk infantry, which, how - over, remained loyal. Jewish musi- cians marched at the head. of the mu- tineers. Several attempts were made to induce other troops to join them, but these likewise A body of Cossacks allowed the rebels to pass them in the street. Finally the mutineers arrived at the barracks of the artillery division and the Azolf Infantry Regiment, The Azoff men answered their appeal with insults, and the rebels opened fire upon them. The Azoffs answered with three volleys. A portion of the mu- tineers fled, but the others continued firing. The Azoffs replied with deadly volleys, and finally the rebels fled headlong, throwing down their arms. TWO hundred of them surrendered and were conveyed to their barracks by Cossacks. All was over by 2.30 o'clock in the afternoon. Fifty dead and 100 wound- ed mutineers were left on the ground. A court-martial has been convened and a notice issued that any further attempt at mutiny will be quelled by artillery. BLOODSHED IMMINENT. Sociaists Decide That Armed Rising is the Only Plan. London, Dee. 4.—T1le Times prints a despatch sent from St. Petersbueg Sat- urday night, saying: A combined meet- ing of the unions will be held to -night to decide the question of a general strike. The decision will probably be in the affirmative, Troops have been drafted into St. Petersburg, and bloodshed appears to be imminent. The advocates of repression argue that .promet action is necessary. Otherwise the workmen and peasants will become too strong. The Socialist parties, for the first time, yesterday evening held a joint meeting and. decided that an armed rising is the only resource. Matters are drifting rap- idly into complete anarchy. Count Witte is quite powerless to stem the tide. The Odessa correspondent of the Times says he returned there from Se- bastopol Saturday. He belittles the naval mutiny, and says the reports of thousands of casualties are absolutely untrue. The damage to the cruiser Otchatkoff was severe. With the ex- ception of the torpedo-boat destroyers, the other ships were barely touched. A certain number of mutineers were de- stryed when escaping from the burn- bOtchatkoff. Lieut. Schmidt, the leader of the mutineers, is a prisoner. Hardly any damage was done to the town, which was restored to perfect tranquility when he left on Friday evening. A despatch to the Standard from St. Petersburg, dated Dee. 2, says that the banks decline to consider any now busi- ness.Money is %available m linnted quantities for privileged customers only. The capital is threatened with a money famine. CLIMAX COMES ON TUESDAY. If Strikers Obtain Money They Will Continue the Struggle.. St. Petersburg, Dee, 2, via Eydtkuh- nen, Dec. 3.—The councils held at Tsarskoe-Selo under the Czar's presi- dency yesterday and to -day demon- strated' that the junior ranks of the bureaucracy are suspected of being with the revolutionists, Count Witte is known to strongly hold this view against personages, including, it is be- lieved, the Czar, who, wishes to rein- state five Moscow telegraph operators, whose dismissal on account of foment- ing the Meal strike is the immediftte cause of the Government's present dig - :tarns situation. Count Witte strong- ly objected. It is understood that. the Czar at first wished to reinstate the dis- miseed by a personal act of .grace, but he has ?ince been convinced that con- cessions would be fatal. It is certain that a climax will be reached on Tuesday, when all the em- ployees of the Government throughout the Empire aro due to receive their monthly salaries. If the strikers ob- tain their money theywill continue the struggle. The revolutionar7 parties are etrongly encouvaging+ them. Many regiments were brougent to the capital today to meet this emergency. To. morrow and Monday will be holidays, and the revolutionists threaten the Government with an uprising of the proletariat if • it does not yield before Tuesday. They secured their initial success in the liberation of 140 soldiers and. telegraph operators of the NI - pedal Engineers (lops, who were int- prieoned .for refusing to work, because they did not venire extra pay for special serviee during the lint, strike, six weeks ago. There remains eon- siderable confidence that the Govern- ment will survive this erisiS. Herr &split, representative of the Mendel- solms, Berlin bankers, has arrived, Hie purpose is to aesiet in supporting Russian rearsby purchases for Ger- nutty, The isolation of the eapital and the ontintied fall in the pviees of GOY. eminent sennities intensify the de- preesion and uneertainty, although the day has passed in tin orderly manlier without any display of troops exeept those around the post and telegraph offices and the factories where the hands are on etrike. The report that the Baltic shipyard on the. Neva River, *Altera Government tontracts are executed, was on fire, proved to be exaggerated. It suffered only slightly from a great fire in the ad- joining tannery of Zwerkopf and, Co., %Illicit was deetroyed, Everybody is speeking of the ineident that .necurred Tsarskoe-Selo Wednesday, but the 'team of What happened aro flatly contradictory. Home speak of military disobedience! resulting' in the wrest of 300 men, ancluding several officers, who were responsible for the KOUT- tion of the palace. According to other ORM 1 NG A reports, Grand Dulse Voris caused a 1131 NT seene with the Czar on account of the expulsion from the navy of Grand Duke .0yril, Doris' brother, and sligirt- ly injured the OSar'S Shoulder. This rumor nada that Geo, Trepoff inters vetted. It is asserted that the etrike epidemic hem extended to the servants in the imperial palace. The Czar, how- ever, -continues) to •transact State affairs, and shill eupports. count "Witte, JEWS FEAR MASSACRE. .Appeal to Powers From Odessa—Soldier:I, Are Inflamed, London, Dee. 3,—The following un- dated Odessa despatch, sent via, Galt. cia, lies been received here: "I eni this telegram at the request of the Jewish community, which feara a fresh memo by the local garrison, It is ' asserted that in almost eevry regiment proclamations are being circulated call- ing net% the soldiers to extermintae the jews and. destroy the newspaper offices. "The post and telegraph strike has now spread to theerailway. Odessa is entirely cut off from St. Petersburg. The city is thus entirely in the hands of the local authoritiea In view of this state of affairs the Jewish cm. - inanity implores al eivilized nations to take All possible measure Ninth. St. Petersburg to prevent a catastrophe, which may exceed anything that has yet occurred here." VITRIOL IN LETTER BOX, Postal Strike in Warsaw—Governor Pro hibits Procession. Warsaw, Dec. 3.—The Governor-Gen- ern1 last night ordered posted through- out the city a proclamation reminding the population that a gate of modified martial law Still exists,. and. prohibiting under a penalty -of $250 fine and three months' imprisonment, all street promssion.s, meetings, or the carrying of heavy sticks or arms. The people were ordered to shut their house and shops when or- dered to do so by the police. A. post and telegraph strike has be- gun. Seven hundred ofifeials have stop- ped work. About a hundred still refuse to join the strike. The strik- ers are pouring oil of vitriol into the letter boxes. Foreign mails aro not being delivered. About 200 bags are lying unopened. The men on the Kharkoff-Nicolaieff Railway have also struck. A general railway etrike is expected. 4 7 o: VICTORIA RETIRED DUKE. • Her Late Majesty's Letter to Comman- der -in -Chief, London, Dee. 4.—A 1 etter of excep- tional interest written by .the late Queen Victoria appears in the military llie of the Duke of Cambridge, writ- ten by Colonel Willoughby Verner, and just published by Mr. Murray. It reads 118 follows: Windsor Castle, May 10, 1805. My Dear George,—Siuce seeing you on Thursday I have given much anxious thought to the questionof your tenure of the office of Commander-in-Ohlef. quite appreciate the reasons which make you reluctant to resign the office which you have so long held with the greatest advantage to. the army and with my most entire confidence and approbation. I have, however, come to the enoelu- sioe, on the advree of my Ministers, that considerable changes in the distri- bution of duties among the headquart- ers of my army are desirable. These al- terations cannot be effected without re- constituting the particular duties assign- ed to the Commander -in -Chief, and, therefore, though wills much pain, I have arrived at the decision that, for your own sake as well as in the public interest, it is expedient that you should not inuch longer retain that position, from which I think you should be re- lieved: at the A:see of sent: autumn duties. This necessary change will be as pain- ful to me as it is to you, but I am sure it is best, soe Believe me, always your very affectionate cousin and friend, Vie - tone R. and I. • I. ANOTHER CANCER REMEDY. English Physician Says He Has a Speci- fic—Has Cured Nine Cases, London, Dec. 3.—Alleged cancer cures which aro put forward from time to time generally prove, to say the least, premature, but, such is the. importaece of the subject that all receive the most careful consideration. The most recent reported here 18 the method of ,an Accrington physician James Fenwick, for the particulars of which the Ring's Imperial Cancer Research Committee has sent to the doctot. Dr. Fenwieh has been engaged in his investigation for nine years. Ire de- clines as yet to state the exact nature - of the remedy, but says it is very simple. He asserts that he has el - ready cured uine easel. One of his : patients had hie nose destroyed when he went to Dr. Fenwick, and Almost every knowo treatment ha(1 been treid without avail. The growth at that time threatened to attack the eyes. Dr. Fenwick applied his specific, with the result that the spread of tlie cancer ceased, and a healthy skin grew, leaving a discharge from the bone and dude; - of the eyes to be treated. An old. Accritigton lady says that Dr. Fenwick cured her of cancer in three - months. She describes his remedy as a dark remedy which he applies with brush. BARGE OLGA ASHORE. ••••••••• The Crew Rescued by the Steamer Winslow, Goderich, Dee. 8,--T1ie barge Olga wits driven ashore about three miles above this port enly this morning during a heavy bottling, gale, accompanied by heavy snow flurries, The Iife-saving crew were despatchea to render assist- ance, but on arrival found that the barge had been abandoned by the crew, who, it lots einre been learned, were taken off by the Ammer Winslow. The Olga is au Amevican-owned ves- sel, and was bound down the lakes, in tow of the ;steamer Winslow, with a load of lumber. Vour &timed Ships Year. London, Dee. 3.—An of fidal (11130* issued by the Admiralty states that as the YOSUlt of recent reforms the next estimates; for the navy will show duetion of S7,500,000 beyond the yeasts... tion of $17,500,000 made hist sprieg. The Admiralty etnigagS that, the invent strategie requirements will neeessitate the building ef four large armored Alps annuall)r, 31 0 John Morley, James Bryce, Herbert Asquith and Others Conferring With Him.. London, Dec, 4,—Sir Henry Campbell- 13anuerrnan, the Liberal Premier pre- aumptive, arrived in town to -day from Scotland,. and the Liberal statesmen were hurriedly summoned front all parts of the kingdom to confer with him, pre- sumably on the compealtion, of the new Cabinet. John Morley,James Bryce, Herbert Henry Asquith, Sir Edward. Grey and Herbert John Gladetone all of whom are believed to be elated for secretary - ships, were 00304(1 with Sir Henry, The general expectation is that Mr. Balfour will have resigned and that Sir Henry will have been invited to form a Cabinet before King Edward. leaves town. Oil afternoon. name. IIe was born 5 Campbell, the son of Sir James Campbell, A great Glasgow merchant, and assumed the name ofBans nerman—ble mother's—because an uncle, a squire of Rent, left him a fortune OA condition that he should cloe so. Sir Henry was born on 1830. 11s 1athm was a friend of Gladstone, and erom bis youth up Sir Henry was destined for pablie, life, Ire has sat continuously sime 1808 for the Stirling Burghs, and Met took office in 1871 as Under Secres tary of War. Lilco Mr, Balfour, he made his reputation as Irisn Secretary during the turbulent eighties, Sir Henry has. been leader of the Lib- eral party since up. He is almost as easy-going as Mr. Balfour, but on Inca. To See the iKng. in does strenuous things. Foe example, Sir Henry Campbel-Bannerman has when he was War Secretary in the last been summoned to an interview with Gladstonian Government, 1802-05, he re - Ring Edward forthwith. moved the' Duke of Cambridge, the Queen's cousin, from the head of the What manner of man is this new mac- army, much, it is said, to her Majesty's ter of Britain's administration? First of disgust, aml made Lord Wolseley Come all, he is a Scotehmen, with a Kentish mander-in-Chief. WHAT IT COSTS TO ELECT PRESIDENTS. Where the Money Came From and How It Was Spent by the Republicans. Washington, Dec. 4.—Aecording to a Washington newspaper, which prints a long statement about the expenditures of Chairman .Cortelyou in 1004, the Re - publican National Committee used the stun of $1,800,000 -to elect Roosevelt and Fairbanks, and had in bank when the campaign was ended. about $100,000. 11 is shown that Chairman Cortelyou had $000,000 less than Chairman Hanna had in 1000, and nearly $2,000,000 less than he had in 1800. It is stated that the money expended by Chairman Cortelyou came from 10,000 different sources. About 4,000 contrib- utors are known, leaving about 0,000 un- kne wn to the Chairman of the National Committee. The article is singularly RIOT IN BRITISH GUIANA. Mobs at Georgetown Attack Governor's Hause. Georgetown, Demerara, Dee, 4.— A strike of wharf laborers, which is in pro- gress here, assumed a serious aspect this morning, when the police were compelled to fire on a riotous mob. It is reported that five of the rioters were killed.. Later in the day the rioters attacked the Governor's house. The Governor and. other officers are now besieged in the public buildings. The arrival of warships is anxiously awaited. • The strike, which was the result, of a demand for higher weges, began Tues- day last, and since then the strikers have been parading the streets. Some acts of violence were committed yesterday, but they were not setions. However, they resulted. in the reading of the riot act and the issuing of a proclamation by the Governor closing all the retail spirit shops from 6 p.m. until 0 a.m. until fur- ther notice. The Governor called on all peaceably - disposed citizens not to join the gather - lime in the streets, and so avoid the risk of being kileld. or injured. Te announc- ed that he intends to forcibly suppress all riotous proceedings. As the result of to -day's trouble all business has. been suspended. St. Thomas, Danish West Indies, Dee. L—The British cruisers Sappho and Diamond have gone to Demerara. Demerara is one of the settlements of British Guiana, and Georgetown is the capital. It has ro population of 53470, principally negroes. FRANCE TO TAX WORKINGMEN. Law to Pension Aged Laborers Full of Difficulties. Paris, Dec. 3.—The Senate is discuss- ing the hew providing for the pension- ing of laboring men. It is a great undertaking, presenting greet difficul- ties. The proposal is to assure a year- - ly pension of $72 to aged workmen in cities and $48 to those in the country by means of the payment of five cents daily- by the employed workmen (1.11d the remainder by the employer and the State. It is virtually a tax on the work- man and the employer is the taxpayer. The result certainly will be an increase in the price of objects of prime neces- sity, and will make the conditions of life harder for everybody. Sixty years is the age fixed for the pensions, but every workman does not live to CO. Accordieg to some authori- ties only 6 per cent, attain this. age, Others say 12. Taking the latter figure, it develops that only 88 per cent. of the men will make the daily payments. The employers and tee State also pay for them, yet they will never draw pensions. The bill doesn't state that the capital thus economized will be given to the family if the man dies before he is 60. 11 this omissioo is not repaired the law will be unpopular. BULLET GRAZED onocties EAR. I•14* Highwayman in Galt Attempts Daring Hold-up. Galt, Dee. 3.----I1e0131ents of Cameron street, A short thoroughfare on the East Hill, one of the most populous quarters of the town, and within a quarter of a mile of police headquar- ters, were startled by the report of a revolver at about 11 o'clock last ulgitt. Those who came quickest to the scene were treated to the sight of a masked man making off across the little park toward East Main street, a revolver in his hand, and casting an oecasianal backward look as lie ran along. The man had Attempted a hold-up of joins Hillook, grocer, who had knit left his atom and was on his way home. The hold-up took plaee at a dark corner, 'Within 25 feet of the groeeres residence, and WAS pattieularly bald ' one, seeing that Mr. Hillock was ac- • comp:tided by hie son, a young man of 20. The highwayman sprang from hedge, held it revolver elose to Hit - look's face, and twice demanded hiiot to throw up hende. Weaving st heavy coat, iota rubber boots, and carrying an armful of books, Unlock vita sootewhab laansliesppsd, but he lacking in details as to the identity of the corporations and corporation roan- agers that contributed to the Repub- lican fund. The statement is made that President Roosevelt and Chairman Cortelyou will both to -operate to have a 111,1V passed providing for the publicity of contribu- tions to political etenneittees. For literature the National Commit- tee expended $550,000; for the speakers' bureau, 5175,000; for lithographs, Adver- tising, etc., $150,000;. for selarlee and headquarters expenses $150,000, and for miscellaneous expenditure 550,000. Ohairma.n Cortelyou yesterday declin- ed to discuss the figures connected. with the campaign of 1004, but intimated that "they were about night." struck at the highwayman, who there- upon fired, the bullet just grazing the grocer's ear. Then he fled, the two men pursuing him, but failing to over- take him. 0 The police are closely in- vestigating the occurrence, which has created, alarm throughout the whole town. 1 1 I - WARNING TO THEATRES. Archbishop Bruchesi in a Pastoral Letter Insists on Reform. Montreal, Dec. 3.—Archbishop Brit- chesi issued. a pastoral letter to -day that eoncludes with a pretty stiff warning to theatrical managers and. the faithful of the Roman Catholic Church. After re- citing the circumstances of his warning last Sunday against attendance at any performance given by Sarah Bernhardt, his Grace refers to the fact that Le Canada saw fit to publish an affront by reprodueine his letter, and, then follow- ing it with a list of prominent Roman Catholics who had attended the opening performance, in spite of the Church's en- joinder'but he leaves that incident for all good Catholics to qualify as it de- serves. However, to certain theatrical maim - gars, and those who shall persist in at- tending prohibited performanees, he gives less scope for personal judgment, for he says: "We remind the civil authori - ties echo are charged with the protec- tion of good morals of their grave ogli- ;Nations, but for our part in the legitim- ate exercise of our right, and of our episeopal authority, we now warn these managers that if they continue in their eonrse they have been, following ter some time we will have recourse ageing them to measures more efficacious, per- haps, than the enforcement of the laws of the tate. We shall not. recede from the performance of our sacred duty, and we will then see who wish to be submis- sive children of the Church and who wish to scorn its commandments and its morale. It is our urgent desire, how- ever, not to be under the necessity of exercising this painful duty, and we ask our Lord to console us in hearing our praym." 411 DIED ON WAY HOME. Harry Harwood, of Sandwich, Passes Away on Train Near Omaha. Windsor, Dec. 3.—Harry Harwood, a well-known young Sandwich man, who went to Colorado a few weeks ago in search of health, died quite unexpecteds ly while on an east -bound train, home- ward bound, near Omaha, yesterday'. Harwood had been a sufferer from eon- sumption and it was hoped the moun- tain air would. do him good. A few days ago, he began to fail rapidly, and with Ids mother started for home' hop- ing, to reach there before the endeame, The journey was too much for his rap- idly failing strength, however, and the collapse occurred as already stated. The body was brought to Windsor, and will be buried to -morrow. ELECTRIC.R. R. ACT. PROVINCIAL RAILWAY COMM/TTEE TO TAKE EVIDENCE. Toronto, Ont., Dee. 4.—(Speei111.)— Icon. J. S. Hendrie, Chairman of the Railway Committee of the Executive Council, will open eourt to -morrow at the Parliament Buildings for the pur- pose of takings evidence preliminary to a revision of the Ontario Eleetrie Rail way Act, which, has been decided upon by the Government, Ilepresentativee of various companies; and municipalities hare been invited to Attend, and it la possible that the hearing ef evidence may last for 5 week OT so. WEARIED OURS/NG. au/4a. Alta. 'ted Perrett V'ound bead in Her Yard at Ottawa, Ottawa, Doe. rerrett, bank messenger, is dying of eonstimption nt his home on College avenue. It's wifo, wearied font nursing him, luts lately Amen Pigt151 of mental distres.s, and has been under observation. On Saturday morning she escaped from the home unnoticed Ana a short finest afterOarola was diecovered lying dead irt the court yard. Iter body when found was 01110 Waren.