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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1905-12-28, Page 7• 1 THE RUSSIAN STRIKE HAS COMMENCED If it Succeeds St. Petersburg Will Again be Iso- lated From the Outside World, Want a Constituent Assembly, Universa i Suffrage, Release of Labor Leaders, etc, Belgian Socialists Issue art Appeal on Behalf of Their Russian Brethren, St. Petersburg cable despatch says: The first guns in the battle ,whiell may ele(p.2„.nine the fete a Premier Witte's clepenmerit with moderate constitution- alism, and introclime ,either reaction or a complete revolution, were fired yester- day at Moscow, where the general strike was successfully inaugurated. The leaders of the government of the ririroletaxiat last night were making their Fast preparations here for a general en - Enema, Which will be on at noon to- day. The Workmen's Council has been sitting continuously since 5 o'clock yes- terday afternoon, reeeiving reports and issuing final -orders. The leaders profess to .he greatly encourage1 at the news from Moseow and the reports from dis- trict meetings which were held in all sections of St. Petersburg yestexclay, declaring that now there ..is no question that the tie-up will be complete. They admit that many of the St. Petersburg workmen, especially the married men, would prefer to continuo et work, but they are counting on the great majority favoringthe strike to swing the recal- citrants. into line and produce a Finely- sis of industry even more complete than during the strike of January last, lf their expectations are realized St. Peters- burg to -day will be isolated from the rest of the world, with railroad traffie stopped and telegraph wires and cables cut. The Workmen's Council last night is- sued a stirring proclamation declaring that the Government irad cast to the winds the principles of the. imperial 40 - manifesto of Oct. 30 and was now has - ng itself on reaction, trickery and de- beit. The proclamation ended with sum - limning all the people of Russia to join in a general strike and not to cease the struggle until the demands for a con- stituent assembly, universal suffrage, the 'release of the arrested leaders of the proletariat and the peasantry, , etc., are granted. The editors of the Radical papers axe determined to print the manifesto this :morning. It is utterly revolutionary in its phrasing, and coueequently the edi- tons aro taking infinite precautions to prevent the confiscation of the issues by the police. The first test of the railroad strike will occur on the departure of the Berlin 'ON . A MURDERER BENNETT. REV. MR. HARVEY GIVES OUT HIS WARNING TO YOUNG PEOPLE. Copies of LettersWritten to the Indians of the Reserve and to His Mother— The Latter a Very Affectionate Epistle—His Body Buried at the Reserve. Brantford despatch: In Brant Avenue Church on Sunday evening the pastor, Rev. W. H. Harvey, took for his sub- ject the promise made by the Saviour to the penitent thief on the cross: "This day shalt thou be with me in Paradise." Mr. Harvey intimated that the topic had been suggested to him by the events of the past week, and he disclosed his dis- course with the following reference to Bennett: "Let us think of him with Christian kindness.. Let us remember that, like ourselves, he was born with the stamp of the divine upon him. Let us not forget the adverse circumstances• of his early days. Let us not forget that the redemption of Calvary was as much for him as for any of us, and let us not forget that when a dying robber, being executed for his crime, in the latest moment of his life, turndl. his clouding, closing eyes in penitence the cross of Christ, that Christ re- d him and saved him. Hese we on then to believe that when ett came feeling the same the, SEIMugh and in the t spirit, in his latest days atoning Christ, that Christ a, too. I believe he did. I be ugh bis life was lost his soul • aved. His dying message Which 1 a to deliver to -night was this: Tell all the young people to let all evil things alone, tell them especially to leave whiskey. alone, and to seek God early. That was my mistake." The preacher concluded by saying: "I will say no more. I have delivered my message." Letter to the Indians. The following is a copy of a letter written by Joseph Bennett to the In- dians of the Reserve on Thursday last: Brantford, Dec. 14, 1095. 5/4 E.a/ Cameron. will you be kiend enough as to read this to the pee - pie on the reservation what I have to say is this. that I have nothing against anyone on the reservation. to -Morrow at the our between 8 and 12 in the morn- ing I will leave this 'World. 1 ani through with this sinful world. But how good to be ready to go. I am ready my- •etlielf I am anxious to on tho 15. Dec. A ant not afraid to meet God, beemise IT am ready. now my yang friends 1will task you to get ready. Here after keep away from evil things, and yon older people, just the same. trust in God. he is the only one. 1 done wrong to you I pray forgive me. I have forgave thein .ffluse done wrong to mc. you people night think it is awful to face such death, 1 will tell you toy dear friends when you reads, and trusting God, I myself know that will die such day and mirk num 1 am not a bid sorry „ealleeafreici to meet death every day eine° • T4Ceit. here 1 sing and pray and happy all. long, for I know it pleases God. Ittereter you will meet me in heaven 1 know. 1 feel in my heart that 1 will be with him after I leave this world, may God bless you people get 1'014 to meet your God. This is all, good bye all. From Joseph Bennett, Brantford e.S. Cameron pietist read this to my le en the Reservation let everyone what 1 have to say. 'Iv hPe•e train from here at noon to -day. M. No. • meelmeff, Minister of Communications, will make a. determined effort to keep the foreign communications open and the workmen are equally resolved to show their power. Indications are multiplying that the Government's grim meeting to the peo- ple of the smaller towns to take the law into their own hands if the railroad strike is called will boar fruit, At the meetings. of various Liberal and revolutionary organisations held last night the sentiment as a rule was in- favor of the strike. In response to a number of requests from. editors of local papers who were expecting their employees to strilce, Vhe Workmen's Council has decided to al- low the radical organs to appear. In Moscow, however, all the newspapers will be compelled to come publication. The physicians' union ,decided last night that the dictates of humanity re- quired the members to attend all sick persons, but it was resolved to devote all Pees received to the strike fund and to boycott all doctors not doing so. ; SOCIALIST APPEAL. Asks All Socialists to Celebrate Jan, aa, and Take 17p Collections. Brussels, Belgium, cable: The Inter- national Socialist Bureau has issued a manifesto to the Socialists of dhe world, as follows: "The -revolution in Russia, advances from aspiration to realization. In this struggle the Russian proletariat should have the moral and material assistance of our brothers throughout the world. Our comrades in the United States re- quest the International Bureau to invite the affiliated organizations to solemnly ,eommemmorate Jan. 22. iie workers of the world will recall the struggle which the Russian proletar- iat was then carrying on, and therefore the order is hereby given that all affil- iated groups organize meetings and col- lections for Jan. 22 next, or the night of the Sunday preceding. Let lire orators refer to the heroic -efforts of our Russian brothers, and let the collections from all countries aid those who- are battling against imperiallem and for liberty. "Down with the autocracy. Long life with socialism." The document is signed by all the in- ternational delegates. Read it when you have a counsil day, before the chiefs and people. Letter to His Mother. The following, is a literal copy of a letter written by Joe Bennett to his mother, two hours before his death on. Friday morning last: Brantford jail, Dec. 15, 1005. My Dear Loving Mother and boy Fred: It is now ]5 minutes to 7 o'clock this morning, and only two hours when the time set for rny death. Remember, moth- er, what I have said to you yesterday. God is with me I feel it in my heaxt. I know he has pardoned my sins, he has took me as I was. I have given myself to him. Oh, what a grand thing to be ready, another to face death. I am not a bid 'fraid. I •em hurry to go. Dear mother, give your self to him, he will guide you in future and protect you from harm, love my little Fred. love 'every body no matter who is against you. trust in God he is with you always love your enemy, us I told you. forgive them who done wrong to you. please tell nay boy Fred papa is gone home to see Grand Father. tell him to be a good boy obey your and. love you, tell John and Isaac to be good to yet, I hope and trust and pray that they will love you here after. there is only four of you in the family left. love one another here after. We are only here for a short time to live in this sinful world. get ready to meet God. we know not what time our death should come. May God 'Bless you. Mother hope and trust to meets yon in heaven, so good by. Mother and Fred and John and Isaac and Peter. From the only son you got. Joseph Bennett give the boy kiss for me another. P. S. W. H. Harvey. gave a Bible now I will leave it to you and Fred. read it teach the boy the way to God. Good by. My little boy Fred I wants you to be a god boy. love your nia. obey her you will meet me in heaven and Grand father good by Fred my boy. . The Funeral of Bennett. .All that was mortal of Joe Bennett, the Indian who was hanged on Friday morning in the local jail, was interred at the cemetery et Thomas school on the Reserve on Sunday afternoon. The funeral took place from the residence of his mother. Tho attendance was large, representatives being present from all parts of the reservation, At the grave an Indian ceremony took place which took the form of a slow danee and chanting of some Weird songs around the coffin, HUMMEL'S TROUBLE, SENTENCED TO ONE YEAR'S IMPRI- SONMENT AND Ssoo FINE. Prominent New York Lawyer Said to Have Been a Menace to the Public for Twenty Years is Convicted of Conspiracy. New York, Dee. 25, --Justice Rogers sentenced Hummel to ane year's impris- onment in the penitentiary and $500 fine. Tide is the 'maximum penalty. Hum- mel was one of the sliest widely known of New York's lawyers. Ite had. been connected with a number of celebrated eitees. He entered the law office in which Ito is now the senior partner many years ago as an office boy. The charge upon which be was con- iieted was conspiracy itt the Dodge - Morse divorce litigation, in which he sought to allow that Mrs. Moree's di- VOttei front Dodge was invalid. The oh- jeet of this was to upset her marriage to Morse, who is a verywealthy banker and owner of steamship tompaniee. Mr. Stranchfield, counsel for Hummel. stsked Justice _Rogers to pass entenee at owe. Ito emsferred with Mr. Jerome, who after the conference made the mo - et, tin for immediate sentence. When Hummel heard the sentence of the Judge his face flushed slightly, and, turning to one of the court attendants, he iuth "See that 110 One gets away with my. coat." • Immediately after eentenee Hummel was taken to the Tombs preparatory to being taken to the penitenttarz, Dis- triet Attorney Jerome appeared in court and al101tOCI that sentence be passed itt once. lie phi that Hummel had been a menace to tho public for twenty years. in his cell an hour later Hummel said to reporters: r"It would be such shocking bad taste for me to say any- thing, but I.can't help but feel that I have been unjustly convicted, Oddly due to vindietiveness. Notwithstand- ing what Mr. Jerome said about my be- ing a menace to the community for twenty years, I am behind the bars with a clear conscience, strange as it may seem to some people. I expect to spend the night an the Tombs. Pro- ceedings, however, are under way so that I will get au early hearing to- morrow before some Judge, whose name I cannot give you for the present." An indictment for subornation of perjury is Atilt pending against Hummel, in connection with which he is under $2.500 bonds. Hummel was released from the Tombs at 10 o'clock under $10,000 bail on a writ of reasonable doubt secured from Judge Woodward, of the Supreme Court in Brooklyn. 1004111.110t, NSA,/ YU*, vet eagy 41 A*4 gil4,4st 4111,W, amazed by Zee ;Ate neon 4( CANADIAN CANDIDATES. FOUR WILL RUN FOR THE IMPER- IAL PARLIAMENT. All of Them Will Face Large Adverse Majorities, But the Quartette Are Regarded as Having a Fighting Chance. Lopdon, Dec. 25.—Among candidatee for Parliamentary honors at the forth- coming, general election are four Cana- dians, Hamer Greenwood, the Liberal candidate for York City, has for his op- ponent J. G. Butcher, who was at the last election returned unopposed. York City is a Conservative stronghold, but it is believed Greenwood, will be return- ed. Foster Boulton, formerly of Toronto, is the Liberal candidate for North Hunt- ingdon, his opponent being .A. E. id. lowes, the late President of the Board of Agriculture. Mr. Fellows' majority at the last election was 1,151, but It is thought that, though the majority to be overcome is large, Mr. Boulton has a fighting chance. H. F. Wyatt, well known in connec- tion with the Navy League, is the Un- ionist candidate for the Russeliffe divis- ion of Nottinghamshire. Wyatt's oppon- ent is J. E. Ellis, who hacl the Radical majority at the last election of 440. Dr. Rancine Dawson, of Canada, is the Con. servative candidate for East Edinburgh. ie:01'n.. McRae, the present Liberal member had amajority of 1,291 at the last elec- t ., I I EITHER RUIN OR COMBINE. TWO • ALTERNATIVES TO MEN IN PLUMBERS' CONSPIRACY, More Witnesses Tell of How They Were Compelled to Join—Had to Refuse to Sell or Close Foundry—Thirty-nine. More Names Withdrawn. . Toronto despatch: Somewhat wearily the further investigation into the plumb- . ers conspiracy charges is drifting slow- ly along, but as a result of the weeding. • out process the original list of 156 de- fendants has been now reduced by thirty- nine. Yesterday's proceedings were again chiefly of a formal character, Mr. W. H. Meredith, the Secretary of the Master Plumbers and Steamfitters As- sociation, being in the box all the morn- ing while the evidence of Mr. B. J. Mole ris, Secretary of the Central Supply As- sociation, occupied the whole of the af- terneon sitting. The statements of two or three of the defendants empha- sized. the fact that some of those con- cerned had either to join the combine or have their businesses ruined. The case will be resumed this morn. ing. REDMOND'S APPEAL. SCHEME TO EXHAUST HOME RULE ELECTION FUNDS. He Complains That Their Opponents Are Contemplating a Series • of Bogus Candidates in the Parliamentary Election With That Object—Mes- sage to Canadian Home Rulers. Montreal, Dec, 25.—The President of the Montreal branch of the United Trish League is in receipt of tho following cablegram from John E. Redmond, leader of the Irish Parliamentary party: "Dublin, Dec. 19. —Enemies of haft rule here in Ireland failing to find any division in our ranks, and despairing of results of a fair election fight, are con- templating a series of bogus candidates as in 1885, in order to exhaust our elec- tion funds, and win seats which but for this plan would otherwise be safe to the National cause. Help us to defeat this mean plot. Election three weeks hence. (Signed) Redmond." .A meeting to consider this request will be held itt Montreal next week. Mr, Charles Devlin has been invited to at- tend. MUST NOT BE KEPT IN JAIL. Government Issues Instructions to Sher- i iffs Respecting Boy Criminals. Toronto despatch: In order to protect young offenders from contaminating in- flueincee a new departure has been made by the Provincial Government in regard to their treatment. On the suggestion of the Hon. W. T Hanna, the Provincial Secretary, it letfer has been sent to all the sheriffs of Ontario by the Ins v6.-1 tor of Prisons. This instructs them. that In future When anytime tinder sixteen years of age is eoni.nitted to jail, the prisoner must not bo kept a single day there without notification being sent to 3. 3. Xelso, the Superintendent of Neglected Children, in order that steps may be taken to 'Seem° the child's re- moval. Should it be necessary to do - Jain hint in custody, he must be kept quite .separate from the prisomers. When this is dote Mr. Mee will be expected to notify the local Children's Aid Soelety. 11 noneexists itt the vi- einity he will send an official, or will go himself to investigate the ate. Where possible, situation t would be premed for the'boy. /1 thie, is impossible be will be placed inclustai I .14001 14 SAI3N ANADIAN, The Manitoba Legislature has been called for Thursday, January 11. Mrs, Bellowed died at the residence of hor son, ex -Premier Greenway, at °gaol City, The work of double -tracking the Grand Trunk, Railway between London and Hyde Park is very nearly completed. Steel on the Temiskaming & Northern Railway is laid. forty ;Mies beyond New Liskeard. Plans for it steamship to bo placed on the Pacific route have been prepared by the Canadian Pacific Railway. Principal Sheraton of Wycliffe College, Toronto, is suffering from an attack of nervous prostration. Trade returns for the last five months show a gain of $20,000,000, of which ex- ports contributed $18,000,000. The late leerratt W. Smith, President Toronto Consumers' Gas Co., left an estate valued at $114,992,13. Mr. Frank Kerr, of Brantford, has been, appointed High Constable of Brant County. Archibishop Duhamel, who has been in Rome for the past two months, has re- turned to Ottawa, Montreal packers do not regard the exclusion of 'Gutted States hogs as a serious drawback to their business. The wife of Rev. Gordon Austin, An- glican clergyman itt Wetaskiwin, Alta., gave birth to triplets on Thursday. The Louden, Ont., Trades and Labor Council has unanimously approved of a resolution opposing license reduction in that city. Rev. J. H. Cameron, B. A., of Toronto, has received. and accepted a call to the pastorate of the Collingwood Baptist Church at a salary of $1000,. At a meeting of the Tariff Commission at Sault Ste. Marie the Lake Superior Corporation applied for the free admis- sion of soft coal for making coke. The convention of the Canadian Manu- facturers will be held next year in Win- nipeg, September 17, 18, 19. The next dinner will bo held in Sherbrooke, Que. Ib is 'reported at Halifax that the C. P. R. will make that city a winter port for their new 'Atlantic passenger steam- ers. Chas. Brown was Murdered at Spence's Bridge, Victoria, 33. C., yesterday by a gang of toughs hovering about a rail- way construction camp. The Collingwood Board of Education has appointed Mr. George Hammitt, prin- cipal of the Collegiate Institute, in suc- cession to Inspector Mills. While Mr. and Mrs. Bernie, of Pitts- ton, were at a wake, their home was de- stroyed. by fire, and their eight-year-old, son was burned to death. - Rev. R. P. Bowles, pastor of Sher bourne Street Methodist Church, Toron- to, has been appointed profesor of homi- letics in Victoria, University. At the London, Ont., City Council meeting, Mayor Campbell announced his retirement. It is understood he will be appointed Post Office Inspector at Lon- don. Miss Bennett of the staff of the Mont- real General Hospital, has been appoint- ed matron of the Brockville General lies- pital out of a large fieldof applicants. She will take office on January 15. Hon. A. B. Aylesworth has been, con- fined to his house for the last day or two by a severe attack of theumatiam. The pain has been so acute at times that his physicians have administered mor - phine, to induce sleep. At a meeting of the London Presby- tery yestreday the call from 'Vancouver to Rev. G. A. McGillivray, pastor of St. James' Presbyterian Chureh, was sus- tained. Mr. McGillivray will receive $3,- 000 per annum in his new charge. His present salary is $1,000. The call from Salem, Bruce County, to Rev. John Hosie, of Caradoc, was also sustained. Over one hundred and twenty mem- bers of the alleged Toronto plumbers' combine were committed for trial yes- terday by Col. Denison on the charge of conspiracy . Of those sent up to the higher court the majority are master plumbers, though there are several sup- ply men, and two members of the local union, No. 40, BRITISH AND fOREION. The Aliens are going to build two new steamers for the Atlantic service. The 275th anniversary of the found- ing of Cainbridge was celebrated there to -day. The Hungarian parliament met again to -day to be prorogued until January 13 by royal decree. The plant of the sower pipe company, East Liverpool, Ohio, was burned early to -day, causing a loss estimated at $10,- 000. S,Q11101A Luther Filmore, formerly Superintend- ent of the South Pacific Coast (narrow Arline) Railroad, between Oakland and Santa Cruz, died yesterday, at the age of 79 years. A Budapest despatch says: The Em- peror -Kine has decided. that in view of the existing political eiremnstances Ite cannot accept the resignation of the 'Norway Cabinet, tendered yesterday. The New York Periodical Publishers" Association yesterday decided to stand by the Typothetae, the employing, print- ers, in refusing the eight-hour day to compositors employed in book and job officee. The steamer Maripose, which arrived from Tahiti yesterday, brought the news that it rumor is current throughout Ta- hiti that the United. States Government has offered France $4,000,000 for the island. An inerease of ten per cent. in the \pips. of Nerntives. employed by the Aairn=tirtlefir o wttsa voted g of ea f t o • pany held in New York to -day. Superintendent Kilburn of the N. Y. State banking department to -day made public a call for reports of the condition of the ttusb companies of the State, jan- utry first next. At Sebastopol new mutinies have oc- curred and 1,000 soldiers have been dis- armed and under guard. The troops at Kbarkoff have revolted and the inhabi- tants are still administering the city. The Tangier correspondent of thelleho de Paris, says that the pretender to the Moorish throne, lin Hamra, is preparing to Mack the Sultan's troops with a num- emus army near the Algerian frontier. On account of some confusion the gen- ere' strike Wits proclaimed at Moseow to- day at noon instead of to -morrow and was inaugurated there with it complete suspension of the street railroad ser- vice. The ferry home of the Delaware, Lack- wenn& at Western, at the foot of West A 0. of Canedian brokers ha obtained it 0-5tilir 1 interest fa the stock ef the Nor ' Tractloe Light. Company 'Illo relief fund for the Je silt, including the collection in Englerilike France, Bermany, Australia and Amer ica, amounts to X574,000. Before the Insurance Investigation Committee, Superintendent Hendricks admitted never having inquired into e* trevaganceS in management or salaries of officials of insurance companies, The U. S. State Department has re- ceived bitter complaintfrom fishing ves- sel •owners regardiug their treatment in Newfoundland, and it has been excltng- ing notes on the subject with the British Goveinment. The Polish Nationalists have come to the decision that the Jews in Poland mast be transformed into Poles and the Nationalists therefore issued a proclam- ation calling on all Israelites to discon- tinue speaking Yiddish and to learn the Polish, language. All is quiet in Shanghai to -day. Busi- ness has bora resumed but the volunteers and sailors landed by the warships in port remain on duty as a precaution against a renewal of the rioting. The IL 8, gunboat Villa Lobos has arrived to reinforce the Baltimore. The boiler of a freight engine on the Wil n on & Northern Railroad, blew up ee near Birdsboro, Pa., killing Wil • E. Rosser, the fireman, and fatal calding PE W. Leinbach, the engineer, and Wm. T. Alderman, a brakeman. At the home in New York of John A. McCall, President of the New York Life Insurance Company, yesterday, a mem- ber of the fainily said that Mr. McCall was not suffering with pneumonia, as had been reported, and that except for a slight cold he was in the best of health. Abraham H. Hummell, the Now York lawyer who for several days has been on trial in the Supreme Court on a charge of conspiracy in connection with the Dodge-Morst divorce litigation, to- dey elected to allow,his ease to go to the jury solely on the evidence submitted by his accusers. FOLLOWED POLES. THREE LITTLE GIRL TRAMPS SET OFF TO LONDON. They Had an Unkind Father and a Truant Mother, and Were Going to Try to Find Her in the World's Greatest City. London, Dec. 25.—Three weary little girls were found wandering hand in hand in High street, Colnbrook, and some villagers asking them where they were going, the children began to cry, and said they had lost their way o Lon- don. They told a pathetic story. 'We have run away from home at Maidanhead because father beats us, and we are going to find our mother in Leaden. We started from Maidenhead early this morning without food or money, and we have walked all day, following the telegraph poles to London. We are so tired and hungry, but we want our dear mother." A kind villager led the three little mites into his house and gave them food. The children ate ravenously, but, haying finished. their meal want- ed to go on to London to find their mother. Placing the little ones in his cart the villager drove them to the Eton Work- house, where he told the master the circumstances of the case. They were put to bed, and: the Maidenhead police communicated with. Next morning their aunt called at the workhouse and took the children back to Maidenhead. 7 UNIO \ OF CHURCHES, THREE GREAT DENOMINATIONS IN JOINT DELIBERATION. Presbyterian, Methodist and Congrega- tional Delegates Meeting at the Het- ropolitan Church — Delegates Are Very Hopeful as to the Result. Toronto despatch: The important and far-reaching question of a union of the Presbyterian, Methodist and Congrega- tional Churches in Canada is again under consideration by committees represent. ing these three bodies, meeting in this city to -day and to -morrow. Rev. J. K. Unsworth, of Hamilton, was among those present. Yesterday morning the denominational sub -committees on doctrine, polity, the ministry, administration, and law met separately, the Presbyterian and Meth- odist in the Metropolitan Church, and the Congregational in Bond Street Church. In the afternoon the denomina- tional represntatives were in session to- gether in the five committees and in the evening the executive committee of the whole body of representatives hold a meeting in the Metropolitan Church parlor. The general feeling of the members is that negotiations for union will continue. 'Progress towards the goal will necessar- ily be slow, and it is felt that the end will surely and in good time be reached, That another year may be necessary be- fore the positive basis for union can be discussed is the opinion of some of the members. The delegates from the west particularly are strongly hopeful, and the general attitude is distinctly favor- able to the union. .4 WARSHIPS WILL CONCENTRATE. *W601 British Squadron Will Manoeuvre Near Gulf of Cadiz. Cadiz, Dec. 25.—Information transmit- ted to the Spanish Admiralty confirms a report in circulation here to the ef- fect that the British Mediterranean, At- lantic and Channel squadrons, compris- ing sixty warships, will concentrate in April near the Gulf of Cadiz, with a base at Lagos, for combined manoeuvres. Some people here are inclined to regard the presence of the British fleet near Morocco about the time when the Mace- ean conference eloss as significant. CANADIAN MUliatRER. KitIED NVATEM3IIRY RECLUSE AND CONVICTED IN SECOND DEGREE. Waterbury, C-onn., Dee. M.— Charles Edward Bassett last bight was eonvicted of murder itt the second degree in hav- ing killed. an aged Waterbury rseluse es the result of an assault committed February 2i last. A stay of sentence was granted until Friday. Bassett was horn in Bedford, Canada, itt 1880. IMP OF P a From Burning Celli by th*Gortvlets Do 7 Female Prisoners Becarnef Began to Cho ,.eiv York, Dec. 25.—Men forget that they were convicts and remembered only that they were men on Blackwell's Island early this morning, whoa the male prisoners, marshalled by their keepers into a fire -fighting and life-saving corps, bore from the flaming floors of the women's wards, 594 frantic women, and from the hospital beds 50 more, Starting in the sewing room of. the workhouse and from a cause which has not yet been definitely decided, the fire had reached a fierce blaze at 2 o'clock, when it was discovered. The fire en- gine on the island proved. inadequate and A mill for help was sent to the city de- partment. Seven engines wore sent over, but were not sufficient to save the women's work- house frem destruction. On the top floor of this building were cells for the women, and every one was occupied by the prisoners when the fire occurred. These women became franite • with the de their e perish a of a eys cell in a ly with Whe blaze m they bore the test we , Released from their e shelled into smallbodies, the burning building and went a work of fire -fighting and rescue with ut- ter disregard of the danger to them- selves. The flames were cra,ckling all about them, and they plunged through the densest smoke when they brought out in their arms the last of the women prisoners. The fire was confined. to the women's workhouse, MARQUIS ITO WILL BE CORA'S FRIEND Admiral Togo Tells His Men to Tie Their Helmet Strings Tighter., London, Dec. 2L—The correspondent of the Daily Telegraph at Tokio sends an interview with the Marquis Ito, who said it was his sincere desire to maintain the dignity of the imperial household of Corea and to promote the happiness of the Corean people. "I am going to personally face the task of seeing that the provisions of the new treaty are faithfully carried out," said the marquis. "We cannot suddenly in- stitute great reforms, and must wait for national progress and development. Cen- turies of neglect have rendered the education of the people very imperfect and curficult to reform. Rapid and drastic measures will only increase Corean misunderstanding of Japanese motives. It would be easy to subdue and awake Coreans, but if we desire to pro- mote the lasting happiness of Corea we must not force her against her will. On the contrary, we must cultivate the closest friendship, and so foster a wisk for voluntary compliance with our de. sires. "Henceforth I will be adviser to Corea, and will do my utmost to assist her." Togo's Advice. Tokio, Dec. 25.—Feild Marshal Yama- gata has been appointed President of the Privy Council. Admiral Togo, now President of the general staff of the navy, in his farewell address to the officers and men of the combined Japanese fleet, which was dia. solved yesterday, warned them to be in constant readiness for emergencies. He concluded with the words: "Victors, tie your helmet strings tighter." DL OSLER ON DEATH BED VISIONS. As a Rule Men Die as They Live, Uninfluenced by Thought of a Future Life. New York, Dee. 25.—A Baltimore des- patch to the American says: Dr. William Osler, now of England, in his latest book says that "death bed" visions, believed in by thousands, of *which there are scores of supposed authentic records, is plain nonsense. Moreover, he supports his declaration by 500 death -bed observations of his own, which he thinks prove absolutely that such reported visions are untrue. In all these cases there were suffering, fear, and other emotion, but no thought of the future. His 'observation is a startling contribution to a subject which has al- ways keenly interested scientists, clergy - A STRANGE ACCIDENT. "L" TRAINS COLLIDE RUNNING ON PARALLEL TRACKS. /itched to the Other's t of Collision Thirty Feet itt t e Air—One Man Killed and •; Forty Are Injured. Net. York, Dec. 25.—In one of the most extraordinary accidents known to American railroading, two heavily -crowd- ed. passenger trains came together on the elevated tracks of the New York Central & liudSon River Railroad at 0.30 o'clock to -night near 110th street in Harlem. J. W. Knapp, of New Roch- elle, was killed anti forty other persons were more or less seriously injured. Both of the colliding trains were north- bound, and had left the Grand Central Station of 42nd street within a few min- utes after each other. JIL I III: ! sli-lerieseeedaeb111103,,S41.. Leh FLAVORING PURITY IV/A Fki TA Siguif ies purity, strength and 4 economy. A A 250 TIN WILL EQUAL It WORTH OF THE COMMON AL- COHOLIC PREPARATIONS SOLD GENERALLY, LIQUID EX- TRACTS CONTAIN FROM so TO go PER CENT. OF ALCOHOL OR PRODUCTS Or COAL TAR, "IT IS PURE, HIGHLY CON- CENTRATED AND IS LESS =ELY TO LOSE ITS AROMA TITAN FLAVORS MADE FROM ALCOHOLIC BASES." --DR. R. A. PYNE, DOMINION ANALYST. 6,IWANTA" MANUFACTUR- ING CO., Hamilton AGENTS WANTED KM HERE. men and physicians, and it is certain to provoke general discussion. Dr. Osler says:: "As a. rule, man dies as he has lived, uninfluenced practically by the thought of a future life. I have careful records of about 500 death beds, studied particularly with reference to the modes of death and the sensation of dying. Ninety suffered bodily pain and distress of some sort or another; eleven showed mental apprehension, two positive ter- ror. two expressed spiritual exaltation. The great majority gave no sign one way or the other; like their birth, their death was a sleep and a forgetting. The preacher was right in this matter, man hath no pre-eminence over the beast— "as one dietb, so dieth the other." One was a Stamford local on the New York,New Flaxen & Hartford Railroad, which company uses the Central treeks. The other train was the Poughkeepsie express on the Central. Rushing along parallel tracks, the two trains ly came to together. The le switched from the third track fourth, and in an instant the the express had crashed int coach following the smokin local. The tracks at the poin lision are about 30 feet i made the work of rese • hazardous, and lent ina ror of the passengers. climbed to the elevated eta sist the founded, whose criesi. ly be heard in the street, J. D. Horn, engineer of the expr train, was arrested. to -night on the teed= Meal charge of manslaughter, and later was released on bail. A FARMER'S SUICIDE. ••••••••••••6 Cut His Throat in Presence of His Wife and Child. A Galt despatch: George Fairgrieve, aged. about 55 yeare, a farmer in good financial circumstanees, residing on his farm near Galt, committed suieide this morning by cutting his throat, with a razor. The act was perpetrated in his own house in the presence of his wife and only.daughter, about ten years of age. Deceased, who recently sold hie farm for a good round sum, had been morbidly brooding over t114 transaction for eoine time, -apparently bemoaning the imaginary loss .entailed through the sole. Deceased's younger brother com- mitted suicide by hanging a few years ago. - MURDERER SHORTtS. IIE HAS BEEN PLACED IN INSANE WARD OP PENITENTIARY. A Kingston despatch says: Valen- tine Shortis, the nowderer, one of the four prisoners transferred from St. Vin. cent De Paul to the penitentiary last week, has been temporarily placed in the insane ward. Shortis sang to himself while being driven front the railway sta- tion to the penitentiary. He is quite simple minded, but retains all the maths. of a gentleman. Attempting the Impossible. (Philadelphia Pres.) Mr. Jolley—It's easy to obey the Netted inetinetlen when ono's neighbor is a pretty sort. litisa Isteseore-Alut, surely, it hal easy for TOIL 3011(1-0h. Yee; 1 refer to thti nem - wend to "Love thy neighbor." Miss Nerdero—Yes, but tee rem:end 's resily "Love tby neighbor ite tb71014"