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HARBIN BOMBARDED
AN IRKUTSK BUR
N. 0 teleeraph o orators of Moscow, with M.
a, ineetilig yesterday evening resolved
obey the S.Ignal for a general strike, but
to I Kul c FAR/1111 V
advise then fellow-worlsers to await the ILLO • MITOIL
wont from the Central Committee at
Moscow as a failure suirst not be risked.
Simultaueously with the arrests here
of M. MouldMy, all the enembers of the
union of the employees of tlie postal itiel
Kolaurnowsfel at their head, were [meet,- Dreadful Crime of James Coulter of
ed at oscow, Melancthon,
Russian Rebels Sack Latter Place and Make Fear-
ful Slaughter of the Inhabitants,
'hey Seized Guns at Vladivostock and Bombarded
IlarbinWith Them.
London, Dee, 1L -A St. Petersburg
despateh to the Daily Mail, sent by way
of Bdytkulmen, Sunday, says that five
Ministers, including Count Witte and 11.
Durnovo, Minister of the Interior, re-
quested the Czar to accept their resig-
nation. His Majesty refused,
The revolutionists, it is declared, will
shortly proclaim themselves the act-
ing Government. They will divide
Rosia roughly into a thousand. oleo-
toral districts. Meanwhile the. Cox -
eminent fears to net with vigor, only
arresting a few strike leaders and lib-
erating them the next day. The Strike
Committee continues its terrorism. It
renders the life of "blacklegs" intoler-
able, beating and killing them on the
streets. Cossacks who intervened to-
day wore put to flight by a shower of
bomb -eases containing messeiges stet-
ing that loaded bombs would follow,
Tlie state of the army grows worse
Sixteen thousand men of the garri-
son at Kharkaff have mutinied. The
leading columns of the Manchurian
army, which have just arrived at
Moscow, are mutinous and have been
dismaned. The whole 14th Natal Bat-
talion has been hurried to Cronstadt
under a guard of 4,000 troops. Some of
the nth Battalion of the 8th Naval
*Corps have also been conveyed to
Cronstadt, where the forts contain 7,000
naval mutineers, disarmed, but defiant.
The Ministry of Marine has decided to
abolish all naval barracks in St. Pot-
crsburg.
The Revolutionary Committee bas
published an. announcement that all
are well organized for the last bloody
struggle .against the Government. A
hundred thousand of the better class of
Russians have fled abroad. in the last
ten days. The worst feature of the
situation is the ever-growing violence
qf the agrarian outrages.
•yrf, in a despatch sent from St. Peters-
burg Saturday, the St. Petersburg cor-
respondent of the Telegraph says that
the telegraph and postal strike really
ended on that day. The officials re-
turned on terms dictated by the Gov-
errunent. The authorities are tighten-
ing the reins of Government. The tele-
graph strike is ended.
The St. Petersburg' correspondent of
the Morning Post, in a despatch dated
Saturday, says the Czar has issued a
significant order expressing thanks to
the Cossack forces for their self-
sacrificing, untiring and loyal services
to himself and the country, not only at
the theatre of • war, but in upholding
order in the interior of the empire.
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STRIKE LEADER ARRESTED.
—
Witte Adopts Repressive Measures -May
Have Serious Effect.
St. Petersburg, Dec. 10. -The Czar
and Count Witte have sanctioned a
step which the revolutionists foresaw,
President Khronstaleff, of the Execu-
tive Committee of the workmen's
delegates, and several other members
, of the cothmittee were arrested this
Asafternoon at the house where they
/Same meeting, The other members are
already' communicating with the Rail-
waymen's :Union for the purpose of
bringing about a general strike.
Count Witte's definite adoption of a
repressive policy has apparently only
intensified popular sympathy with the
strikers, who are receiving added sub-
scriptions to their funds.
. A copy -4. the new press law was
'furnished the St. Petersburg editors
to -day. It retains the essential fea-
tures of the old system. The Minister
of the Interior will be _entitled to
suppress a newspaper without giving
a reason. A continuous censorship. is
-retained over ell criticisms of the
Government's policy. A meeting of
editors was held here to -night. In-
dignation was expressed at the pros-
pect of further dragooning by the re-
actionary bureaucracy, and the ques-
tion was discussed as to whether the
newspapers should publish a joint
protest or cease publication. until the
law shall be modified. No decision
was reached at the time this despatch
was sera for transmission. It is clear
that the Government has deliberately
.: entered upon a period of police ty-
* ranny, and also that the revolutionists,
• ..who recently have rarely used. fire-
,
arms or bombs in the capital will now
resort to the most extreme reprisals.
Linevitch sent the Siberian frontier
troops nome first, detaining the men
who had actually faced tbo hardships of
the war, The storm then broke from
end to end of the Manchurian army,
No longer were any attempts made to
conceal the spirits of mutiny and. plots
were formed. against high officers. Since
the beginning of last month, with Har-
bin as the centre, secret gatheringe had
been held, The men openly deserted the
barracks and camps. Eventually they
sent a strongly -worded circular, de -
mending redress o Moir wrongs, Laws
and discipline were set at defiance, of-
ficers were ridiculed and orders disobey-
ed, Detachments from the front lines
left their posts and wandered in bands
about the country, looting and. plunder-
ing like highwaymen, Farmers were
cruelly robbed. Many svho svere bereft
of food and clothing starved to death
in the bitter Manchurian winter.
Thousands of deserters flowed- dai
Thly
into Harbin, where all the available
rooms in private houses were com-
umadered fors their use. Soon the
sepplies, never very large, ran out,
The other troops held. a gathering and
revolted, They would not move with-
out having food sufficient to last for
some time. All transportation has ems -
ed. Harbin, was filled with eonfueion.
The ringleaders of the mutiny kept in
•eoustant communication with the troops
throughout the city. ,The disturbauce
, was planned with great deliberation.
Letters were even sent to the soldiers
at the front and answers received.
Seized Stores at Vladivostock.
'7 -Affairs now assumed a serious as-
pect. Soldiers paraded the streets,
poured kerosene oil everywhere, broise
into shops and plundered ererything
they coultl lay their hands upon. News
of similar disorders et Vladivostock fau-
lied the flames into a great uncontroy-
table blaze of mutiny. The railway of-
ficials wern compelled. to join. An ex-
press train_ 11118 Seized and went to Vla-
divostock, where, amid strikes, the feesh
arrivals were able to seize an enormous
quantity of stores from the Government
warehouses, supply depots and private
firms. They captured several machine
guns„ many rifles aud bayonets, and
thousands of reunite of ammunition.
With neje plundrr they returned to
Harbin. They were met at the station
by a howling mob of soldiers. When
the spoils were revealed there was wild
cheering and then an orgy of orgies.
Cases were smashed open. and the bottles
they contained extracted. Soon thou-
sands of inen were savagely drunk. The
• sacking of aHrbin followed. Many at-
tempts were made to set the city on
fire. For some time the mutineers
were unable to make much progress in
their work of destruction, The mach-
ine guns were, however, taken to favor-
able positions, and a heavy fire was
opened up on the barracks, shops and
houses. Even the hospitals were not
spared. The mutineers to and drank
the comforts intended for the patients.
They bound the doctors and nurses hand
and foot and carried them into the snow
fields outside the city, where they mer-
cilessly left them. Finally, they join-
ed a band of mounted chuncbuses, at-
tacked. the railway station, and burned
all the buildiugs in the neighborhood.
MUST HAVE ARMY'S HELP,
Strike Leadero'SayS Workmen Have
Quantity of AIMS.
Si. Petersburg, Dee. 10. -hr an inter
view President Khronstaleff, of the ,
Executive Committee of the AVOrk-
MCA'S Delegates, said a general strike
would be inaugurated as soon as the
arrangements were comPleted, prob-
ably- just after Christmas. Ho added:
"Delegates have beeu sent in every
direction. &hie are still away, Those •
who have returned speak -enthusiasti-
cally of tha reception of the strike
proposals: The country /gime for revo-
lution, although , theworlemea, na
.altown• at the meeting her Monthly,
are sometimes compelled to subordinate
politieal to economic aim& It is simply
isowing to their being faced by starva-
•tion that a vast majority of them
-Ivould welcome a general strike. Fur-
thermores preparations for an armed
rising are highly advanced. The men
possess a large, 'quantity of arms, but
We caenot expect to succeetl unless we
are joined by a eonsiderablo portion
of the military, The propaganda has
made such. strides in the ranks of the
Army that the revolutionists are justi-
fied in 'counting on the support of suffi-
cient numbers to testae victory."
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'The -Army in Open; Rebellion -Mutineers
Sack Harbin.
1:Anatol), Dee. 11. --The Tokio (gim4.
notideut of the. Telegraph foments a
Moji deetetteh, giving details of the ma
tiny in the Itusedini-litrinehurian army.
It seems that the postal and telegranh
t
iA fiehl14 at llo,thin for tome time ries
ri
., troyed all inesseges retailer from 'Rue-
sie to the offiveie and mem Foe t-ao
or three months the men 'were not paid.
Winter clothing and sempliee nein %Pry
-scanty wad a famine seemed imminent.
Protests were ignored. Then General
New York, Dee. 1L -According to the
American this morning the London Daily
Telegraph's advice .from Moji, Japan,
telling of the bombardment of Harbin by
Russian military mutineers, says also
that Irkutsk was burned and sacked.
The city is in ruins.. In Harbin the
rebels created fearful slaughter.
Gen. Madriloff, commanding the loyal
troops, engaged the rebels. Tim informa-
tion brought by British refugees to Moji
tell of desperate fightina,g accompanied
by heavy losses on both sides.
gefugees from Eastern Siberia say the
mutineers journeyed to Vladivostock on
a captured express train, and seized vast
military stores there, consisting of
Maxim rifles and cartHdges, with several
field pieces. Then they returned to Har-
bin and begas the bombardment.
The rebels included some of the best
marksmen in the army. Their shots
all told. Bullets rained on the
main thoroughtfere. Even the hos-
pitals were riddled by the rapid-fire
balls. Patients were killed in their cots.
'Irkutsk was sacked from end to end and
fired in. Q. dozes places. Rebels marched
through the streets 'singing. The refugees
fled to mountains and villages.
The arrival of Gen. Madriloff was
greeted with cries of sage by the mutin-
eers, who. fought with even greater in-
tensity. They had a leader, who was
handling them with skill. His name is
not known. Many innocent. Ruseian and
Chinese residents of Harbin were killed.
A late despatch from Moji abacd that
labidriloff was retreating before the re
bels, and Harbin would share the fate
of Irkutsk.
A. despatch from Tokio to London says
it Russiam destroyer at Vladivostock de-
liberately ran down a British steamship t
which had to ground to avoid foundar-
ing. The Japanese residents of Vladivo-
stock are safe from the mutineers, who,
however, treatire an intense hatred: of
the British.
STRIKE IMMINENT.
Streets of Riga Run With Blood -News-
papers Confiscated.
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St, Petersburg, Dec. 10 (morning),
via Eydtkulinen, Dec. 11. -There is every
belication to -day that the Government's
yliallenge will be aceepted end that with-
in 48 hours a general strike throughout
Russia will be ordered. write reeetion
has come" Were..the words on every •lip
and in the liberal extreme mini there
WASnoly 011e 011111hal, Ilateely, that it
11111St be resisted to the bitter end.
The newspaper editors at yesterday
eveting's meeting cloaca that the tem -
tray press law forbiddingthe diseue-
Seal of vital questioue affeeting the wel-
fare of the nation viointM the ptinciples
of freedom at sipeceli aml of the prese
• guaranteed by she Imperial moldiest"
mid the t it 'artist lie defied. The ye -
bull. was that the editione of the Russ
and half a dozen mow radieal papeni
'Wet e fiseat ed.
• The situation in TAsonia 1,4 frightful
Absolute anateby presaile. A messen-
„ger who arrived tete to -day deviated
the strode of Riga were flowing with
bb..ed. Atter a we: in; the railroad Mee
ef Ripe wele mowed dosim by the lire
• Alf egithine some mid (raillery.
The railtoad men of St. retersburg itt
WITH AN AX.
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SARNIA ARSON CASES
Orwrartrrwarre
The Murderer Then Died by His
JAMES MILNE COMMITTED FOR Own Hand.
TRIAL ON SATURDAY,
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The Magistrate Allows the Prisoner's
ISon, Wife and Daughter Receive in
Confession TQ GO in the Evidence Succession the l-atal Blows.
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Subject to Nis Counael'a Objection. Shelburne despatelt: Melanctlion town -
Sarnia, Dec. 10. -The preliminary ex- ship has added one more to the list of
amination of dames Millie, chareed with terrible tragedies that have thrilled the
arson, took place at kne Court 11011Se 0/1
Saturday, and resulted in the
people of Ontario during the past twelve
prisouer
months., On Thursday afternoon james
being committed for trial, without bail,
on three charges of arson ami forgery, Coulter, a powerful man of muscular
Counsel for the prisoner, Mesere. Mere- build, about 220pounds in weight, walk-
dith and Judd of London, made a strong ed from the barn to the bouse, secured
effort to have Milne's confession ruled
an axe, returned to the barn and strut:
out of the • evidence. He conteaded
his little eleven -year-old son 'William a
that the prisoner had not been formally
warned of the incriminating nature or blow upon the head. This did not accom-
the statements he might snake to the I:
pasa are sealer's murderous purpose, and
officers.'
at the secouil blow the little arm went
The Magistrate allowed the confession
to go in the evidence!subject to objec-
tion. The fires for wlach he Was commit-
ted are the fire at Langan'a, itt which he
was arrested; the fire at R. Kenny's oil
house an hour previous, and the fire at
the John Goodison thresher works ear-
lier in the Sallie week. The prisoner
elected trial by jury.
The case of forgery eSeited keen in-
terest, as it was by means of a forged
Ida was assisting her mother by drying
letter that Milne obtained the position
onthefire department, froin wbich he the dishes. The father entered, struck
Was dismissed.. The young man whose the mother a blow on the back of the
name was forged was Chas. Buchner, a head with the axe, an she sank to the
member of the brigade, who was critic- floor a corpse, The little irl tur d
op to guard off the axe in its deseent. It
was a frail shield, for the weapon reach.:
ed the head anti crushed the skull. Two
more blows descended, and then the man
started for the house. Mrs. Coulter
was there attending to her doinestie
duties. Dinner was over and she was
washing the dishes. The little daughter
ne
ally ill at the hospital. His siened resin.- to receive a savage blow over the
head, and, in a dying condition, she, too,
dropped upon the kitchen floor. The
father then went upstairs, unlocked a
bureau drawer, from which lie took a 32 -
calibre Iver. & Johnson revolver. Twice
he shot himself below the heart, hold-
ing the weapon so close that bus shirt
caught fire from the discharge. Ile fell
across the bed, which was soon smoulder-
ing from the fire which lied originated. in
the dying AMA'S clothing. He vomited,
and. then, raising himeelf by a super-
. human effort, sterered down the stairs
and fell dead in tlie kitchen beside the
body of his wife and child.
Dissatisfied With Land Deal.
This is in brief the story of the awful
quadruple tragedy by whieh AA entire
familyswith the exception of one married
daughter, was wiped out of existence.
What prompted the deed is difficult to
say. His domestic life had been a happy
one. He was a leindhusband, an affec-
tionate and even indulgent father, 'While
firm and expecting to be obeyed, the
children liked him and. he in turn reci-
procated their affection, his interest in
the little boy being very great, indeed.
True, he was short-tempered and when
crossed by his neighbors became unplea-
sant, and this made him somewhat un-
popular among them. He had always'
been menially sound, and there WS no
ins.enity in the family. In fact, his ac-
quaintances can scarcely conceive that
Ito has been the perpetrator of one of the
most shocking crimes over committed in
this comity. The farm is located on
the fifth concession of Melancthon,
about: ten miles northeast of Shelburne.
It is not a first-class property, but con-
sists of 100 acres of which 00 acres are
cleared. For 30 years Coulter bad work-
ed the property. A brick house was
°recited thereon, and a good frame barn
stood about 75 yards away. recently
he had sold the farm to William
Ellis for $2,000, and bad received in cash
it payment of $300 to bind the barstftin.
li was.cansidered it good sate. The $300
was used as a first payment on a splen-
did farm, wbi.ch he had. purchased front
Samuel Tweedy for $5,500. This, too.
was considered a good. bargain, but
Coulter seems to have regretted the deal.
He desired to back out, and had suc-
ceeded in having a special clause written
across the back7of the agreement to She
effect that if he should back out he would.
not lose more Hutu the $300 payment.
His wife was not dissatisfiecl with his
bargain, and placed implicit confidence
in her husband.
Discovery of the Crime.
The crime was first discovered by Cleo,
Kitelieti,WhO with Lemuel Ostrander
was piling wood across the road, when
he saw smoke issuing from an upper win-
dow. Ire ran to the hohs.e and opened
the kitchen door. Rocked by the ter-
rible sight that met his gaze, he ran for
help, shouting murder. Wm. Itiggins
went over, and they were soon joined
by Wm. Westcott and others. The lit-
tle girl was fuund to be still breathing,
and they put a buffalo robe tinder her
head. She lived about one hour, The
boy was found in the south mow, and
was .81.111 breathing, but, like his sister,
was unconscious. He died about 0
o'clock, or about four hours after the
discovery of the crime. An impost; was
held this afternoon, at which the story
of the tragedy was brmight out AS nar-
rated above. Crown Attorney W.
McKay conducted the examination, and
it verdict wits returned as followe:
"That Mary, Ida and William Coulter
came to their death from wounds upon
the skull fled frattures of the skull
made by an axe in the hands of James
Coulter, and that James Coulter came to
his (lentil from two wounds from bus own
revolver, made by himeelf, and the jury
is of the- opinion that he committed
.these deeds of violenee evidle in a, stato
nation was xeceived and coincident with
tbe resignation Milne applied and was
put on. Buchner recovered from Ida ill-
ness and exposure followed.
Milne was dismissed and the series of
fires are supposed to be the result of
spite. Application for bait svas made,
but the Magistrate ruled that applica-
tion should be made to the County
Judge.
A MEAN SCOUNDREL.
BROUGHT TWO LADIES FROM NEW
YORK BY FAKE NEWS,
Pretended to Give Information Regard-
ing the Missing Brother of One of
Them, Hoping to Secure the Reward
Offered.
Stratford despatch: Michael Halpin,
alias Haywood, alias Kelly, was arrested
here to -day, charged with . forgery and
the fraudulent use of the mails. Last
evening Miss Graves and Miss Lynch, of
New York, arrived here in answer to
what they thought yes a genuine letter
giving information concerning the miss-
ing brother of the latter, for the news
of whose whereabouts a reward of $250
was offered through an advertisement in
the New York papers. •
Miss Lynch was heart -broken when in-
formed by the postmaster of station A
postoffice that there was no such inan
receiving mail regularly at tbat post -
office. She realized that an attempt had
been made to defraud her, hut pluckily
remained here and saw the offender ar-
rested.
Al the Police Court Halpin pleaded
guilty and was advised to pay the trav-
elling expenses of the two.ladies.
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BRAZIL ANGRY.
CREW OF CRUISER CARRIED OFF
RESIDENT OF REPUBLIC.
He Was a German Who Had Deserted -
Berlin Declares That It Was a Per-
sonal Matter, and Had No Political
Significance.
Rio de Janeiro, Dec. 10.- There is
serious friction between Brazil and Ger-
many as a result of what: Brazil claims
was the absolutely illegal and unwar-
ranted seizure by the crew of the Ger-
man cruiser Panther of a German sub-
ject named Steinhoff. He was carried
off from Itajally, a small port in south-
ern Brazil. Brazilian cruisers will sail
for Rio Grande do Sul, where the Ger-
man warship Panther now is. This
resolution was adopted after a long con-
ference botsveen Baron Rio Branco, 'Min-
ister of Foreign Affairs, and the Min-
ister of the Navy. The Almirante Bar-
rozo sailed to -night. The German Le-
gation has instructed the Consul at
Florianopolis to send a full report of
the incident.
Berlin, Dec. 10. -It is semi -officially
declared concerning the, Panther inci-
dent that, so far as bas been ascertain-
ed, there was no violation of Brazilian
territory or of Brazilian sovereignty by
the German marines. It is declared to
be true that the marines of the Panther
had a scuffle with a German subject at
Ito -jelly, but that the whole affair was
a personal matter mid of no political
importance whatever. An inquiry into
the matter bas been instituted.
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TWO SUDDEN DEATHS. of temporary insanity.”
The bodies were taken cliarge of by
• Unnertit. S. Harris, of Shelburne,
Archie Brooks Found Dead in His Lonely h
. and the fer Tuneral of tbe four vietbus will
Oabin.
Kenora, Dec. 10. --Archie Brooks,
caretaker of the Virginia mine, was
found dead in bed in his lonely cabin,
take place to Honeywood Cemetery .on
tSaturditsr afternoon. The married .dotigli-
ter, Mre. Shanhouse, was to have visited
her parents on Thursday, but was delay -
seventy ndlea from here, yesterday. it,. ed by hey hating and some neighbors
is four weeks eine° he left town. His who called. Had Providence not, infer -
friends in Peterboro have been emu- veued she would iwobahby have been the
mnnicated with.
a. I,. c. E., of the Grand Trunk
raffle sarvey, who came here from
Ottneea a few flays, ago, was found dead
beside his bed yesterday meriting. He
1
asho v ttea returning home,
, was very unwell, but death interrupt -
ea the journey.
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SHOOTS IIIMSELV TWICE,
Noah Peltier round in the 'W'oods Neat
Chatham,
Chatram, Dee, 10.---Notth Peltier, at
young farmer about 28 years of age, at.
.terepteil suieide in Wilson's baeh tear
this city Ms afternoon by ellootieg him-
self vvith it revolver. Two of the 'WI -
WI helmet in his side, tied he now live
in St. Joseph's Hospital in it prevarions
condition. Shota svere iteard bitNVilson's
-hush this afternoon about 4 *lock by
passerby, and on an inve,tigation being
made Peltier was fonnil proatrate among
Ole loaves, with Wad flowinl, front two
' uely ballet mamma in iiileft sides Ni
e Atte is known for the deed, lie was
not n drinking man, and bad only been
married last spring.
fifth victim of tile butchery.
FIND AT COBALT,
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been the talk of the camp for tho past
frnir days.
The diamond drill now at work at the
Le, Dose mine has reached it depth of
three hundred and forty feet, and it is
found that the vein is atilt rich in eco
halt and native silver. The camp is
highly elated with the discovery that
the veina are holding mit in depth.
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WORLD'S
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NEWS,
cANADIAN„.
The Intercolonial Railway surplus for
October WaS $18,814,
Property on Yonge street, Toronto,
was sold. at $3,000 it foot.
George IL Dewey, of Brockville, has
been appointed Town Clerk. •
A reorganization of the Toronto lire
brigade at present was declined by the
Board of Centro'.
The Provincial Treasury has received.
$20,000 from an Algoma Mining Com -
pany Arrears in taxes.
The .Counell of the College of Phar-
macy has decided to accept students from
outside Ontario,
The Ontario Electric Railway Com -
parry has made a proposal to enter To-
ronte with its proposed line from Corn,
wall.
Herold Barbery, a Guelph plumber,
had the sight of his right eye destroy-
ed by molten metal splashing in his
faceh
Te Sarnia Public Library Board bee
accepted a gift of an additional $5,000
from Andrew Carnegie, making $20,000
in all,
The coal -laden schooner Duval of Har-
bor Beach, was run down and sunk iu
-the St. Clair River by the steamer James
D. Colgate.
For the third time in its history the
cigar factory of S. Davis & Sons on Bea-
ver Hall Hill, Montreal, was gutted by
fire last night.
Win. George Locke, Niagara Falls,
Ont., was lunged yesterday by Detec-
tive Newton. Be is wanted in George-
town 011 it tharge of bigamy.
A Canadian Pacific engine jumped the
track and went down a 16 -foot embank-
ment at Sault Ste. Marie, last evening.
EngineerAYesley Bryant was seriousfy
Kingston Conservatives nominated Mr.
McIntyre, their former candidate, fo the
Legislature, and•mr. Pause, ex -M, P. P.,
announced that lie will run again in the
Liberal interest.
The Council of the College of Phar-
macy has decided, to recommend to the
Governor in Council a rearrangement of
the, schedule of poisons, and that some
be added to the list.
A $2,000,000 building, comprising a
railway station and a hotel, will be erect-
ed in Ottawa if the Government grant
some requests which have been made by
officials of the Grand Trunk Railway
ConEmdpwaaryd.
Webb, While out hunting near
Peterboro yesterday afternoon, laid his
gun on the ground. When picking it up
the trigger caught and the charge enter-
ed his hand It was found necessary to
amputate four fingers.
The Clerkof the Crown in Chancery
bas received official returns from An-
tigonish and West Lambton. In the
former Mr. Chisholm, Liberal, polled
1,325 votes, and Mr. Gerroir, Conserva-
tive, 1,090. Majority for Chisholm, 235.
West Lambton, Pardee, Liberal, 2,848;
Lesueur, Conservative, 2,002. Majority
for Pardee 240.
•
BRITISII AND POREION.
John A. McCall, president of the New
York Life, said last night that he has
no intention of resigning.
The Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton
and the Pere 'Marquette have been plac-
ed in the hands of a receiver.
The steamer Loa has arrived. at Cal-
lao, Peru, from Panama, with eleven
cases of yellow fever ou board.
Au appropriation of $11,000,000 was
voted in. the United States House of Re-
presentatives: toward the construction
of the Panama Canal.
The resignation of United States Sena-
tor Chauncey M. Depew, as a director
of the Equitable Life Assurance Society
was announced ;yesterday.
-
The boycott of the Hungarian compos-
itors against the newspapers which are
opposing universal suffrage is extena-
ing. Sixteen dailies to -day either could
not be published or appeared in restrict-
ed form.
Monseigneur Giuseppi Aversa, Apos-
tolic Delegate to Cuba and Porto Theo,
arrived at .1<4011t York to -day. He suc-
ceeds Arebbishop Chappelle, who lost his
life white combatting yellow fever in
New Orleans last summer.
While the London chemical engine was
dashing to a fire the rear wheel swerv-
ed on the car track, wrenching the wheel
off the axle. Oscar Hannah, fireman,
was -crushed beneath the wagon as it
dragged and. suffered painfid injuries
to his legs. The driver was also slightly
bruised.
The Ambassadors of the six powers,
at a conference just held, have accapted
some of the modifications proposed by
the Porte to the original scheme for the
finiuteini eontrol. of Macedonia, mid an
amended agreement aas been forwarded
to their respective Givernments for rati-
ficetion. This is expeeted promptly,
when the ineident will be closed.
AN ILL-ADVISED POEM,
-Swedish Consul -General in Denitark May
Re Recalled.
Copenhagen, Dec. 10.-Diplomatie
eles have been stirred tip by it state-
ment that IS A. G. Ilehrenkreute, the
-Swedish Consul -General here, who WaS
charged with having writtena poem pub -
Belied in Sweden eontaining insulting
references to Denman,: and the Norwm
gian Consul -General, admits writhe; the
gem, sown was sent te it Swedish Col-
lege, but PASS that puoliention of it woe,
nnwartaeted, M. Ilehroulerentz, it is
said, was theorised at the diseolutiot of
Norway and sweaen ema the aceeptanee
of the Norwegian throne by a Danish
prime. It hi es.peeteit here- that the
•-Swedish Government will be obliged to
recall 3. rehrenkreute.
Day Fatally Injured._
Rochester, X. Y., Deo. 11.--21.rnest Ka-
/mit, sixteen :years et op, whose home
is in Montreal, was Mane Isby a street
ear ra cui early hour this mormag,wlide
on hie- wily to the Blessed Siterament
Chatelt to atteed mese. Me legs were
ernehrd, and hie injuries ttre proinameed
fatal,
A SILVER NUGGET WEIGHING AN
EIGHTH Or A. TON.
The Government Diamond Drill Paves
That at the Most Eighty Developed
Property itt Camp the Drill Gees
Down me Feet..
Cobalt, Dee. 1.0. ---There is on exbi-
bition at the Imperiel Pink heeea huge
migget found on it DOW property um
Giroux Lake. The nugget weiglis two
hundred and fifty pounds and it is al -
moat pure silver, Along with it were
also found two smaller nuggets of thirty
poands eatit The property on which
they woe fond is situated nt the rich
district near the roeter and Vniversity
mime, mid is owned by A. M. Wylie of
Dort Arthur and J. B. Pardee of Fault
Ste. Matie, Ontario. The nuggets have
Itlf POPE CREATES
FOUR NEW. CARDINALS.
' s"s' 'eSs'47;
Sfialai Anxiety Felt for France, Eldest Daughter
• of the Roman Church.
Arrival at New York of the Transatlantic Turbine
Steamer Carznania.
Rome, Dee. 1L -The Pope held it see -
ret consistory to -day, the second ol his
Pontificate, in which he created. new
cardinals and apparently allowed a ten-
dency to MVO a better equilibnarn
tween the foreign and. Italian emineuts bit
the Sacred College, as three of the four
new cardinals aro foreigners. The cere-
mony was performed with the unusual
pomp. Nearly thirty cardinals were pre-
sent.
In Ids allocution, the Popo said he
wished he cotild give the cardinals plea-
sant and consoling news, but the con-
ditions at the preeent times do not per-
mit of consolation. Although the Catholic
faith is spreading more and more
throughout the world, especially in dissi-
dent countries, on turning towards Ca-
tholie nations one feels sadness and fear
lest the prediction of the scriptures is
being verified, that the Kingdone of the
Lord will be removed to other people,
where it will produce good fruit. Especial
care and axiety may be felt for tountry
heretofore called the eldest daughter of
of the church. But concerning the anti-
Catholic laws passed there against the
laws of justice the Pope said he would
speak in accordanee with his apostolic
office more gravely and more fully at an
opportune time. He exhorted the cardin-
als to prayer, recalling that the Lord
will cause tranquility and peace to
shine forth at the proper time.
The Pontiff ended with saying that he
intends to honor the whole Latin-Ameri-
can race, by creating
for the first time
a cardinal belougingto that part of the
world.
Immediately after reading his allocu-
tion he created the following cardinals:
The most Rev. joseph, Sama.ssa, Arch-
bishop of Erlau, Hungary.
Mgr. Spinola, Archbishop of Seville.
Mgr. J. A. Dearcovcrde de la .Albn-
qurque Cavalcanti, Archbishop of Rio
Janiero,
Alga Cavaino de Azevedo, Majordomo
of the Vatican.
The cardinals asserted that contrary
to the popular impression the Pope did
not Illate it fifth cardinal but reserved
the appointment in pectore.
Later the Pope appointed it number of
bishops. The ceremony ended with the
apostolic benediction.
Big Turbine Steamer,
New Yoak, Dec. 1. -The first trans-
Atlantic turbine Ammer ever to come
to thia port, the giant new Carmania, of
the Cunard line, arrive.4 at her dock to-
day.• he way across the Atlantic the
Car a encountered unuaually severe
wee. r and yesterday ulna only it few
milea outside the harbor, elle was obliged
to lay to until the storm blew itself out
before attempting to enter. During the
night the wind decreased in force and
with daylig,ht the 011111111,114 turned bier
nose shoreward and came up through the
circuitous channel,
The maiden voyage of the big turbine
was in every way successful. Despite the
severe weather a fairly even speed was
maintained throughout.
The size of the Cermania may be part-
ly realized from the fact that 3,100.per-
sons made the voyage. The Caematua. is -
078 feet in length, of 30,000 tons displace-
ment and has eight decks. She has triple
serewe and inade 10% knots an hour on
her builder's trial trip. She is it sister
ship of the Cezonitt which 'was launched
less than a year ago and which is equip-
ped with the old style engines.
Lightship in Peril.
Newport, R. L, Dee. 11.-4 half fin-
ished message, sent just before the bat-
teries are supposed to have become ex-
hausted came here by wireless from. the
Nantucket lightship, early to -day, ask-
ing for "help from anywhere." The rues -
sage was timed. 2 a.m., and was as fol-
lows:
"Nantucket Shoals Lightship in dis-
tress. Send help from anywhere—"
Herthe message broke off.
The IJ. S. gunboat Haste left for the
lightship at 0 a.m. to -day.
The wind is west northwest and mod-
erate. The seais subsiding.
As the lightship has -several water-
tight compartments the lighthouse offi-
cials declare that there will be little dif-
ficulty on the part of the crew in keep-
ing her afloat until aid can reach her.
The lightship has a erew of eleven,
besides three telegreph operators.
WANTS RECIPROCITY WITH CANADA.
Illinois Alarmed at the Large Number of Manu-
factories Coming to This Country.
Chicago, Dec. 11. -The conditions
which are rapidly driving large manufac-
turing interests from the United States
to Canada are to be considered within a
few days by the Illinois Manufacturers'
Association. Reports just gathereal show
that 132 of the leading concerns of the
country have been obliged, chiefly on ac-
count of tariff restrictions, to establish
branch plants in Canada. The resulting
- - •
- loss financially is estimated at upwards
of $50,000,000.
The agitation which the Illinois man-
ufacturers are about to start is expect-
ed to assume the form of a national ap-
peal to Congress. The remedy most in
favor locally .and throughout the coun-
try, provides for reciprociey legislation,
whicbi will permit of the free exchange
of American and Canadian manufactur-
ed products. It is likely that Congress
will be asked during the present ses-
sion to take seine steps in this direction.
MINERS WONT STNIKE TITS SPRING.
Good News For the Consumers of Coal All Over
the Country.
New York. Dec. 11. --There will be no
strike of the anthracite ruiners next
spring, a tacit uuderstandiug having al-
ready been drafted by the representa-
tives of the miners and coal operatives,
says a Sun special from Tamaqua, Pa.
This statement was made by one of
the largest individual operators in the
anthracite region, Rua is confirmed in
substance by an. official of the united
mine workers, who is closer to President
Mitchell than any other mau in the
organization.
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BUNYAN'S ANVIL SOLD.
HIGH PRICE PAID IN LONDON FOR
INTERESTI1?3 RELIC,
First Editions of Shakespeare's Plays
Bring Large Prices in London -
American Collectors Pay High Prices
for Literary Carlos.
New York, Dec. 10s -A cable to The
Sun from London, says: The anvil used
by john Bunyan when he WAS svoildirg at
bis trade at Elstow, WAS sold at Sothe-
by's this Afternoon for £255. It meas-
ures about thirty inches long and. beau
the inscription cut into it aside "J. Bun-
yan, Ifelstong 1047."
At the same sale 41,650 was offered
in behalf of an Ameriean collector for it
first edition of Shitkespear's "Much Ado
About Nothing," but the book brought
41,1370. An Ametiean bought a first edi-
tion of "Midsummer Night's Dream" for
£480.
At Christie's toaloy a largo landscape
by Philip de Zoninele brought £2,205.
SUD=MIXERS WILL, RIDE,
WASHERWOMEN Or CHICAGO itAvn
A IIEW
Employers Notified by the Union That
They Must Provide TranspOrtetion
*Prom the Wash Ladies' Homo to the
Tub and Return.
New York, Det. I0, --The 'Herald ear-
eeepoudeet in Cbionso telegraana: Oat
in Winnetke. Gleneoe, and the arisan
medic north shore enburbs the Washer-
women'e Union has eent it freeli \vase
of hover eoursing through the veins of
• the housewife. The union'e members
have decreed that they idled ride te ama
froia their 'deem of employment in their
employerie tarraws.
:. Women of silks and RealsIdne Hest.,
. offered feeble protest, but they tne luny
slime with each other in transpartiog
the washerwomen in the greatest luxury.
At the Shamokin convention„which
opens on Thursday, the miners will show
a conciliatory spirit, which will at -once
be reciprocated by tbe operators, and a
conference will be arranged. The miners
would like to have this conference before
Christmas, so they might make a de-
claration of peace before that day, but
it is not believed that this 'il1 I•e possi-
ble, as the operators are not inclined to
move hastily. That the conference will
result ill peace there seems to be no
doubt.
"Auntie" Dinah Zimmerman, a brun-
ette, who lies -s in a cabin near the rail-
road tracks in Winnetka, is credited
with forming the combine in restraint
of trade.
"Y's, eel)," she said, "1 'speet you
done heard de trufe 'bout die kerridge
business, sho's yon's alive. I ain't
r,swine to drag dese heal). ole feet o'
mine through no mo' snowdrif's, an' I
ain't .gwipe to fall down kerslep on no
:no 'ley sidewalks. If de rich folks
cain't send de kerridges, den Aent Dinah
done stay where she am."
While she talked eine of Aunt Dinah's
customers drove to the door and wee
informed that "Auntie" would be pleased
to perform the laundry work the next
day if the "kerridge' would call at 8
o'clock sharp.
OVER 40 MILLIONS,
WESTERN WHEAT MARKETED AT
CANADIAN PACIVIC POINTS,
More Than Double the Amount Handled
tip to the Same Date Last Year -
Yields for the Past rout Years,
Winnipeg, Dee. 10. --Wheat marketed
at Canadian Pacific points on. Friday
pushed the total for the year beyead the
40,000,0(10 bosliel mark. Total reecipte
at C. P. R. points to date are 40,117,000
bushels of wheat and 2,074;000 bushels
of other graine. Tide is more than
double the amount handled last year,
the totals Inc the same peoiod in 1:41
being 10,511141110 bulteels of wheat and
einsaial 'bushels of other grains. Reecipts
fer the enverint season at C. P. 1. pointe
alone are already approximatiug the en-
tire amount of grain marketed in pre-
vious years. ('reps for the met four
years is two as follows: 1001, 03,310X13
linehele; 1:102. 133,034,117 bushels; 1903,
30.140.027 buShelS; 11104, 54,300,67t1
bushels.
--NR'ii ilen't hear Fe much tall;
about the deadly mierolie iuiy 'MUM
No. OP automobile seems to
has it mushed it.